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Febreeze posted:So basically you self redzone it in a search to find something interesting. Eh. gently caress wild endings are great but the payoff doesn't feel as good if you dont watch the whole game before it. So much of college is just unwatchable, at least bad pro ball still feels like it has merit at times, and there are fewer games to flip between to find something worth seeing. I've never really understood the redzone mentality of football watching. I find sticking with the narrative of a single game much more interesting than a contextless reel of highlight plays
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Febreeze posted:I like no defense when both teams can score at will, but in college it's typically just one team steamrolling the other The big 12 is always a shootout baby
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Also reminder that if you watch college sports you are implicitly endorsing slavery *woke*
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iospace posted:College football is great when you work at a place with TVs all over and you want an excuse to not put cable news channels on. Probably the best reason listed so far, even over alma mater.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I've never really understood the redzone mentality of football watching. I find sticking with the narrative of a single game much more interesting than a contextless reel of highlight plays  Plus, they show in game highlights anyways of most games and why do I care if loving Cleveland or Jacksonville is in the red zone? I don't really want to see them stall inside the 10 and kick a FG.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Also reminder that if you watch college sports you are implicitly endorsing slavery As opposed to endorsing gladiatorial combat in general by watching football period.
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When you watch football you're really just watching a bunch of really drawn out versions of Taxi Driver
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ONE CITY. ONE TEAM. AZTECS BITCH.
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a neat cape posted:ONE CITY. I'm pretty excited to see what Kazee does at the next level.
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weird Asian candy posted:I'm pretty excited to see what Kazee does at the next level. Same. I'd like us to have pro athletes we can be proud of outside of Gwynn, Strasburg, Marshall Faulk, and Kawhi
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a neat cape posted:Same. I'd like us to have pro athletes we can be proud of outside of Gwynn, Strasburg, Marshall Faulk, and Kawhi I mean...that's a pretty goddamned strong list, although short. When Strasburg is the weak point you have some bragging to do. I guess that's what you were doing anyway, but I'm impressed.
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Grittybeard posted:I mean...that's a pretty goddamned strong list, although short. When Strasburg is the weak point you have some bragging to do. My point is it's those four and literally no one else in sports history.
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The difference between college and the NFL is that you root for a team in the NFL. In college football, I don't give a poo poo if the Gators win, but if Georgia or FSU lose in any fashion my week is loving made. Its not about wanting a team to win, its about wanting your rivals to lose and maybe even die horribly. Now, if you are watching football for the actual play on the field, college is fun because of the sheer variety and sometimes batshit crazyness of the offenses and it works. Yes, there is talent disparity, but that is what makes it fun to watch. Watching a next level WR clown a bunch of guys is super fun. Yeah, it sucks when one team is blowing out another, but its super fun to watch 11 guys try to tackle Cam or Tebow or even Manziel and looking like they are on skates.
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swickles posted:The difference between college and the NFL is that you root for a team in the NFL. In college football, I don't give a poo poo if the Gators win, but if Georgia or FSU lose in any fashion my week is loving made. Its not about wanting a team to win, its about wanting your rivals to lose and maybe even die horribly. Every time the Bears, Vikings, Lions, or Patriots lose, I'm happy. I get the same thing with other sports too (gently caress the Cubs especially).
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the secret to enjoying any sport is to pick someone to love and someone to loving hate
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Mel Mudkiper posted:the secret to enjoying any sport is to pick someone to love and someone to loving hate BYU 
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Mel Mudkiper posted:the secret to enjoying any sport is to pick someone to love and someone to loving hate But what do you do when the same team occupies both? 
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Like for example, I cannot stand baseball but if I have to watch it gently caress the Cards NASCAR is arguably the best sport to hate watch
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Like for example, I cannot stand baseball but if I have to watch it gently caress the Cards If NASCAR drives acted like pro wrestlers I would totally watch it.
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swickles posted:If NASCAR drives acted like pro wrestlers I would totally watch it. Tony Stewart basically does.
