Hell Will Freeze Over When. . . [Archive]

PenforPrez

11-10-2007, 01:37 PM

List some things that you think will never happen. Things that would require climate change in Dante's Inferno to accomplish. Can be serious, or maybe not. A few examples:

Hell will freeze over when we see Hillary Clinton in a pink bunny suit on TV (a la Richard Nixon 1968).

Hell will freeze over when the St. Louis Blues win the Stanley Cup. 26 consecutive seasons the Blues made the NHL playoffs, and never even made it to the finals. :(

Hell will freeze over when Katie Couric says: "Resistance is useless! Surrender yourselves to our new Iranian masters!"

Hell will freeze over when Teri Hatcher comes to my house and professes her undying love.

Hell will freeze over when Missouri governor Matt Blunt has an affair with a Planned Parenthood activist.

Hell will freeze over when I win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker. Really, hell would have to get at least slightly chilly for me to even win another quiz bowl tournament. I'm terribly rusty. :(

Hell will freeze over when St. Louis' Metrolink light-rail system doesn't cost $100 million per mile to build. Or when I can conveniently use it.

Hell will freeze over when The Eagles reunite. Oh, wait. . . .

Paul

meatwad

11-10-2007, 01:47 PM

Hell will freeze over when I win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker.

You might as well play the lottery. There is so much luck involved in winning that tournament now that you might as well just play to cash.

PenforPrez

11-10-2007, 01:57 PM

You might as well play the lottery. There is so much luck involved in winning that tournament now that you might as well just play to cash.

I don't win playing the lottery. That's why I don't play it. I don't play in casinos for the same reason.

meatwad

11-10-2007, 02:35 PM

I don't win playing the lottery. That's why I don't play it. I don't play in casinos for the same reason.

I haven't played cards in months. I should start again. It was something that usually made me happy. It's just hard to risk that money right now while I'm looking for another job. I like having it as a safety net until I get my tax return in a few more months. I wish the cable company would e-mail or call me back and tell if they're interested or not. Time to start making the rounds at the banks I guess and see who's hiring.

Krishna

11-10-2007, 07:32 PM

Hell will freeze over when my boyfriend wakes up and finally asks me to marry him.

Hell will freeze over when Britney, Ashley, Paris, Nicole, & the rest of the members of the Poor Decision Makers Club start acting like adults.

Hell will freeze over when someone decides to take a chance on me and offer me a job.

TinyDancer

11-11-2007, 12:21 AM

Well, before today, I would have said Hell would freeze over when Illinois beats the number one team in the nation in football. . . :D

hoodie

11-11-2007, 09:21 AM

BWAHAHA yeah Illini!!! :D

pisces2473

11-11-2007, 09:36 AM

I haven't played cards in months. I should start again. It was something that usually made me happy. It's just hard to risk that money right now while I'm looking for another job. I like having it as a safety net until I get my tax return in a few more months. I wish the cable company would e-mail or call me back and tell if they're interested or not. Time to start making the rounds at the banks I guess and see who's hiring.
Price is Right is coming to Foxwoods!

ebruening

11-11-2007, 10:07 AM

Hell will freeze over when I can find a job where my workplace is close enough for me to ditch my car, and commute by bicycle. (I LOVE riding my bike to and from classes, and temp work, in the summer. I wish I could do that all year :cry: Public transit isn't much of an option in my hometown, and there's no public transport available from my home to my workplace. I guess my carpool will have to suffice...)

Krishna

11-11-2007, 10:09 AM

BWAHAHA yeah Illini!!! :D

Yeah....Illinois beats Ohio St, Wisconsin beats Michigan. It was a great day all around.:D

ebruening

11-11-2007, 10:13 AM

Yeah....Illinois beats Ohio St, Wisconsin beats Michigan. It was a great day all around.:D

...and the Huskers finally won a game :)

Kragthorpe

11-11-2007, 12:34 PM

Hell will freeze over when the Texas Longhorns don't suck rocks.

Hell will freeze over when Barry Switzer is no longer The King.

Hell will freeze over when Kansas wins a Conference Championship.

Hell will freeze over when Adrian Peterson is held to under 50 yards by ANY NFL team.

Hell will freeze over when God no longer is a Sooner.

PenforPrez

11-11-2007, 01:54 PM

BWAHAHA yeah Illini!!! :D

As a fan of both KU and Mizzou, I could kiss Ron Zook right now. :p

Hell will freeze over when God no longer is a Sooner.

I thought God was a Florida Gator, but that's a whole other conference. :rolleyes:

Speaking of sports. . . .

Hell will freeze over when the Kansas City Royals finish above .500 again. They lost less than 100 games this year, and THAT is considered progress. :googly:

Paul

Kragthorpe

11-11-2007, 03:32 PM

As a fan of both KU and Mizzou, I could kiss Ron Zook right now. :p

Why? Is Illinois going to somehow magically beat Oklahoma for either the Jayhawks or Tigers?

5 South Titles
4 Conference Titles
1 National Title

All in 8 years.

Hell will freeze over when Oklahoma loses to Kansas or Missouri.

SWMOchick

11-11-2007, 03:55 PM

Hell will freeze over when the Chiefs play consistantly on both sides of the ball.

SWMOchick

11-11-2007, 03:57 PM

The Happy Hodag

11-11-2007, 04:50 PM

Hell will freeze over when Adrian Peterson is held to under 50 yards by ANY NFL team.

I could be wrong, but Hell may have frozen solid as a rock today.

My contribution is this: I'll have a girlfriend soon, but Hell has no plans on ever doing anything resembling freezing again.

PenforPrez

11-11-2007, 05:09 PM

I could be wrong, but Hell may have frozen solid as a rock today.

My contribution is this: I'll have a girlfriend soon, but Hell has no plans on ever doing anything resembling freezing again.

Yay! Congrats! :)

Kragthorpe

11-11-2007, 05:12 PM

I'm tellin' ya...Mizzou will take care of Kansas. :)

Missouri....Kansas....Missouri....Kansas.....

OU will gladly beat down whomever decides to meet them in San Antonio.

Kragthorpe

11-11-2007, 05:14 PM

I could be wrong, but Hell may have frozen solid as a rock today.

Injury doesn't count as any team holding him under 50. But GEEZ, ANOTHER injury. Story of this guy's life. Unreal.

SWMOchick

11-11-2007, 05:25 PM

Missouri....Kansas....Missouri....Kansas.....

OU will gladly beat down whomever decides to meet them in San Antonio.
OU is defeatable. :p

Kragthorpe

11-11-2007, 10:44 PM

Not by Missouri or Kansas on a stage that neither team, not to mention neither program has ever been.

These people don't know what it is to be champions. Oklahoma invented it.

PenforPrez

11-11-2007, 10:52 PM

OU is defeatable. :p

Not by Missouri or Kansas on a stage that neither team, not to mention neither program has ever been.

These people don't know what it is to be champions. Oklahoma invented it.

*Wonders if we're going to have Bleeding Kansas (and Oklahoma and Missouri) all over again.* :rolleyes: :p

PenforPrez

11-11-2007, 10:53 PM

Not by Missouri or Kansas on a stage that neither team, not to mention neither program has ever been.

These people don't know what it is to be champions. Oklahoma invented it.

The good news is that the same applies to the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Cardinals. That is as it should be. :)

Paul

SWMOchick

11-11-2007, 11:10 PM

Not by Missouri or Kansas on a stage that neither team, not to mention neither program has ever been.

These people don't know what it is to be champions. Oklahoma invented it.
:rolleyes: Uh huh.

meatwad

11-12-2007, 08:21 AM

Price is Right is coming to Foxwoods!

Yeah, but you have to pay for the tickets! Screw that. I'd rather wait in line on the sidewalk for 20 hours than do that. :D

hoodie

11-12-2007, 12:37 PM

The good news is that the same applies to the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Cardinals. That is as it should be.

Hey...leave the Cubs out of it! :cry:

Kragthorpe

11-12-2007, 03:39 PM

Seems like the Cubs do a GREAT job of leaving themselves out of it every year.

:D

hoodie

11-12-2007, 06:25 PM

We Chicagoans know this, pending the fact that we're talking about the world series. Hell will probably freeze over if the Cubs win a series. It was the "as it should be" from Paul that smarts, though.

The Happy Hodag

11-13-2007, 07:48 PM

Injury doesn't count as any team holding him under 50. But GEEZ, ANOTHER injury. Story of this guy's life. Unreal.

Yes it does. I realize he could've been injured against any team, but any team also could've held him to 50 yards or less. Go Packers!

-The Happy Hodag!

Kragthorpe

11-13-2007, 10:35 PM

Yes it does. I realize he could've been injured against any team, but any team also could've held him to 50 yards or less. Go Packers!

-The Happy Hodag!

Hardly. Anyone who's played football knows that if you can't go, you can't go...through no fault of the other team. He was getting 4.4 per carry and had 45 yards in the game. Those are hall of fame numbers projected out over a healthy career. Peterson's own ligament kept him from getting 40. Not ancient ass Brett Farve and his severely overrated defense.

PenforPrez

11-24-2007, 11:48 PM

I'm tellin' ya...Mizzou will take care of Kansas. :)

MIZZOU WON!!

MIZZOU WON!!

