Friday, October 24, 2014

Bonus Feature: Behind the Scenes

ESPN's 30-30 documentary series was following us around in preparation for this past years games.  Here is a sneak peak at some of the bonus features of the yet to be titled DVD:

Wild Card Wheel Prep:

Occasionally there are collateral damages when building Brolympic material.  I always wanted a hot screw burn. (zing)  I only wish this was a valid excuse for my piss poor performance in Hockey, HR Derby, Horse Shoes, Soccer Shoot Out, Bowling, Three Point Shoot Out, Football Toss, life, etc...

 The inception of the Wild Card Wheel- 1st Draft

Feel Free to print your own and play at home with your family!

The Wheel in Action

Celebrations:

Here is the breakdown of the Celebration Category.  For those of you playing at home, if someone landed on this category, the celebration would be reenacted pantomime style with no verbal cues.  The person who spun the wheel would then have to guess the celebration.  Seemed like a good idea at the time...smash cut to me pouring moonshine over on an open wound. What am I talking about, BOTH GREAT IDEAS!
Don't tell me you don't have an itch to play NBA JAMS after watching this! 
I SAID DON'T DO IT A-HOLE!!

Unfortunately, there was much more male toplessness at BROV than this.
Also unfortunate...not nearly enough Freddy Mercury. 

How awesome is this video? 
 Rhetorical question dipshit, funnel some Dude if you even attempted to answer.  

The execution of this one had too many steps, AND lead to the aforementioned bloody knee. Nostalgia is a fickle beast.
(fast forward to the 2 minute mark for the actual celebration)
(jump to the 1:50 mark to find out who the Miller Lite Player of the Game was)

Possibly a top five memory of not just my childhood...but my entire life.
(the big play takes place at the 3:15 mark)

Recaps, more behind the scenes and off seasoning planning to follow. 

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

BROV SWAGGER

Keep your pants on, this is NOT the earliest Brolympic Recap since BROI, I'm still mentally and physically rehabbing this Adonis of a body.  For all your friends and co-workers that tangentially hear bits and pieces about this glorious day weekend, here is some of this years swag in digital format.  Share if you're inclined, light your computer on fire if you're not. (unfortunately those appear to be your two best options)

























Thursday, October 9, 2014

Saturday's Events

A Bare Boned Introduction to Saturday's Main Events:


OPENING CEREMONIES  (8 a.m. Cornwall Borough Park )
  • 8 a.m.?  Wishful thinking after Friday??  We'll see. 

HOCKEY  (8:15 a.m. Cornwall Borough Park)
  • Five on Five
  • Three 15 minute periods. 

HOME RUN DERBY   (9:45 a.m. Cornwall Borough Park)
  • Batting order determined by Selection Show with teams alternating batters
  • Wiffle Ball
  • 10 outs per batter (any swing not a HR = out)
  • One Round per batter.  Cumulative team home runs determines winner.
  • Outfielders must keep drink in hand at all times.

HORSE SHOES   (10:30 a.m. Cornwall Borough Park)
  • Best of Three Rounds played in baseball infield
  • Teams of two and their match up order determined by the Selection Show.
  • Play to 15, win by 2
  • No points for shoes that bounce off back board 
  • Leaners = 1
  • Ringers= 3

SOCCER SHOOT OUT (11:45 a.m. undisclosed location)

  • One on one match ups determined at selection show.
  • Two rounds
  • Each round's match ups will be random
  • Five Kicks per person per Round
  • Cumulative Points Win


THREE POINT SHOOT OUT    (12:30 p.m. Ty's House)
  • Two Rounds- Shooting order determined by Selection Show (teams alternate turns)
  • Five spots to shoot from around the vine per round
  • Three balls to shoot from per spot (Two Regular Balls= 1 pt., and One Money Ball= 2 pts.)
  • Cumulative Points Win
  • Team that has shooter is responsible for chasing down loose balls (that's what she said)
  • If time is tight, may push to after bowling or do one round before and one round after. 

FLEXIBLE FOOD TIME
  • We'll have some meatballs, etc. again to consume before bowling.  Take advantage. 

BOWLING/ VAN RIDE   (1:30 p.m. pick up from Ty's House to Cedar Lanes)
  • Best of Three
  • Bring Money for Three Games/ Shoe Rental/ Beverages
FOOTBALL TOSS 2.0
  • Alternating order to be chosen at selection show
  • There will be three different size holes (zing!) One point, two point or five point hole.
  • Each person will have sixty seconds to score as many points as possible.  
  • The remaining four teammates are responsible for retrieving balls and getting them back to thrower.
  • One person from other team will be responsible to keep score

CORNHOLE   (Ty's House)
  • Best of Three
  • Games to 21, win by 2
  • Teams of two and their match up determined by Selection Show

FLIP CUP (Ty's House)
  • Five on Five
  • Best of Seven

SUPER BEER PONG (Ty's House)
  • Minimum of 15 cups used per side.  
  • Standard Beer Pong Rules Apply

 LORD MANLY CUP PRESENTATION
  • Hang some plastic, and bring your ski goggles. Things may get sticky.

Sneak Peek

You'll get to see the Full Monty tomorrow night at the SELECTION SHOW!!!

Updated Forecast

DESTRUCTION!!!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Weather 1.0

For those that don't have a weather app or a television, here is your "ehh" weather outlook:

Via Weather.com-


A nicer option Saturday, via Accuweather-


 More detail from Accuweather.  Perfect snuggling weather-

We'll keep our fingers crossed, but as always we'll be flexible enough to move events around based on weather conditions if needed.

Fun with Graphs: Part II







Glad to see my team so well represented by the last two pie charts. Certainly says something about past reputation.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Fun With Graphs: Part I

The polls are closed, here are some of the results for Friday's activities: 



(yes, we had two submit "way over")




Stay tuned for more results!

Starting Lineups: Part II

FINALLY, the Champs have come back to STARTING LINEUPS!!!  Please allow the following images to layeth the smack down upon yourself:






Up next:
- The bets are in!!
- Packing Lists
- Weather Reports
- Cashflow