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swickles posted:If NASCAR drives acted like pro wrestlers I would totally watch it. They totally do The Busch brothers are absolute heels for example
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Mel Mudkiper posted:They totally do Mel, watch Indy.
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swickles posted:If NASCAR drives acted like pro wrestlers I would totally watch it. They sort of do? You'll occasionally get fights between drivers on track. Flikken posted:Mel, watch Indy. Also this.
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Flikken posted:Mel, watch Indy. Right turns are haram Hell, NASCAR is so pro wrestling most of the heel drivers have cheating managers who distract the refs Don't get me started on Chad Knaus
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Right turns are haram You know Indy is like half Ovals right?
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Right turns are haram Indy just got done racing at the oval in Iowa  Which the Cup refuses to race at because ~reasons~. Flikken posted:You know Indy is like half Ovals right? Closer to a third, really. Phoenix, Indy, Texas, Iowa, Pocono, Gateway.
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Flikken posted:You know Indy is like half Ovals right? CLEARLY I DONT
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Thinking about it some more, Penn State really just killed off any ability I had to watch college football.
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The best part is when NASCAR does road courses and the whole race is dominated by these European ringers brought in by the cheaper teams who aren't competing for points Road courses have kept Boris Said employed for decades
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swickles posted:Yes, there is talent disparity, but that is what makes it fun to watch. Watching a next level WR clown a bunch of guys is super fun. Yeah, it sucks when one team is blowing out another, but its super fun to watch 11 guys try to tackle Cam or Tebow or even Manziel and looking like they are on skates. This works in the other direction too. Collin Klein at Kansas State being an NCAA superstar playing with a bunch of 2 star recruits and dominating, every other year when Navy has a bunch of guys who wouldn't make another FBS team grinding out a win against Notre Dame or whoever. The wackiness of the whole thing is appealing. 2001 Miami, the most dominant college team in history or #2 at the least to '95 Nebraska (probably not), they damned near lost to VIrginia Tech that year. Which, yeah nobody's perfect, but we can compare who was on that 2001 Miami team to who was on VT. Portis, Gore, McGahee, Andre Johnson, Shockey against Kevin Jones on offense from names I recognize, with Bryant McKinnie blocking for them. Also that Miami team recorded a touchdown in the NFL every week from the next year to something like 2014. That's before we get into the defense with Vilma, Phillip Buchanon, McDougal and Ed loving Reed vs...De'Angelo Hall and a bunch of nothing. I'm not going to say they aren't somewhat rare, but the upsets or near upsets of absolutely dominant teams helps make it worth watching too.
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Kalli posted:Thinking about it some more, Penn State really just killed off any ability I had to watch college football. The scandal didn't kill off my ability to enjoy college football It was the behavior over the next few years that did it.
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Grittybeard posted:I'm proud of starting this derail out of nowhere, we need off season stuff to talk about. If you guys want to hear the single dumbest thing in all of sports let me tell you about "The Chase for the Championship" and how it basically killed NASCAR ever being a major US sport.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:The best part is when NASCAR does road courses and the whole race is dominated by these European ringers brought in by the cheaper teams who aren't competing for points Actually they all did lovely this year, at least at Sonoma. Mel Mudkiper posted:If you guys want to hear the single dumbest thing in all of sports let me tell you about "The Chase for the Championship" and how it basically killed NASCAR ever being a major US sport. 
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Auto racing isn't a sport so why would it ever become a major us sport
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Metapod posted:Auto racing isn't a sport so why would it ever become a major us sport You shut your whore mouth. And real talk, NASCAR was, at one point, as popular as the NFL. Then they proceeded to get way too high on their own farts and proceeded to poo poo it all up.
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iospace posted:Then they proceeded to get way too high on their own farts and proceeded to poo poo it all up. Good thing there's no worries of the NFL doing that 
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iospace posted:You shut your whore mouth. Hey hey hey I know what will give us more mainstream credibility, let's completely de value our championship so that we can try to boost ratings at Homestead Miami
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Just watch all 24 hours of LeMans every year and get racing out of your system in one fell swoop. Like a lime purge.
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