Anybody Jacked Up for the Winter Olympics games?
 

**Edit** Only 2 weeks away!!! 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver! **Edit from 2006**

You can never get enough Luge, Biathlon and Curling coverage. Anyone else excited??

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics

NBC's 1000 hours of Olympics coverage breaks down as follows:

Figure Skating 980 hours
Stories about the Figure Skaters 15 hours
Skiing 3 hours
Everything else 2 hours

exactly.....IM sure the Curling and Bobsledding coverage will be relagated to MSNBC from 12am to 2am Saturday Nights.

Only if NBC gives us the late night/early morning LIVE coverage like they did with Athens.

I have a feeling it will only be their primetime taped coverage of 95% special interest stories of how Pablo raised himself, ate nothing but dirt as a child, only to become the World's greatest __________ and 5% sports action.

No. I'm shrouded in gloom right now.

I love curling... I'm not kidding, I am glued to the TV when it's on.
I love the bobsled/luge/skeleton stuff.
I like the skiing.
I can't wait for the hockey, though.

Im weird, but I found Curling kind of interesting to watch. Maybe not 3 straight hours of it, but at least the gold medal match uninterrupted or something.

My favorite, however, is the short track speed skating. That's insanity.

Ski Jumping's kind of cool from the 'big' hill, but typically all you get to see is the gold medal jump and the dudes on the medal stand.

i will be watching the hockey of course i am a big fan of the slavokian's teams defence

........You have the first two backwards. I corrected it for you.

I'm really looking forward to the sports...not the touchy-feely stories that NBC usually has in primetime.

More biathlon!

ROFL

thanks.

I hate to say it, but I find the Winter Olympics to be kind of boring. That really big ski jump is the only thing that will ever catch my interest, and I'm usually just hoping to see a flaming crash.

Right...the agony of defeat syndrome...I've heard of that.

So you miss solo synchronized swimming, huh?

I read it as "Special Olympics"..... now I'm dissapointed........

I want to see Gunther in goal for the US Hockey team wearing no pads or helmet.

I can't wait to see the curling, myself. I haven't been able to sleep for 2 months.

Too esoteric, eh? Or, maybe just not funny.

Bump...4 years later!

Are these Bryant Gumbel words still relevant?


http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...inter+olympics

Nope......to answer the thread title.

I'd be more excited if there was snow at the site.

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/ph...ress-muddy.jpg

Wow? Is that for real?

That was as of a week ago. Apparently the plan is to use snowcats, dumptrucks and even helicopters to haul snow in from other parts of the mountain.

I went to Utah to snowboard in mid-December and at that point they had gotten about 1/3 of the snow that they usually have by that point. It's been a bad snow year. I hear a lot of Colorado resorts still have pretty crappy conditions.

I'm excited. I always enjoy the Olympics, whether winter or summer.

Global warming strikes again.

Oops!! Off to DC!

Just to clarify, this is ONE of the sites for the Games, so while they're having to haul snow in for that area, the majority of the sites are fine.

depends on how much I am drinking at the time...
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Curling will require copious amounts of adult beverages.

Not really. Usually I get excited for the first day or two then lose intrest like a kid with ADHD. I just usually end up following the metal counts.

Short track speed skating is like a roller derby, but on ice. It's crazy.

Do they go in circles?

I'm in the minority that likes the Olympics. It gives us a chance to feel that national solidarity and pride that the rest of the world gets whenever their country plays soccer. There are a lot of diverse events, all interesting in their own ways. You get hot chicks in skimpy (summer) or skintight (winter) outfits. What's not to like? I don't go out of my way to TiVo stuff but, while it's being aired, I'll certainly keep the TV tuned to it.

Besides, sometimes, when the Russian chicks figure-skate, they glide towards the camera with one leg held high and you get a nice snatch shot. :D

Hockey.

I love all Olympics and will watch all I can.

I especially like the Winter games because they have so much wierd stuff.

I also especially like them because of the Downhill. I must say I'm pretty much an accomplished skier myself, never mind it would take me 2 hours to get down the same run the downhillers do in 2 minutes.

Shit... I could get down that slope in 2 minutes. As long as you staple my appendages back on when I stop sliding at the bottom....

Save yourself some time and watch Victory, Miracle, or Rocky IV

Feh...its 90% figure skating, 8% BS sob stories about the athletes and 2% all the other sports other than figure skating.

I especially love it cause it's in my hometown..should be one helluva party!!

Yes, thats pretty much what you will see in prime time NBC.

But actually with all the stuff online and about 6 different NBC owned cable channels, alot of the obscure sports get covered now more than ever before.

I remember watching Judo, fencing and Equestrian during the last Summer Olympics.

i watch Hockey and that's about it

True...as long as they put on some late night curling action on CNBC, I'll be good.

Damn. I'm jealous.

I'd give just aboot anything to be in Whistler those 2 weeks.

Yeah...Donkey fans cant wait for the Male singles figure skating..

Of course they do. You've never seen it? It's crazy....Koreans seem to dominate at it.

Canada better win this year, or my country will be pissed. Ovechkin will be tough to stop, though.

No.
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I can't wait for men and woman hockey and luge.

Great middle of the night TV. From what I can remember from '06 some of the women were pretty hot.

That, downhill and Super G are probably my favorite events to watch.

I'm ready for them, but I'm going to have to watch the Canadian channels if I want to watch anything live. Well, unless I drive up there which isn't too far away.

I love the Olympics but I sure wish they would cut it out with their whoring of figure skating.

It's Canada. Why wouldn't be live here? Same time zones.

Because it's part of that cesspool we call Mexico North*.


*I apologize to all the Mexicans out there.

From previous games it seems like a lot of major events are not live here.

I don't think we are exactly the target demographic for that shit.

Because NBC likes to record everything and tape delay them for prime time (on the west coast).

:ZZZ:

Well when it is in countries halfway around the world it that makes sense.

I'm just guessing but at least the bigger outdoor events will probably not be live and shown delayed in primetime which is fine if you can avoid sports sites that ruin it.

IM fairly confident most of the bigger events like figure skating, hockey and Skiing will be shown live.


NBC has alot of pull with the schedules because of the $$$ invested.

They were able to show all the Michael Phelps stuff live in China during primetime because they got the schedules moved to their liking.

Now that the Super Bowl is over, we can turn our attention to the event that only happens every four years. :)

It starts Friday.

Go team Suomi!

Me.

No, it starts in June.

I LOVE the olympics....of any kind, but esp love the winter olympics....just always something to watch and I find it interesting.

Anybody remember this?

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I heard Peyton Manning got to carry the olympic torch, but when he went to pass it , it was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.
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That's what they get for being bitches and slapping/fighting.

Bump. A little over a month away now. Are you jacked for Sochi?

Canada's B team could contend for a medal.... but, single elimination can be a fickle bitch.

jacked? no

interested? yes

Love winter Olympics. Hope they come off with no crazy ****er killing people

**** no. **** winter.

Well good then. Ironically , Sochi has a subtropical climate with mild winters. They are having to ship in and store snow.

I dont mind curling if its on as background at work or whatever. Other than that, cant get into it.

This year was the first Olympic year since 2002 that I was in Canada when they picked the team. Talk about obsession. It's going to be the major talking point of sports media for the next month.

Short track speed skating, wouldn't miss it.