Does anyone actually care about football this year?

[slayer202]

Fantasy football mofos

 

[sactoking]

I stopped watching basketball in the late-90's/early-00's when the game became completely retarded. The big "stars" were guys like Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Stephon Marbury, Allen Iverson, etc.: me-first players who made everyone around them worse. The officiating became an absolute joke: you could state before a series the "plotline" that would play out like a WWF match and it would actually happen. You could look at individual games' officials and know who was going to win and by how much.

I stopped watching baseball in the strike year of 1994. I vowed to never go back and I never have. Of course, the fact that baseball is infinitely boring on TV doesn't make my duty difficult. Also, the Bud Selig era (interleague play, steroids, dead-ball, All-Star tie, All-Star home field advantage, etc) also has made staying away very easy.

The way I look at the NFL is if they come back with a full 16-game regular season slate I will watch. If it's a shortened season I will pay attention but not bee too involved. If they lose the season they lose me forever, just like MLB.

 

[Tim]

I couldn't be more excited for football this year. I have a really good feeling about LSU this year. Also, I hope the Saints are prepared for whatever type of season ends up taking place.

Geaux Tigers
Geaux Saints

That is all.

 

[BoomerD]

I stopped watching basketball in the late-90's/early-00's when the game became completely retarded. The big "stars" were guys like Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Stephon Marbury, Allen Iverson, etc.: me-first players who made everyone around them worse. The officiating became an absolute joke: you could state before a series the "plotline" that would play out like a WWF match and it would actually happen. You could look at individual games' officials and know who was going to win and by how much.

I stopped watching baseball in the strike year of 1994. I vowed to never go back and I never have. Of course, the fact that baseball is infinitely boring on TV doesn't make my duty difficult. Also, the Bud Selig era (interleague play, steroids, dead-ball, All-Star tie, All-Star home field advantage, etc) also has made staying away very easy.

The way I look at the NFL is if they come back with a full 16-game regular season slate I will watch. If it's a shortened season I will pay attention but not bee too involved. If they lose the season they lose me forever, just like MLB.

I also stopped caring about baseball after the 94 strike.
I'll watch an occasional game...if I'm bored out of my mind and there's NOTHING else on tv worth watching...but that's VERY rare.
I've never cared one way or another about basketball. IMO, it's as boring as watching golf...or watching paint dry.

 

[DrPizza]

I used to sit in the living room, watching the pregame shows starting at about 11 o-clock, changing any activations on my fantasy football rosters, then watched the 1 o'clock games, and the 4 o'clock games, often switching channels during breaks to catch as much action as possible. Then, the evening game; else Saturday games during part of the season, and MNF. Then, I got a life. Course, I post on here quite a bit; then again, I watch zero television, so even there, it's less time spent in the electronic wasteland.

It was an amazing moment when I realized, "wtf should I care what the names of all the players on the roster are? What colleges they came from, how many completions the QB has had this season, etc." It was an amazing moment when I realized that I was a retard for wearing a Redskins shirt, jacket, hat, zoobas (thank God that phase is gone), and even Redskins sneakers at one point. It's nice to be happy when the local team wins. (Or in my case, be thrilled when the local team, the Bills, loses, because it means I can taunt the diehard fans.) But diehard fans who decorate their houses, practically creating a memorial to their favorite sports teams (or race car drivers), get a life. Stop living vicariously through the actions of others.

 

[Texashiker]

You haven't watched football since 1951?

I stopped watching handegg sometime in the late 1990s

 

[SP33Demon]

I used to sit in the living room, watching the pregame shows starting at about 11 o-clock, changing any activations on my fantasy football rosters, then watched the 1 o'clock games, and the 4 o'clock games, often switching channels during breaks to catch as much action as possible. Then, the evening game; else Saturday games during part of the season, and MNF. Then, I got a life. Course, I post on here quite a bit; then again, I watch zero television, so even there, it's less time spent in the electronic wasteland.

It was an amazing moment when I realized, "wtf should I care what the names of all the players on the roster are? What colleges they came from, how many completions the QB has had this season, etc." It was an amazing moment when I realized that I was a retard for wearing a Redskins shirt, jacket, hat, zoobas (thank God that phase is gone), and even Redskins sneakers at one point. It's nice to be happy when the local team wins. (Or in my case, be thrilled when the local team, the Bills, loses, because it means I can taunt the diehard fans.) But diehard fans who decorate their houses, practically creating a memorial to their favorite sports teams (or race car drivers), get a life. Stop living vicariously through the actions of others.

