Donald will probably be mvp, but it should be kupp

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I guess Sean McVay is a genius and Stafford was a big upgrade to Goff.

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My fandom is the kiss of death. At least we swept the state of Oregon in hoops.Downtown LA a good place not to be right now.

close game, questionable defensive hold at the goal line that the Bengal fans will be talking about for awhile

The 49ers are better than both of these teams.

My favorite hiding place is in a used SUV in the back of the lot furthest from the lights.

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close game, questionable defensive hold at the goal line that the Bengal fans will be talking about for awhile

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Yeah, but in fairness, which I am not particularly interested in when it comes to the Rams, Bengals got a TD out of a face mask grab that got missed. That evened things up.

Well, at least the Bengals covered. Bet on Rams loses.

Tom Brady liked this:

Matt Stafford had never won a playoff game when the Rams traded for him.

After his first season in LA, he’s now a Super Bowl champion. pic.twitter.com/lHRRhrmyUR

— Religion of Sports (@religionofsport) February 14, 2022

Nothing from A-Rod yet, but he apparently liked the half-time show based on his likes. Totally understand Jared and DeSean taking a pass. They can text their guys separately.

I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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HoopDreams said:

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close game, questionable defensive hold at the goal line that the Bengal fans will be talking about for awhile

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Yeah, but in fairness, which I am not particularly interested in when it comes to the Rams, Bengals got a TD out of a face mask grab that got missed. That evened things up.

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The Bengals still might have gone on to score on that drive. The Rams already got the befit of a few no-calls where defenders had fistful of Jersey earlier. The holding call that gave the Rams a fresh set of downs at tge goal line with less than a minute in the game was essentially for the game.

Born and raised in LA, so I'll be happy for LA even if I don't like McVey.

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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I feel zero rivalry with the Rams. They're just another divisional opponent.

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Nothing from A-Rod yet, but he apparently liked the half-time show based on his likes. Totally understand Jared and DeSean taking a pass. They can text their guys separately.

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Dr. Dre net worth: $800M

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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Not true. The 49ers took 2 out of 3 games from the Rams this season, and the Giants won more than half of their games with the Dodgers. And the Lakers and Clippers are no match for the Warriors. Plus the Golden Bears beat the Trojans.

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ducky23 said:

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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Not true. The 49ers took 2 out of 3 games from the Rams this season, and the Giants won more than half of their games with the Dodgers. And the Lakers and Clippers are no match for the Warriors. Plus the Golden Bears beat the Trojans.

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Has any Bay Area team won a national championship since the equivalent sport L.A. team?

My many fans (yes, that is irony) will be satisfied to learn that I watched the last six minutes of the Super Bowl! And I will say one good thing about it: It was a helluva lot better than what's following it. I left the TV on because how bad could the Winter Olympics be? I mean, it's the Olympics, right? Wrong. Women's Monobob and then Ice Dancing, complete with the TV pundits edifying us with the fascinating idiosyncrasies of each "sport". Not a huge surprise that ratings are down... but can the games be any worse than they used to be?

Looking forward to California Basketball this week!

I grew up speed skating in Holland and still am a big fan. I learned the American woman who won the 500 m gold first stepped on skates in Holland and now won the 500 m gold. So I want to see that. The problem is nothing is a surprise during prime time because all the results are already known. I hate that and NBC wants you to believe it is all live. It is a joke.

B.A. Bearacus said:

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I guess Sean McVay is a genius and Stafford was a big upgrade to Goff.

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Goff didn't have Cooper Kupp in the last Super Bowl.

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Golden One said:

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ducky23 said:

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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Not true. The 49ers took 2 out of 3 games from the Rams this season, and the Giants won more than half of their games with the Dodgers. And the Lakers and Clippers are no match for the Warriors. Plus the Golden Bears beat the Trojans.

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Has any Bay Area team won a national championship since the equivalent sport L.A. team?

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Yes. The 2021 NCAA Champion Water Polo Team! I am sure there are furd teams as well.

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My many fans (yes, that is irony) will be satisfied to learn that I watched the last six minutes of the Super Bowl! And I will say one good thing about it: It was a helluva lot better than what's following it. I left the TV on because how bad could the Winter Olympics be? I mean, it's the Olympics, right? Wrong. Women's Monobob and then Ice Dancing, complete with the TV pundits edifying us with the fascinating idiosyncrasies of each "sport". Not a huge surprise that ratings are down... but can the games be any worse than they used to?

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Im not going to sugar coat this one bit.
You really have no idea what youre talking about.
The performances have been terrific!

Team USA took Gold and Silver in Mono Bob.
Humphrey's and Meyers Taylor.

