For me only a very small percentage of the enjoyment I get out of team sports (especially the NFL, which is an almost unwatchable product these days) is related to the on field performance. So much is in the cultural and personal connections. That it binds us to family, to our communities (be they where we physically are or where we feel a more abstract bond), and even to strangers is all what makes it satisfying. Being part of something bigger than just yourself. I get maudlin when I think of this stuff because in a very substantive way, sports has been a primary way I've had to stay connected to a lot of things I love and cherish. Guys like Brady - or Rodgers or Favre - fuel that kind of connection for fans, and when they hang it up it feels like we're losing just a bit of that connection to that thing that's greater than any one person.WestwayKid wrote: ↑01 Feb 2023, 3:48pmI kind of get where you're coming from. For me, it's been the 1-2 combo of Favre & Rodgers. I have a lot of memories connected to watching those 2 play football. It looks like our #12 might finally be on his way out and that makes me sad.
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A friend of our has invited us over to watch the Stupid Bowl, tho I doubt we'll be staying the whole game. Rooting interest is pretty easy: One team actively employs racist gestures and chants, the other has a fanbase with a reputation for augmented general assholery. The latter wins out easily.
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Heh
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Ah, rats. The greater of two evils won.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Feb 2023, 12:54pmA friend of our has invited us over to watch the Stupid Bowl, tho I doubt we'll be staying the whole game. Rooting interest is pretty easy: One team actively employs racist gestures and chants, the other has a fanbase with a reputation for augmented general assholery. The latter wins out easily.
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Yeah, big congrats to the Kansas City Racists.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑12 Feb 2023, 11:15pmAh, rats. The greater of two evils won.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Feb 2023, 12:54pmA friend of our has invited us over to watch the Stupid Bowl, tho I doubt we'll be staying the whole game. Rooting interest is pretty easy: One team actively employs racist gestures and chants, the other has a fanbase with a reputation for augmented general assholery. The latter wins out easily.
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We shook our heads at the fact that they had a Native American signer introduced for the anthem … and then never put the camera on him once during either song. Stay classless, NFL and Fox.
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Thank god that the Aaron Rodgers saga is almost over. I'm a lifelong Green Bay fan and I'm happy to see him gone. I have no ill will towards the Jets or their long suffering fans, but buckle up.
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For background noise this afternoon, I semi-watched a documentary on Super Bowl III (aka The Last Time Weller Had Jets Joy) and it confirmed for me that I am totally enraptured by late 1960s/1970s NFL. There's a weird, brutal romanticism to it, proving that I've fully bought the old NFL Films narrative.
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Football WAS a rough, tough physical struggle in those days. The game has changed so drastically in the last 40, 50 years, rule changes and all the pandering to the TV networks. The athletes have gotten so much better nowadays too, its staggering. That Jets team was all about running the ball and tough bend-don't break defense, with Joe Namath throwing when necessary to 2 pretty good athletes as recceivers.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2023, 7:19pmFor background noise this afternoon, I semi-watched a documentary on Super Bowl III (aka The Last Time Weller Had Jets Joy) and it confirmed for me that I am totally enraptured by late 1960s/1970s NFL. There's a weird, brutal romanticism to it, proving that I've fully bought the old NFL Films narrative.
To give some perspective on how long us Jets fans have been suffereing, ESPN dot com has a story up with the headline "A Day In The Life Of Joe Namath, Octogenarian" ........
From what I see there's still a little hope
That's if we don't hang from too much rope
That's if we don't hang from too much rope
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I know it's because it's not how the game is played now, but there's something satisfying about watching a running-game offence from the old days. Just one side trying to outmuscle the other.weller259 wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 11:45pmFootball WAS a rough, tough physical struggle in those days. The game has changed so drastically in the last 40, 50 years, rule changes and all the pandering to the TV networks. The athletes have gotten so much better nowadays too, its staggering. That Jets team was all about running the ball and tough bend-don't break defense, with Joe Namath throwing when necessary to 2 pretty good athletes as recceivers.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 May 2023, 7:19pmFor background noise this afternoon, I semi-watched a documentary on Super Bowl III (aka The Last Time Weller Had Jets Joy) and it confirmed for me that I am totally enraptured by late 1960s/1970s NFL. There's a weird, brutal romanticism to it, proving that I've fully bought the old NFL Films narrative.
Gotta be something about Mark Gastineau coming to make you feel … something.To give some perspective on how long us Jets fans have been suffereing, ESPN dot com has a story up with the headline "A Day In The Life Of Joe Namath, Octogenarian" ........
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I think this is my last weekend of watching old Super Bowls. We're up to Washington/Buffalo and whatever romantic haze I attached to the NFL is definitely gone. It's flat-out uninteresting.
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That was a huge moment for me. I became a lifelong, forever suffering fan of that miserable team because of that Super Bowl.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 1:33pmI think this is my last weekend of watching old Super Bowls. We're up to Washington/Buffalo and whatever romantic haze I attached to the NFL is definitely gone. It's flat-out uninteresting.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Found out that all those old Super Bowls are on YouTube, so I've resumed background noise watching. Yesterday was XI (Raiders/Vikings) and today is VII (Dolphins/'skins). Evidence that the Super Bowl wasn't yet a media event with a football game thrown in, these games began in the afternoon. Bright and sunny. And this one, I've spotted some empty seats.
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