USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Canteen Sports Corner ~ 11 SEP 2003

Provided On Thread | The Goddess, txradioguy, Mr. Tonkin, Ma, and MoJo

[MoJo2001]

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CANTEEN SPORTS REVIEW Thursday, September 11th, 2003 CEO: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub Gopher/Peon: MoJo2001 Proofer: Kathy In Alaska (Ma)
	SPORTS REWIND For NHL and NBA fans, please click on the left hand side for more detailed information about what is going on in the off season. We will devote the second half to college and professional football. US OPEN Congratulations Andy Roddick! Roddick , 21, won his first Major at the US Open. He beat Spaniard, Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets. In the women's championship, Belgian Justine Henin Hardenne beat out fellow countrywoman Kim Clijsters to win her second Major of the year. Keep in mind that neither of the Williams sisters were at this event. _____________________________________________ Sports Quotes and Musings: If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead Erma Bombeck Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field Jim Boulton The NFL, like life, is full of idiots Randy Cross Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. Duffy Daugherty It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown Alex Delvecchio, after 13-0 defeat. I'd catch a punt naked in the snow in Buffalo for a chance to play in the NFL. Steve Hendrickson Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki Nigel Starmer-Smith Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream Ron Pickering The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind Sebastian Coe The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time David Coleman And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the bronze medal Unknown He's been breaking Olympic records like ninepins Des Lynam That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record David Coleman I'm absolutely thrilled and over the world about it Tessa Sanderson He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62. David Coleman ______________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS!! Congratulations to never4get!  He picked 12 of 16 games correctly for last week's picks!! Your "prize" for winning is below. Please feel free to choose whichever one you'd love to have!! Be sure to look to make your current NFL picks by choosing from the games listed below! **IMPORTANT** Due to the schedule for last week, we wanted your NFL picks on Wednesday night. From now on, we will leave the picks opened until Saturday night at Midnight EST. Make sure to Freepmail your picks to MoJo2001 here. Also, we will announce the winner on the following Canteen Sports Thread. Thank you! We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Here are the "prizes" that never4get can choose from. We know it will be difficult, but you will win an ACTUAL PRIZE at the end of the regular season. Until then, choose one. Be the envy of all your friends!! Pick this "prize" and you will learn how to drive into things and walk away clueless as ever. Would you like to learn how to drive other people's cars and total them?? Well, we've found the school for you!! Meet Mr. Goat, otherwise known as "HEY YOU" by Mr.Tonkin, the loveable do nothing pet of Mr.Tonkin. While he doesn't necessarily restrict his dietary needs to grass, he's sure to eat you out of your house. He's as slow and dumb as Eeyore. However, you can't go wrong with a creature that never talks back. Choose Mr. Goat and you'll be happier for it!! NOW FOR THE BIG "PRIZE"!!! We spared no expense with this one. As a matter of fact, you won't have to pay for anything in this next "prize". Are you ready for the truly BIG "PRIZE"? Well, here it is: Tom's Couch with Tom laying on it! Woohoo! You'll have an instant Football and Beer Buddy for NFL games. And that's not all! We'll chip in some deodorizer to help the Couch and Tom smell good while at your house. What more could a person want?? *Disclaimer: The Canteen Sports Crew are not responsible for Tom or Tom's couch. We are not responsible for any grocery, electric, water, or cable bills. We are not responsible for any items that may be broken while Tom lives at your house. We are also not responsible for the reaction that your family may give you when you choose this "prize". We will not be held accountable for any burping or belching that you may encounter when you offer Tom beverages. We are not responsible for his, yours, or anyone else's well being. We're cheapskates. You should know that by now!!! For everyone else that didn't win, aren't you depressed you didn't win the "prize" this week? Well, there's one way to fix that. You can win next week's "prize". Be sure to make your picks and then stay tuned for what you'll win.
	Down To Business!!WHAT DID WE LEARN AFTER THE SECOND GAME? 1. The "cream puffs" do bite back! 2. Auburn's National Championship run is over! 3. USC is for real! 4. San Diego State and Wake Forest are impressive. Just ask Ohio State and NC State. For week two! Doing The Right Thing Award: Ohio State University has suspended sophomore running back Maurice Clarett for a year. Whether he'll return to the team next year is unsure, but MoJo is proud that Ohio State did not put football above the rules. If you break the rules, you deserve to lose your privilege of playing sports! MoJo would be just as bad if this were another school and they let that player back for the season. What he did was wrong and now he'll pay the price. Let this be another example of being young, gifted, and stupid. Should've Stayed Home Award: Virginia was ranked in the Top 25 going into the South Carolina game. No longer! After being pummeled by the Gamecocks, Virginia will have to fight to get back into the Top 25. Purdue was also in the same position. While they didn't drop out of the standings, it would be well advised not to take "cream puffs" for granted the next time around. Auburn should play better now that they are out of National Championship contention. They Play Four Quarters For A Reason Award: Congratulations to the Florida Gators for an impressive scoring fest versus the highly potent Miami Hurricanes. Oh! Bummer about losing in the final minutes of the game. MoJo thought Florida seemed to give up or at least Coach Zook looked like he was playing very conservative with the play calling. It cost Florida in the end. "We Get No Respect" Award: NBC announcers during the Notre Dame game. Notre Dame gets no respect? Please! They get too much respect sometimes. (Most of the time!) Notre Dame is usually ranked in the Top 25 whether they deserve to be there or not. They can lose 2 games in the season and still manage to stay in the Top 10 until other undefeated schools finally get the nod to go ahead. "SOMEONE HAS TO WIN THIS" AWARD: Buffalo still lost. Well, at least the Buffalo Bills kicked some butt this past weekend!! "MR. BIG STUFF AWARD": Congratulations to those schools that ran up the score against really "stiff" competition. How great do you feel this week?? Michigan beating Houston 50 something to 3. Oh! You are sooo good!! Or, how about Virginia Tech whipping up on James Madison 43-0. Powerful stuff there guys!!"YOU'VE SHOULD HAVE COME" AWARD: This is dedicated to the Washington Huskies fans who spent all of the week before venting about how awful their team was. If you had the opportunity to be around any of the Huskies fans, they were ready to fire the coach and start all over. They were remembering the Don James Era with sadness. Amazing what a week makes. This weekend the fans were celebratory and not as depressed. Why? Their Huskies played the Indiana Hoosiers. (Think of them as the Cincinnati Bengals of the NCAA!) "WE ARE OVERRATED" AWARD: Hello Auburn Tigers! Enough said! Hey! You are still ranked. For this week. Good luck the rest of the season! (Yes! This was last week and funny--it's also this week's!) Here are the games! Good luck everyone! WEEK 2 GAMES Sunday, Sep. 14 Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1:00 pm Cleveland at Baltimore, 1:00 pm Detroit at Green Bay, 1:00 pm Houston at New Orleans, 1:00 pm Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1:00 pm Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:00 pm San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:00 pm Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1:00 pm Washington at Atlanta, 1:00 pm Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:05 pm Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 pm Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 pm Denver at San Diego, 4:15 pm New England at Philadelphia, 4:15 pm Chicago at Minnesota, 8:30 pm Monday, Sep. 15 Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 9:00 pm WHAT DID WE LEARN AFTER THE FIRST GAME?? 1. Perhaps Kurt Warner is human after all. 2. Never cut a popular and loyal player that will play against you in the first week. HELLO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS! 3. The Cincinnati Bengals still suck! 4. So do the Chicago Bears. 5. Football experts are still annoying. 6. Commercials are better for the NFL. 7. No one chose the Houston Texans to "upset" the Miami Dolphins. Isn't that why they play the game on the field? Go figure! What a concept! 8. Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver, is a much better player when you don't hear anything from him or about him. Congratulations for surviving the Pre-Season! 9. Officiating in the NFL is still useless. 10. The Ravens "dominating" defense couldn't even dominate the water boy last Sunday. 11. The Tuna, Bill Parcells, will have a lot of work to do. MOST IMPORTANTLY: JERRY JONES, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, DID NOT ENTER THE FIELD ON SUNDAY!! Write this down folks. It's a historic day to mark! If the Cowboys lose again this weekend, it will be the last time this happens!!

