Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #173: Wheel, Snipe, Celly

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Well they are playing the powerhouse undefeated Pirates, who I've noticed have a player named Colin Moran. He should get a brain am I right

The Cardinals pitcher just hit a 2-run homer against the Brewers, continuing the Brewers bad playing against St. Louis.
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That's two way Japanese phenom Miles Mikolas you're talking about.

Holy shit you guys, I won the sports topic bracket challenge. This is the greatest achievement of my life

Congrats my man. Incredible comeback.

The brackets were full of disaster and fun. Congrats, SteamedHams.

Thanks guys, when do I get my prize

You have my respect. The ultimate prize.

Glad I could step aside gracefully for this joyous achievement.
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You chewsed wisely in the end

So ESPN was arguing on their Get Up new show that the women's final four was more exciting than the men's. I don't know about that, there was an 11 seed in the men's final four. my big issue with women's college basketball is the huge drop-off from the handful of elite teams. it's not just UConn anymore, but it's not very many teams that have a shot at winning it all. It was all 1 seeds in the women's final four.

What do you think, am I just a huge sexist? I enjoyed watching the women's final and it was a good game. Idk, the final four itself probably did have more exciting games than the men's final four. I think every one came down to the last shot. Both semifinals were OT games.

I didn't watch any final four games for either tournament I don't think

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

STLCards1991 posted...

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

Yeah. Idk, I think it's just the whole no underdogs thing that gets me. It's just not as cool for four 1 seeds to be going at it.

But they still were all good games, so you're right

SkynyrdRocker posted...

STLCards1991 posted...

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

Yeah. Idk, I think it's just the whole no underdogs thing that gets me. It's just not as cool for four 1 seeds to be going at it.

Tell that to the womens tourney...
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TyVulpine posted...

SkynyrdRocker posted...

STLCards1991 posted...

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

Yeah. Idk, I think it's just the whole no underdogs thing that gets me. It's just not as cool for four 1 seeds to be going at it.

Tell that to the womens tourney...

That's... exactly what I was talking about...

SkynyrdRocker posted...

TyVulpine posted...

SkynyrdRocker posted...

STLCards1991 posted...

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

Yeah. Idk, I think it's just the whole no underdogs thing that gets me. It's just not as cool for four 1 seeds to be going at it.

Tell that to the womens tourney...

That's... exactly what I was talking about...

Tell that to TyVulpine...

SkynyrdRocker posted...

TyVulpine posted...

SkynyrdRocker posted...

STLCards1991 posted...

If they're just talking about quality of actual games, they're probably right, aren't they? The Final Four games weren't close and neither was the title game.

Yeah. Idk, I think it's just the whole no underdogs thing that gets me. It's just not as cool for four 1 seeds to be going at it.

Tell that to the womens tourney...

That's... exactly what I was talking about...

But the womens Final Four was cool. UConn gets stunned in OT, and the title game was exciting. Unlike the snooze fest that was the mens.
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The twins always seem to have so many days off at the start of the year. Is that scheduled like that because of the weather? It's been snowing for 2 days and it's 20 and the home opener is tomorrow or the next day... That sounds like fun

The first week or so often has weird off days but also there are more off days this season.

Do you guys feel attached to your alma maters? I wish I had at least gone to a more interesting state university, whether that would be Missouri or Illinois or somewhere more extravagant and distant (unlikely, fourth child in a single parent household that I was). I don't give a shit about my school at all anymore, but it would be fun if I could at least be like "oh nice, that's where I went!" and actually mean it when someone says that's where they went or where they go. It would also be nice to care about college sports but that was probably never a realistic hope for me.

I'd say I do. The sports teams for all the main 4 sports have been disappointing, but it's biggest/most well known school in the state and I go to a game or two a year. I still live pretty close and my brother goes there. I also met most of my friends (not high school ones obv) one way or another through going to school there.

Yeah. I keep in touch with a few of my friends from there and I root for UVA in everything. (Well, in sports I care about. The other ones I'm just like "yay cool" when I see we did well in them)

CaptainHammer posted...

Do you guys feel attached to your alma maters?

Absolutely. I've donated money to them multiple times and will continue in the future. I love wearing UF apparel and getting a "Go Gators" back from a stranger on the street. I should have gone back last year to a few basketball games but my family changed our plans at the last minute.

