are these available to watch online?
the other day the tv guide said that they were going to be playing the bias one but they let horse racing coverage bleed into it
― nog right (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think they're online but they're repeating them a lot on 2 and classic
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
caught the last half of jimmy the greek one, probably the best one yet :(
― luol deng (am0n), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I could've done without the Jimmy-as-narrator angle.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link
totally, that was weird
― luol deng (am0n), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
not a great decision but i'll let it slide
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I was hoping this would be back tomorrow night, but it doesn't return until Sunday night 12/12. That's the bad news. The good news is that it returns with "The U."
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I found Jimmy The Greek really interesting...I really didn't know much about that story at all. But as mentioned upthread, the Jimmy narration and weird 're-enactment/blurry Jimmy' scenes were way too much cheese. Reminded me of History Channel's penchant for re-enactments of everything. BLEUCH.
Favorite so far has been the Len Bias story. Damn that was sad.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man The U is gonna be sweet.
― Mountain Dewm (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
just saw the ad. will watch The U if there's that much miami bass music in it. sweet!
― special teams consultant, washington football redskins (daria-g), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i cannot WAIT for the U tho i really wish it didn't premiere on the weekend.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
the u was a good one
― too shart (am0n), Sunday, 13 December 2009 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't know it was going to be 2 hours. It was really good, though. I love that about 90% of the things you can't do in college ball now are because of Miami.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Bernie Kosar is lookin' rough these days.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 December 2009 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Man, this one is really awesome.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 December 2009 07:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, if the plan was to get me to fall desperately in love with the Miami Hurricanes, mission accomplished.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Did you guys see Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the Texas/Miami victory celebrations? Totally forgot he played there.
and LOL at that line about running up the score: "It's football, it ain't badminton"
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:40 (fourteen years ago) link
And yeah...definitely an awesome episode. It felt more like a complete 'documentary', compared to some of the others. It's unbelievable the amount of players that come out of there when you sit down and look at the list.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Did you guys see Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the Texas/Miami victory celebrations?
Yeah, I paused and rewound because I thought I'd seen him. I never knew he played there until now.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Miami used to be in the Big East and always kicked our asses with impunity. I remember a game in 2003 when Miami had both Clinton Portis and Frank Gore in the same backfield; the final score was something like 45 to 3. It was hard to love the Canes on that day, but in retrospect what a collection of talent. Those dudes invented the modern college game.
― It's Favre O'Clock Somewhere!!! (leavethecapital), Sunday, 13 December 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Portis was already in Denver in 2003.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
It was pretty magical. I was an undergraduate at U.M. from 1986 -- 1990. The football team lost two, maybe three, games during the regular season in the four years I was there.
Sad I missed the documentary.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
loved schnellenberger purposely leaving his pipe @ most-prized recruits houses
young jimmy johnson sounds & has a lot of the mannerisms of coach taylor in FNL
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 December 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Watching that kind of makes me sad to see Jimmy trapped behind a desk at Fox on Sunday mornings. I don't know that he needs to go back into the NFL, but I'd love to have him take over another college team.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think he has any interest in coaching anywhere, at any level.
He is an all-time great coach, but he's apparently v. happy in retirement.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Daniel, it's going to play two more times:
* The U by Billy Corben * Sunday Dec 20 * 12am ESPN 2
* The U by Billy Corben * Sunday Dec 27 * 1pm ESPN
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 13 December 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:49 (6 hours ago)
Johnny's right, make that 2001. I think the Canes had Jeremy Shockey in 2001 too.
― It's Favre O'Clock Somewhere!!! (leavethecapital), Sunday, 13 December 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks, Michael. I'm on it.
We're going to have a very good team next year, but I miss the days when we routinely stomped Top 10 teams into the dirt.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 December 2009 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:40 AM
yesss, also loved the stories about them fuckin w/ ~the boz~
― too shart (am0n), Monday, 14 December 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
the stories about them fuckin w/ ~the boz~
^^ fave bit of the whole thing!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno if anyone knows but did the UM baseball program become as good thru similar recruiting methods? or was it just cuz UM football made all other sports programs better, etc? or neither?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't follow baseball, but especially not college baseball. zzzzzzzzzz
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel like sarge might know how long til hes back
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
oh did he get sb'd out? ffs.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the baseball team became good-to-great at an earlier stage than the football team. A stretch of Ponce de Leon Blvd. was renamed Ron Fraiser Way when I was an undergraduate (or shortly thereafter), giving you some idea of when the baseball team began winning and/or competing for championships. I never heard about discipline or recruiting problems involving the baseball team.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
(Ponce de Leon Blvd. is the street that runs in front of the main U.M. campus).
