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NFL and baseball have the same problem - 90% of the game there's nothing happening.
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I'm no fan of US sports but each to their own. I love a sport that takes 5 days and has no guarantees of a winner.
Watched the last Black Panther last night.
Am I racist if I wanted Black Panther to commit genocide of the blue freaks? They remind me of Avatar people and I hate that movie and those freaks gross me out and so does the water people
Am I racist if I wanted Black Panther to commit genocide of the blue freaks? They remind me of Avatar people and I hate that movie and those freaks gross me out and so does the water people
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I don't mind watching the big game finals of some sports I don't necessarily follow just to experience the event. WC soccer & Superbowl mainly spring to mind.
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They got a pretty decent return from Harden, Durant and the anti-vaxxer.
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An initial script had the final battle simultaneously in Talokan / on the surface. That said, I have a hard time believing the blue freaks would be defeated in their own home.
As an aside, that movie was way too long. It felt like the middle episodes of a TV series where they're just advancing the plot for the main story and moving pieces around without actually doing much character development.
The Mayor of Kingston, good series 
Took the young fella and some of his friends to see it a few weeks ago, they all had the same comment after...that sucked..
Speaking of Breaking Bad, didn't realise ASIO was led by Mike Ehrmentraut
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Spy chief says right-wing terror threat has receded amid eased COVID restrictions
The threat of a terror attack by nationalist extremists or conspiracy theorists has fallen significantly, the head of ASIO says, with far-right groups largely failing to recruit from COVID-19.
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Speaking of Breaking Bad, didn't realise ASIO was led by Mike Ehrmentraut
Spy chief says right-wing terror threat has receded amid eased COVID restrictions
The threat of a terror attack by nationalist extremists or conspiracy theorists has fallen significantly, the head of ASIO says, with far-right groups largely failing to recruit from COVID-19.
Crackpots have stopped posting here too.
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They’re pretty easy to $summon$ though.
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That's because they are still under the yoke of Comrade Dan and Mao McGowan with their draconian limits on free speech, freedom of movement and freedom of employment long after COVID has ceased to appear on the main news headlines...
...wait.
Oh yeah agree with you guys. The movie was too long and fin trash. I find most of the marvel movies these days are average and give it a while before I watch emTook the young fella and some of his friends to see it a few weeks ago, they all had the same comment after...that sucked..
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Wait, am I reading this right? With the scores locked at 35-all, the Chiefs decided not to run in a touchdown in order to milk the clock? Is that correct?
With two minutes left, the Chiefs were 17 yards away.
The Eagles were trying to stop a Kansas City first down, but a key defensive holding penalty on third down killed Philadelphia's chances.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon (foreground) stops short of the goal line on a run against the Philadelphia Eagles.(AP: Ashley Landis)
Jerick McKinnon ran the ball to the one-yard line before stopping, allowing the Chiefs to run the clock down over successive plays.
Finally Butker kicked the go-ahead field goal. The Eagles had just seconds to score a touchdown and were forced to throw a desperation last-second pass which fell short, sparking celebrations for the Chiefs.
With two minutes left, the Chiefs were 17 yards away.
The Eagles were trying to stop a Kansas City first down, but a key defensive holding penalty on third down killed Philadelphia's chances.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon (foreground) stops short of the goal line on a run against the Philadelphia Eagles.(AP: Ashley Landis)
Jerick McKinnon ran the ball to the one-yard line before stopping, allowing the Chiefs to run the clock down over successive plays.
Finally Butker kicked the go-ahead field goal. The Eagles had just seconds to score a touchdown and were forced to throw a desperation last-second pass which fell short, sparking celebrations for the Chiefs.
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Wait, am I reading this right? With the scores locked at 35-all, the Chiefs decided not to run in a touchdown in order to milk the clock? Is that correct?
With two minutes left, the Chiefs were 17 yards away.
The Eagles were trying to stop a Kansas City first down, but a key defensive holding penalty on third down killed Philadelphia's chances.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon (foreground) stops short of the goal line on a run against the Philadelphia Eagles.(AP: Ashley Landis)
Jerick McKinnon ran the ball to the one-yard line before stopping, allowing the Chiefs to run the clock down over successive plays.
Finally Butker kicked the go-ahead field goal. The Eagles had just seconds to score a touchdown and were forced to throw a desperation last-second pass which fell short, sparking celebrations for the Chiefs.
Yep
And it was absolutely the right thing to do
Scoring the TD would have given Philadelphia time to score a game tying TD of their own if they were good enough
By not scoring the TD Kansas were able to run down the clock before scoring a go ahead Field Goal with only seconds left in the game
Smart play
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Maybe the game needs to look at changing the rules? If a team is incentivised to not score like that, then there is something wrong.
I know other sports run down the clock. But not when you're about to kick a goal or whatever, right? Imagine Messi walking in a goal in the final minutes of the WC, stopping on the line and going, nah, let's take some time out instead. I mean, the very essence of sports is to score!
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Wasn't there a SB a few years back where a team was leading in the final minutes but allowed the opponents to score a touchdown, because it somehow gave them a better chance of winning? (they didn't). I thought at the time what a strange sport to allow such a distortion of the game. Seems it must be reasonably common.
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It does feel a bit like the equivalent of bowling the final ball underarm to prevent your opponent from hitting a six.
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More on topic it does seem baffling re: final play but of course it makes perfect sense in a game where it's difficult to win possession back quickly from the opponent and where upon completion of a touchdown, the ball is handed straight to your opponent.
Maybe I'm a minority but I find American football tedious and confusing and this is one of those reasons.
Maybe I'm a minority but I find American football tedious and confusing and this is one of those reasons.
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Or perhaps marking it in the goal square with a minute or 2 left and instead of turning around and immediately playing on, walking back and taking your full 30 seconds to put your team 7 points up and take away time for the opposition to possibly score twice.
The touchdown was an inevitability, it was smart play to take the clock away from the opposition - no matter how boring it may have been for fans.
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I didn't watch, but a better comparison sounds more like marking in the goalsquare with 60 seconds left, running down 30s, then kicking backwards 20m to a spare man.
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