Weird sports fanatics who get too involved with pro-football games (woman, kids)
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I am a college football fanatic. I scream at the TV. I yell and jump up and down. I swear. I curse. I get excited when fall comes! I love it! I certainly have a life and I don't approach everything in life like I am the coach. I simply have a love of sports. It's no different than having a love for anything else. I'm also an avid reader. I also like to run, swim, cook, and do all sorts of things. I'm a musical theatre performer. I am definitely not a boorish rube. I also married a college football fanatic. He's not a boorish rube either.
Sounds like you had a bad experience with one sports fanatic and think they are all the same.
I agree, just because you aren't passionate about sports the way we are, dont hate!!..I'm no boorish rube either
I believe that you "watch the news" and "read the newspaper" but do you understand it and put what you learn into practice in real life. That's the point of reading.
Do you even realize how patronizing you sound?
If I had no critical thinking skills, then I wouldn't be averaging only 1.8 posts on this website per reputation point.
Has anyone ever been in a relationship of any type with those types of weird sports fanatics who space out intently and blurt out comments to the television and rant and rave at the television as if they are "the coach" of their favorite team when they watch pro-football. Or when they watch hours and hours of it as if it is some highly entertaining movie and then they can recite sports history and sports plays and statistics like an encyclopedia to you? These types also like to approach everything in life as if they are "coaching" a pro-football team.
What are your thoughts on such people? I consider them to be boorish rubes but I was wondering if others had similar or dissimilar conclusions.
Replace football with something nerdy like Star Trek. Now imagine meeting someone who can recite Star Trek trivia, knows all the episodes by name, etc. If you're like most people, you'll probably have the same reaction that William Shatner had in that famous SNL skit. Get a life!!! It's great to have things that you enjoy, but don't get carried away with it. I know guys who not only sit around watching every game that's on, they'll actually watch the draft to see who gets picked for what team. They can recite batting averages, tell you who's a free agent, who was traded for who, etc. How is this any different than the Star Trek fan? Because it's "cool" to be into sports, but geekish to be into sci-fi. But I think you should apply the same standard to both people. If we make fun of the Trekkie for his devotion to Star Trek, then why not the football fan who lets the sport take over his life?
So the reason why they act that boorish is because they literally have nothing else in life to look forward too. Wow. Thank you for confirming my conclusions.
I'm a HUGE football fan, but I've always been able to keep it in check. I DO like guys who are into football also, as I would hate to date someone who looked at me like i was weird for liking it.
As far as I'm concerned, as long as someone doesn't get violent or angry when his team loses, or gambles big-time on games, I don't think there's such a thing as 'too involved with football' in my eyes.
I don't see anything wrong with it at all. There have been periods of my life when I lived in various cities when a particular team was doing really well and I really got into it. I lived in Denver when the Broncos won their two Superbowls and I would get so worked up that I couldn't even stay on the couch. I'd sometimes hop on the floor and in a few instances I'd even yelp or make unintelligible noises. Of course I would also let loose a stream of obscenities if there was an interception, missed field goal, or anything else that would put my team in a tough situation. All in all I just had a good time, unless of course if they lost the game.
Oh man, you would hate us Philadelphians. We are waaaayyyyyy to emotionally attached to our sports teams. (I said that with pride for some reason )
Everyone gets excited about different things. YOU happen to dislike people that get excited over sports, but what excites you? What do you get overly excited about because you have such a passion for it? Do you think that your excitement for something you love could possibly be annoying to someone else?
And if you don't have anything that passionately excites you well... I'm sure you do
I don't see anything wrong with it at all. There have been periods of my life when I lived in various cities when a particular team was doing really well and I really got into it. I lived in Denver when the Broncos won their two Superbowls and I would get so worked up that I couldn't even stay on the couch. I'd sometimes hop on the floor and in a few instances I'd even yelp or make unintelligible noises. Of course I would also let loose a stream of obscenities if there was an interception, missed field goal, or anything else that would put my team in a tough situation. All in all I just had a good time, unless of course if they lost the game.
That's great
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