The Olympic Games Thread

Texas Ace said:

Anyone tuning in to the Winter Olympics?

I know they say the Olympic games have dropped in popularity, I for one love them. Summer, Winter....doesn't matter to me. It's an excuse to be all 'MURICA!

For those of you who like hockey, what are the US's chances in these games? The only time I really watch hockey is during the Olympics, and it was cool watching them get to the gold medal game the last time.

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Deuce said:

US is good at hockey, but Canada and Russia are favorites.

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boozeman said:

The most interesting thing to me about these Olympics are the horrible hotel accommodations people are tweeting about.

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boozeman said:

The most interesting thing to me about these Olympics are the horrible hotel accommodations people are tweeting about.

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Texas Ace said:

I know enough about hockey to know that those two that you mentioned usually are the favorites, but what are our chances?

If I'm not mistaken, our team was considered pretty average at the last Olympics but ended up overachieving. Is that correct?

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NoDak said:

I don't like that professionals play. Whether in hockey, basketball, or whatever.

Beating the big, bad Soviets and then winning gold wouldn't have quite the luster to it if we had been using professionals in '80.

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Rev said:

Really no interest at all in the Winter Olympics. Like the Summer Olympics.

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Deuce said:

I have less interest in the Winter than Summer, but I do like a few events and then of course the national pride. I liked it better before all the X Games events were added.

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