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Day 24: Recap
Record—
Spread: 21-42
Straight up: 31-23-9
Hot Girl
Standings
|
Country
|
Tally
|
Games
Played
|
|
Brazil
|
206
|
7 (finished)
|
|
Argentina
|
183
|
6
|
|
Netherlands
|
173
|
7 (finished)
|
|
Columbia
|
136
|
5 (finished)
|
|
Germany
|
125
|
6
|
|
Costa Rica
|
117
|
5 (finished)
|
|
France
|
108
|
5 (finished)
|
|
Mexico
|
92
|
4 (finished)
|
|
USA
|
87
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Belgium
|
86
|
5 (finished)
|
|
Chile
|
74
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Nigeria
|
71
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Greece
|
67
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Japan
|
66
|
3 (finished)
|
|
South Korea
|
65
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Australia
|
63
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Bosnia & H
|
59
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Spain
|
58
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Switzerland
|
53
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Ecuador
|
53
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Ghana
|
52
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Cote d’Ivoire
|
49
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Russia
|
41
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Italy
|
39
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Honduras
|
37
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Uruguay
|
36
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Algeria
|
36
|
4 (finished)
|
|
Croatia
|
33
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Cameroon
|
32
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Portugal
|
31
|
3 (finished)
|
|
England
|
29
|
3 (finished)
|
|
Iran
|
26
|
3 (finished)
|
The Germans have little chance of capturing the “Hot Girls
Title”. Argentina still has a chance for those looking for suspense.
Looks like Scolari was a perfectly shitty coach after all.
He may have won the 2002 World Cup, but that was against a really shitty German
team that had to do without the suspended Ballack. Since then he’s failed as
the Portuguese head coach and the Chelsea head coach. He’s even failed in
Uzbekistan. That takes some talent.
The penultimate chapter of our time together commences. I
can think of no better way to begin wrapping things up than with some of your
finest riffs:
“Riffs
of the Day”—Day Twenty-Four
Reader:
What happened to the guy who loved Ice Hockey?
Vicey:
Well…sometime after Eric Lindros’s 3,415th concussion and Bobby
Clarke’s insistence that he shouldn’t be woozily whining about the Training
Staff failing to diagnosis it….he had to give up on his Philadelphia Flyers.
It’s a brutal sport, rendered even more savage by a meaningless 82-Game regular
season during which bigger, stronger, and faster players beat the everlasting
shit out of each other for a meaningless seed in the ridiculously generous
playoffs.
It’s
common knowledge that this bookie’s first Sportsbook was an NFL one. My
interest in American Football slowly waned for the same reasons. It took a
little longer, but I came to the same conclusion. Punch-drunk former players
like Wayne Chrebet of the NY Jets break your heart. Bigger, stronger, and
faster players hit harder. It all ends in chronic encephalopathy. For what?
All of
this isn’t to say that footballers don’t have their own problems. George Best
was a drunk that made Mickey Mantle look like Shirley Temple. I just can’t
watch the spectacle anymore. Sorry, American friends. It’s bad enough that
there are too many commercials, too many ditzy sideline reporters, too many
myopic commentators, and Joe Buck to boot. The game sucks. An average of
Seventeen minutes of action in game that has sixty minutes on the clock? Fuck
it. I’ll stick with “the beautiful game” for now, even if I have to be a
constant apologist.
By the
way, Syndicate Member 9-M just provided the inspiration for our final post.
Well done.
….
I also
still love Baseball. Interest in that never waned ; )
Reader:
Is the biter really going to Barcelona?
Vicey:
He is and that’s some nice alliteration, 23-M.
Reader:
[on Germany vs. Argentina] Grab them by the balls boys and kick ass!
Vicey:
Hahahaha. That’s a female Syndicate Member 14-F. Beware of the “Dragon Ladies”, friends. They spit hot fire!
Reader:
Booooooooooooooo!!
Vicey:
The perfect disaster for Brazil. The goddamned plane has crashed into the
mountain!
Reader:
Now that Javier Mascherano has a torn anus, will Argentina be able to keep it
tight at the back?
Vicey:
Bwahahahahahahah!
I love
the Syndicate. Thank you, 89-M!
DAY
TWENTY-FIVE—PREVIEW
Only the final reckoning awaits. Give me about ten minutes,
Syndicate Members. Our journey is nearly over. Just have to dot the “ü”s : ) :
)