I feel way more attached to my undergraduate alma mater than I ever will to my current graduate school.
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I donated money to my alma mater too. It's called tuition!

Not only am I not attached, but I almost actively dislike it at this point, some of which I'll admit is due to me being an extremely bitter person lately over my lack of success. But it gets annoying to constantly hear about what a great school it is for career opportunities. That might be true if you want to work in petroleum or mining, but most of the other industries/majors just seem average to me. It's also frustrating trying to go to career fairs and networking events dominated by those industries. Then you have the student body, which is/was mostly a bunch of right-wing fuckfaces, a large portion of whom think they are rednecks and cowboys even though they're from upper-middle-class families.

I don't think I own any university-branded swag anymore. I didn't get rid of it for the above reasons necessarily, but because I don't really care in general. Now that college degrees are so commonplace and meaningless, I feel like that kind of showing off is almost as lame as showing off your high school (unless they have actual sports teams, but that doesn't apply for me).

STLCards1991 posted...

I donated money to my alma mater too. It's called tuition!

My dawg

Mine keeps calling me for money (presumably, I don't answer), those fuckers. I wonder if they will keep doing it or if there is a point that they give up after so many unanswered calls

STLCards1991 posted...

I donated money to my alma mater too. It's called tuition!

I made a profit in financial aid for 7/8 semesters >_>

oh shit I said quarters, UChicago is getting to me
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I started my undergrad at UW-Madison and finished at UW-Milwaukee (where I am currently doing my grad program). I feel more attached to UW-Madison, although I've given more money to UW-Milwaukee.
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STLCards1991 posted...

I donated money to my alma mater too. It's called tuition!

They still send me letters asking for money. "Donations from alumni like you help make _______ possible for students"

where were these donations when I was a student

CaptainHammer posted...

Do you guys feel attached to your alma maters?

Nah, my alma mater can go burn in hell.
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SteamedHams posted...

Mine keeps calling me for money (presumably, I don't answer), those fuckers. I wonder if they will keep doing it or if there is a point that they give up after so many unanswered calls

Same. It's getting less frequent though, maybe once a month. I can't imagine how insane I would have to become to donate to my college.

Damn was I the only one who answered positively >__>
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Damn was I the only one who answered positively >__>

I was in the same boat for 4 of my 5 years in school. Shit went downhill fast.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Damn was I the only one who answered positively >__>

I did, i just don't give them money

MNTwins1991 posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Damn was I the only one who answered positively >__>

I did, i just don't give them money

Yeah, $80,000 is plenty. I'm not giving them another cent.

Fowler and Pham led the game off with back to back homers. Pretty cool

Panik hit another home run but the Giants suck. Not cool at all.

STLCards1991 posted...

Fowler and Pham led the game off with back to back homers. Pretty cool

The exact opposite of this just happened to end the game. Yelich and Braun back to back homers to win it. Not as cool.

Speaking of homers, Ohtani got his first today.
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Yesss

Psh not even the first pitcher home run this season as we all know

STLCards1991 posted...

STLCards1991 posted...

Fowler and Pham led the game off with back to back homers. Pretty cool

The exact opposite of this just happened to end the game. Yelich and Braun back to back homers to win it. Not as cool.

I still don't like Braun after his whole drug use.
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This guy I share an office with just watches youtube all day. It's horrible. It's the same nerdy voice playing all day every day, talking about game design or just reading things from a history book. No analysis on the history, just telling you things

I apologize. They do provide analysis, such as just now referring to Napoleon as "a great wild card"

What kind of game design videos? I remember for a brief period I'd eat up those kind of "deep analysis" videos, but then I realized they're pretty much bullshit that people like to watch to pretend they're smart. I mean, they make some valid and accurate points, but I've seen a lot that just reduce a game to numbers when instead I could just play the game and judge it on my own enjoyment factor

I think the series is called Critical Hits. It plays the same few notes from Super Mario 64 music at the top of every show too so that song is stuck in my head forever

Speaking of Super Mario 64, now here's the kind of analysis video I can enjoy (you can probably guess what it is):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A" data-time="

It's so pointless that it makes the level of detail and dedication entertaining