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NFL Week #19 the Playoffs - Divisional Round

#242
Chris Fitzgerald said:
Agreed. This is especially important now that I have a son in the house. Earlier this season, when his Steelers lost on a last second play to the hated Ravens, he had a meltdown the likes of which I had never seen from him. Now we're working on keeping sports in perspective. We were both upset about Denver's overtime winning play, but this time, were more disgusted at the Pittsburg pass defense, which was pretty bad for much of the game.
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For me, I started enjoying football as a -game- MUCH more once I stopped having a "favorite team"! I enjoy the games for the games and generally don't give a rat's ass who wins or loses (unless when certain team's losses give me fodder to harrass the annoying few here who wouldn't pick their team to lose against a nuclear friggin' warhead. CoughGardcoughLagcoughcough).


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#243
MJ5150 said:
The two million collar question is....if he does win those two games, does Mike Nolan get his job back?

:)

-Mike
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How so? Because he put a rookie with no experience in pro style offense in the first game behind weak O-line? Or because after a year of playing behind crappy O-line and an injury because of it he said that Alex Smith was faking it? Or constantly switching him from 1st string to 3rd...

I hardly doubt he was faking an injury based on what he has done since.

Nolan was terrible coach, he worried more about if he could wear a suit on the field then coaching a team. Remember that? I do, i heard more about Nolan's suit then i did about the game...
 
#245
Eric Perry said:
For me, I started enjoying football as a -game- MUCH more once I stopped having a "favorite team"! I enjoy the games for the games and generally don't give a rat's ass who wins or loses (unless when certain team's losses give me fodder to harrass the annoying few here who wouldn't pick their team to lose against a nuclear friggin' warhead.
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+1

For the past bunch of years I've been movng away from "favorite teams based on the past/theuniform/whatever" and moving towards "teams I like to watch right now because of how they're playing". For some reason, though, I can't stop from rooting against certain teams that I've always disliked. Maybe I just need to give it a little more time...
 
#246
Yeah, time is the key. I still don't like the Bengals or Browns or Ravens.

It kicked in with me how out of control I was when my wife stopped watching football with me. She was a big fan when we got married, not anymore and I think I ruined it for her. I found myself going to a local sports bar where I sat at a table alone in a Steelers jersey, surrounded by other guys who were alone wearing their favorite team jersey. We'd all give each other head nods as some kind of validation for being....honestly.....idiots.

-Mike
 
#247
MJ5150 said:
Yeah, time is the key. I still don't like the Bengals or Browns or Ravens.

It kicked in with me how out of control I was when my wife stopped watching football with me. She was a big fan when we got married, not anymore and I think I ruined it for her. I found myself going to a local sports bar where I sat at a table alone in a Steelers jersey, surrounded by other guys who were alone wearing their favorite team jersey. We'd all give each other head nods as some kind of validation for being....honestly.....idiots.

-Mike
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Haha! you were "that" guy!

Though I've done it once... We were hunting but i wanted to see the game so i just drove off to a near bar and watched the game. Though i was joined by my friends around halftime... But first half felt weird...
 
#248
At the sports bar, there were a whole bunch of "that" guy in the room with me. It started sinking in to me then how out of control I was. I don't know how many of those other guys were married or in a relationship, but I am sure I wasn't the only married guy there.

By the way...I predict a 49ers loss based solely on the fact that you have failed to pay up on your bet from a few years ago on the Steelers/49ers game. Boston has the Curse of the Bambino, the 49ers have the Curse of kserg. If you want your beloved 49ers to have any chance this weekend, you better come clean and pay up. :D

-Mike
 
#249
MJ5150 said:
At the sports bar, there were a whole bunch of "that" guy in the room with me. It started sinking in to me then how out of control I was. I don't know how many of those other guys were married or in a relationship, but I am sure I wasn't the only married guy there.
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Does going to casino and betting on college football then sitting at the bar and watching the games while everyone else are at the blackjack tables count? Because i love doing that! you wake up, spend $100-$200 on different sports bets. Then gamble the entire day. I have your friends come up and go "man that black jack table cleaned me up in like 20 minutes" and I think to myself; "that sucks, I've been gambling for 5 hours straight now and i still have not lost."

MJ5150 said:
By the way...I predict a 49ers loss based solely on the fact that you have failed to pay up on your bet from a few years ago on the Steelers/49ers game. Boston has the Curse of the Bambino, the 49ers have the Curse of kserg. If you want your beloved 49ers to have any chance this weekend, you better come clean and pay up. :D

-Mike
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I'll pay up, trust me, my belly is worth waiting for.
 
#250
MJ5150 said:
Yeah, time is the key. I still don't like the Bengals or Browns or Ravens.

It kicked in with me how out of control I was when my wife stopped watching football with me. She was a big fan when we got married, not anymore and I think I ruined it for her. I found myself going to a local sports bar where I sat at a table alone in a Steelers jersey, surrounded by other guys who were alone wearing their favorite team jersey. We'd all give each other head nods as some kind of validation for being....honestly.....idiots.

-Mike
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Prolly better to hang out in your man-cave or even bedroom watching the game in that situation. My wife? She tolerates my screaming and cursing during the game. She has become more interested in it than ever in our 27 year marriage, but she still gets up and walks away with a turnover or other team scoring and then it's like "I'm going to the mall".
 

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