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busbeepbeep
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | When will then be now? |
| Biography: | Rugby Blogger, Digerati of sorts |
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| Occupation: | Oils |
| Number of Posts: | 18512 |
| Registered on: | 1/16/2004 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch Volume III
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/26/24 at 7:47 pm
I see a page full of rum so I'll pour some
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re: Olympics Opening Ceremony Thread **Spoilers**
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/26/24 at 4:10 pm
Is that Milli or Vanilli that was singing and dancing?...
re: Olympics Opening Ceremony Thread **Spoilers**
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/26/24 at 3:29 pm
Is that a ringwraith?...
re: Olympics Opening Ceremony Thread **Spoilers**
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/26/24 at 3:13 pm
I'm watching on Eurosport. Did y'all get these sequence on NBC?
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/44jhKWkz/IMG-20240726-WA0011.jpg[/img]...
re: Olympic Betting
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 9:24 pm
Mens over 102kg weightlifting
Lasha Talakhadze -4000 :lol:...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 4:36 pm
[quote]Sucks to make the Olympics and go home before the opening ceremonies.
[/quote]They still have chances to lose against Ireland and the loser of New Zealand/Argentina on Saturday in the 5-8th placing matches before going home :lol:...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 3:57 pm
3 awesome quarterfinals and then whatever the hell that was from USA Rugby. Disgraceful performance.
Semifinals:
Sat 830am South Africa v France
Sat 900am Fiji v Australia
Sat 12pm Losers for Bronze
Sat 12:45pm Winners for Gold
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re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 3:43 pm
USA forgot their hands for this one. So many unforced errors in the 1st half. ...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 2:55 pm
France with amazing "penalty kill" sequence there, holding the ball most of the yellow card period. ...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 2:46 pm
[quote] goal line stand[/quote]yeah that was some stout, intense defense...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 2:09 pm
[quote]If this is just a US viewer issue, then the US should have their own broadcast team to explain it all.
[/quote]The US broadcast is a US specific announcer team. I'm watching on Eurosport 2 and there's a better announcer crew....
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 12:36 pm
[quote]See on wiki they’re all at the same venue so these games only last like 15 minutes? Never heard of a team sport like that
[/quote]4x100m relay team sports takes under a minute :lol:
Rugby 7s matches are 14 minutes long, split into two 7 minute halves with a two-minute half-time interval....
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 10:36 am
QF1 200pm - New Zealand vs South Africa
QF2 230pm - France vs Argentina
QF3 300pm - Fiji vs Ireland
QF4 330pm - Australia vs USA...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 8:54 am
As it stands waiting for the Pool A matches
• A1 (Ireland/NZ winner) vs 8 (South Africa or Samoa)
• C2 France vs B2 Argentina
• C1 Fiji vs A2 (Ireland/NZ loser)
• B1 Australia vs 7 USA
USA v Australia will be 330pm Thursday....
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 8:51 am
It's not a coincidence they have a 7 dollar bill with the Rugby 7s on it.
[img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AmcAAOSwIw1cJHsZ/s-l1600.jpg width=600[/img]
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re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 8:29 am
[quote]On the back of Perry Baker who set an Olympic Record for tries in a match at 4!
[/quote]Perry Baker personally took offense to my Uruguay +13.5 bet :lol:
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USA reaches the quarterfinals as 7th place and will face B1, Australia.
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re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 7:49 am
Fanduel showing USA as 13.5 point favorites over Uruguay in the 8am match today. I think they believe in USA Rugby more than I do. Just need to win.
South Africa will have to beat Japan by 24 or more to advance over Samoa...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/25/24 at 7:17 am
[quote]Apparently if you run between the goal posts that is worth more points or something.[/quote]The conversion kick after the try is taken at the same spot the ball is grounded. So scoring in the center provides the easiest kick. Scoring in the corner leaves a very difficult drop kick. ...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/24/24 at 3:37 pm
[quote] This is obviously hypothetical because it won't happen but if they could convince some pure athletes like Isaiah Simmons and Devin White to commit to rugby and learn the game, I think we could at least medal.[/quote]The guys on these other teams aren't exactly plumbers. They're some of the ...
re: Olympics Mens Rugby Sevens Thread
Posted by busbeepbeep on 7/24/24 at 3:03 pm
Results at the end of Day 1
USA with a clear "win and in" path to 7th seed, regardless of point differential.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/pV28oYc.png[/img]
[quote]The top two teams in each pool (A1, B1, C1, A2, B2, C2) are placed in predetermined slots in the knockout round brackets.
The thr...
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