Team USA, Gamecocks??

Matt Smith, from Greenville, SC, points out that I should be used to what has happened to the US Men's Curling Team - given that I am a University of South Carolina Gamecock fan. 

How true.

In fact, I am starting to wonder if Shuster and the boys don't have some Gamecock blood coarsing through their veins. They just lost their third consecutive Extra End game.  The crazy thing is that they have had the Hammer everytime. Generally speaking, a team with Hammer in an extra end wins 75 percent of the time.....so, assuming that the 3 events are independent (which is arguably a big assumption), the odds of losing three in a row are about 1.5 out a hundred.

That sounds Gamecock to me.
(For those of you that don't know, weird, bad things happen to my beloved University.....I think it may be because we eat the mascot while tailgating before home football games.)

Shuster looked to be in control in the 9th, but when he bypassed an easier shot for 2 to go for more points and missed, the Danes found themselves only down one going into the tenth.

The tenth was super exciting with both teams making some great shots through some really narrow Ports. (At the same time the Swiss and Scots were also putting on some nifty shotmaking as well to the delight of the crowd.)  Ultimately, the Danes squeezed out a point  to force the Extra End.

Team USA was in control the whole extra end and on the last stone,  Shuster needed to knockout the Dane stone in first position. To the dismay of the crowd, the Danish stone "jammed" on another Stone to remain Shot Rock.

I nearly threw up my Danish as the German federation leader, Didi,  looked at me and proclaimed, "So sad."

Stimmt.

In any event, I hope the women are susceptible to the Chicken Curse.....they just took the ice against the Danes.