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		It's your FIFA World Cup Day 1 Thread -- Today's theme: "Get Used To It" -- Group A: South Africa v Mexico (10am EDT, ESPN), Uruguay v France (2:30pm EDT, ESPN) (soccernet.espn.go.com)		1206
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Atvar		2010-06-11 03:36:38 AM

Hurrah.

Dr. Nick Riviera		2010-06-11 04:26:36 AM

Host nations have never lost an opener and have reached at least the second round of each World Cup, with six winning it.

Good luck, South Africa. Don't break the streaks.

puffy999		2010-06-11 04:46:59 AM

World Cup? Is this some sort of urinating tournament?

ace0spades		2010-06-11 05:50:44 AM

Go Banana!

UNC_Samurai		2010-06-11 06:16:24 AM

Today's theme: "Get Used To It"

What, the butt trumpets?

Razorwolf		2010-06-11 07:53:28 AM

My favorite online betting pools thus far:

First team to celebrate victory by revealing a Jesus T-Shirt

First player ejected from a game

First player to "accidentally" stomp some genitals (may or may not coincide with first player ejected from a game)

Number of shark attacks

Number of rounds before a race riot occurs in the streets

JerseyTim		2010-06-11 08:02:07 AM

Let's go Bafana Bafana!!

But, please, enough with the damn vuvuzelas already.

fatimcgee		2010-06-11 08:21:26 AM

Soccer...

..pfffttt.

SigmaAlgebra		2010-06-11 08:26:06 AM

The opening match was actually played on Wednesday. The score was Muggers 7-0 Foreign Journalists.

689908		2010-06-11 08:26:09 AM

I'll mainly be cheering for England, France, Mexico, Serbia and South Korea.

Spain to win it. Or possibly Spain. Outside bet: Spain.

DslainteC		2010-06-11 08:27:30 AM

My boss is a big footy fan so we've got the big screen hooked up throughout the tourney. He doesn't mind if we sit and watch the games. It's always funny to hear a cheer go up when a goal is scored and people race from their desks to watch the replays.

To the non-footy fans out there: hush yourself while the 3 billion fans on the planet are watching.

frozencopper		2010-06-11 08:29:28 AM

Is that a giant dung-beatle pushing a huge inflatable soccer ball?? Yes, yes it is....wow

/half empty stadium for the opening ceremony
//hype it as much as you want..its still just soccer, boring as shiat!

DslainteC		2010-06-11 08:29:52 AM

Watching the opening ceremonies now. They used "The Final Countdown" as one of the songs. How can you not love something like that?

TeddyBallGame		2010-06-11 08:30:18 AM

Quick question from an American: is the World Cup single elimination? And if so, isn't having the US playing the UK in round one(considering market size) a bad idea? Similarly, having the host country play against (what I think is) a powerhouse like Mexico a bad idea?

I'm completely serious with these questions. I have no idea about the bracket set-up at all.

SigmaAlgebra		2010-06-11 08:32:32 AM

Burchill		2010-06-11 08:33:03 AM

RminusQ		2010-06-11 08:35:04 AM

Printable, color-coded schedule and chart (PDF) that you can fill out over the next month.

Also, I'm announcing my $100 World Cup Challenge. Over the next month, I will bet a certain amount on the winner of each game*, totalling $100. My challenge is to see if I wind up above par. You are welcome to participate without betting (if you wish me to keep track of your record, let me know and get your picks in each day before first kickoff).

Unfortunately, access to bodog is blocked at school, so if someone else can look up the moneylines on today's games, I'd appreciate it. My picks, locked in a few days ago are:
SOUTH AFRICA +175 (so this would earn me 275 points)
FRANCE even (for 200 points)

Anyone interested?

*-$1 x 48 first-round + $2 x 8 second-round + $3 x 4 quarterfinals + $6 x 2 semifinals + $2 third-place + $10 championship = $100.

Unright		2010-06-11 08:35:14 AM

JerseyTim: Let's go Bafana Bafana!!