[MoJo2001]

Well, I always figured that Mr. Goat would be less work. After all, he loves eating dog food. Tom loves eating everthing. Can't you tell?? LOL!

[MoJo2001]

God Bless America and Israel! Friends in good times and bad. My heartfelt prayers and sorrow for the lives lost to genocide bombers in Israel. May God reap blessings upon our great ally! *HUGS*

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I vow I will Never Forget
the tragic events of September 11, 2001
And the sacrifices of All those
who help ensure my Freedom.
God Bless the men and women in the military,
law enforcement, fire departments and the medical field.
God Bless the unsung heroes who protect my Freedom.
God Bless America

[Brad’s Gramma]

How BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for your hard work...it was WELL worth it. I clicked on the link...there's pictures there I'd never seen.

Have fun with your babies tomorrow. You and they deserve it.

God bless ya, Kiddo, real big.

[Fawnn]

Enjoy the day with your son! (We'll be here when you return, saving your seat!)

[Soaring Feather]

HUGS Little Diva.

Good nite now. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms feather, MoJo says, GOOD NIGHT! Her cable has gone down. Her TV works, but no modem.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for the beautiful 9/11 graphic
you made for the opening of today's thread.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for your 9/11 timeline.
Thank You for helping ensure my Freedom.
Thank You for your service to our country.
God Bless You

[Fawnn]

Thank You for the beautiful 9/11 graphic you made for the opening of today's thread.

