Cornell Women - Olympic Hockey

[ugarte]

Curious how many folks are rooting for Canada to win gold, given the Cornell connection. I certainly am.

Of course.

I'm interested in good hockey. Screw jingoism. The presence of Cornelians on the Canadian team makes it somewhat of a sentimental favorite for me.

There is good jingoism and there is bad jingoism. Good jingoism is "wouldn't it be nice if an American won this race" bad jingoism is "love it or leave it."

I'll be rooting for the American squad, who is not as good as the Canadian team, but I will still be proud of the Canadian Cornellians when they are flashing their gold medals and smoking cigars on the ice.

[George64]

I'm interested in good hockey. Screw jingoism.

Exactly.

[Jim Hyla]

Why is it OK to root for Canada because there are Cornellians on the team, but it seems wrong to root for the country you live in? Because Nash is on Carolina, should I root for them, or do I get to pick my favorite team and root against him?

And I could care less that the US team has Harvard players and is coached by their coach. I'll root against Harvard, but when the game is over I'm happy to see them succeed for a team that I like. At some point you need to let it go.

[Trotsky]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

Actually the hockey coverage wasn't horrible this morning.  Emrick went as far as saying "there's no time for that now" when it came to explaining something irrelevant to the run of play.

I miss the medal ceremonies, tho.  I always thought those were neat, and I haven't seen one (in this country) in years.

[Jim Hyla]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

Actually the hockey coverage wasn't horrible this morning.  Emrick went as far as saying "there's no time for that now" when it came to explaining something irrelevant to the run of play.

I miss the medal ceremonies, tho.  I always thought those were neat, and I haven't seen one (in this country) in years.

I agree. I was watching some online this AM at work. The streaming was good, and although I couldn't watch it continuously, I thought the announcing was fine. They should be congratulated for their online streaming as well. It's fairly complete and easily accessible. When I got home at midmorning, I could pick up on TV right where I left off. I certainly had more than 8 minutes/hour today.

[Josh '99]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

You could save yourself even more time by not watching figure skating.

[Trotsky]

You could save yourself even more time by not watching figure skating.

Figure skating is great as long as you keep in mind the judging is fixed.  Just don't worry about the medals and enjoy the performances.  It's particularly good now because the Michael Bay jumping bean style is out (another positive consequences of the US sucking).

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

You could save yourself even more time by not watching figure skating.

Good luck.  You might as welll skip 2/3 of NBC's coverage, then.

[Josh '99]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

You could save yourself even more time by not watching figure skating.

Good luck.  You might as welll skip 2/3 of NBC's coverage, then.

I worked from home today and watched a whole bunch of hockey and curling.  No problems there!

[Johnny 5]

Which is, of course, why I am not watching NBC's lousy coverage.

NBC is horrible, but I'm stuck with it, so I've adopted a survival strategy that's working pretty well.

1. TiVo everything, watch nothing live.
2. Fast forward through all commercials (obviously).
3. Fast forward through all HQ / fireside segments.
4. Fast forward through all back stories.
5. Fast forward through all "made for US TV ratings" events.
6. Fast forward through all the pre- and post-event twaddle.

This yields about 8 minutes of interest out of every hour, but since there are about 20 hours of coverage a day that's more than enough.

NBC should be congratulated for a couple things.  The TV angles and fx on the downhill are insane.  And their announcers have finally learned to shut the fuck up during the figure skating routines.  They still do the USA derp, but since we suck this time that makes almost no impact on the good skaters.

You could save yourself even more time by not watching figure skating.

Good luck.  You might as welll skip 2/3 of NBC's coverage, then.

Hey, figure skating is Vlad Tepes Putin's favorite event!

::banana::

[ugarte]

JINGOISM JINGOISM JINGOISM

[TimV]

JINGOISM JINGOISM JINGOISM

You took the time to post THIS?

Seriously.  It's a minor irritation to everyone except you.::rolleyes::

I'm more worked up over our hockey team's inability to finish.

[billhoward]

NBC announcers in many sports are blatant homers. I wanted to across the ocean and slap whoever was in the booth rooting on Team USA in skeleton. Plus she was another blabbermouth, believes more words are better words, was somehow upset at the sneaky, as that the words, Russian slider based on her start position. Her husband, boyfriend, partner misses her but he's getting two quiet weeks at home.

[Trotsky]

JINGOISM JINGOISM JINGOISM

You took the time to post THIS?

Seriously.  It's a minor irritation to everyone except you.::rolleyes::

No, it's a major irritation.  NBC thinks it has to market it that way because the average viewer is a xenophobic moron, but it sucks and it's one reason why more often than not I find myself rooting against the US.

The jingoism is the worst part of the Olympic coverage.  I wish our local Spanish affiliate was broadcasting the games since then we'd have the ambient sounds without the idiocy of the commentary.