Confessions of a sports polygamist

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 3
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 template Next
  • Color Me Badd Fan
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2009
    • 12519
    #1

    Confessions of a sports polygamist

    How many BYU people on here would rather watch the OU vs. Texas game if it were broadcast the same time as, say, the BYU vs. UNLV game?

    Over time, my fanaticism for one particular team diminishes and I'm more interested in watching great football/basketball games. As for me, I'll watch the OU v. Texas game and flip back during the commercials to BYU vs. UNLV.

    I'm a sports polygamist. I LOVE watching and following sports and, if anything, I probably have been watching more the past few years as I find myself at home more on Saturdays and in the evenings than when I was single. There are teams I like, there are teams I dislike and sometimes I still hate certain teams. The one limited exception for me are the Niners. If they got good again, I would be a fanatic. Also, if BYU made it into a BCS league or was undefeated heading into the second half of the season, I think my interest would ratchet up to where it was when I was, say, in my early 20s.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
    Tags: None
    • TripletDaddy
      sweet triple
      • Nov 2008
      • 58186
      #2
      Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
      How many BYU people on here would rather watch the OU vs. Texas game if it were broadcast the same time as, say, the BYU vs. UNLV game?

      Over time, my fanaticism for one particular team diminishes and I'm more interested in watching great football/basketball games. As for me, I'll watch the OU v. Texas game and flip back during the commercials to BYU vs. UNLV.

      I'm a sports polygamist. I LOVE watching and following sports and, if anything, I probably have been watching more the past few years as I find myself at home more on Saturdays and in the evenings than when I was single. There are teams I like, there are teams I dislike and sometimes I still hate certain teams. The one limited exception for me are the Niners. If they got good again, I would be a fanatic. Also, if BYU made it into a BCS league or was undefeated heading into the second half of the season, I think my interest would ratchet up to where it was when I was, say, in my early 20s.
      Not me.

      Anyway, see you all at the SC/Ohio State game in a few weeks!
      Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
      sigpic

        Comment

        • Surfah
          Where's Wallace?
          • Nov 2008
          • 33726
          #3
          Not me. I would rather watch BYU vs CSU/SDSU/UNLV/etc than see Oklahoma vs Texas or Florida vs LSU.
          "Nobody listens to Turtle."
          -Turtle
          sigpic

            Comment

            • Jeff Lebowski
              Corporate lackey for Jesus
              • Nov 2008
              • 69582
              #4
              My DVR solves this problem for me. I would definitely watch OU vs. Texas in this case and view the BYU game later.

              I sure hope Texas and OU are undefeated at that point.
              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
              "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

                Comment

                • falafel
                  loves to talk on things
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 37924
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                  Not me. I would rather watch BYU vs CSU/SDSU/UNLV/etc than see Oklahoma vs Texas or Florida vs LSU.
                  I agree. I'm a BYU fan first, and a college football fan second.
                  Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                  Dig your own grave, and save!

                  "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                  "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

                    Comment

                    • Sizzle
                      #ThisIsY
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 9004
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      I sure hope Texas and OU are undefeated at that point.
                      Some BYU Fan you are!

                        Comment

                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69582
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Sizzle View Post
                          Some BYU Fan you are!
                          Oops.
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

                            Comment

                            • Donuthole
                              Official Outgayer
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 25238
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Sizzle View Post
                              Some BYU Fan you are!
                              I guess we know why he got the shaft on his season ticket assignments.
                              Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                              There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

                                Comment

                                • Teenage Dirtbag
                                  Since 1971
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 1096
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                                  The one limited exception for me are the Niners. If they got good again, I would be a fanatic.

                                    Comment

                                    • Color Me Badd Fan
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Jan 2009
                                      • 12519
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                                      Not me.

                                      Anyway, see you all at the SC/Ohio State game in a few weeks!
                                      The accurate term for you is a sports bigamist. I'm a sports polygamist, or maybe I'm just a sports slut. I'll engage any game that I find the most interesting at the time. I would rather watch USC vs. Cal, Florida vs. LSU, or Texas vs. OU than a lot of BYU's games.

                                      My wife's grandparents are big Montana Grizzlies fans and frequently attend the football games. This has always been a mystery to me because I have a hard enough time following BYU football due to the crappy conference affiliation. There's no way I could pay much attention to a Div 1aa team.

                                      I freely admit I'm a bandwagoner. I'll pay a ton of attention if BYU has a real shot at a BCS bowl late in the season. And as someone wondered a few weeks ago in a Pac-10 expansion thread, I could totally see myself paying more attention to the Utes if they went to the Pac-10 and BYU was still slumming it in the MWC.
                                      Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

                                        Comment

                                        • Color Me Badd Fan
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Jan 2009
                                          • 12519
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Teenage Dirtbag View Post
                                          Who the hell is still really passionate about a team when they totally suck for a number of years? Nebraska fans? Well, they live in Nebraska, the weather sucks and they have nothing else to do.

                                          I pay attention to the Niners at the beginning of the season. If they suck, then I stop getting emotionally invested in it. The Niners compete at the top level for post-collegiate football. BYU doesn't really compete at the top level and the MWC is fairly mediocre. If the Niners are good, I'll be more charged up for them than any other team. I don't have the time or patience to follow a crappy team through mediocrity. I'll be there once they decide to become competitive again.
                                          Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

                                            Comment

                                            • Sizzle
                                              #ThisIsY
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 9004
                                              #12
                                              The 49ers will win a superbowl under mike singletary. At least one.

                                                Comment

                                                • Teenage Dirtbag
                                                  Since 1971
                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                  • 1096
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
                                                  Who the hell is still really passionate about a team when they totally suck for a number of years? Nebraska fans? Well, they live in Nebraska, the weather sucks and they have nothing else to do.
                                                  Haha, just giving you a hard time. I agree, if the team sucks, screw them, I'll devote my time and money elsewhere.

                                                  In terms of following a 1AA team, which I do, the internet has made it a heck of a lot easier. The Big Sky conference has BigSkytv, which lets you watch games for free as long as they are in a BSC venue.

                                                    Comment

                                                    • Babs
                                                      Not a Lawyer
                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                      • 17128
                                                      #14
                                                      I don't really consider myself a polygamist, as I'm faithful to just one team. I am, however, a college football addict. On Saturdays in the fall I'll start watching at ten in the morning and not turn off the television til midnight.

                                                        Comment

                                                        • beelzebabette
                                                          Golf & Cubs Disrespecter
                                                          • Nov 2008
                                                          • 2907
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Babs View Post
                                                          I am, however, a college football addict. On Saturdays in the fall I'll start watching at ten in the morning and not turn off the television til midnight.
                                                          Ditto. I dated a guy several years ago who found this endearing. Man, to have a do-over on that one...

                                                            Comment

                                                            Previous 1 2 3 template Next
                                                            Working...