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Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 12:41 PM

This is a thread where we can share random sports views. For example:

View: The Patriots-Colts rivalry is beginning to reach a bubble point. The media has acted all week like it's a playoff game or something. Personally, I don't particularly care a whole lot about it relative to any other game.

thekremlin · 11-21-2010, 01:33 PM

Disagree. This has been a pretty wild season so far, there are suplots all over the place, surprise-good teams, surprise-bad teams, upsets, breakout players, etc. Probably more parity than in any other sport. But still, the same handful of teams.... Ravens, Steelers, Pats, Colts, are right there at the top of it. Pats-Colts is big every season. Pats are big favorites this year, mostly because of Indy's injuries, but it always FEELS like it's not Pats-Colts but Brady-Manning. Pretty excited about this game.

PS Peyton Manning sucks cock and so do people from Indiana. Which I think is most of you?

f3lix · 11-21-2010, 01:44 PM

It's just a game between great organizations and two QBs past their prime, but still playing very well.

Orgazmo · 11-21-2010, 03:06 PM

I partially agree. I agree in the sense that neither of the teams are great this year (NE lost to Cleveland, Colts lost to Jax (when they were much healthier than they are now)). That said, the game still has a vibe to it that makes it bigger than most others. I think that vibe will be there so long as Tom is a Patriot and Peyton is a Colt.

Repugnant Abomination · 11-21-2010, 03:27 PM

View: Baseball is slow and boring. It's our father's sport - archaic and overly dependent on its legacy more than anything contemporary.

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 03:52 PM

Baseball is slow and boring, yes, but it's also a great game. Whereas most sports are abstract allowing optimal plays to be up for debate, baseball is almost like chess: a game of complete information. You should, in theory, be able to make a perfect statistical decision every time as a baseball manager, which, as a geeky stat nerd, makes me enjoy it a lot.

DJ FC · 11-21-2010, 04:42 PM

I have some very passionate feelings on Soccer vs. American sports. If anybody wants to hear I will share. Kremlin is annoyed when I talk about it.

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 05:58 PM

Shareplz

Der Fuhrer · 11-21-2010, 07:05 PM

Baseball is an amazing sport. As UB stated, it is a wonderful game of strategy. Perhaps I'm bias because I used to play baseball, but it is my absolute favorite sport. No other game has the tension, the anticipation, that baseball possesses as the pitcher beings to windup and throw the ball. It seems to me that many people who feel that baseball is boring do not understand the plays and strategy involved in the game. That may not be completely accurate, but I feel that it's an exciting game rich with tradition and history.

Cocktooth · 11-21-2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by f3lix

two QBs past their prime, but still playing very well.

Past their prime? Manning is putting up the same huge numbers he has put up every year. The only reason Brady's numbers are down is because they are running the football alot more.

BigDongedHoe · 11-21-2010, 10:26 PM

View: I can't stand non-regionally based fans or fans that only support big time franchises/winning teams.

Example:
John is a fan of the Lakers, Yankees, Notre Dame football, North Carolina Basketball, and the Dallas Cowboys.

In my opinion these are the absolute worst type of fans. I know a guy who is actually a "die hard" (in his words) fan of these teams. That's one of the lamest things I've ever heard. He's a die hard of none and a fair weather fan of teams that win championships. There aren't enough expletives I could use to tell you how I really feel about him as a sports fan.

Closely followed would be flip-floppers. UB at one time was a big Cubs fan (so I thought) and acted very passionately about them during the Wood/Prior playoff run. Only to see now that he's moved to Houston that the Cubs and Wrigley field are a heaping pile of trash. It wouldn't matter if I moved to Tokyo, Japan the Cubbies would still and will always be my favorite MLB team.

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 10:28 PM

Caring so much about one team is just exhausting and a waste of time. Unless you have money on them or something, of course.

BigDongedHoe · 11-21-2010, 10:31 PM

My passion for Indiana Basketball and Football isn't a waste of time. I follow recruiting, post on message boards, and don't miss a game ever. My favorite thing to watch on tv is an Indiana basketball game. It's something that I'm passionate about and something that I enjoy doing. I fail to see where that is a waste of time at all.

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 10:33 PM

Cool man. I'm happy you enjoy it. I don't.

