Category Archives: - World Cup 2006

Tedious Times and Great Reads

7/9/2008 – 8:41 am

This annual, painful break in the footie season (affectionately known as “summer”) really gets on my nerves because there’s very little to report, except transfer rumors. Some of which are true, many of which are not. John has already lamented the same thing but I’m getting really bored with “Ronaldo to Man Ure no he’s [...]

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Finish Lines

5/12/2008 – 6:59 am

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After I put the finishing touches on one more paper, I’ll be officially done with school for the 2007-08 academic year. It was a very good semester as I really liked all my classes but man, it was a lot of work too. I’m on 33 books read for the year. Next year [...]

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Some Final WC Thoughts and the Jeff Fordia

7/10/2006 – 10:12 am

All in all, it wasn’t a great World Cup. I give it a solid B. As a spectacle, it really went off the boil after the second round.
The World Cup I remember the most vividly is Italia 90, and I remember it for all the wrong reasons. Negative play. Time wasting. [...]

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Sour Grapes

7/10/2006 – 9:30 am

So the World Cup pool results are in and the winner is Paul Thompson. Congrats Paul! You win nothing. This is the first time in two World Cups I’ve not won the pool, so you’ve got that going for you.
Top five finishers are:
1. Paul Thompson – 88 pts
2. Will Ching – 82 [...]

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Sunday, Quickly

7/9/2006 – 9:19 pm

Played footie Saturday, tremendous time, lots of laughs, good time had by all, and one pulled hamstring.

It’s over in something not terrible but certainly not resembling a classic and left me wondering what possible ethnic slur prompted Zidane’s madness.

Finished Empire of Ice Cream and enjoyed it more than The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, which is saying [...]

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Wednesday Blabber

7/5/2006 – 9:48 am

Three games to go, one of which is the third-place game so that hardly counts. I was disappointed in the result yesterday but it was a very open game. Germany had the better chances over ninety minutes but couldn’t put it away. Since the tournament began, my new favorite player has been [...]

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As of Today…

7/3/2006 – 11:17 am

For what it’s worth.

WORLD CUP as of 07/01/06

 TEAM
P  
W  
D  
L  
F  
A  
GD
Pts
Confederation

1
Germany

5

5

0

0

11

3

8

15

UEFA

2
Portugal

5

5

0

0

6

1

5

15

UEFA

3
Italy

5

4

1

0

9

1

8

13

UEFA

4
France

5

3

2

0

7

2

5

11

UEFA

 

5
Brazil

5

4

0

1

9

2

7

12

CONMEBOL

6
Argentina

5

3

1

1

11

3

8

10

CONMEBOL

7
England

5

3

1

1

6

2

4

10

UEFA

8
Ukraine

5

3

0

2

5

7

-2

9

UEFA

Oh, and just for kicks, let’s take another look at the FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings:
01. Brazil
02. Czech Republic
03. Netherlands
04. Mexico
05. USA
06. Spain
07. Portugal
08. France
09. Argentina
10. England
13. Italy
19. Germany
Right, as always.

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DVR Disaster on Day of Suprises

7/3/2006 – 9:05 am

DVRing the World Cup (if you excuse that verb) has been an interesting experience. Type in “World Cup” on the schedule and search the list, all the games are automatically programmed in. Perfect! Almost.
The DVR that comes with Dish Network is nice but it ain’t nearly as smart as TiVO. For [...]

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Comments on Today’s Quarterfinal Matches

6/30/2006 – 4:21 pm

Six of eight teams decided for the semifinals. Comments on today’s games hidden for those of you who don’t wish to blunder upon the results, having DVR’d the games.

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Slate of Footie Articles

6/30/2006 – 9:37 am

For people who have only warmed to footie in the last few years it’s hard to explain how much has changed in 16 years. In 1990 the World Cup was hardly on the radar. In 1994, despite hosting the tournament, the majority of the media coverage was negative along the lines of the [...]

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