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
that is sorta what i woulda guessed ~ just curious, thanks
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
man these shits are like nowhere in the internet
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I KNOW
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 14 December 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
so i watched the u on lol regular tv last nite and ehh it had its moments but the promise to deliver a higher standard than yr typical outside the lines typa shit was largely unfulfilled
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
It was definitely not a well-crafted film, but the subject matter was awesome, and the soundtrack (which was like 90% 2 Live Crew) was great.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it got pretty redundant tho u must admit - an occasional great anecdote surround by endless ol mamai dudes being all WE WERE BAAAAD then vague unedifying season summaries and some fairly delightful footage of end zone celebrations - i found the whole thing quite credulous - it desperately needed dissenting voices
must say uncle luke was the best of the talking heads by far
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah it was too long. But the farther along it got, the more likely I was to have watched the games in question, so that helped hold my interest.
There was a scene from a SDSU-Miami brawl that I definitely watched live, and that was thrilling.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
shouldve interviewed opposing players - shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I would have loved soundbites from humiliated coaches and players on other teams. Also, no Testaverde interview? He's finally not busy playing football anymore, so he should've made time for this.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
also lol @ the complete incoherence of the erikson section - hes a players coach, no they hate and disrespect him, when they go all nuts under johnson its cause he allows it when they do it to erikson its cause hes losing them, its the decline of the program but o yeah they won two titles under him to johnson and schnellenbergers one each - i mean i know hes not as good an interview but try to make some semblance of sense
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
omglolwtf drunk ass kosar
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
shouldve uncovered evidence that the whole university was funded by coke money etc etc
Shh! FFS are there no secrets anymore?
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 December 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
btw for anyone who hasnt seen it this movie is amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Cowboys
part 2 sux tho fyi
― ice cr?m, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Seriously!
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Monday, 14 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
However: They didnt cover this in the doc & i still want to know if it’s really true
Vick is right handed. But throws left. Cuz the kids in his neighborhood made him throw left cuz that was the only way he wasnt unfair.— Beyonce has an uncle named Larry Beyince. Bruh.... (@DragonflyJonez) November 9, 2014
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 February 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2020 season is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
You know, funny you should bring this thread up -- earlier this morning I was all "Am I wrong? Was he in that one episode?" So I rewatched Broke, from 2012, and:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/RbfL78RT3_tuj4OkIbxAxsM3LkwfYul6fxhSgHcS6uAQn3YJ0f4c2PE1LvDnl12AfteMLHCuWGVnVdx68mEef_xvV8R9H6PBqnrEz2DgDFtcVExHurBx-UYITrs8phvZwA
And if you don't recognize him, google Ed Butowsky, then google Seth Rich. And I thought having Curt Schilling in this episode was the guy whose profile tanked the worst after this!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Sounds like Disney is breaking out the Moff Tarkin tech for this one
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/2/5/22267485/al-davis-pete-rozelle-deepfakes-30-for-30
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
i watched itthe deepfakes were terribleso bad. whoever did the pete rozelle voice sounded like Andy Richter. It was uncanny valley hall of presidents crossed with Salvatore Leone from GTA Liberty City. Weird. Bad. Those bits felt like I was watching, idk, a Doritos Superbowl commercial. Like “let’s waste a bunch of money to badly execute an empty gimmick”
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
i saw of miracles and men last night. it's probably the best documentary i've ever seen in my entire life. definitely a must-watch for all hockey fans.
i haven't seen a lot of 30 for 30 documentaries, so i don't know how it compares to the rest. but in terms of other, non-30 for 30 documentaries, it's better than russian five. i'll probably watch red army later.
i'm also excited to watch into the wind. it's a little trite to say as a canadian, but terry fox has been an inspiration to me my entire life.
― Punster McPunisher, Friday, 3 September 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
“Once Upon A Time In Queens” four-parter about the 86 Mets is up now on ESPN as an outsider it’s pretty great.i dont have much of a frame of reference for the Mets except the stuff i’ve gleaned from Morbs, Jon Stewart & the Simpsons, & other bits and pieces that i’ve tangentially absorbed, so its been cool piecing it all togetherthe music is really good
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 September 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
Would watch that for sure--just bought an oral history of the '86 team.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 September 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
All the current Keith Hernandez interview of himchilling at home with his cat was such a great flex
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 September 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
i give schiraldi credit for participating, wouldve liked to hear from more red sox; also maybe some broadcasters? like could they not get costas who was in those nbc dugout shots when prepping for the sox celebration
overall it was p solid
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
NOT including Costas was a blessing imo but thats just me
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 September 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
Loved the mid 80s Mets, finally got around to watching this today. In some ways, this probably could've been shrunk to three episodes instead of four, but also feel like it could've gone far more in-depth than it did even with four hours to fill. Still hate Dykstra.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 September 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
the wrap-up-everything ending, post series, felt a little whiplash-y to me as a newbie
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 September 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link