BigDongedHoe · 11-21-2010, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

Cool man. I'm happy you enjoy it. I don't.

Good for you

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 10:45 PM

I notice that you get very uncomfortable at the fact that I'm no longer a die-hard Cubs fan. It reminds me of how my mother gets around people who are unapologetically not-Christian.

Der Fuhrer · 11-21-2010, 10:52 PM

I've never heard of someone who was once a Cubs fan but now is no longer a fan. Jesus Christ, when you're born in this region you're basically a Cubs fan FOR LIFE NIGGA.

Orgazmo · 11-21-2010, 11:03 PM

Fuck the Cubs imo. I used to like them. Then I liked the Yankees for a bit. I kind of like the Giants now, though. Something about them just gets me hard. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I'd definitely call myself die hard.

In fact, I think we're going to go to Series again next year. I am really feeling good about our squad.

Note that I'm not an actual member of the Giants' organization, but, since I'm die hard, I'm able to refer to them as "we".

BigDongedHoe · 11-21-2010, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

I notice that you get very uncomfortable at the fact that I'm no longer a die-hard Cubs fan. It reminds me of how my mother gets around people who are unapologetically not-Christian.

I find it comical when people switch sports team allegiances. Especially when they seemed so passionate about that team at one point. The whole premise of my view was how much I don't like fair weather fans, so yes I guess I could say it makes me uncomfortable. I was more responding to your passive aggressiveness towards me after I made my post.

Ugly Bastard · 11-21-2010, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDongedHoe

I was more responding to your passive aggressiveness towards me after I made my post.

Actually, this is untrue. You betrayed your discomfort towards my choice to no longer be an obsessive Cubs fan before I ever said anything regarding the issue ITT.

Der Fuhrer · 11-21-2010, 11:17 PM

What's ITT stand for? Are you referring to the tech school, ITT Tech: Education for the Future?

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 11-21-2010, 11:18 PM

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thekremlin · 11-21-2010, 11:57 PM

Orgazmo, let me guess, when you were growing up you liked the 49ers, or the Cowboys? And def the Bulls. Recently you've liked the Lakers, and you can't quite put your finger on why....

Orgazmo · 11-22-2010, 12:03 AM

Get out of my soul, you wizard.

Cocktooth · 11-22-2010, 12:08 AM

To be quite honest, I don't give a shit about other peoples alliances with teams. People can switch teams yearly, it's not going to keep me up tonight. I love sports, but pretty much hate people, so I just focus on the guys that play, and not the people that cheer for them.

11-21-2010, 12:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Sports Views This is a thread where we can share random sports views. For example: View: The Patriots-Colts rivalry is beginning to reach a bubble point. The media has acted all week like it's a playoff game or something. Personally, I don't particularly care a whole lot about it relative to any other game.

11-21-2010, 04:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 250185	I have some very passionate feelings on Soccer vs. American sports. If anybody wants to hear I will share. Kremlin is annoyed when I talk about it.
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11-21-2010, 10:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
BigDongedHoe Sex Kitten Milf fuuucck Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,704 Internets: 55974	View: I can't stand non-regionally based fans or fans that only support big time franchises/winning teams. Example: John is a fan of the Lakers, Yankees, Notre Dame football, North Carolina Basketball, and the Dallas Cowboys. In my opinion these are the absolute worst type of fans. I know a guy who is actually a "die hard" (in his words) fan of these teams. That's one of the lamest things I've ever heard. He's a die hard of none and a fair weather fan of teams that win championships. There aren't enough expletives I could use to tell you how I really feel about him as a sports fan. Closely followed would be flip-floppers. UB at one time was a big Cubs fan (so I thought) and acted very passionately about them during the Wood/Prior playoff run. Only to see now that he's moved to Houston that the Cubs and Wrigley field are a heaping pile of trash. It wouldn't matter if I moved to Tokyo, Japan the Cubbies would still and will always be my favorite MLB team.
	There's life and then there is Cubs baseball, it's a chore to seperate the two.

11-21-2010, 10:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
BigDongedHoe Sex Kitten Milf fuuucck Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,704 Internets: 55974	My passion for Indiana Basketball and Football isn't a waste of time. I follow recruiting, post on message boards, and don't miss a game ever. My favorite thing to watch on tv is an Indiana basketball game. It's something that I'm passionate about and something that I enjoy doing. I fail to see where that is a waste of time at all.
	There's life and then there is Cubs baseball, it's a chore to seperate the two.