You may be onto something. I've seen this trend among some friends who are 30+ and used to be huge sports fans. Now their lives are so busy that energy is redirected from sports fanaticism to other areas and they couldn't care less. Or they only closely follow 1 sport, not 5. I think it is a function of maturity and possibly "having a life".

 

[SP33Demon]

This kind of sums it up.

 

[BoomerD]

I used to sit in the living room, watching the pregame shows starting at about 11 o-clock, changing any activations on my fantasy football rosters, then watched the 1 o'clock games, and the 4 o'clock games, often switching channels during breaks to catch as much action as possible. Then, the evening game; else Saturday games during part of the season, and MNF. Then, I got a life. Course, I post on here quite a bit; then again, I watch zero television, so even there, it's less time spent in the electronic wasteland.

It was an amazing moment when I realized, "wtf should I care what the names of all the players on the roster are? What colleges they came from, how many completions the QB has had this season, etc." It was an amazing moment when I realized that I was a retard for wearing a Redskins shirt, jacket, hat, zoobas (thank God that phase is gone), and even Redskins sneakers at one point. It's nice to be happy when the local team wins. (Or in my case, be thrilled when the local team, the Bills, loses, because it means I can taunt the diehard fans.) But diehard fans who decorate their houses, practically creating a memorial to their favorite sports teams (or race car drivers), get a life. Stop living vicariously through the actions of others.

I've always laughed at the "diehard fans" who talk about how "We are going to go to the Super Bowl this year," or how "We need to get rid of so-and-so if we're going to win."

Those fans are only fans...they are NOT part of the team. When is the last time the quarterback had you over for dinner and a movie? When is the last time the team came to your house for a BBQ? Does your wife "hang out" with the players' wives?

No? I didn't thing so. Fans are important for the team...that can't be denied...but stop acting like YOU are important to the team...or like you are PART of the team.

 

[Possessed Freak]

College football, absolutely. Pro Football, never.

 

[rasczak]

I've been through a couple of these strikes/lockouts. after the last one, i lost a lot of interest in the business. I'm still a fan of the game itself, but these fuckers are ridiculous.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I've always laughed at the "diehard fans" who talk about how "We are going to go to the Super Bowl this year," or how "We need to get rid of so-and-so if we're going to win."

Those fans are only fans...they are NOT part of the team. When is the last time the quarterback had you over for dinner and a movie? When is the last time the team came to your house for a BBQ? Does your wife "hang out" with the players' wives?

No? I didn't thing so. Fans are important for the team...that can't be denied...but stop acting like YOU are important to the team...or like you are PART of the team.

That's not really fair. Without diehard fans, professional sports franchises die. Look at what happened with the New Orleans Hornets (NBA); they couldn't get good regular attendance, they lost a ton of money, and the owner ended up selling the team to the league itself. Now they're talking about contracting the team. Sure, most of the players and coaches will still end up with steady work if that happens, but the fact is that no business can succeed without consumers. Diehard fans make up the strongest consumers in any respective sport; without them, the teams lose money and fold.

I'm not a diehard fan, by the way; I don't own a single piece of merchandise branded with any team logo from any sport. But I can recognize the need for sports teams to appeal to people on that level; the only reason Alex Rodriguez can get paid 32 million a year is because there are millions of Yankees fans ponying out dough for tickets and merchandise. Fanatical devotion gets players paid.

Back on subject; I'll watch football if it's on, but I won't lose sleep over it not being around. However, if both football and basketball take extended breaks, I'll be a bit pissed. Who wants to live in a world where the only sport on TV is baseball? Better invest in Jack Daniels' stock...

 

[Sheep]

I'm going to have to come up with a new weekly feature since Mike Singletary got canned. Maybe Jack Del Rio will be my new target?

How about Lovie Smith? There are more than enough WTF moments from him to fill up a weekly feature.

You may be onto something. I've seen this trend among some friends who are 30+ and used to be huge sports fans. Now their lives are so busy that energy is redirected from sports fanaticism to other areas and they couldn't care less. Or they only closely follow 1 sport, not 5. I think it is a function of maturity and possibly "having a life".

Bolded part is the truth. I used to follow basketball, baseball and football closely enough to know what was going on in each one and know who the players were. Now I can't identify 90% of the players in baseball and basketball and only still follow the NFL very closely.

I still don't have a life though.

 

[Nintendesert]

I care. This is the year that the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl again.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I care about it. I miss football a lot when the season is over.

