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With the way Rafa Benitez has had everything going his way lately, I don't see them losing 3-0, especially since Dida has been extremely shaky of late. "Defend staunchly and counterattack" is the traditional Italian strategy, Fred. The Brazilian strategy is "make a million passes and ...

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And don't forget the Italian players, Jerry. Paolo di Canio was famous for his fascist salute after every goal. And played for Chelsea, another team I hate. COINCIDENCE?! It must be coincidence, since he never played for Chelsea. His English clubs were Sheffield United, West Ham, and Charlton. The ...

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Bremen is out for sure. They're not making up three goals.

I also like Sevilla.

And don't forget the Italian players, Jerry. Paolo di Canio was famous for his fascist salute after every goal.

And, Berlusconi was prime minister, not president. You were right.

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And United are done, you can stick a fork in them.

Cliche FTW.

Things are turning ugly now.

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Now, I'm not saying Jerry would be better in the back than Nemanja Vidic has been today, but the chance is at least 50%. Also, Cristiano Ronaldo has not done a damn thing.

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Looks like Sir Alex is starting Nemanja Vidic rather than bring back the injured Rio Ferdinand.

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Alright, I'll gladly take my original name back as soon as you please.

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The "This Egyptian River" award?

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I'm going to Hampshire College, and almost certainly will not be playing unless the Amherst team that apparently exists doesn't mind being a Five College team. Or I might just show up at stuff. If you're interested in dealing with Amherst to get your fix you may want to talk to Ryan or Jesse. Their...

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Yeah, that undergraduate math major is doing you tons of good, I'm sure.

</obvious sarcasm>

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Holy crap, it's a Zach Hommer sighting.

EDIT: forgot I was in the HS section and cursed as a result

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Jerry, Man U can clinch this weekend with any combination of points won and Chelsea points lost greater than 2, so if Sir Alex gets a win this weekend then they'll have already won the title when they face West Ham.

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The only thing is that Wigan has really sucked lately. Like, twenty times worse than everyone else in the league. That said, I think the Hammers must get 4 points to reasonably think they can survive. Of course, that's 4 points, coming in matches against Bolton and Man United. It would be a shame if...

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Perhaps the title of the thread should be "SOCCER THREAD", as it is started by he who was once known as "F5 for soccer posts". I'm sure you're thrilled about the failures of your Soviet comrade Roman Abramovich, given that I know how you hate him, Jerry. My pick for tomorrow is M...

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Academic quizbowl has a ton of forums on this site; proselytizing and trolling on the one trash forum is not cool. Perhaps you missed something, but these guys are from BC, not BU. BU has for a long time been attending both trash and academic events, while BC for the past few years has been heavily...

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I'm just curious how much longer it will be before someone attempts to Godwin.

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Fred, I'll survive until Wednesday. I just wish that if I were going to be some weird Japanese thing, I could have been a cool weird Japanese thing, like the Asahi Robot.

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Both the person and the dog are the same (the dog turns into the girl). Does that clarify a bit?

Dog --> human --> lesbian action? Why do I expect this from the Japanese?

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Wow, did that turn out horribly. How long before I can revert to the old name?

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I'll take the chance.

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Brian and the others that have been bashing the curling question: What do you think is canonical with regards to curling? And here's my bash: Why was the name that the tournament had from c.1980 through to 2006 only prompt-worthy? Had I not remembered shortly after buzzing in that the tournament ha...

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I remembered one more thing: I can remember only one question about LOST: the only question was the one bonus part about Mister Eko in the "People who died in 2006" bonus. You might think there could be a tossup, or a whole bonus on such a popular show, since its fanbase is significantly l...

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but who hasn't seen shows like "My Three Sons" in syndication? I haven't, despite watching a fair amount of TV. I've never seen a single episode on the air, although I can't say I ever looked for it. A cursory web search shows the last time they were syndicated nationally was on Nick at N...

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Wow, apparently I lose reading comprehension abilities after 12 hours of driving through traffic jams.

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When can we expect full stats?

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For example, it might make more sense for me to have Susan Ferrari on my team than Matt Weiner, depending on who else I'm playing with. I think the scenario here is that you are a NON-PLAYER, and are attempting to assemble a quizbowl team that you will manage, rather than play on. You get to pick o...

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In honor of the fact that I attended a trash tournament while many of you were at ICT, I should point out that Norbert from the Angry Beavers (a Nickelodeon mid-90's cartoon, Jerry) had the dream of becoming a Lippizaner Stallion.

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I think in the Northeast a vast majority could name five hockey players (one of which would always be Bobby Orr), but only a small portion could name five NASCAR drivers. I'm a hockey fan, so the fact that I could name several hundred current and former players is irrelevant, but the fact that I can...

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Is it possible that your team just lacks significant hockey knowledge? I could have thirtied every hockey bonus I heard there yesterday but for the fact that many went to the other team. And, since the "a" key is separated from the "o" key by the whole keyboard, I should let you ...

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Mike, the Gerbils are not associated with any school, although you could sort of vaguely associate them with BU if you want (but just in your head, since it's been quite some time since any of them were there). Note: we (Brandeis) were playing rather shorthanded compared with our usual trash lineup ...

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Rothlover wrote:Alex: wikivandalism . Someone get on that.

In what way do you plan on linking Carl Van Vechten with Carlos Mencia?

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I'm not going to answer the latest quote, but I figured for the benefit of those of you who haven't seen Shark Attack 3, here's the line:

Youtube link

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When I recognize a quote from "Cold as Ice" I just have to repeat the mantra "there is no shame, only points". Curse you, allythin, for making me remember such a movie. Here's one of my all time favorite bad movie lines: Her: (sigh) I'm exhausted. Him: Yeah, me too, but...you kno...

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Yeah, there were a lot of bad flow mistakes, including many missing words, repeated words, and confusing sentences. Of course, I've never edited a tournament, so I'm not the most qualified to make this criticism. Also, there were at least two repeated questions, and that's on the ten packets we play...

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This is looking really good, and I can't wait to try the finished product.

Nit-pick: in screenshot 13, "EDITING" is misspelled.

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Just to clarify: I'm showing no prejudice against any team that left by posting that order; I'm just trying to encourage the discussion going on about the Maryland vs. Brandeis sectionals to have the facts instead of the "THEY LEFT EARLY OMGZORZ!!!!1!111ELEVENTY" that this could devolve in...

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I didn't attend the tournament so I don't know about the "leaving early" grievance, but if the tournament was ending at 7:30 or 8PM and our team had a 5 hour drive to New Jersey (plus stop for dinner), I can't blame my teammates for leaving early. For the public knowledge: the leaving sit...

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In a best-of-three final, Brown defeated Rutgers in two straight, so Brown, consisting of Eric, Marko, Dennis, and Micha have won this regional.

Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks especially to those who helped out.

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New England ACF Regionals statistics for the round robin can be found at this site . Due to teams leaving before the playoffs, instead of a 4-4-3 breakdown and round robin, we're just doing a best of three between Brown and Rutgers, and it's in progress at the moment. I'll post an update when it's o...

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OK, I've re-sent out the information, with a new update courtesy of Brown dropping to just one team.

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Yeah, apparently nobody I sent the email to got it, so I'm going to re-send it in a while. Because the smtp server lost it in the shuffle, I have no access to it, so I'll rewrite it later tonight and send it out. This won't be until about 9:30 or 10:00 PM though.

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Kyle, any stats for the playoff rounds yet?

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I have sent out an email final update to those of you who I know should have received a copy. If you want a copy and were not on the list, please email me at the address posted above.

Thanks,

Evan

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Dr. Chuck's analogies come like a hanging curve right down the middle and are smacked out of the park by irrelevant sports analogies. Boo-yah! Just like a two-foot putt, or an empty net. That's levitation, homes.

TOSSUPS WITH SUPERNEGS

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BONUSES WITH BOUNCEBACK

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The people who say "bone-ee" get in a fight with those who say "bone-eye", causing bonuses to be able to come in and destroy them.

Since I'm watching the end of Tennessee vs. Kentucky...

BRUCE PEARL'S ORANGE BLAZER

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OREGON'S DAY-GLO YELLOW UNIFORMS

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The liquor carried by the St. Bernards in the pass intoxicates the wearer of the shoes so he crashes.

It's the NBA Draft 3-way special!

Greg Oden

vs.

Joakim Noah

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Kevin Durant

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OK, we have a rapidly expanding field with the potential demise of the Mid-Atlantic regional. Here's a tentative field update: Dartmouth (2 teams, 1 buzzer) Brown (2 teams, 1 buzzer, Jerry) Harvard (3 teams, 1? buzzer) MIT (2 teams, 1 buzzer) Princeton (2 teams, ? buzzers) Rutgers (1 team, 2 buzzers...

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Quick results, which will likely soon be improved upon by Kyle: DI: Brown A (Jerry, Eric, Marko) went undefeated for the DI title, with Amherst being the top undergrad team. Top individual scorer was Mike from Yale, at about 95 PPG, with Jerry second at 92 or so, and the top undergraduate was Jack f...

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Here's a current field update: Dartmouth (3 teams, 1 buzzer, 0 moderator) Brown (2 teams, 1 moderator (Jerry), 1 buzzer) Harvard (3 teams, ? moderator, ? buzzer) MIT (2 teams, ? moderator, ? buzzer) Please tell me if you're coming, because this is fairly late to let me know. Email me at enagler at b...

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Our team got 50 at least once or twice, I think. Of course, we missed it a few times as well, when I got Mathieu Schneider and Mike Camalleri but couldn't come up with Ronnie Stern (which is bad, since I'm a Flames fan) and a couple of similar situations. At the BU mirror, we didn't get any physical...

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