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Originally Posted by juliana (Post 4067490)

Also, unlike england, leafs fans don't run around saying their team is better than other teams, they know their team is garbage.

That could be debated. depends who.

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious (Post 4067445)

yeah then definitely the Cowboys, Notre Dame* or England of their respective sport.

Dallas is "america's team" because someone in the media decided they were in the 70s (most people hate the shit out of them it seems these days) and they are relentlessly considered contenders and relevant even though they haven't been good in 20 years now.

Ultimately, I understand that the English have come to their senses about the prospects of their actual team, I still fully believe that english fans believe they should be much better than they actually are.

fortunately the NBA doesn't have an equivalency. Celtics and Lakers have all been relevant and won titles within the last 10 years.

*Eulogy will be here shortly to contend that because ND was in a title game within the last 5 years and this is unfair. I however contend that because the title game for college football is determined primarily by the media (2/3rds of the vote, the other third is indeed a computer which rated ND highly) that ND did not get there entirely based on merit and the media/fan hype factory contributed significantly to the appearance in the national title game that they, by the evidence of the final score of that game, had no business being in.

I don't disagree with much of what you say here, but they were 12-0 and undefeated teams are almost always hugely overrated. Their schedule wasn't soft either.

And no one answered my question but all the models seem to be saying somewhere around 25%

They have to lock down Ronaldo to one goal and hope to slide through by tying Germany. Could happen but it's pretty fucking grim no matter what. :(

no expectation = no disappointment

that's why you Yanks should take each game as it comes, and not worry too much about that little Portuguese fuck

Yeah my expectations are low. And probably will be forever. Still fun though.

ive said it 543 times, and i'll say it again - "anything can happen"

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Originally Posted by The exploding boy (Post 4067491)

That could be debated. depends who.

I don't know one leaf fan that that actually thinks the leafs will win. They just like watching games and hope they can get to the playoffs.

i wonder how i got confused about the size of toronto

Brazil has got a cool national anthem, the entire place went 2nd verse on it. How do they not win it this year?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aahahaha

Marcelo, thank you

and what's up with Silva

oh yea, own goals is one way to do it.

That Brazil player's life might be in serious jeopardy. Wow.

EAT IT BRAZIL.

PS call me

Neymar's all like "Fuck a dive I got dis."

I love Pletikosa, but it smells like Brazil is going to score any minute

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Originally Posted by pavementtune (Post 4067514)

I love Pletikosa, but it smells like Brazil is going to score any minute

Waiting for a beautiful goal from brazil.

Brazil is just getting warmed up. Woo! 3-1 brazil!

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Originally Posted by I'm Hardcore (Post 4067500)

ive said it 543 times, and i'll say it again - "anything can happen"

ultimately that's not true

the cup will be won by one of the cup winning countries.

anything can happen but it usually doesn't.

Gonna be so happy when Iran takes the cup and you look like an IDIOT.

When did Joseph Gordon-Levitt start coaching Croatia?

Today I learned where Croatia is.

And this game will be tainted because that was a really, really bad dive.

Yeah a total bullshit one. Utterly turrible. What a joke. I mean I know it's all a joke TOC-style but really what a joke.

in what universe was that a deserved penalty
I don't get it