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So you don't think (despite the hype from NBC) that Phelps-Lochte has any drama? They're both Americans...

Not really. Besides the a fore mentioned fact that there are 6 other swimmers in the pool with them, even if it were just one on one, Phelps has seemingly lost his mojo in the pool too.

Michael Phelps edges Ryan Lochte in 200 IM for record 16th Olympic gold

Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

Agreed. Some of us aren't in prime time yet...

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I don't think that's a ridiculous notion. Those judges can't be trusted.

And even if they can be trusted they make blatant mistakes all the time. And when the sole basis of scoring is the flawed, and occasionally fraudulent individuals it degrades the position of the event as a "sport." There's little sport in someone else deciding how much they subjectively liked a performance and even less if that person can't be trusted.

And as for synchro itself, it's nothing but a bunch of ladies dancing in time with one another in a pool. It's no more a sport than a broadway musical or cheerleading is a sport. And I say this with a friend of mine having been on the 2008 team in Beijing.

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

I think it's pretty reasonable to put something in spoilers until the majority of the country watches it. I probably wouldn't have watched it regardless, but now I definitely won't be.

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

Yes, yes I did.

SPOILER from the future - The US Basketball team beats Nigeria by over 70 points and sets the all time US Basketball Olympic high score and all time Olympic high score.

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

Yes, yes I did.

SPOILER from the future - The US Basketball team beats Nigeria by over 70 points and sets the all time US Basketball Olympic high score and all time Olympic high score.

Oh, man. You really ruined that for me. :P

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

Yes, yes I did.

SPOILER from the future - The US Basketball team beats Nigeria by over 70 points and sets the all time US Basketball Olympic high score and all time Olympic high score.

Oh, man. You really ruined that for me. :P

I actually felt bad for Nigeria there at the end. It was just ridiculous. Looked like a shooting exhibition rather than an international competition.

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

Yes, yes I did.

SPOILER from the future - The US Basketball team beats Nigeria by over 70 points and sets the all time US Basketball Olympic high score and all time Olympic high score.

Oh, man. You really ruined that for me. :P

I actually felt bad for Nigeria there at the end. It was just ridiculous. Looked like a shooting exhibition rather than an international competition.

That was a beating even Chris Brown would've been proud of.

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*Reads what was said above*

*groan* Never use that joke again, bucfan.

That was just... something else, man. Any time they showed the Nigerian coach, I had to think that he was thinking about calling the game. I mean, the Americans won big. No need to rub salt in the wound here.

 

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*Reads what was said above*

*groan* Never use that joke again, bucfan.

That was just... something else, man. Any time they showed the Nigerian coach, I had to think that he was thinking about calling the game. I mean, the Americans won big. No need to rub salt in the wound here.

Ehh, saw it on Twitter (Thanks for getting me sucked in, Cujo!) and thought it was funny :P

Ya dribble and ya shoot, not every shot is gonna go in I guess (No pun intended).

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Ryan Lochte ends up hitting for the medal cycle (at least one gold, silver and bronze medal each from one Olympics), which may actually be a harder feat to pull off than three golds.

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Re: Spoilers - I felt like we as a community weren't talking about these things until they hit primetime - they hadn't been discussed before now. Things that weren't going to be shown in primetime were cool, though.

Yeah basically anything with US athletes that's not a foregone conclusion like the basketball games... Otherwise it'll never make it past Bob Costas and Ryan Seacrest.

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Can someone explain to me how THIS is considered an Olympic "Sport" for over a century?

Rich people like it.

I agree that its completely stupid, but it is what it is.

When is NASCAR going to be introduced as an Olympic sport?

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Seriously man, put those things in spoilers.

You opened a thread about the Olympics... hoping to not see Olympic results? Um... really?

Yes, yes I did.

What on Earth did you expect to read then?

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