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#2277878 - 11/14/22 06:17 PM Once every 4 years -
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No, folks, this is not a thread about how frequently Alabama loses 2 conference games in a season...

this is the 2022 World Cup thread - where every match in the world's greatest sporting event will be broadcast from November 18 - December 20 from host country Qatar!

Easy money is on Brazil to win, but smart money is on Belgium.
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#2277879 - 11/14/22 06:19 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Happy, how about you fill out the $1 million bracket for me and if it hits, i'll give you $10,000!
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#2277880 - 11/14/22 06:23 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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or, i can fill it out for myself...hmmm
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#2277881 - 11/14/22 06:24 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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2 for the price of 1.....
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#2277882 - 11/14/22 06:25 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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That way, when it hits....you don't just win a milion dollars....oh no, no, no...you win a million, ten thousand dollars.
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#2277892 - 11/14/22 07:51 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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I was sad to see the USA team logo redesign. Why isn't representing your country enough - now we've also got to represent a lifestyle?
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#2277975 - 11/16/22 06:12 PM Re: Once every 4 years - RVFlyboy
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Originally Posted by RVFlyboy
I was sad to see the USA team logo redesign. Why isn't representing your country enough - now we've also got to represent a lifestyle?

i'm not aware of any lifestyle this represents, but the non-white shirts are more hideous than the 1994 baby blue star jerseys...
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#2277981 - 11/16/22 06:41 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Happy - if the US gets knocked out in the group stage, but has a strong showing, would this be a successful World Cup after not even qualifying last time? Or is it knockout round or it's considered yet another failure?
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#2277983 - 11/16/22 07:14 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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RVFlyboy do you know if the new rainbow logo is being used for jerseys as well or just like ads or other things? I did a quick search but did not find anything that stuck out but admittedly I do now know what last years jerseys or logos looked like.

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#2277999 - 11/17/22 02:49 PM Re: Once every 4 years - TMatt87
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Happy - if the US gets knocked out in the group stage, but has a strong showing, would this be a successful World Cup after not even qualifying last time? Or is it knockout round or it's considered yet another failure?

if they don't advance to at least the round of 16, my opinion is a total failure.

sadly, i think we go 0-2-1, a single point from one tie
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#2278109 - 11/21/22 10:34 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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So, was Wales supposed to beat the U.S. or vice versa? Who else is in our group?
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#2278110 - 11/21/22 11:08 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Our group is England, Wales, U.S., and Iran. Oddsmakers have England as the overwhelming favorite to win the group, with Wales and U.S. as relatively even contenders for 2nd, and Iran fairly substantially likely to take last place. England beat Iran 6-0.
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#2278112 - 11/22/22 01:11 AM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Thanks Rainman....how many of the 4 advance? 2?
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#2278113 - 11/22/22 03:01 AM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Actually I lied - Iran managed to score 2 after the last time I checked the score so the final was 6-2. Top two finishers from each group advance. I have no idea what the tiebreakers are (head-to-head, goal differential, goals scored, etc.). If you assume that US and Wales both lose to England and both beat Iran, they are tied for second. I'm maybe a little more optimistic than Happy about our chances - no way we should ever lose to Iran, so we should have at least 4 points for this stage. And if we could manage to at least tie England, we've got a good chance to advance.
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#2278123 - 11/22/22 02:37 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Or maybe just lose to England by a smaller margin than Wales? Wouldn't that (theoretically) do it?
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#2278131 - 11/22/22 03:48 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Yes, and/or beat Iran by a larger margin than Wales does.
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#2278134 - 11/22/22 04:24 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Got it.
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#2278254 - 11/28/22 06:19 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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US tied both Wales and England.

England beat Iran (6-2) and tied US

Wales tied US and lost to Iran (0-2)

England - 4 points goal differential +4
Iran - 3 points goal differential -4
US - 2 points, goal differential 0
Wales - 1 point, goal differential -2

US needs to beat iran and we advance
Iran advances with win
Wales advances with win by 5+
Iran advances with win, or a tie and England win or tie
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#2278256 - 11/28/22 06:40 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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How is Iran sitting at 3 points? 2 points for a win .....i thought a loss was 0 points or even -1 points, but obviously i'm not an expert at this.
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#2278257 - 11/28/22 06:42 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Or is it 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss?
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#2278263 - 11/28/22 08:22 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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3 points for win
1 point for draw (tie)
0 points for loss
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#2278322 - 11/29/22 09:21 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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1-0-2. Undefeated. And will be a heavy underdog against the Netherlands...
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#2278326 - 11/29/22 09:53 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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How does the next round go down? Lose and you're done? And play til there's a winner (penalty kicks if need be)?
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#2278334 - 11/30/22 01:44 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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yep, round of 16 is winner take all. if tied at the end of regulation, 2 15-minute halves are then played through to completion. if still tied, kicks from the penalty mark, 5 kickers from each team and then 1 for 1 until their is a winner
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#2278728 - 12/13/22 03:53 PM Re: Once every 4 years - HappyGilmore
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Argentina v Croatia today, France v Morocco tomorrow...could be an upset in the making for finals...
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