Humphrey's is #1 in the World and a Canadian who was abused by her coach. She was begging for U.S. citizenship in order to compete in the 2022 Games, and she got it at the last minute. Meyers was a brakeman on previous Team USA bobsled teams. She was in Covid quarantine for 7 days in Beijing, was supposed to be the flag bearer but tested positive for Covid. She was away from her young son who is still nursing and has Down's Syndrome, and her husband, also in Beijing. And yet she still had the fastest start time. She has 200m dash speed and can squat 400 lbs. She won Silver.

Meanwhile, Erin Jackson from Ocola, Florida just won a Gold in Speed Skating (500m), the first for Team USA in 28 years and the first for an African American. She was ranked #1 in the world, but stumbled in the Olympic Trials. Her friend and teammate Brittany Bowe GAVE UP HER SPOT in the 500m so Jackson could make Team USA.

Its "ok" to not be a fan of the Olympics.
Just admit it and move on.

But crapping all over ELITE ATHLETES that you have no clue about is terribly stupid.

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My many fans (yes, that is irony) will be satisfied to learn that I watched the last six minutes of the Super Bowl!

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Bluehenbear just won another square.

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Has any Bay Area team won a national championship since the equivalent sport L.A. team?

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2021 CAL Water Polo*
2019 CAL Mens Swimming
2018 CAL Womens Rowing

*If you didnt watch this match vs USC, its a Thriller.

You can find it on You Tube.
Definitely worth it!

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Bluehenbear just won another square.

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Not another, the same square. Yee haw! Virtual drinks on me!

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ducky23 said:

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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I feel zero rivalry with the Rams. They're just another divisional opponent.

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Good for you. Most Bay Area people have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to SoCal. Most Socal people otoh could not pick out Norcal on a map.

I live about 11 miles from Sofi Stadium.

I was sick and exhausted all day and made it to halftime before I fell asleep.

At about 7 p.m., I was awoken to the sound of fireworks.

I said to myself, "wow, those Sofi Stadium fireworks are loud."

Then I noticed that the fireworks were coming from all different directions.

So my second thought was, "wow, I had no idea there were so many Bengals fans in my neck of the woods."



So, what can you say? Obviously, it couldn't have gone any worse for Goff. I didn't think the Rams were the best team all season because, well, they struggled against Goff and the Lions.

Anyway, I'm glad this season is over...I have increasingly less interested in college football and the NFL. I mean the games. The odd thing is I think I'm more interested these days in the behind-the-scenes stuff than the actual games themselves. I'm not giving up on football, obviously, but I'm so glad this season is over. And I hate that it ended a week later than usual. Hopefully, they don't add another week....but if they do, at least a lot of people will have President's Day off.

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sycasey said:

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ducky23 said:

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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I feel zero rivalry with the Rams. They're just another divisional opponent.

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Good for you. Most Bay Area people have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to SoCal. Most Socal people otoh could not pick out Norcal on a map.

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Before I arrived at Cal, I had no idea that Stanford was in the Bay Area. I had assumed it was somewhere near Monterey.

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I guess Sean McVay is a genius and Stafford was a big upgrade to Goff.

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I mean, McVay needed Odell and Von Miller to make this season work...and he needed to be up against a head coach in the Super Bowl whom he initially hired as an *assistant* wide receivers coach (even though Zac Taylor had previous experience at the more prestigious jobs of NFL QB coach and offensive coordinator) and he still won in a squeaker.

But I sound bitter....congrats to McVay and Stafford.

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sycasey said:

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ducky23 said:

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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I feel zero rivalry with the Rams. They're just another divisional opponent.

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Good for you. Most Bay Area people have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to SoCal. Most Socal people otoh could not pick out Norcal on a map.

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Giants-Dodgers is a real rivalry. Obvious geographic pair (on two coasts), and each team has gotten the other in plenty of big spots. Lots of history.

49ers and Rams used to have something like a rivalry too, but 20 years in St. Louis kind of killed that, plus they were rarely good at the same time. This year is the first in a long time I felt like they played actual meaningful games against each other. Need a little more than that to make it a real rivalry. Just being back in LA isn't enough.

Stafford is the same as Goof

Statement made by a lot of morons. "He needs a great team"

Scored 3 points in the bowl

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I hate to admit this, but socal has owned us (the bay) this year. God willing the warriors can redeem us

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I feel zero rivalry with the Rams. They're just another divisional opponent.

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Good for you. Most Bay Area people have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to SoCal. Most Socal people otoh could not pick out Norcal on a map.

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Giants-Dodgers is a real rivalry. Obvious geographic pair (on two coasts), and each team has gotten the other in plenty of big spots. Lots of history.

49ers and Rams used to have something like a rivalry too, but 20 years in St. Louis kind of killed that, plus they were rarely good at the same time. This year is the first in a long time I felt like they played actual meaningful games against each other. Need a little more than that to make it a real rivalry. Just being back in LA isn't enough.

