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08-09-08, 10:30 AM
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More buff women. yay... I think I might just go for a ride, this coverage sucks.
08-09-08, 10:40 AM
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you know, those women have trained just as hard as skinny little cyclists for their opportunity to win a medal...perhaps we could broaden our horizons and enjoy some other sports....there is more to the world than just cycling and I for one enjoy watching whatever is on...I thought the fencing was interesting to watch....the badminton is pretty damn cool as well IMO.
08-09-08, 01:01 PM
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Fencing was cool.. US beach vball and indoor vball was cool.. watchin that tiny little chinese girl clean and jerk like twice her weight was even fun. Handball on MSNBC now? and swimming pre-lims when they are pulling up at the end on NBC? so glad they showed 90 seconds of guys sitting up through the water station from ohh.. a gold medal race
:sigh: hardest olympic course ever.. they don't seem to care i guess
:sigh: hardest olympic course ever.. they don't seem to care i guess
08-09-08, 03:27 PM
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yeah, I gave up. And, I guess I'm glad I'm from the states, because that's the only people they really talk about. My poor wife (a canuck) is missing her CBC right now.
08-09-08, 03:29 PM
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Actually, air is a more difficult discipline than .22 or high-power. It's much more finesse--with a slower-moving round, it spends more time in the barrel and requires a much steadier shot.
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08-09-08, 03:32 PM
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It's on NOW (1430 PDT US West Coast). That's what tape machines are invented for.
Hey man, scheules are always tentative. Delays, cancellations, weather blah-blah. YOU RUN A TV NETWORK if u think u can do better.
Hey man, scheules are always tentative. Delays, cancellations, weather blah-blah. YOU RUN A TV NETWORK if u think u can do better.
08-09-08, 03:35 PM
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you know, those women have trained just as hard as skinny little cyclists for their opportunity to win a medal...perhaps we could broaden our horizons and enjoy some other sports....there is more to the world than just cycling and I for one enjoy watching whatever is on...I thought the fencing was interesting to watch....the badminton is pretty damn cool as well IMO.
08-09-08, 03:39 PM
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I worked in junior college with a woman who fenced, and was trying out for the US Olympics. She could move so fast and so precisely, that any man who challenged her would be toast! Awful hot, too!
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08-09-08, 03:40 PM
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Nicole Branagh FTW-- girl next door with a wicked jump serve. 
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08-09-08, 03:41 PM
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08-09-08, 03:47 PM
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08-09-08, 03:52 PM
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Perhaps my local NBC affiliate (KARE) forgot to enable the flag, or maybe the OTA signal simply doesn't contain it (though I'm pretty sure it's in the spec). Hmm....
08-09-08, 05:18 PM
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Coverage was really anemic.
I didn't see any scheduled coverage of the track events at all...
From the brief glimpses, it looks like it would have been an interesting race to actually watch. Nothing like 10 minutes of arbitrary coverage and the final few minutes of a 150 mile race.
At least they showed something.
EDIT: And mine recorded also...
I didn't see any scheduled coverage of the track events at all...
From the brief glimpses, it looks like it would have been an interesting race to actually watch. Nothing like 10 minutes of arbitrary coverage and the final few minutes of a 150 mile race.
At least they showed something.
EDIT: And mine recorded also...
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08-09-08, 05:37 PM
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It would probably take 5 channels running continuously to show everything. Does anyone really think that any TV producer in their right mind would show the entirety of the 7-lap olympic road race?
Whining about olympics coverage happens every time the Olympics are televised. In fact, we should save this thread and use it again 4 years from now just to save the typing.
Whining about olympics coverage happens every time the Olympics are televised. In fact, we should save this thread and use it again 4 years from now just to save the typing.
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08-09-08, 06:46 PM
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I fenced in high school and one of the highlights of my career was loosing 15-1 to a former Olympian, who was then the coach at the Naval Academy and a couple years later became the U.S. Master's champ. That dude was good.