11-21-2010, 11:18 PM	#22 (permalink)
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11-21-2010, 01:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	Disagree. This has been a pretty wild season so far, there are suplots all over the place, surprise-good teams, surprise-bad teams, upsets, breakout players, etc. Probably more parity than in any other sport. But still, the same handful of teams.... Ravens, Steelers, Pats, Colts, are right there at the top of it. Pats-Colts is big every season. Pats are big favorites this year, mostly because of Indy's injuries, but it always FEELS like it's not Pats-Colts but Brady-Manning. Pretty excited about this game. PS Peyton Manning sucks cock and so do people from Indiana. Which I think is most of you?

11-21-2010, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510	It's just a game between great organizations and two QBs past their prime, but still playing very well.

11-21-2010, 03:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,697 Internets: 305662	I partially agree. I agree in the sense that neither of the teams are great this year (NE lost to Cleveland, Colts lost to Jax (when they were much healthier than they are now)). That said, the game still has a vibe to it that makes it bigger than most others. I think that vibe will be there so long as Tom is a Patriot and Peyton is a Colt.

11-21-2010, 03:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 161638	View: Baseball is slow and boring. It's our father's sport - archaic and overly dependent on its legacy more than anything contemporary.

11-21-2010, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Baseball is slow and boring, yes, but it's also a great game. Whereas most sports are abstract allowing optimal plays to be up for debate, baseball is almost like chess: a game of complete information. You should, in theory, be able to make a perfect statistical decision every time as a baseball manager, which, as a geeky stat nerd, makes me enjoy it a lot.

11-21-2010, 05:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Shareplz

11-21-2010, 07:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Der Fuhrer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 549 Internets: 5464	Baseball is an amazing sport. As UB stated, it is a wonderful game of strategy. Perhaps I'm bias because I used to play baseball, but it is my absolute favorite sport. No other game has the tension, the anticipation, that baseball possesses as the pitcher beings to windup and throw the ball. It seems to me that many people who feel that baseball is boring do not understand the plays and strategy involved in the game. That may not be completely accurate, but I feel that it's an exciting game rich with tradition and history.

11-21-2010, 10:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Caring so much about one team is just exhausting and a waste of time. Unless you have money on them or something, of course.

11-21-2010, 10:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Cool man. I'm happy you enjoy it. I don't.

11-21-2010, 10:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I notice that you get very uncomfortable at the fact that I'm no longer a die-hard Cubs fan. It reminds me of how my mother gets around people who are unapologetically not-Christian.

11-21-2010, 10:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
Der Fuhrer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 549 Internets: 5464	I've never heard of someone who was once a Cubs fan but now is no longer a fan. Jesus Christ, when you're born in this region you're basically a Cubs fan FOR LIFE NIGGA.

11-21-2010, 11:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,697 Internets: 305662	Fuck the Cubs imo. I used to like them. Then I liked the Yankees for a bit. I kind of like the Giants now, though. Something about them just gets me hard. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I'd definitely call myself die hard. In fact, I think we're going to go to Series again next year. I am really feeling good about our squad. Note that I'm not an actual member of the Giants' organization, but, since I'm die hard, I'm able to refer to them as "we".

11-21-2010, 11:17 PM	#21 (permalink)
Der Fuhrer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 549 Internets: 5464	What's ITT stand for? Are you referring to the tech school, ITT Tech: Education for the Future?

11-21-2010, 11:57 PM	#23 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	Orgazmo, let me guess, when you were growing up you liked the 49ers, or the Cowboys? And def the Bulls. Recently you've liked the Lakers, and you can't quite put your finger on why....

11-22-2010, 12:03 AM	#24 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,697 Internets: 305662	Get out of my soul, you wizard.

11-22-2010, 12:08 AM	#25 (permalink)
Cocktooth Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warsaw Posts: 4,220 Internets: 124047	To be quite honest, I don't give a shit about other peoples alliances with teams. People can switch teams yearly, it's not going to keep me up tonight. I love sports, but pretty much hate people, so I just focus on the guys that play, and not the people that cheer for them.
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