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TRP: It's Nut-Cuttin' Time

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Ha.

(248): Hey cutie is the game almost over? I'm making dinner for us it'll be ready soon. Xox

(1-248): You would rather make ****ing dinner than watch a hockey game that rivals the epic-ness of miracle, the one of the biggest upsets in sport history? Babe I don't know if I can date a girl with such terrible priorities.
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
Ha.

(248): Hey cutie is the game almost over? I'm making dinner for us it'll be ready soon. Xox

(1-248): You would rather make ****ing dinner than watch a hockey game that rivals the epic-ness of miracle, the one of the biggest upsets in sport history? Babe I don't know if I can date a girl with such terrible priorities.
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While I agree with the boyfriend on her mix up of priorities, it's really been grinding my gears that the US-Canada game is/was/has been compared to the 1980 game. Was the US-Canada game a good game? Absolutely - especially the ending, but it's not even in the same league as the 1980 game.
 
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bostonewe said:
While I agree with the boyfriend on her mix up of priorities, it's really been grinding my gears that the US-Canada game is/was/has been compared to the 1980 game. Was the US-Canada game a good game? Absolutely - especially the ending, but it's not even in the same league as the 1980 game.
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More precisely, while the game itself might have been as exciting (speaking in terms of entertainment value, that was a very good game of hockey), the situations just weren't at all comparable. This wasn't the most accomplished team in the world against a bunch of inexperienced college kids, it was a team of NHL stars against a team of younger, slightly less-experienced NHL stars. Sure, it would've been an upset if the US had won, but not on anywhere near the same level.
 
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jmh said:
More precisely, while the game itself might have been as exciting (speaking in terms of entertainment value, that was a very good game of hockey), the situations just weren't at all comparable. This wasn't the most accomplished team in the world against a bunch of inexperienced college kids, it was a team of NHL stars against a team of younger, slightly less-experienced NHL stars. Sure, it would've been an upset if the US had won, but not on anywhere near the same level.
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Agreed. Not only that, but the political tensions between the US and USSR at that time played a huge role in the reaction and, needless to say, there isn't quite the same tension between the US and Canada (regardless of people's feelings about Crosby :p )
 
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bostonewe said:
Agreed. Not only that, but the political tensions between the US and USSR at that time played a huge role in the reaction and, needless to say, there isn't quite the same tension between the US and Canada (regardless of people's feelings about Crosby :p )
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Yeah, that's not political tension, really, that's just Crosby being an eminently dislikable person. (Amusing text I received from a friend not long after the game ended: "I have to imagine that Gretzky quietly thinks Crosby is a total d**che.")
 
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If the USA had beat the Taliban or Iran in ice hockey for gold, then it might be a bit more comparable. Except those teams would suck at hockey.
 
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There was the reaction in my apartment--

Me: f*. f*. Godf*ing dammmit. *face in to pillow*

FM: *silent, stonefaced, unmoving, looking like someone punched his dog*
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
There was the reaction in my apartment--

Me: f*. f*. Godf*ing dammmit. *face in to pillow*

FM: *silent, stonefaced, unmoving, looking like someone punched his dog*
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PB was (luckily) at work.
I was watching the game with his roommate. My reaction? Slam the recliner down and punch the side and yell f*.
Then, text about a dozen people this: "F* Crosby with a god*amn mother f*ing 10 foot black c*ck and gauge his eyes with a letter opener."
 
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crazytechfan said:
PB was (luckily) at work.
I was watching the game with his roommate. My reaction? Slam the recliner down and punch the side and yell f*.
Then, text about a dozen people this: "F* Crosby with a god*amn mother f*ing 10 foot black c*ck and gauge his eyes with a letter opener."
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I posted my after-game text here.

My favorite received text may have been "May the fleas of ten thousand camels infest that *er."
 
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I wasn't all that surprised or angry... :confused: The US team wasn't supposed to do well in the Olympics anyway, the person who scored had a good shot and is a talented player, the US team won a silver medal, it was a good and close game that had us on the edge of our seats. I don't get the anger at all. :confused:
 
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bostonewe said:
I wasn't all that surprised or angry... :confused: The US team wasn't supposed to do well in the Olympics anyway, the person who scored had a good shot and is a talented player, the US team won a silver medal, it was a good and close game that had us on the edge of our seats. I don't get the anger at all. :confused:
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you, madam, are obviously not a Tech or Gopher fan. :D
 
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bostonewe said:
I wasn't all that surprised or angry... :confused: The US team wasn't supposed to do well in the Olympics anyway, the person who scored had a good shot and is a talented player, the US team won a silver medal, it was a good and close game that had us on the edge of our seats. I don't get the anger at all. :confused:
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I'm with ya, sista. To a man, Canada had a more talented team. The US just had better team chemistry, coaching and especially goaltending. Once it went into 4x4 OT, it was bound to be Canada's game, I thought, as it opened up the ice for their talent more than the US could capitalize.

Looking back at the first time they played, you can't say the US beat Canada in a skill game. Our guys just had a better game plan, a little luck, capitalized on a couple mistakes and had the right game plan. I would have been shocked and elated to see the US win gold.
 
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crazytechfan said:
PB was (luckily) at work.
I was watching the game with his roommate. My reaction? Slam the recliner down and punch the side and yell f*.
Then, text about a dozen people this: "F* Crosby with a god*amn mother f*ing 10 foot black c*ck and gauge his eyes with a letter opener."
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How does one gauge eyes with a letter opener? :confused:

Sloe Gin said:
you, madam, are obviously not a Tech or Gopher fan. :D
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That would explain why I was so angry. Not because I really wanted the US to win or anything. :rolleyes:

Honestly, it probably does have a bit to do with the level of rage experienced though. :mad: :p
 
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