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Does being a football fan bring you joy?

Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:54 am
Posted by CrimsonChin
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:54 am
I am mainly directing this to Bama, LSU, UF, UT, UGA, and Auburn fans. Are you only happy when your team wins? Do you think you are to vested in a sport played by college kids?

Honestly, I had more fun before it became championship or bust. Thoughts?
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 8:57 am
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:56 am to
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Are you only happy win your team wins?



I think it's a win/win when you see it.
Posted by DrunkenStuporMan
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:56 am to
Well, I.....
quote:

I am mainly directing this to Bama, LSU, UF, UT, UGA, and Auburn fans
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Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:56 am to



I frick better when we're winning.
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:56 am to
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Are you only happy win your team wins?


Win your team wins you win
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:57 am to
The older I get, the less impact wins and losses have on my everyday life. It's to a point where it doesn't really impact my life at all.
Posted by gatorhata9
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:57 am to
Football season in general makes me happy.

My team brings me more sadness than joy but I'm used to it being from Atlanta.
Posted by piggidyphish
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:57 am to
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Are you only happy win your team wins?


Im happier. But I don't cease to have a good time tailgating if we lose. Spending time with friends is always fun, no matter the outcome.
Posted by BallstotheWesleyWall
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:57 am to
Is that why your mom is such a big Vols fan?
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:59 am to
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Are you only happy win your team wins?


Win your team wins you win


Win my team loses you win.

Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:00 am to
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Is that why your mom is such a big Vols fan?




My mom HATES Tennessee, she's an FSU fan.
Posted by TheJones
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:02 am to
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Honestly, I had more fun before it became championship or bust. Thoughts?


I think most people feel this way
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:06 am to
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The older I get, the less impact wins and losses have on my everyday life. It's to a point where it doesn't really impact my life at all.
Wait until you get into your late 60s. That's why I love giving the younger Auburn and LSU fans hell...it means the world to them, but it's further down on my list of priorities.
Posted by skirpnasty
Atlantis
Member since Aug 2012
10781 posts
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:18 am to
State fans aren't in the same category, but I never thought I would be this unsatisfied with the Orange Bowl and a #7 ranking. It's even worse because in reality only Bama, AU, LSU, Oregon, FSU, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma, and a few others will ever achieve more than that, outside of a once in 20 year miracle run.

The one great thing about pro sports is the salary caps keep everyone at least on somewhat of an even playing field.
Posted by Al Bundy Bulldog
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Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:22 am to
Not a BIG 6 fan, but as a lifelong Mississippi State football fan the three week stretch beating LSU, A&M, and Auburn and rising from unranked to number 1 in the nation was probably some of the happiest times ive ever had in my life.
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:31 am to
I'll be whackin' it to that four week stretch for a while.
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
25866 posts
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:31 am to
I just love football Saturdays in the fall. The whole experience - tailgating, eating, drinking, hopefully being entertained by the game. Whether Alabama wins or not is important to the experience, but I can still have a lot of fun on Saturdays when Alabama loses.

At this point, I have found myself being more relieved than "joyful" when Alabama wins. I think Alabama has been favored in every game for several years now, so when Alabama loses everyone notices and over reacts. When Alabama wins, everyone seems to just have a no big deal / that was expected reaction.

You have to resist the temptation to think of it as championship or bust or it can kind of suck some of the fun out of it.
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:31 am to
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Not a BIG 6 fan, but as a lifelong Mississippi State football fan the three week stretch beating LSU, A&M, and Auburn and rising from unranked to number 1 in the nation was probably some of the happiest times ive ever had in my life.



That was an awesome run by State.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
85652 posts
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:33 am to
Well this year was pretty miserable because watching our offense was about as fun watching paint dry. It sucks a lot of the enjoyment out. 2013 was a lot more enjoyable.
Posted by Ashevillain
Member since Sep 2014
203 posts
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:39 am to
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Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Is that why your mom is such a big Vols fan?



My mom HATES Tennessee, she's an FSU fan.


I can't say I'm surprised.she's always liked it rough.
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