Banana fana bo bana?

GungFu		2010-06-11 08:35:20 AM

puffy999: World Cup? Is this some sort of urinating tournament?

I think that's why R. Kelly is at the opening ceremony.

DriftingJesus		2010-06-11 08:35:58 AM

Farksteron		2010-06-11 08:36:17 AM

JerseyTim: Let's go Bafana Bafana!!

But, please, enough with the damn vuvuzelas already.

AMEN... I'm already tired and the match hasn't begun :'(

digistil		2010-06-11 08:36:22 AM

puffy999: World Cup? Is this some sort of urinating tournament?

Well, R Kelly is singing right now so it wouldn't be a complete shock turn of events.

Lost Thought 00		2010-06-11 08:37:12 AM

rbaron71		2010-06-11 08:37:44 AM

Let's go Bafana!

/wishing I could be there

Gonz		2010-06-11 08:37:52 AM

Go South Africa. I haven't been pulling for you this hard since the first time I heard of the Redeker Plan.

digistil		2010-06-11 08:38:57 AM

GungFu: puffy999: World Cup? Is this some sort of urinating tournament?

I think that's why R. Kelly is at the opening ceremony.

Doh! Beat me to it.

james1878		2010-06-11 08:40:31 AM

TeddyBallGame: Quick question from an American: is the World Cup single elimination? And if so, isn't having the US playing the UK in round one(considering market size) a bad idea?

No. First round is 8 groups of 4 teams. So each team plays at least 3 matches (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). After the group stage, top 2 teams (so 16 in total) from each group go into the second round which is where it starts being sudden death. Teams topping their first round group will play a team which finished the group stage in second place. The USA/England (plus Algeria and Slovenia) group, is paired with the Germany/Serbia/Australia/Ghana group. Both England and USA will probably play at least 4 matches.

Then you have quarter finals, semi finals and the final.

Similarly, having the host country play against (what I think is) a powerhouse like Mexico a bad idea?

Mexico is emphatically not a powerhouse.

I'm completely serious with these questions.

Are you sure Fark's the right place for you? :)

RminusQ		2010-06-11 08:41:36 AM

TeddyBallGame: Quick question from an American: is the World Cup single elimination? And if so, isn't having the US playing the UK in round one(considering market size) a bad idea? Similarly, having the host country play against (what I think is) a powerhouse like Mexico a bad idea?

I'm completely serious with these questions. I have no idea about the bracket set-up at all.

To continue answering your question, there is a very basic level of seeding done. The hosts (SA) were kept out of the same group as the top 7 teams to better their chances. In addition, geography came into play: the 3 North American teams are separated; the 6 African teams are separated; the 5 South American teams are separated; the 4 Asian teams are separated (Australia counts as Asia; NZ doesn't, but NZ is in a separate group from them anyway); and no more than 2 European teams in any group.

Beyond that, luck o' the draw. So North Korea wound up in a group with the all-time best team (Brazil), a top-3 European side (Portugal), and the generally-claimed best team in Africa, Ivory Coast. South Korea wound up with seeded-but-questionable team Argentina, mid-level African side Nigeria, and happy-to-be-here Greece. All luck of the draw.

HawaiiE		2010-06-11 08:43:55 AM

SigmaAlgebra: Mexico is not a powerhouse. They are about the same level as the U.S.

Almost correct. Mexico is actually just below us, crying because we have been dominating them the last decade, and they have now lost the only source of their machismo pride in relation to USA.

So they cry, they whine, they play dirty and they pretend that they are still good.

GO SOUTH AFRICA!!! Bafana bafana que van a ganar !!!

MugzyBrown		2010-06-11 08:44:19 AM

I have one thing to add to his conversation

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awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

tommyl66		2010-06-11 08:44:24 AM

U-R-gay, ha ha ha!

Necrocide		2010-06-11 08:46:36 AM

Ah, yes. Soccer. The reason I'm refusing to watch ESPN at any point for the next few weeks. I'll get my sports news from the newspapers and radios.