MIZZOU BEAT KU!!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 12:03 AM

And for that win you get a trip to play the team that has owned the Big XII since the conference began.

Sooners make it 5 Championships in 8 years: 37 - 31.

Enjoy the cute little season you've had. Your venture to play with the big kids ends now.

PenforPrez

11-25-2007, 12:29 AM

fumblingaround

11-25-2007, 01:19 AM

What a great game! The Mizzou penalties were killin' me, but they pulled it off in the end. That safety at the last minute was a sweet relief. Looking forward to San Antonio.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 08:44 AM

I LOVE when some cute little team thinks it's on a chase for a championship and brings its game to Oklahoma. As Coach Switzer said, "These people don't know what it is to be champions. Oklahoma invented it."

dacrunkest

11-25-2007, 09:36 AM

Oklahoma had trouble with Texas Tech this year...Mizzou may have lost the first one to the Sooners, but I also think that OU is overrated..

I say Mizzou beats OU next week.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 10:17 AM

Oklahoma lost to Texas Tech after losing its starting QB in its first series and still only did that by 7 points! That's a HUGE thing - to lose your starter. Well guess what...he was back this week and they beat a team that beat Tech 49-17.

I say Oklahoma struggling with Tech without its QB is no reason to believe that Oklahoma isn't still Oklahoma.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 10:18 AM

I also say that Missouri has NO HISTORY playing on the biggest stages in College Football....and that's all Oklahoma has ever done.

hoodie

11-25-2007, 10:21 AM

I dunno. I always roll my eyes when people cite history as a reason for prediction in sports. You can flip a coin a million times and get heads, but it doesn't change the fact that you have a 50% chance of getting tails on the next flip. There's still a 50% chance Oklahoma could lose, no matter how well they've done in past competitions.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 10:37 AM

I'm not citing history, I'm citing experience. Anyone who knows sports, be it players, coaches, reporters, whoever, will tell you that experience on the big stage is a huge advantage when your opponent has never been there.

Boise State notwithstanding, I do suppose.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 05:08 PM

And I've got to say this is the single worst college football season ever. If Missouri and West Virginia are ranked #1 and one of those teams lost to Bob Stoops' 7th best team (of the 9 he's had at OU) by 10 points and the other lost to South Florida? Please.

Krishna

11-25-2007, 05:18 PM

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 05:21 PM

Sorry, dear. College Football ain't the Olympics. Thanks for watching "Miracle."

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 05:24 PM

The most beautiful part of it all? Even if Missouri should somehow run the table and win a national championship....it will still be Missouri and will go back to being Missouri, and Oklahoma will still be a top ten college football program contending for multiple championships for the forseeable future.

and1grad

11-25-2007, 05:26 PM

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 05:32 PM

I think thats part of her point. The Olympics are so far beyond college football in terms of big moments that they couldnt even be measured on the same scale.

Does anyone even care about college football right now? The normally good teams stink, or seem to be good until the championship game. College football normally sucks out loud anyway.

We're not talking about playing for your country against a team that doesn't see you ever beating it in a million years. Oklahoma knows Missouri can win, and Oklahoma also knows how to win championships...it's what we do. But Missouri's never been there.

I would also say that in America, Olympic hockey is well below any big moment you'll see in college football, especially where college football is king. Don't buy into the 1980 Olympic hockey team myth here. That game was not even a medal game, it wasn't given prime television coverage, and no championship was on the line. That game was a big moment in hindsight, only being huge after the US won. Who was geared up for the clash of the titans when USC and Stanford played....uh....nobody. It only was a big thing once Stanford won.

Sooners get it done...mark it down.

Krishna

11-25-2007, 05:40 PM

Sorry, dear. College Football ain't the Olympics. Thanks for watching "Miracle."

No way. Really? I was simply pointing out that "experience" will only get you so far. But thanks for insinuating that my knowledge of sports comes from movies...that was almost laughable. If experience counted for everything, your precious OU wouldn't be sitting at a 10-2 record this year. This is why games are played- because on any given day, it's anyone's ballgame. There are no givens in sports.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 05:43 PM

I agree.

But your sports knowledge should tell you that the Olympic hockey game wasn't any big stage at all, but only became a big story after the US won.

But Oklahoma will continue to be Oklahoma and Missouri will continue to be Missouri. As for OU being 10-2, let's not act like they got beat by anyone besides themselves either. They laid down at Colorado and their QB got knocked out of the game...neither of those have anything to do with experience in championship games. Also, keep in mind that going into the season, if Missouri had been guaranteed going 10-2, they'd have taken it in a second. OU would have called for their coaches to be fired. The difference is that Missouri is hoping to win a championship and Oklahoma is expecting to win one. Just like the prior 5 they've won in the last 8 years. Missouri simply doesn't belong in the conversation about the game's big programs, and they know it. They've merely benefitted from a turd of a college football season.

