While we eagerly await Day Nine of Gheorghemas, a brief interlude to acknowledge Pelé's passing. There are a great many wonderfully written tributes to O Rei spread across the internet, and I'm not qualified to match them. I'll just post this video, which I saw for the first time this week. It demonstrates in clear relief just how far ahead of his time the great Brazilian was - so many moves that became associated with the luminaries of later decades were things Pelé did first, and often decades prior.
Enjoy this genius, who showed what was possible.
Pelé vinha do futuro, o MAIOR, MELHOR e não tem jeito.
— memes futebolisticos. - vito (@Mfutebolisticos) November 20, 2021
Que vídeo foda. pic.twitter.com/C5oOI0TBIS
Geez. He was pretty good, eh?
ReplyDeleteGood stuff.
ReplyDeleteWatched Glass Onion and the new Fletch last night. Liked ‘em both.
we watched spirited. it's an enjoyable little film.
ReplyDeleteGO COCKS
ReplyDeleteGO IRISH!
ReplyDeleteirish cocks! greta thunberg’s gonna have a field day.
ReplyDeleteDanny Boy, what we have here is the makings of a barnburner. I hope. ND looks tough.
ReplyDeleteWell, that was a barnburner and then went south
ReplyDeleteand then north
ReplyDeletekinda wish whit and danny were together in jax for this one. y'all missed an opportunity.
ReplyDeletewas thinkin similar
ReplyDeletei'll be in orlando in two weeks for college cheer nationals and in new smyrna beach the weekend of the daytona 500 for my nephew's wedding if any of you floridians feel like traveling. or watching college cheer.
ReplyDeleteWas wondering if Dan made his way to the Gator bowl. Fun game.
ReplyDeletealert: tennessee has a wideout named squirrel white!
ReplyDeletea lot of kids from my town go to tennessee or clemson. surprising, at least to me. not less surprising, the fact that my wife declared that we should watch the game without any prompting from me. one of my little one's high school cheer teammates is on the dance team at clemson. you'll probably see her if you watch the game. but you won't know who she is.
ReplyDeletenot sure if this is a) a sign of degeneracy, b) a sign that i'm bored with legal gambling, or c) brilliant handicapping, but i made $60 bucks betting on the american/lafayette hoops game this evening. johnny o'neil ftw.
ReplyDeletetennessee/clemson was a great one team cares more betting opportunity. that i didn't take.
ReplyDeleteRob’s a sharp now?!
ReplyDeletea dull with too much time on his hands
ReplyDeleteI did not make it to the game but thoroughly enjoyed watching it. I did walk 18 holes in shorts and short sleeves as it was a beautiful day here. About to do the same again shortly. As an aside, Darius Rucker played in front us yesterday...he's good!
ReplyDeleteRob, keep gamblin. Maybe while we wait for Day 9 (take your time Marls, seriously) you could provide us your expert take on tonight's games.
I enjoyed a successful mini-summit yesterday with Squeaky, Mrs. Squeaky, and Son of Squeaky, with a special guest appearance from Doc Saunders. Everything in Manhattan from Penn Station to the southern border of Central Park smells like San Francisco now.
ReplyDeleteWeeeeeed! It’s my wife’s birthday today. Luckily we’re old so she’s totally cool with spending the evening at home so I get to watch these semifinal games that are scheduled on the worst possible day.
ReplyDeleteI’ll be a good husband and cook a bunch of shit. Tomahawk ribeyes, crawfish, etc etc.
Damn, Mark. Sounds excellent.
ReplyDeleteThe Cocks played hard yesterday — especially given that they were without 9 key players to ND’s 4 — but the Irish are stout. Good game all the way through. Unlike the Orange Bowl, which my girls were calling the Beamer Bowl.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen Doc Saunders in years. Hope he’s well. And mini-summits are wonderful. May they be even more plentiful in 2023.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Whit. The wife and are are going to be in VA in May for a few days would be great to set up something larger than a mini summit.
ReplyDeletemaxi summit!
ReplyDeletei don’t think anyone gets within two touchdowns of georgia. no idea what to make of tcu/michigan.
Mark, send those dates for May
ReplyDeleteAnd happy New Year’s Eve from Paris, les Gheorghies
Le Gheorgheoisie?
ReplyDeleteGood one, Z
ReplyDeleteAnd I’m in for the maxi if at all possible
No talk of papal passing?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Gheorghies. Those games were epic.
ReplyDeleteThe wind down of the latter contest, you just had to know was going to come to a close near or at the exact moment of the ball dropping. Murphy's Law and all. The host of a little get together we attended changed the channel as OSU was lining up to kick the FG. Utterly shocked that he did so but he lived in the end.