 

[bigdog1218]

I used to sit in the living room, watching the pregame shows starting at about 11 o-clock, changing any activations on my fantasy football rosters, then watched the 1 o'clock games, and the 4 o'clock games, often switching channels during breaks to catch as much action as possible. Then, the evening game; else Saturday games during part of the season, and MNF. Then, I got a life. Course, I post on here quite a bit; then again, I watch zero television, so even there, it's less time spent in the electronic wasteland.

It was an amazing moment when I realized, "wtf should I care what the names of all the players on the roster are? What colleges they came from, how many completions the QB has had this season, etc." It was an amazing moment when I realized that I was a retard for wearing a Redskins shirt, jacket, hat, zoobas (thank God that phase is gone), and even Redskins sneakers at one point. It's nice to be happy when the local team wins. (Or in my case, be thrilled when the local team, the Bills, loses, because it means I can taunt the diehard fans.) But diehard fans who decorate their houses, practically creating a memorial to their favorite sports teams (or race car drivers), get a life. Stop living vicariously through the actions of others.

I can see your point about the diehards going over the top with sports is life and how they need to get a grip on reality. But the whole, "then I got a life" is generally code for the wife wants to go shopping to Bed, Bath and Beyond on Sunday or the kids want to watch Barney all day. I fail to see how hanging out with friends and family on Sunday is a waste of time, but I guess if I had the time to post on the internet 10 times a day I'd know what a full life is.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

It was an amazing moment when I realized that I was a retard for wearing a Redskins shirt, jacket, hat, zoobas (thank God that phase is gone), and even Redskins sneakers at one point.

Yeah, it was brave of you to admit you're a Redskins fan. Don't be so hard on yourself and say that you're "retarded" though.

It's nice to be happy when the local team wins. (Or in my case, be thrilled when the local team, the Bills, loses, because it means I can taunt the diehard fans.) But diehard fans who decorate their houses, practically creating a memorial to their favorite sports teams (or race car drivers), get a life. Stop living vicariously through the actions of others.

What about diehards who paint their man caves in team colors, have framed Super Bowl photos hanging, and an actual painting of Lucas Oil Sta....errr, I mean, the local stadium, hanging?


:awe:

 

[IndyColtsFan]

You may be onto something. I've seen this trend among some friends who are 30+ and used to be huge sports fans. Now their lives are so busy that energy is redirected from sports fanaticism to other areas and they couldn't care less. Or they only closely follow 1 sport, not 5. I think it is a function of maturity and possibly "having a life".

All kidding aside, I do agree with Dr. Pizza. I am pretty fanatical about the Colts but I don't watch the games like I used to. I watched all the pre game shows, all the games, post games shows, Sports Center, etc. Now, I'll just watch the Colts game every week and maybe another if it is a team I want to see. Otherwise, meh -- I have other things to do.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Those fans are only fans...they are NOT part of the team. When is the last time the quarterback had you over for dinner and a movie?

Does having a drink next to the "liquored-up idiot kicker" Mike Vanderjagt count?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Look at what happened with the New Orleans Hornets (NBA); they couldn't get good regular attendance, they lost a ton of money, and the owner ended up selling the team to the league itself. Now they're talking about contracting the team.

The NBA makes me sad. I was a fan in the later 80s to late 90s/early 2000s and particularly in the early 90s, its popularity was really growing. Once they started losing the legends (Jordan, Magic, Bird, Barkley, Stockton, Malone, Ewing, etc) and replacing them with thugs like Iverson and Anthony and the Pacers roster circa 2003, people stopped caring. The horrific officiating and obvious favoritism towards certain teams and individuals didn't help, either.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I care. This is the year that the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl again.

Hmmm, Jerry Jones might be a good candidate for my weekly feature. Ah, the fond memories....

 

[zzuupp]

All kidding aside, I do agree with Dr. Pizza. I am pretty fanatical about the Colts but I don't watch the games like I used to. I watched all the pre game shows, all the games, post games shows, Sports Center, etc. Now, I'll just watch the Colts game every week and maybe another if it is a team I want to see. Otherwise, meh -- I have other things to do.

yup. Monday / Sunday night games get turned off at halftime.

Unless, of course, the Redskins are playing.

 

[MotF Bane]

I watch just about every game I can. Which means rarely college, since I work saturday.

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[Deeko]

This is the first year since 2004 that I'll be able to get DirecTV...which means I'll actually be able to watch Dallas games at home, rather than going to a bar at 9:30am. Yes...I'm excited for football.

 

[BoomerD]

Does having a drink next to the "liquored-up idiot kicker" Mike Vanderjagt count?

Only if you were hanging out with him...and he was buying.
BTW, that still doesn't make you part of the team...unless you are on the team payroll...:biggrin: