Olympics Prediction Thread

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Hey so the Olympics are in a week, so you Canadians can tell us all about your rhythmic figure skating pairs, Swedes can brag about what they are going to do to the world in slalom, hell even Burkina Faso is probably sending a luge team. What are your predictions?

Opening ceremonies: There's not much to say here besides the fact that Dr. Putin will be holding up a sign that says "HET WODKA," the Ukrainian contingent getting booed, and the inevitable things Russia will do to highlight the moments in its history (Oh man, just guess what this could be).

Hockey: Probably Canada or Finland, but seriously USA #1

Bobsled: Jamaican bobsledding is unoriginal, I'm going to root for a scab contingent of a Circassian, a Malagasy, a Chechen, and a Guatemalan.

Everything else: USA #1

Post your predictions.
 
My prediction is that NBC will not broadcast enough snowboard cross because there isn't any such thing as enough snowboard cross.

Jacobellis for gold.
 
I predict that I won't watch unless the bars that I go to put it on screen.
Wrymouth3 said:
Bobsled: Jamaican bobsledding is unoriginal, I'm going to root for a scab contingent of a Circassian, a Malagasy, a Chechen, and a Guatemalan.
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That team doesn't exist anymore. The Circassian and the Chechen were both already shot on suspicion of being terrorists, and the Malagasy got sick. :(
 
Wrymouth3 said:
Hey so the Olympics are in a week, so you Canadians can tell us all about your rhythmic figure skating pairs, Swedes can brag about what they are going to do to the world in slalom, hell even Burkina Faso is probably sending a luge team. What are your predictions?

Opening ceremonies: There's not much to say here besides the fact that Dr. Putin will be holding up a sign that says "HET WODKA," the Ukrainian contingent getting booed, and the inevitable things Russia will do to highlight the moments in its history (Oh man, just guess what this could be).

Hockey: Probably Canada or Finland, but seriously USA #1

Bobsled: Jamaican bobsledding is unoriginal, I'm going to root for a scab contingent of a Circassian, a Malagasy, a Chechen, and a Guatemalan.

Everything else: USA #1

Post your predictions.
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I predict that I'm not going to bother watching any of it. I find Putin's policies and antics absolutely vile, and there is no way in hell or anywhere else that I'm going to watch him pretend that he's got such a wonderful way of governing his country.

I wish the Canadian athletes well, but I won't be actively cheering them on.
 
I'll be working from home for the entirety of the olympics and streaming onto my TV while I work an adjusted schedule to match up with sporting events.

BvBPL said:
My prediction is that NBC will not broadcast enough snowboard cross because there isn't any such thing as enough snowboard cross.

Jacobellis for gold.
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They've got slopestyle this year too!
 
Zelig said:
I'll be working from home for the entirety of the olympics and streaming onto my TV while I work an adjusted schedule to match up with sporting events.
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This looks like a solid, familiar plan to me and what comes to the actual predictions we'll suck - hopefully not as badly as last time, though.
 
I predict Vladdy Putin will be shirtless and be wearing a gold medal. Not necessarily that he earned a gold medal, he might have just taken it from someone to add to his collection.
 
Kyriakos said:
I just hope there isn't any horror (eg 'terrorist' or other attack) going on in Sochi.
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You haven't been watching the news lately, have you? Honestly, it would surprise me if there was not some kind of attack - whether from terrorists or from Putin's own police/whatever against ordinary people taking advantage of all the foreign journalists present to protest against some of Putin's insane policies.
 
I predict that the US will have the single largest medal count, but less than 1/3 of total medals awarded.
 
I predict there will be an Olympics, and that US coverage will dwell on US participants and absurd medal ceremonies if they win.

One thing is even more certain. Apolo Ohno won't win any more medals because he retired. At least Shaun White might make it if he can avoid being arrested.
 
how angry will south koreans get at speed skating when they totally-dominate-but-mess-up-and-lose?

I bet they [the skaters] crash into each other again.
 
I predict that it will be the highlight of 2014
 
BvBPL said:
My prediction is that NBC will not broadcast enough snowboard cross because there isn't any such thing as enough snowboard cross.

Jacobellis for gold.
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Isn't NBC the station that showed everything in the summer olympics in London on tape delay, pretending it was live? Or some crap like that?

How the hell did they get to show these olympics too? From what I remember their coverage was horrible. I mean, North American olympics coverage is horrible in general, but these guys seemed to be especially bad. I guess they just threw a bunch of money at it, and it stuck?
 
Predictions:

A few dead "terrorists"...

USA #1
Germany #2
...

Does anyone else matter?
 
I predict that I will spend way too much time watching NBC starting a week from today, and that I will regret none of it.

I also predict that the Canadians will win the Hockey gold medal. I know, I'm going out on a limb there, but I stand by it. :sarcasm:
 
warpus said:
Isn't NBC the station that showed everything in the summer olympics in London on tape delay, pretending it was live? Or some crap like that?

How the hell did they get to show these olympics too? From what I remember their coverage was horrible. I mean, North American olympics coverage is horrible in general, but these guys seemed to be especially bad. I guess they just threw a bunch of money at it, and it stuck?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics_on_NBC

One part tradition, two parts oodles and oodles of money.
 
I predict that Russia will dominate the sled races. Why? Because after Vancouver they decided that the tracks were becoming too fast, and the risk of injury and death was too high. So Russia changed the track they were designing, and made one that is unique. And only the Russian sledders have had a proper time to practice on that track.
 
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