Every year we get upset threads and then jinx the underdog. This year, let's try something different.
Any time we see an upset brewing, say Bobby Hurley's Buffalo squad taking on some Wildcats, we talk about field hockey, or beer, or gardening.
Of course, as with the observer effect suggests that simply one's awareness is enough to jinx the whole dang enterprise.
Last edited by Ultrarunner; 11-16-2014 at 01:02 PM. Reason: MIKESJ73 was first to post the upset, so he gets to own any jinx.
May I suggest that, if someone is also inclined to say things mid-Duke-game like "we're gonna win this by 30 points," he/she comes here to t-t-talk about the weather (hey hey)? This thread could therefore double as an anti-weauxfgods thread. Because yesterday.
UK gave up a 109 to buffalo in the first half....that's absurdly poor.
April 1
So, I gotta say, I was in The Valley of the Sun for much of last week and, although the golfing conditions were awesome, the local beer was meh.
for teams in general: even if you have talent, poor shot selection and lack of effort on defense will not get you too far.
April 1
Jinxes?
I just put together a little something to curse a certain game.
Ingredients:
2 bottles of white rum
2/3 liter of dry white wine
1 cup Triple Sec
juice of 10 oranges
juice of 6 lemons
20-ounce can of pineapple chunks, drained
1 cup of sugar
2 vanilla beans, split
2 nutmegs, ground
2-ounces of muira puama tincture, preferably in a base of vegetable glycerin and alcohol 1-2 ounces of damiana tincture 2 whole oranges studded with cloves a handful of fresh or dried rose petals
Oh crap, I think that was the love potion. Forgot to adjust the recipe.
Breathe, please. No one has thrown down any gauntlets that require pistols at dawn.
Now, since the game I was watching is over and thus the purpose of the thread expired with it, I need to figure how to prune a cherry tree. Until 3PM, that is, when I hope to be back, talking about gardening, or beer, or the quality of golf in the Valley of the Sun.
Wrong thread. These belong here:
http://forums.dukebasketballreport.c...?3840-Ymm-Beer
Gratuitous solicitation for more readers and posters
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Why no Pistols at Dawn? I'd be happy to share one of these with you or almost anyone:
http://www.loneriderbeer.com/beers/most-wanted/
Pistols At Dawn
High noon will have to take a backseat as the fresh morning air is perfect for a duel. We present our stout brewed with roasted malts, oats, lactose, and locally produced chocolate and coffee. A rich, dark velvety beer with a fine oatmeal flavor. 7.5% ABV.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Sometimes you just gotta laugh and face-palm. That post turned out to be an EPIC jinx.
Just so you know I'm not picking on you, in fall 1992, following Duke's second back to back championship, I told a UNC undergrad that Duke was SURE to be a final four team because we returned Hurley, Hill, Hill, Parks, etc, while UNC was going to suck because they started some guy named Henrik Rodl. Eight months later, Duke had been bounced in the first weekend by Jason Kidd and Dean and the boys were raising the NCAAT championship trophy.
We've all had that moment.