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Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:29 am
by Beltamaxx
This is 1 bad ass mofo, on a mission for 8 gold medals.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share. ... hl_l1626r1

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:26 pm
by v0idNull
Amazing! He played it really well keeping it close in the beginning.

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:08 pm
by Mr Bean
Hmmm... NBC restricted viewing the video to US residents only. Guess where I think NBC can shove there video?

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:51 pm
by Dubya
I used to think phelps was cool. but then I found out he went to Michigan University...Ohio States Arch Nemesis!!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:49 pm
by MikeFiend
Dubya wrote:I used to think phelps was cool. but then I found out he went to Michigan University...Ohio States Arch Nemesis!!
Now for a cheer they are here, triumphant!
Here they come with banners flying,
In stalwart step they're nighing,
With shouts of vict'ry crying,
We hurrah, hurrah, we greet you now, Hail!

Far we their praises sing
For the glory and fame they've brought us
Loud let the bells them ring
For here they come with banners flying
Far we their praises tell
For the glory and fame they've brought us
Loud let the bells them ring
For here they come with banners flying
Here they come, Hurrah!

Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
The leaders and best!
Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West!

We cheer them again
We cheer and cheer again
For Michigan, we cheer for Michigan
We cheer with might and main
We cheer, cheer, cheer
With might and main we cheer!

Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:52 pm
by WarDad71
Amazing person 8)

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:01 am
by «ßîc»EJ`
Michigan OWNS, and yes he is one bad ass swimmer

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:14 am
by Dubya
LAME LAME LAME!!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:39 am
by MikeFiend
Dubya wrote:LAME LAME LAME!!
Now for a cheer they are here, triumphant!
Here they come with banners flying,
In stalwart step they're nighing,
With shouts of vict'ry crying,
We hurrah, hurrah, we greet you now, Hail!

Far we their praises sing
For the glory and fame they've brought us
Loud let the bells them ring
For here they come with banners flying
Far we their praises tell
For the glory and fame they've brought us
Loud let the bells them ring
For here they come with banners flying
Here they come, Hurrah!

Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
The leaders and best!
Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West!

We cheer them again
We cheer and cheer again
For Michigan, we cheer for Michigan
We cheer with might and main
We cheer, cheer, cheer
With might and main we cheer!

Hail! to the victors valiant
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes
Hail! Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:15 am
by Beltamaxx
G-Dub
I used to think phelps was cool. but then I found out he went to Michigan University...Ohio States Arch Nemesis!!
Every 4 years it's not about wolverines or buckeyes, Kobe or Lebron, it's all about USA!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:30 am
by MikeFiend
Beltamaxx wrote:G-Dub
I used to think phelps was cool. but then I found out he went to Michigan University...Ohio States Arch Nemesis!!
Every 4 years it's not about wolverines or buckeyes, Kobe or Lebron, it's all about USA!!!!!!!!!!
I'm just playing with Dubya actually. Big Wolverines college football fan though. Ohio is awesome too. I have a good friend that played QB (1st string starter all the way!) for the Buckeyes back in the mid 70's. Great guy, but he got hurt and was done. Still cool listening to him talk about the old days and throwing the old pig-skin.

Yeah, this Phelps dude is a machine. Wasn't it Spitz that last owned this sport? I mean Greg Louganis owned in diving for the US, but Phelps is insane. It's awesome that we can all be a part of this in the present day. I'm not sure if this will beat the crazy high I had as a kid when the US hockey team beat the Russians (I watched that shit live!), but it's in the same league for sure. This kind of freak anomaly guy might not come around for another 20 years if ever, so you young guys out there need to at least check this stuff out when you can.

For Phelps:

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Re: Phelps on a mission

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:12 am
by Beltamaxx
Mike
This kind of freak anomaly guy might not come around for another 20 years if ever, so you young guys out there need to at least check this stuff out when you can.
He's right, Phelps is challenging records that have stood for years and if he breaks them, may stand for many, many years.

Keep in mind these are time records he's breaking and total medal (8) record in 1 Olympics. If he gets 8, it will be more medals then anybody ever in the history of the Olympics.