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And apparently that guy is allergic and carries an epi-pen because of it, so that was a pretty legitimate, if not hilarious, concern. I had a house in Texas when my daughter was three. She was playing in the backyard while I was working back there. She sat on a fire ant hill and got a huge number of bites before I could react. I had to rush her to the hospital for treatment. She still has a fear of insects. Those things are flat out nasty. Fire ants suck. Usually the smaller they are the worse they hurt.

I really really really really hate stutter-steps when taking a penalty kick.

Insane no, and in several cases it would be perfectly justified. No reason to not want a 4 team playoff either. I'm not worried about seeing 2 SEC teams in it every year either.

Getting the first three teams right really won't be an issue. It's always that 4th team that will create some kind of controversy. Having a selection committee that involves one rep from each conference will make it more difficult for any conference to get two teams in.

I still don't see how this can be 'worse' than the BCS if the idea is to get more teams involved, especially considering we literally know nothing about this plan except a couple of dates and that there will be 2 more teams. don't know about "worse", but not necessarily better. Your probably the only person here who thinks this is not better.

Where has it said this?

Not only do some teams not have academies, but the ones that do have nothing as structured as the historic leagues in Europe and even South America. We're trying to catch up, but in the hierarchy of needs to keep the league growing, they've just in the last few years moved past survival and are now able to invest in infrastructure like state of the art stadiums and academy teams. It's a long way away from Europe's system, but it's getting better. Slowly. I can't speak to the quality of the FC Dallas youth team but the quantity is there. Plano was just named the 2nd biggest soccer city in US which is in north Dallas. They have no reason not to really build up their academy.

My issue with Carroll is that he is sort of a one trick pony. Win the ball in the air and distribute. Watching him take on a defender one on one is sometimes brutal and his shot from outside the box is below average. There were many times Liverpool was better off with Kuyt upfront with Suarez.

Andy Carroll or Altidore?

Ashley Cole and Young over Walcott?

England looks more dangerous that before. Any time Carroll has the ball on his feet for more than 3 seconds nothing good happens.

And this is the 2nd time ever Greece has score twice in a European Championship game. Never more than 2. Yet they have more Euro Championships than England.

I believe it. Where did you find those numbers? Gamecast. ESPN is throwing up random stats now. Would be nice if I could listen to the game through 360 at work.

Curious to how accurate this is, touches in the attacking 3rd Greece 30 - Germany 300.

And thats the game. Hope Germany will continue to attack just for the sake of it.

That was a [expletive] blast.

I don't know how that happened. Then again, this is sort of how Greece won the Euro's in 2004. Outshot 16-3, only have had possession for 20% of the time.

I guess, but I'm kinda ok with the disagreement being with the 4th or 5th best team being pissed than the 2nd best team. At least we've moved the discussion further down the "ladder". What if a 12-0 Boise State left out after winning @ MSU, @ TCU and vs. Utah. Of course you could make the argument that they should have played a tougher schedule, then BSU fans say they tried, and we're left with the exact same argument as before. What is Boise State really is the best team that year and don't get selected? What if there are 5 teams with 1 loss and relatively similar resumes, to the point where the number 1 team could just as easily been 5. I know these are a bit of extreme scenarios and many years there will be a clear gap between 1 and 4, but as soon as something like the above happens, there will be controversey. And the first time a 4 seed wins the title, there will be more scrutiny towards the selection process. Now that BSU has been "on the scene" for quite a while I think it will be much easier for them to actually qualify if they do go undefeated, to get a spot. A big part of their problem before was nobody believed they were really any good and just a flash in the pan type team (which many teams have done in the past). I think that sentiment has changed. Exactly this. If TCU or BSU were undefeated going into a playoff system last year they would have made the top 4. Houston on the other hand should they had run the table didn't deserve to make it. Nothing is ever going to be perfect but this still keeps bowls generating crazy money which is their primary concern.

I think they will beat Italy but get abused by Germany in the Semis. Joe Hart has to become Oliver Khan. If we get that matchup and a Spain/Portugal match up we might have the perfect tournament.

Amsterdam was more fun when the English were playing rather than the Dutch this year. Wish I was there tonight.

England v Italy in a Quarter final now (could be a boring as hell game or the best matchup we see in the Quarters). Spain v France probably won't be as interesting. Germany is going to beat he piss out of Greece. The Czech vs Portugal matchup could be very entertaining.

I'm surprised we haven't seen a firing so far. Made it to St. Sixtus two Saturday's ago. Didn't know In De Verde was closed on Thursday's and Friday's. Had a couple of 12's with it. The St. Bernardus B&B is a steal, $85 euro's for a huge double room with all the St. Bernardus you can drink and bikes included.

Someone unexpected is going to win this. Germany vs Spain could be epic though. Throw in a Germany vs England match and we will get virtually every hated rivalry.

Sort of a fear of mine. Staying in the Latin District. By the way Poperinge and Watou are a blast. Very nice people.

Good result for Greece tonight. Heading to Paris tomorrow. Need to find a place to watch Holland. Assuming that should not be too difficult.