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We are less than 15 minutes away from the big U.S./Algeria showdown on the pitch. I have made well known that I am not a huge soccer guy, but I dislike getting screwed even more than I dislike soccer. And in our go ‘round with Slovenia, we were hosed.

FIFA has dismissed the ref from competition, but that works as well as the Monday morning manila envelope from the NFL that says, “Ah, sorry about that. Our boys in stripes blew it. Should have been a TD.”

Luckily, it is not too late for our boys. A win…and we’re movin’ on.

I'm all Slovenia this morning, as well.  How much fun would it be to oust England from the tournament? Not as much fun as say, France (a close second, though), but hey, France is already out! Take that, Jaque! Old Zidane getting’ a little taste of his own medicine: