Sports general discussion thread

[ZedClampet]

Just a quick story that I found kind of cool. Last night, #1 Tennessee went on the road and beat Illinois with a last second shot.

Tennessee's soon-to-be Hall of Fame coach, Rick Barnes, was an assistant coach at George Mason in 1980. To help recruiting, they decided to do a newsletter called "Coaches Corner".

For the first newletter, they went to area coaches and asked them to give them their favorite play. Coach Barnes went to DeMatha Catholic High School to talk to the legendary Morgan Wooten, who was named the Naismith Scholastic Coach of the Century in 2000.

Last night, with the game tied and 6 seconds left on the clock, Barnes called Wooten's play. It worked, and Tennessee won on that last second shot.

 

[Zloth]

Wwhhaaaaaa???

View: https://youtu.be/KMgcRfzZsrA?si=aY7YIv6GSnoT7HGm

 

[ZedClampet]

Wwhhaaaaaa???

View: https://youtu.be/KMgcRfzZsrA?si=aY7YIv6GSnoT7HGm

Then there was the Doug Flutie drop kick

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfaavF1R3E

 

[Zloth]

I have got NO idea how this game is played!

 

[January's Ghost]

I have got NO idea how this game is played!

Like many games, certain rules were created after the fact to bring a sense of fairness or sometimes even an added sense suspense. In this case I think that rule did both.

 

[Zloth]

View: https://youtu.be/PRDnyK7FYd8?si=BNjWStLqWWBcBh3o

 

[red_5ive]

Looking forward to these match ups for wildcard weekend. Got all my snacks on the ready, and with the house empty I'm cranking up the ol' HT to get that crowd ambience.

 

[ZedClampet]

Looking forward to these match ups for wildcard weekend. Got all my snacks on the ready, and with the house empty I'm cranking up the ol' HT to get that crowd ambience.

We're actually having a snow storm through tomorrow, so I can claim I can't get anywhere and have to stay home. It's a Tennessee thing. Two flakes of snow are a blizzard.

 

[ZedClampet]

The Tennessee Titans play-by-play guy is quitting to become the University of Tennessee play-by-play guy after the current UT guy announced his retirement. This has confused the national media, but in the state of Tennessee, the Vols are king and everything else way behind.

 

[red_5ive]

We're actually having a snow storm through tomorrow, so I can claim I can't get anywhere and have to stay home. It's a Tennessee thing. Two flakes of snow are a blizzard.

I can relate. A drizzle is a rain storm in Southern California. All it takes is a gloomy cloud overhead and everyone's bundled up when it's 65 degrees outside lol.

I still have to make it out to TN. And Nashville at that. Would love to visit the music venues, the Opry, Bluebird Cafe, The Listening Room.

BTW, I didn't get that Letter From A Nut for Christmas, which I had put on my Amazon Christmas List. I'll get it eventually.

 

[red_5ive]

Damn, every time I think this Packers team can't play any worse, they prove me wrong.

I have a feeling if I keep watching, I'm going to have a hard time explaining to my TV manufacturer that the remote lodged into the screen should be covered under warranty.

 

[Zloth]

Damn, every time I think this Packers team can't play any worse, they prove me wrong.

10 to 0? Meh. Tell the 49'ers that they are ahead of the Chiefs 10 to 0 at half time. They'll roll up into the fetal position.

 

[red_5ive]

10 to 0? Meh. Tell the 49'ers that they are ahead of the Chiefs 10 to 0 at half time. They'll roll up into the fetal position.

I was referring to the start of the game. Right off the bat Nixon fumbled the starting kick, and the Eagles got 7 off it in maybe 1.5 minutes into the game.

 

[Zloth]

Yeah, and things didn't turn out so well in the end. I'm sad to see that. Eagles. Blah.

I was hoping for the Broncos or Chargers to win, too. Sad wildcard round.

 

[red_5ive]

Yeah, and things didn't turn out so well in the end. I'm sad to see that. Eagles. Blah.

I was hoping for the Broncos or Chargers to win, too. Sad wildcard round.

I don't want to make any excuses, but something's up with the Packers. Fans complaining about questionable play calls and while there's an argument to be made for that and also with clock management, I really think something is up as to why LeFleur is making the choices he's making, and neglecting stuff like play-action, which was Love's bread & butter last season. I wonder if Love has been playing hurt all season. And damn, after seeing the slow-mo replay on that opening fumble, it looked liked Nixon recovered it... sigh.

Yeah Chargers, too. I'm equidistant between San Diego and Los Angeles and have lots friends that are Chargers fans, so I was rootin' for them. Similarly tonight, go Rams!

 

[January's Ghost]

Eagles. Blah.

Was on tech support with a guy based in Minneapolis and I started talking about the Vikings loss to the Lions and after about 2 minutes of playoff discussion we agreed that it'll be fine as long as the Eagles don't win.

 

[red_5ive]

That was glorious!

SKOL

 

[ZedClampet]

I'm not doing Fantasy Football this year, so I've barely paid attention to the NFL. Maybe we can get enough people to start a small league next year. I know a few people outside of this site who might be interested if we end up needing a couple more.

 

[Zloth]

View: https://youtu.be/3bY0unjZ5Kw?si=I3W1z9dK9kI7Vdk8

 

[Oluwasegunfunmi]

Sports are always a great topic.

 

[ZedClampet]

Mahomes thinks he's playing soccer, flopping around in "agony" like he's going to need an on-field amputation just to survive.