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Yeah, it's been rare that the Bay Area and socal teams have been good at the same time. Which is going to make the next 5 years pretty rare.

The giants/dodgers are going to be going at it for the foreseeable future. I don't see either slowing down anytime soon

Same with niners/rams.

Joey light years two time line looks like it may actually work, and the lakers will always be interesting while lebron is there. Even with the lakers not being great at the moment, don't tell me that the lakers/warriors game the other night wasn't good tv.

So yeah…I'd argue the next five years will be something of a golden age for the NorCal/socal sports rivalry.

Too bad socal people are apparently too cool to care. Oh well

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Big C said:

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My many fans (yes, that is irony) will be satisfied to learn that I watched the last six minutes of the Super Bowl! And I will say one good thing about it: It was a helluva lot better than what's following it. I left the TV on because how bad could the Winter Olympics be? I mean, it's the Olympics, right? Wrong. Women's Monobob and then Ice Dancing, complete with the TV pundits edifying us with the fascinating idiosyncrasies of each "sport". Not a huge surprise that ratings are down... but can the games be any worse than they used to?

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Im not going to sugar coat this one bit.
You really have no idea what youre talking about.
The performances have been terrific!

Team USA took Gold and Silver in Mono Bob.
Humphrey's and Meyers Taylor.

Humphrey's is #1 in the World and a Canadian who was abused by her coach. She was begging for U.S. citizenship in order to compete in the 2022 Games, and she got it at the last minute. Meyers was a brakeman on previous Team USA bobsled teams. She was in Covid quarantine for 7 days in Beijing, was supposed to be the flag bearer but tested positive for Covid. She was away from her young son who is still nursing and has Down's Syndrome, and her husband, also in Beijing. And yet she still had the fastest start time. She has 200m dash speed and can squat 400 lbs. She won Silver.

Meanwhile, Erin Jackson from Ocola, Florida just won a Gold in Speed Skating (500m), the first for Team USA in 28 years and the first for an African American. She was ranked #1 in the world, but stumbled in the Olympic Trials. Her friend and teammate Brittany Bowe GAVE UP HER SPOT in the 500m so Jackson could make Team USA.

Its "ok" to not be a fan of the Olympics.
Just admit it and move on.

But crapping all over ELITE ATHLETES that you have no clue about is terribly stupid.

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I have been a fan of the Olympics for most of my life and was in almost a dream state to be able to attend the Olympic Games in LA in 1984 (saw Carl Lewis win the gold in the long jump and saw Pernell Whitaker win a bout in boxing). However, I have to draw the line at manufactured, corporate sports such as "Mono Bob". How can the announcers -- how can anybody -- even say that without laughing?

I saw the Mono Bob human interest stories drummed up by the network. You can care, but it is not "crapping on them" to say that I don't care about their story any more than I care about the story of the person down the street from me. Everybody's got a story. Many of them are compelling. "Mono Bob" doesn't enhance it, in my book.

Did you like that Ice Dancing? That French couple, wow!

Apparently my view is not a minority one, as these Games have all-time low ratings, but then most of us "really have no idea what we're talking about".

EDIT: Just saw your post on the other board about half pipe. Enjoyed that clip much more than mono bob and ice dancing!

Goobear said:

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She got a raw deal…

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Tafoya, in a long interview we had, says she'll be co-chairing @KendallQuallsMN's campaign. She will also appear in some form at CPAC in Orlando in late February, including possibly interviewing @EnesFreedom at the event. Then onto making herself available for political shows. https://t.co/KLESqk6YNL

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) February 14, 2022

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I have been a fan of the Olympics for most of my life and was in almost a dream state to be able to attend the Olympic Games in LA in 1984 (saw Carl Lewis win the gold in the long jump and saw Pernell Whitaker win a bout in boxing). However, I have to draw the line at manufactured, corporate sports such as "Mono Bob". How can the announcers -- how can anybody -- even say that without laughing?

I saw the Mono Bob human interest stories drummed up by the network. You can care, but it is not "crapping on them" to say that I don't care about their story any more than I care about the story of the person down the street from me. Everybody's got a story. Many of them are compelling. "Mono Bob" doesn't enhance it, in my book.

Did you like that Ice Dancing? That French couple, wow!

Apparently my view is not a minority one, as these Games have all-time low ratings, but then most of us "really have no idea what we're talking about".

EDIT: Just saw your post on the other board about half pipe. Enjoyed that clip much more than mono bob and ice dancing!

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Oh please.
Why not just admit (as I suggested earlier) that you arent a fan of the WINTER OLYMPICS.

Manufactured "corporate" sports like Mono Bob?
Says who?