Krishna

11-25-2007, 05:56 PM

The difference is that Missouri is hoping to win a championship and Oklahoma is expecting to win one. Just like the prior 5 they've won in the last 8 years. Missouri simply doesn't belong in the conversation about the game's big programs, and they know it. They've merely benefitted from a turd of a college football season.

And this is why experience means jacks*@!t in the longrun. As an athlete, I never cared how I got to the top so long as I got there. It didnt matter if someone rolled over and played dead on the field. What mattered was that I was able to capitalize on the chance.

At some point you also have to acknowledge the possibility that the tides might turn. I'm in no way suggesting that OU is going to lose their status as a great team following this season. It happens though. Former "greats" slump, and newcomers start building their credibility. It's the great dynastic cycle of things.

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 07:26 PM

hoodie

11-25-2007, 09:04 PM

Hell will freeze over when we bring this thread back to hell freezing over. :p

Perhaps we should have a thread just for general discussion of football??

SWMOchick

11-25-2007, 09:24 PM

A single great year by Missouri does not prompt a tide to turn. OU had 5 poor years in the 90s...and THAT wasn't enough to turn any tide. No tides are turning here. Missouri got a good QB and turned some players that no one wanted into better players. But again...I'll congratulate them on any championship they may win in advance. But they're still Missouri and Oklahoma is still Oklahoma.
Daniel vs Bradford. It's obvious that OU is complete shit without their freshman QB. If that "team" was half a great as you say they are, there would have been enough experience to win without a freshman. I think you're being a little arrogant. That's the ENTIRE reason I rooted against KU. Every fan of theirs I have talked to have come across as snobs. I find snobs revolting. It's a friggin' game. Or can you wrap your "cute little" mind around that?

PenforPrez

11-25-2007, 09:30 PM

Hell will freeze over when we bring this thread back to hell freezing over. :p

I had that thought about two pages ago. :rolleyes:

Krishna

11-25-2007, 09:44 PM

Hell will freeze over when my sister and I start acting like sisters again (instead of strangers).

Kragthorpe

11-25-2007, 10:41 PM

Daniel vs Bradford. It's obvious that OU is complete shit without their freshman QB. If that "team" was half a great as you say they are, there would have been enough experience to win without a freshman. I think you're being a little arrogant. That's the ENTIRE reason I rooted against KU. Every fan of theirs I have talked to have come across as snobs. I find snobs revolting. It's a friggin' game. Or can you wrap your "cute little" mind around that?

Arrogant? It's hardly arrogant to explain that losing your starting QB is reason to take a loss. And REALLY? "OU is complete shit without their FRESHMAN QB???" I like to think of it as our FRESHMAN QB is better than your fat Senior QB and we're still knocking on the door of a conference title with a Freshman under center. OU rolls: 37-4.

The Happy Hodag

12-01-2007, 10:11 PM

I had that thought about two pages ago. :rolleyes:

I should have posted this a couple of days before Thursday's game between the Packers and the Cowgirls:

Hell will freeze over before the Packers beat the Cowgirls at Texas Stadium.

-The Happy Hodag!

NitaCircle

12-07-2007, 12:53 PM

Hell will freeze over before gas prices ever fall below $3.00 again :cry:

Hell will freeze over before people start giving up their gas guzling SUV's :evil:

halfbaked07

12-07-2007, 01:56 PM

Hell will freeze over before I ever take back my ex or my now ex-best friend.

PenforPrez

04-21-2008, 10:48 PM

Hell will freeze over when the Kansas City Royals finish above .500 again. They lost less than 100 games this year, and THAT is considered progress. :googly:

I felt the ground growing chilly until now. . . .

The Royals have lost the last four straight and are now 9-10. It's the curse of George Brett all over again. Or maybe David Glass. :rolleyes:

Meanwhile, everybody said the Cardinals would lose 93 games. We're 12-7, thank you. :cool:

Back on topic, hell will freeze over when Matt Blunt pays for his crimes against Missouri. Mr. Blunt, you are not above the law, no matter how much you think you are. :mad:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/3A0B91ECB516FFD38625742C001087A6?OpenDocument

Paul

Krishna

04-21-2008, 11:29 PM

Hell will freeze over when one of the following happens:
-I get a "real" full-time job
-I can have a real conversation about the future with my SO.

PenforPrez

04-24-2008, 10:53 PM

Wesley Snipes was sentenced today to three years in prison for his conviction on charges of tax evasion.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/24/snipes.sentencing/index.html

I still think hell will freeze over before he sees a day in jail. The law apparently does not apply to you if you're rich, famous or the governor of Missouri. :mad:

Paul