Football is dumb.

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Yeah... those guys also didn't think women should be allowed to work

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Women have always been "allowed" to work. The great deception was convincing women they would find fulfillment being office drones.

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guys who beat up women weren't held up as heroes.

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I was just thinking to myself how someone like Jeremy Johnson, who has done nothing but stay the course and try his best, is in all likelihood less liked than Mixon is at OU. I dunno, I just felt terrible for Jeremy Johnson tonight. With player constantly transferring and feeling so entitled, it's nice to see someone stick it out

I reached this moment while watching Auburn's clock-keeper steal seconds off the clock over and over during LSU's last drive. Then everyone acts like his keeping was the official record.

Poor kids are fighting corrport officials, corrupt game clocks, corrupt alumni, paid players, corrupt conference offices with agendas.

NFL has become the more pure league and it can be manipulated by Vegas. Football is becoming crap. You're astute for noticing.

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Why do we watch it? I didn't even watch the end of the Sugar Bowl. Hearing Mus rationalize why he's ok rooting for the guy who cold-cocked a girl at a bar, well...that was my exit point.

It's ridiculous watching grown men talk about "adversity", etc on sideline interviews, as if the activity in which they are engaged carries some real meaning and significance.

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I was just thinking to myself how someone like Jeremy Johnson, who has done nothing but stay the course and try his best, is in all likelihood less liked than Mixon is at OU. I dunno, I just felt terrible for Jeremy Johnson tonight. With player constantly transferring and feeling so entitled, it's nice to see someone stick it out

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I've never been one of those super fanboys, but stuff like this (and the Hogs sucking) is why I've found myself trying to devote significantly less time and energy toward watching and/or caring about sports.

It's disgusting how the media - and fans have in large part stupidly bought into this - advances a narrative about how players can "redeem" themselves through on-field success, as if somehow Joe Mixon is suddenly a good guy again and forgiven because he played well in a football game, or that all is forgiven and forgotten with Penn State because they won the Big Ten. Go try to explain that to the girl Mixon knocked out, or the myriad victims of Jerry Sandusky who were raked over the coals by the Penn State truthers.

This absurd "sports as redemption" narrative culture started years ago, but it was kicked into overdrive when Michael Vick came back into the NFL with the Eagles and had that one great season. As if that somehow erased what he did.

Just look at what 8 years of Obama has done to all of you. You're all pajama boys now, don't worry Trump is here to make America great again.

This is a melt

it has gotten less enjoyable over the years. some of that due to life, etc. so much is about money. even saban commented on how the focus is solely on the playoff- making the other bowls irrelevant/obsolete. I think they hyped the playoff more than the damn super bowl. its gotten to be such a cash cow. espn controls the whole thing. their stranglehold over games, times, etc. has lessened it a good bit for the older fan. I find myself enjoying the "purity" of sports such as college baseball more and more. for most programs, its a money loser. the want to manipulate and cheat is less. these kids generally go to class, graduate and stay out of trouble. we give passes to stud players and preach about ruining young mens lives, all for the sake of winning. lets face it, if Jeremy hill, joe mixon, cam robinson, manziel, etc weren't 5 star studs, theyd have seen their careers go down the drain. generally, the sidewalk fan cares nothing about the games' integrity, as long as they can fly their flag and live vicariously through their team's football success.

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Maybe after the Saban run ends, I'll devote my Saturdays to some other pointless distraction instead.

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Yeah, like watching Dabo win multiple titles there. SEC football is like a heroin addiction for hardcore, lifelong fans and you can double that for Bama fans. You're not going anywhere.

It's dumb how the media and fans continue to advance the narrative that the sec is the best conference in football