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Old 09-25-2010, 05:45 PM   #13461 (permalink)
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Just me and my music tonight.. But for the 1st time, I'm happy..with everything..despite everything.
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Old 09-25-2010, 06:32 PM   #13462 (permalink)
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What? Haven't they ever heard of overtime? It's basically the best thing ever. Can you say "on the edge of your seat?'
Yeah, instead of doing overtime for the grand final, they do a complete rematch the next week. It's ****ing stupid and I hope they change the rule! They changed the rule for the preliminary finals, in which overtime now takes place, but they are yet to change the rule for the grand final. It's very stupid. Especially since all of the people who had tickets have to buy tickets again to the rematch!

It was a great game though, I was on the edge of my seat and losing my shit at the television... all of my housemates barrack for one particular team in the grand final so I hope they win otherwise I'll be dealing with a lot of bad mooded guys.
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Old 09-25-2010, 10:18 PM   #13463 (permalink)
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It's because I left Australia...lol... man, I gotta get back some time soon...
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Old 09-26-2010, 03:34 AM   #13464 (permalink)
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Old 09-26-2010, 07:10 AM   #13465 (permalink)
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Today was the AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final. Pretty huge thing in Aus. It was a draw, which means there is a rematch next week. 3rd draw in AFL history.

In the same year we've had a hung parliament and a GF draw. Shit's goin down, yo.
I meant to check to see if the final was on tv and ended up completely forgetting about it until I read this. I just checked though and it's on the channel I dont have this year anyway.

I was able to kind of keep up with Aussie Rules this year, off and on, thanks to an hour-long weekly highlights show on Eurosport but thats about it. ESPN carry the rights to the live games and I dont have that.
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Old 09-26-2010, 10:21 AM   #13466 (permalink)
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I wish ESPN still showed AFL games in the US... I miss it.
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Old 09-26-2010, 01:33 PM   #13467 (permalink)
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You completely sure that theres no coverage anywhere? I didn't realise that Eurosport were running the highlights show. It took me a long time to notice.

I'm sure that a few seasons back, it wasn't on TV at all. Or at the very least, the coverage was nowhere near as good or as reliable as it is now. Unfortunately though, I have Sky Sports which is not cheap at all and a few years ago a further subscription-based sports channel launched to rival Sky Sports and they bought the AFL games. Then when they folded, ESPN started up and they have the rights to it as well. I would love ESPN but if i got every subscription channel I wanted, the bills would be disgusting.
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Old 09-26-2010, 06:19 PM   #13468 (permalink)
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Wow, I'm surprised that it even gets coverage anywhere else in the world! Are people really that interested in Aussie Rules? I guess Australians travel a lot and there are a lot of Australians abroad, more specifically there are a lot of Australians in the UK, so I guess it makes sense.

Do you barrack for a certain team Mojo? Or just enjoy watching it?

I was in New Zealand last year for the Grand Final and it wasn't televised there on free to air TV I don't think, but loads of people watched it on cable and pretty much everyone knew the result/ kept up with it. Which surprised me, I thought it was a purely Aussie-centric thing!
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Old 09-26-2010, 07:07 PM   #13469 (permalink)
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It's not a popular sport here no, and the quality of the coverage does change, often from year to year. I think the fact that there are a lot of Aussies here and also the connection the AFL has with Irish Gaelic football probably warrants the coverage.

My family out there are Demons fans so I find myself one too. I watched a lot of AFL when i was there, went to a couple of games and I found myself more drawn to the Demons. I brought a jersey back and a season review on video. I really do keep meaning to follow it more than i do but i would probably need to get ESPN to do that.
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Old 09-27-2010, 12:07 PM   #13470 (permalink)
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Today's my first day back at school in about three years. I'm a little nervous, but mostly just tired and grumpy/not wanting to deal with it.

Hence, I will be getting coffee on my way to the train.
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