I think there are occasional flare ups here. I hear Raider fans can get physical. But o think mostly it’s a cultural thing with European soccer fans. It starts early in life and they take their tribal allegiance seriously. I remember as a school kid in England one year while my dad was on sabbatical, there was this group of kids who would roam the playground chanting “Bristol or Rover?” and if they asked you you had to say who your team was and I was always worried what I was supposed to say, thinking I better pick the right team or I’m gonna get my !!! kicked right here on the playground. Scary.
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UCLA can’t buy a bucket. Groce might pull this off.
C’mon Vermont… lose by 4 or less!!!
It is kinda strange. US sports fandom is a bit of an anomaly honestly. In the majority of other countries, being a visiting fan is a tense and even at times dangerous proposition.
I am Turkish-American myself, and have been a visiting fan for a couple Turkish soccer matches. All the fans of my team were literally cordoned off by police pre-game, and then got a kind of police escort out after game. Multiple other fans (not in my group!) had knives and the like confiscated. And it wasn't even anything close to a rivalry game. You basically can't take kids to games at all in that kind of atmosphere, which is pretty sad.
I am very glad that sports fandom isn't like that here and have no idea why other countries haven't been able to emulate it.
OurMottoisOskeeWowWow
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Looking like Arkansas is going to come out with the W. It's all on you Akron/Groce.
Zip a dee ay
I like the vest look, John Groce! Team looking great as well
Matt Stafford AT&T commercial gets an A+ from me.
I'm all about the historical questions tonight....would this be a bigger win for Groce than beating Michigan in the tourney?
And for the love of God, why couldn't any of these huge John Groce wins come at ILLINOIS!!!! (I suppose other than beating Indiana)
And for the love of God, why couldn't any of these huge John Groce wins come at ILLINOIS!!!! (I suppose other than beating Indiana)
Yes! And Dons by less than 2!
Color analyst doing the Buffalo games really disagrees with the refs. A lot.
Good - hoping I am one of the few that called it
That too!!!! I’m with you. Do it for bill Cartwright.
OurMottoisOskeeWowWow
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How is that not a charge?!
chrisRunner7
- San Diego
OK lol, I thought this Arkansas game was over
Haywood was the same way at the end of the Iowa game.
This Vermont Arkansas ending is something else
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
The original version showed him spitting on someone else. My guess is there were a lot of complaints on social media because of covid.
Makes way more sense. The one I saw was just the guy by himself.
OurMottoisOskeeWowWow
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Wow. Vermont almost had the ball there to tie. What a heartbreaking ending.
This might be a strange thing to say, but I think there’s some serious similarities between Shaka Smart and John Grove.
(Both Mid-Major Guys All The Way…)
Give ‘em the reigns to a small mid-major somewhere and they’ll get you to the tournament when things are cooking…they’ll be enthusiastic and consistent motivators, and functional recruiters within those parameters…
Give ‘em the reigns to a LARGE D1 program with near unlimited resources, and much, much higher expectations and they
barely break even…
You would think their systems would translate better…but they just don’t
seem to
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