Never mind that the 2 and 4-man Bobsled competition has been in the Winter Olympics since 1924.
And you're all bent out of shape because of a 1-man Bobsled event?
lol

Yes, I did enjoy the Ice Dancing competition.
And it's been an Olympic sport since 1976.
Just like I enjoyed watching the Women's Biathlon and the Skeleton.

You'd have to be a fool not to be able to enjoy and appreciate those performances.

I can tell that you arent a Winter Olympics fan because you're too caught up conflating TV ratings with the performances.

You're too busy trying to support your ridiculous claim with nonsense.
Since when do the performances have anything to do with TV ratings?

The Super Bowl probably had over 100 million viewers yesterday.
Too bad TV viewership has nothing to do with the fact that it was a fairly boring game until the last 2 minutes.

NBC knew that their viewership was going to be down close to 50% during the Games in China.
They cut their ad rates accordingly before the Olympics started.

Do you really believe that Mikaela Shiffern cares about TV ratings?

Shaun White? Chloe Kim? Eileen Gu? Nathan Chen?
Julia Marino? Jesse Diggins? Lyndsey Jacobellis?
Erin Jackson? Megan Nick? Elana Meyers?

You're clearly not a Winter Olympic's fan.
I get it.

DiabloWags said:

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Big C said:

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I have been a fan of the Olympics for most of my life and was in almost a dream state to be able to attend the Olympic Games in LA in 1984 (saw Carl Lewis win the gold in the long jump and saw Pernell Whitaker win a bout in boxing). However, I have to draw the line at manufactured, corporate sports such as "Mono Bob". How can the announcers -- how can anybody -- even say that without laughing?

I saw the Mono Bob human interest stories drummed up by the network. You can care, but it is not "crapping on them" to say that I don't care about their story any more than I care about the story of the person down the street from me. Everybody's got a story. Many of them are compelling. "Mono Bob" doesn't enhance it, in my book.

Did you like that Ice Dancing? That French couple, wow!

Apparently my view is not a minority one, as these Games have all-time low ratings, but then most of us "really have no idea what we're talking about".

EDIT: Just saw your post on the other board about half pipe. Enjoyed that clip much more than mono bob and ice dancing!

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Oh please.
Why not just admit (as I suggested earlier) that you arent a fan of the WINTER OLYMPICS.

Manufactured "corporate" sports like Mono Bob?
Says who?

Never mind that the 2 and 4-man Bobsled competition has been in the Winter Olympics since 1924.
And you're all bent out of shape because of a 1-man Bobsled event?
lol

Yes, I did enjoy the Ice Dancing competition.
And it's been an Olympic sport since 1976.
Just like I enjoyed watching the Women's Biathlon and the Skeleton.

You'd have to be a fool not to be able to enjoy and appreciate those performances.

I can tell that you arent a Winter Olympics fan because you're too caught up conflating TV ratings with the performances.

You're too busy trying to support your ridiculous claim with nonsense.
Since when do the performances have anything to do with TV ratings?

The Super Bowl probably had over 100 million viewers yesterday.
Too bad TV viewership has nothing to do with the fact that it was a fairly boring game until the last 2 minutes.

NBC knew that their viewership was going to be down close to 50% during the Games in China.
They cut their ad rates accordingly before the Olympics started.

Do you really believe that Mikaela Shiffern cares about TV ratings?

Shaun White? Chloe Kim? Eileen Gu? Nathan Chen?
Julia Marino? Jesse Diggins? Lyndsey Jacobellis?
Erin Jackson? Megan Nick? Elana Meyers?

You're clearly not a Winter Olympic's fan.
I get it.

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I think the Winter Olympics suck.
Haven't watched one minute of it.

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I grew up speed skating in Holland and still am a big fan. I learned the American woman who won the 500 m gold first stepped on skates in Holland and now won the 500 m gold. So I want to see that. The problem is nothing is a surprise during prime time because all the results are already known. I hate that and NBC wants you to believe it is all live. It is a joke.

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Totally agree on the live stuff. t would also be nice if Peacock could be more remotely correct on what it describes is happening in different episodes. We ended up deleting a lot of events we really like (like ski and board cross) and ended up with a lot of curling, which then was deleted with prejudice. The biggest curse is is you then have to go to Peacock ON Demand because you can't scan out the commercials out and when move forward or backward you can't see what you are missing. Maybe I just don't know how to work Peacock or my Savant doesn't have the programming.

BTW, one thing that is being covered well is ice hockey and it is fun to watch a bunch of collegiate players for the US and Canada (many of whom are in elite colleges like Michigan, Harvard and Yale, take on pros from other counties and more than hold their own. Also the matches are played in a much more open format with more scoring.

NBC needs to get its act together as this will be the second Olympics in a row with horrible ratings, despite some great athletic performances. It is like NBC is almost single handily killing the Olympics at least for American viewership. Just my two cents