I'll never understand why America feels the need to become a power in a sport that is only popular worldwide because of the lack of equipment necessary to play it.

Soccer is popular in Slovenia because they have grass and round things. If they could afford football pads, they'd be playing it.

RminusQ		2010-06-11 08:47:48 AM

Necrocide: Ah, yes. Soccer. The reason I'm refusing to watch ESPN at any point for the next few weeks. I'll get my sports news from the newspapers and radios.

I'll never understand why America feels the need to become a power in a sport that is only popular worldwide because of the lack of equipment necessary to play it.

Soccer is popular in Slovenia because they have grass and round things. If they could afford football pads, they'd be playing it.

You're free to piss off any old time.

Mr_H		2010-06-11 08:48:32 AM

RminusQ: Printable, color-coded schedule and chart (PDF) that you can fill out over the next month.

That is awesome, thanks for posting that. Having the eastern time zone and what channels its on is super useful too. I'll get this printed out here at work on the color printer.

mattwakeman		2010-06-11 08:49:01 AM

frozencopper: //hype it as much as you want..its still just soccer, boring as shiat!

And yet here you are posting in a thread about it. Feel free to leave, I don't think the rest of us will mind going without your invaluable contributions.

nephlim		2010-06-11 08:49:43 AM

I can't wait to watch Deutschland kick the shiate out of Australia on Sunday.

Farksteron		2010-06-11 08:50:45 AM

I was living in Mexico during the '86 WC and I remember this fondly:
El equipo Tricolor (new window)

Mexico can be a very awesome place, too bad for all the politicians and drug dealers they have :'(

mattwakeman		2010-06-11 08:50:59 AM

Necrocide: Soccer is popular in Slovenia because they have grass and round things. If they could afford football pads, they'd be playing it.

But if they did then how could the Super Bowl winners possibly be called 'World Champions'??

\They would anyway wouldn't they. Please see my above comment about posting in theads about something you have no interest in.

Lizard		2010-06-11 08:51:04 AM

BRASIL!
Scared of England this Cup though....

JerseyTim		2010-06-11 08:51:22 AM

RminusQ: Printable, color-coded schedule and chart (PDF) that you can fill out over the next month.

That's handy, but this is the coolest World Cup calendar out there.

tricycleracer		2010-06-11 08:52:41 AM

Tomorrow's theme: "You'll Get Over It".

Burchill		2010-06-11 08:53:36 AM

DslainteC		2010-06-11 08:53:51 AM

Necrocide: I'll never understand why America feels the need to become a power in a sport that is only popular worldwide because of the lack of equipment necessary to play it.

Typical American. Something only has value if it costs a lot of money.

Emrick		2010-06-11 08:54:39 AM

I guess I don't hate Mexico as much as the next American. I am rooting for the cheap shot artists to do well because it makes CONCACAF look better. Same goes for Honduras.

dokool		2010-06-11 08:57:47 AM

What channel are opening ceremonies on?

TeddyBallGame		2010-06-11 08:58:17 AM

SigmaAlgebra:

Burchill:

Thanks a bunch. I'm genuinely interested in the set up so I can give futbol a chance this month. Sounds like the Olympic hockey set up.

FiatJustitia		2010-06-11 08:59:12 AM

ESPN's talking about baseball or some other irrelevant sport this month.

VAMOS MEXICO!

Farksteron		2010-06-11 09:00:13 AM

dokool: What channel are opening ceremonies on?

ESPN and Univision

FiatJustitia		2010-06-11 09:00:55 AM

Gonz: Go South Africa. I haven't been pulling for you this hard since the first time I heard of the Redeker Plan.

+1

RminusQ		2010-06-11 09:01:03 AM

JerseyTim: RminusQ: Printable, color-coded schedule and chart (PDF) that you can fill out over the next month.

That's handy, but this is the coolest World Cup calendar out there.

I'm not gonna lie, that's pretty boss, JerseyTim.

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