Off Topic VI

Joest2003 · Post #1381 » by **Joest2003** » Wed Aug 6, 2014 11:43 pm

Going to Mohegan Sun Casino in CT friday for Jim Calhoun Charity game. Kemba will be there along with other UCONN alums like Ray, Drummond, Lamb and Rudy Gay should be a really good time. I hope I run into Kemba in the casino after that would be pretty cool.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #1382 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Aug 6, 2014 11:57 pm

amcoolio wrote:Foggy Rock Eatery and Pub in Blowing Rock, NC

http://foggy-rock.com

Beer menu alone would pull me in. On my to-do list!

LamarMatic7 · Post #1383 » by **LamarMatic7** » Thu Aug 7, 2014 9:23 am

doc.end wrote:
LamarMatic7 wrote:it's been scorching in Latvia these past few weeks. heat records have been broken all over the place in different cities. we just had our first occurrence of a 100 degree temperature per Fahrenheit ever.

Isn't this [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtI-qtiAbag[/youtube] heading your way? (Well the weather only, not the race)

haven't heard anything about it, but I guess it's likely.

chabber · Post #1384 » by **chabber** » Thu Aug 7, 2014 8:29 pm

Congrats to Mourning making the HOF. Didn't see it mentioned anywhere else but if so I just missed it.

Game 4 1993 BOS. vs. CHA is on NBATV right now for anyone wanting to watch #spacingproblems.

Reminds me that I need to go through my VHS tapes and get my games on my PC. I have every Hornets playoff game on tape as well as a lot of others including match ups between Mourning and Shaq.

My mom got so mad at me one year because we ran out of tapes and I used my 6th grade graduation tape to record the All-Star game. Obviously I didn't care then but I kind of regret it now.

Benjamin Linus · Post #1385 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 7:09 pm

Apparently there is some speculation that Carowinds might be building a Charlotte Hornets themed roller coaster ???

TheKingofSting · Post #1386 » by **TheKingofSting** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 10:10 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:Apparently there is some speculation that Carowinds might be building a Charlotte Hornets themed roller coaster ???

That would be sick! :nod:

Post #1387 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 10:37 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:Apparently there is some speculation that Carowinds might be building a Charlotte Hornets themed roller coaster ???

certainly there are some jokes in here? amirite?

- you must be taller than muggsy bogues to ride it
- when you get near the peak, you get injured, then traded to thunder road

Post #1388 » by **JDR720** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 11:16 pm

Evidently there is a new campaign thing to get a MLS team in Charlotte

https://twitter.com/QueenCity_FC

TheKingofSting · Post #1389 » by **TheKingofSting** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 11:22 pm

I just got into soccer so I would welcome a team!

Eoghan · Post #1390 » by **Eoghan** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 4:22 am

TheKingofSting wrote:I just got into soccer so I would welcome a team!

I'd welcome the **** out of a MLS team. I'd rather have one in the Triangle for selfish reasons but either location would do great I think. I went to the Liverpool - AC Milan match last weekend and BoA was **** rocking.

Post #1391 » by **fatlever** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:08 pm

i'd love to get an MLS team here, but it seems like an extreme long shot. we have a very small soccer footprint when compared to former and current NASL cities. right now the charlotte eagles play in the USL, which is equivalent to division 3. does anyone even go to the charlotte eagles games? according to wiki, the eagles are one of the few USL teams that is not affiliated with a current MLS team. not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing.

MLS = D1
NASL = D2
USL = D3

Current NASL teams that would seemingly be ahead of us towards getting an MLS team

atlanta silverbacks
carolina railhawks (raleigh)
fc edmonton - seems doubtful they could land an MLS team
ft lauderdale strikers - MLS already putting two teams in florida, so this is doubtful, even though they have long NASL history
indy eleven
ny cosmos - cant see this happening with two NY teams in MLS already (or soon to be). btw, cosmos documentary on netflix is worth watching
ottawa fury - slam?
san antonio scorpions
tampa bay rowdies - same as strikers

new 2015 NASL teams
jacksonville armada
oklahoma city fc
virginia calvalry

seems our best bet is to dump the charlotte eagles (who are a christian run soccer team - that last i heard have no interest in moving up to a bigger division) and replace them with an NASL team called the queen city fc and then after showing good support for a few years and building a soccer specific stadium, then we can try to get in the MLS.

Post #1392 » by **fatlever** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:10 pm

and what do we even know about this queen city fc MLS push? could just be a couple of teens who are bored and started a twitter account. they only have 274 followers on twitter. is this even a real thing?

Post #1393 » by **fatlever** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:12 pm

http://queencityfootballclub.org/

OK, so apparently currently qcfc is a youth select team in vermont - similar to the youth select teams i played for back in the day, like charlotte junior, park sharon, sardis shockers etc...

Post #1394 » by **fatlever** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:14 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_City_FC

oh, and apparently there is already a semi pro team in buffalo playing with the same name.

so, not sure how that would work, you know, with trademark laws and such.

Post #1395 » by **fatlever** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:17 pm

are all of these queen city fc teams connected? the semi pro team in buffalo, supporting youth teams in vermont, and with a grass roots campaign to move to charlotte to become an MLS team or 3 completely separate entities?

BeesWax · Post #1396 » by **BeesWax** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 5:20 pm

BrotherDave wrote:
TheKingofSting wrote:I just got into soccer so I would welcome a team!

I'd welcome the **** out of a MLS team. I'd rather have one in the Triangle for selfish reasons but either location would do great I think. I went to the Liverpool - AC Milan match last weekend and BoA was **** rocking.

I had field seats for that. It was a fun game to watch.

Post #1397 » by **JDR720** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 10:21 pm

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2 ... e-leap-mls

TheKingofSting · Post #1398 » by **TheKingofSting** » Sat Aug 9, 2014 11:52 pm

Johnny Football is debuting tonight.

Post #1399 » by **fatlever** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:17 am

JDR720 wrote:http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/24/report-prospective-owners-charlotte-usl-pro-franchise-want-make-leap-mls

thanks JD, this explains alot, but at the same time still leaves me confused.

the article confirms what i had previously thought that the current owners of the eagles never had interest in playing in higher leagues because they run the team as a christian ministry (hence the non-profit comment). the eagles won their league previously and from what i was told, turned down promotion (this was a few years ago before the current us soccer pyramid was formed).

so are the new owners of the charlotte eagles related to the queen city fc stuff? the article didnt hint at the eagles changing their name, now or in the future.

they would have to do a lot of work to make memorial stadium a place that an MLS team would be proud to play in. that stadium is a complete dump. seems they have been doing renovations of that stadium for the past 5 years with lots more to come. they'd have to put in all news seats (currently just metal benches), boxes and suites (currently none), improve parking (one small parking deck and a few small lots), and widen the field as they mentioned.

(fun fact - my dad played his high school football at memorial stadium when he went to central high school in charlotte (what is now the CPCC campus).

i HATE the idea of soccer being played on turf. that alone is almost enough to make me root against this endeavor.

amcoolio · Post #1400 » by **amcoolio** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:58 am

Just wow @ Tony Stewart. I'm sure he didn't intend to kill the kid but his racing career, ownership career is over now.