Yes! Thank you, LindaSOG! It's a beautiful, haunting graphic, appropriate for today. Good work!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You both for today's thread.
Thank You both for your work each week on the Sports Thread AND the Music Thread.

And Thank You for including Mr. Goat on today's thread! LOL

[Delta 21]

Never Forget

[piasa]

SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 : (MASSOUD ASSASSINATION) Two men posing as journalists, one carrying a passport in the name of Karim Touzani, detonated a hidden bomb as they interviewed Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader Massoud. The legendary Afghan commander was mortally wounded. Two days later came the suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (AFGHANISTAN, BIN LADEN) Date close associates of bin Laden were warned to return to Afghanistan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (Muslim cleric Maotaz Al-Hallak leaves the northeastern US for Texas) Al-Hallak had been questioned by prosecutors in the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. After 9/11, authorities would try to find him again, believing he left the US northeast for Texas, according to a later AP report.- "More arrests coming, U.S. says : So far, 25 people arrested for immigration violations are being questioned by federal investigators in connection with Tuesday's attacks," © St. Petersburg Times, published September 16, 2001 - Information from Cox News Service, Associated Press, Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune was used in this report. cache , http://www.sptimes.com/News/091601/Worldandnation/More_arrests_coming__.shtml. , current page , http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:HBTXAfMKTmsC:www.sptimes.com/News/091601/Worldandnation/More_arrests_coming__.shtml+%22Mohammed+Jaweed+Azmath+%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (BINALSHIBH, ZAMMAR) Two al-Qaida recruits from Germany who were arrested in Pakistan on Sept. 10 en route to Afghanistan, later told German authorities that they were recruited by Binalshibh, but Mahummad Haydar Zammar was their principal contact, according to an account in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. European officials, including the German authorities, said that while they had indications in the summer of 2001 that al-Qaida was planning a major attack, they had no specifics on what form it would take, where it would occur or who, specifically, was involved.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (ATTA'S ADVICE TO HIS TERRORISTS) "Purify your heart and clean it from all earthly matters. The time of fun and waste has gone. The time of judgment has arrived. Hence we need to utilize those few hours to ask God for forgiveness. You have to be convinced that those few hours that are left you in your life are very few. From there you will begin to live the happy life, the infinite paradise. Be optimistic. The prophet was always optimistic". -- Mohamed Atta

SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 : (USA : LEFTWING WEBSITE TRUTHOUT.ORG IS REGISTERED; WOULD PLAY ROLE IN INITIATION OF NIGER/IRAQ URANIUM FLAP OF 2003, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO BBC SCANDAL AND DEATH OF ARMS INSPECTOR KELLY IN THE UK)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (ASSASSINATION PLOTS : DEATH THREAT PHONED IN TO WHITE HOUSE ABOUT TRYING TO TAKE OUT AIR FORCE ONE) A death threat was called in to the White House that morning, saying the plotters were out to get Air Force One. The caller provided secret information that caused grave concern about the President's safety. In fact, the threat was taken so seriously, White House officials say, that Bush crisscrossed the country in Air Force One, going from Florida to Louisiana to Nebraska before returning to the White House. In addition, it is believed the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania may have been on the way to attack the White House or Air Force One. Neither of the men in custody here has been charged with any crimes. - Two Saudi Nationals Eyed In Plot to Slay Bush /Computer File Found : killpresidentbush.exe , GREG B. SMITH, NY daily News, 9/22/01

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (US DRONE LOST OVER IRAQ) A second US “drone” is lost over Iraq.- Iraq - Scotsman says Saddam has weapons to wipe out world's population, nuclear bomb within 3 years "The Scotsman dossier - SPECIAL REPORT ON IRAQ" by Fraser Nelson, Westminster Editor

SEPTEMBER 2001, shortly after 911 attacks : (GERMAN INTEL PICKS UP CALL "WE HAVE HIT THE TARGETS" - BUT WHO WERE THEY MONITORING?) German intelligence monitored a phone call by a man they suspected of having linked to al-Qaeda. He is alleged to have said: "We have hit the targets." - ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1581000/1581063.stm- "The investigation and the evidence," BBC, Friday, 5 October, 2001, 15:10 GMT 16:10 UK

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You Chief
SALUTE

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you so much, John, for sharing your thoughts about September 11th with all of the Canteen. Prayers every day for your success and safety. God bless you all.

[Brad’s Gramma]

to handle the hard

Well now, I'd say it's time for a girl to hit the hay when she reads that and thinks at first it says LARD. LOL!!!

[Fawnn]

Yes, dear. LARD does make the best pie crusts, but you can do fine with butter or even a non-hydrogenated oil shortening if you handle the dough correctly. ;)

Dream your good dreams! (You done ripping your house apart?)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Nope. Not done ripping it apart. Gramps leaves town in the morning and the crow bar & I are gonna have some SERIOUS fun...!!!