Hey, man, what kind of Commie are you — making reasonable, cogent arguments on the internet!

Scouting Report: Christ, Jesus. Hippie hair and sandals, might not be the right type for our club. From the name you might think he might be a bit on the lazy side with an attitude problem, but he pronounces it with a hard “J” and clearly embraces the side of his family that is gritty and plays the game the right way.…

No, it is a fact that there are 9-11 minutes of actual game play, as in the ball in action, during a football game. I’ve watched plenty of football. I love football. I just don’t feel the need to ignore facts in order to spew a narrative and pretend that I’m the one true fan.

Oh, I know. George Steinbrenner was an alum of my alma mater and provided some support for our track team’s spring break. It was at the same Days Inn that the Yankees minor leaguers (Note: Fuck the Yankees) stayed during spring training, and was next door to Mons Venus. It was ... something.

Who’s crowing about Cowboys wins? I hate the Cowboys. I am professor in Texas but originally from another part of the country and one of the great joys of my life is walking into my freshman survey and asking how old they were in February 1996. This year, when I meet with them for the first time tomorrow, almost none…

Mons Venus is a KIND of champion.

They have an hour of running time, during which there are tons of stoppages. They are actually active for 9-11 minutes, split between offense, defense, and special teams for any given team — a typical player isn’t actually in action for more than a handful of minutes, you ninny.

And I guess the WNBA team has won something. And maybe the Dynamo? Nonetheless, my Whelmed Meter sits at “under.”

Heh!

Ok, but that’s an actual argument, rather than simply accusing people of being “hot takers” (which has become the ultimate hot take). And if you think the ten minutes of action is always great action, you’re romanticizing football. I love the sport, but let’s not pretend that an NFL game actually HAS to take as long…

Plus it’s always fun to point out to the “it’s football” wankers that South Africa’s professional league is the “Premier Soccer League,” and Australia’s informal nickname for their team is the “Socceroos.”

True thing remains true even if you don’t like it.

At the Houston airport there is a sign that reads “City of Champions.” I’m nor certain how that applies to Houston.

Yes, Coloured was the official apartheid-era designation, but anti-apartheid Coloured South Africans oftentimes also referred to themselves as black. And I agree — celebrating a “Coloured” victory also makes sense. But when people refer to Errol Tobias as the first black Springbok (as happens in the preface to Tobias’…

It is customary to refer to all of those who were categorized under the ugly umbrella of “non-white” during apartheid South Africa as “black.” It might be useful to point out to an American audience that there was a designation known as “Colored,” but it is not inaccurate to refer to Colored South Africans as black.

Thank you. Somebody HAD to say it.

Or the internet, to be honest.

There is no rain forest in South Africa. I’m thinking maybe you are talking out your ass.

Yeah, I screwed the pooch on the semi v quarters thing.

You realize these two teams played in different, and nowhere near comparable tournaments, right? Another way to put your comment: The US didn’t make it as far in their far lesser tournament than Iceland did in their far superior one.