Men's SP 3:10AM EST USA

[iriseyes]

Oh Johnny... why can't he just do that everytime? His inconsistency is messing up my Fantasy Pool predictions :frown2:

[Nadine]

OMG JOHNNY WAS "ON" TONIGHT!!!!!!!!

He landed everything, but most importantly he really performed, totally into his routine with panache & polish! Great job, Johnny, great job!!!!

[Nadine]

And he easily goes into 1st place with a new SB score!!!!!!!11

[Medusa]

Johnny should have gotten a better score. I mean, come on. He was spot on, Dai scratched on his 3Lz landing and had a jarring fall in the middle, where for several long long seconds he did nothing but looking shocked. And they got basically the same score. A clean performance should always be worth something especially if both skaters have the same jump layout.

[gold12345]

And he easily goes into 1st place with a new SB score!!!!!!!11

Actually, he barely went into 1st place... by only about 2 tenths.

[Nadine]

Beautiful routine by Rippon (gorgeous Rippon Lutz), just a fall on that very difficult Evgeni Plushenko spiral-into-3A. Good job, Rippon, good job!

[Danale]

Johnny should have gotten a better score. I mean, come on. He was spot on, Dai scratched on his 3Lz landing and had a jarring fall in the middle, where for several long long seconds he did nothing but looking shocked. And they got basically the same score. A clean performance should always be worth something especially if both skaters have the same jump layout.

And baby Rippon fell, right? My feed froze there for a sec.

[hikki]

Rippon Lutz!!

[Nadine]

And he goes into 4th place. He said "what?"

[Medusa]

Can we have a monsterscore for the Abbott now? That was incredible. Those spins, so fast, that musical body... Incredible. Best shortprogram of the season so far.

[iriseyes]

I love all the guitar music the guys are using this season! Jeremy will be pleased with that debut!

But I love Kozuka's guitar-themed routines even more... can't wait! Go Taka!

[gold12345]

Abbott was AMAZING. I really like his choreography and he was solid on all jumps.

And I love Rippon's music!

[hikki]

How great is Abott!??

[Nadine]

Omg, I'm shaking & crying, who is this American guy named Abbott? Seriously, his performance alone has made me fall in love with American Men's Skating again. I have no words ~ he's exquisite, reminisent of the 1976 American Men's Olympic Champion John Curry ~ he's that great!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm definitely going to watch this Beatles routine over & over & over again, he was one with the music, everything was seamless, just flowed. Evgeni, you have competition for the Olympic Gold Medal if Abbott can land the quad. Seriously.

[Nadine]

And he easily goes into 1st place. I'm seeing something extraordinary happen here tonight, I can feel it, can't explain.....