Round 2 Begins
South Korea lost to Uruguay this morning, 2-1. The South American side will play the winner of US-Ghana this afternoon. Having been stuck there for four and a half years, I was pulling for the Land of the Morning Calm. Land of the Morning Loss rather, at least in Central Time. In Africa it was an Afternoon loss, and in Seoul it was a late-night loss....
Is it me, or did the Dodge Challenger ads where George Washington drives the Redcoats from the battlefield with a few Challengers happen to debut just before the US drew England in the World Cup?
Now that the US has won their group, leading to a tilt with Ghana this afternoon, Dodge can breathe easy. Had the Americans finished second, they'd be facing the Germans next, and Dodge, or perhaps Chrysler, would face embarrasing questions about why they don't have some Challengers winning the Battle of the Bulge.
The Germans would laugh at the Cars and Freedom line. Of course, it sounds better than "A couple of things the Germans got right: Cars and Genocide," right? Unless you're into that sort of thing. Somebody should do a VW parody like that.
Ten minutes to gametime, and the US are favored over Ghana, though I won't bore you with the odds. Meanwhile, we are a 33-1 shot to win the whole thing.
Enough Americans have shown up to audibly sing the Star Spangled Banner. Thankfully those little noisemakers held off until after the anthems, though the buzzing started up for a few seconds before the Ghana anthem interrupted them.
Brazil and Spain are still the favorites, at 3/1 and 4/1, respectively. Had Spain's tilt with Chile gone differently, Spain and Brazil would be playing each other next round.
Argentina is a 9/2 shot, followed by Holland at 13/2. England and Germany, who play each other tomorrow, are both 14/1. England are slight favorites, at least on bodog.com, but I chalk this up to the betting publc, rather than to the teams' recent form.
Ugh. Ghana just scored. On a related note, either the odds have shifted, or I misread them before. I don't really care for soccer odds.
Is it me, or did the Dodge Challenger ads where George Washington drives the Redcoats from the battlefield with a few Challengers happen to debut just before the US drew England in the World Cup?
Now that the US has won their group, leading to a tilt with Ghana this afternoon, Dodge can breathe easy. Had the Americans finished second, they'd be facing the Germans next, and Dodge, or perhaps Chrysler, would face embarrasing questions about why they don't have some Challengers winning the Battle of the Bulge.
The Germans would laugh at the Cars and Freedom line. Of course, it sounds better than "A couple of things the Germans got right: Cars and Genocide," right? Unless you're into that sort of thing. Somebody should do a VW parody like that.
Ten minutes to gametime, and the US are favored over Ghana, though I won't bore you with the odds. Meanwhile, we are a 33-1 shot to win the whole thing.
Enough Americans have shown up to audibly sing the Star Spangled Banner. Thankfully those little noisemakers held off until after the anthems, though the buzzing started up for a few seconds before the Ghana anthem interrupted them.
Brazil and Spain are still the favorites, at 3/1 and 4/1, respectively. Had Spain's tilt with Chile gone differently, Spain and Brazil would be playing each other next round.
Argentina is a 9/2 shot, followed by Holland at 13/2. England and Germany, who play each other tomorrow, are both 14/1. England are slight favorites, at least on bodog.com, but I chalk this up to the betting publc, rather than to the teams' recent form.
Ugh. Ghana just scored. On a related note, either the odds have shifted, or I misread them before. I don't really care for soccer odds.
posted by roQQ | 9:35 AM
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