I was watching the game this past weekend with some friends at a sports bar, when my girlfriend made the comment regarding a man in the stands of "he looks like an angry, old man."

 

I saw who she was talking about, and I agreed with her. Thing was, the game hadn't even started yet. This was when the teams were lining up for the kickoff and this guy has a scowl on his face that would curdle cottage cheese, and he's screaming for all his worth. Due to my advanced lip-reading skills, I'm pretty sure he was instructing Josh Scobee to do something that isn't really anatomically possible.

 

This got me to start paying attention to how everyone else was acting in the bar. Even the good plays looked like they were greeted with anger as the fans seemed more intent to showing up the opposition and their fans than they were in celebrating their teams' performance. "Dude, why so angry?! You just scored a touchdown!"

 

Then I thought back to Saturday when I was at a game for the Youth League that I coach. A player on one of the teams was talking about how well he was playing, and that he "would be doing a lot better if he wasn't being helded." We joked with the player a little bit about his grammar, but it was apparent that he took this game very very seriously. It was almost like he wasn't even enjoying himself.

 

I think I'm a little worried about when people react like that. I mean, I'm disappointed in the season that Jacksonville is having as much as anyone, but I'm not about to go around screaming at people about it. I'm going to make sure that I enjoy the good things that I experience because that's something that I can control. Not whether they happen, but how I react to them when they do happen. Besides, I refuse to let something like a game bring down my whole weekend.

 

There I was in a bar with a full pitcher of beer and a plate of food, football was on the television, and my girlfriend was there to keep me company. Why would I want to ruin that? Why would I allow anything to ruin that? Why not enjoy what's in front of me?

 

Also, if anyone wants to come to Richmond to buy me more beer, you can feel free to do so.

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Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

When playing: Fairly serious, but I don't lose my cool over it.

 

When watching: I just enjoy the game, whether its a win or loss. I seriously remember this guy breaking down and crying after Michigan beat ND in the first night game of the Big House. He was a Michigan fan, he cried tears of joy as if he were playing and just won the Superbowl...

 

All in all gotta remember it's just a game. 

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When playing: Fairly serious, but I don't lose my cool over it.

 

When watching: I just enjoy the game, whether its a win or loss. I seriously remember this guy breaking down and crying after Michigan beat ND in the first night game of the Big House. He was a Michigan fan, he cried tears of joy as if he were playing and just won the Superbowl...

 

All in all gotta remember it's just a game. 

 

Yeah, that's fine and all, but are you going to show up and split my bar tab with me?

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

I was extremely competitive while I was growing and competing in sports. The competitiveness got me places I couldn't have gone if not for sports. That wasn't my goal at first, but it happened as a result of. I always had fun (minus practice here and there :woot: )

 

Winning drove me in athletics, still does as a coach. But I can say though, as a coach, it is just as fulfilling to teach a kid proper technique, see him do it on the field/mat, etc., and be successful, and have fun.

 

If the Jags make/win a Super Bowl in my lifetime, I think I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't shed a tear or two. When it comes to professional sports I am a Jag, Magic fan, Pirate, and Penguin. I've seen my fair share of big time games and titles. Nothing would compare though to the Jags winning it all.

 

I now have a 7 year old son and he is into football, basketball and soccer. I love watching him play and compete. He has the same competitiveness I had growing up. He absolutely loves watching sports, any. He enjoys running around, being with his friends, interacting etc., but he does love to compete and win, and there isn't anything wrong with that. They don't "keep score" at his age for soccer, but trust me, he knows the score and what is going on. I think just about every kid on that field knows what the score is after each goal. I find it funny that it isn't officially kept.

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Yeah, that's fine and all, but are you going to show up and split my bar tab with me?

Well I was on the way and then my car broke down, then I walked 10 miles to the nearest place i could get a rental, rented a car only to be abducted by aliens that stole my wallet. No idea why they'd want earth money though.

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This was when the teams were lining up for the kickoff and this guy has a scowl on his face that would curdle cottage cheese,

 

Let's just put it this way.  Growing up in Pittsbugh, using "cottage cheese" in reference to a football analogy would have been enough to get my butt kicked.  It transcends to the field and/or stands.

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I was extremely competitive while I was growing and competing in sports. The competitiveness got me places I couldn't have gone if not for sports. That wasn't my goal at first, but it happened as a result of. I always had fun (minus practice here and there :woot: )

 

Winning drove me in athletics, still does as a coach. But I can say though, as a coach, it is just as fulfilling to teach a kid proper technique, see him do it on the field/mat, etc., and be successful, and have fun.

 

If the Jags make/win a Super Bowl in my lifetime, I think I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't shed a tear or two. When it comes to professional sports I am a Jag, Magic fan, Pirate, and Penguin. I've seen my fair share of big time games and titles. Nothing would compare though to the Jags winning it all.

 

I now have a 7 year old son and he is into football, basketball and soccer. I love watching him play and compete. He has the same competitiveness I had growing up. He absolutely loves watching sports, any. He enjoys running around, being with his friends, interacting etc., but he does love to compete and win, and there isn't anything wrong with that. They don't "keep score" at his age for soccer, but trust me, he knows the score and what is going on. I think just about every kid on that field knows what the score is after each goal. I find it funny that it isn't officially kept.

 

This brings up an interesting question: do you think that it's possible to be competitive and still have enjoyment in the process, not necessarily the endgame? In other words; can you go out, compete, and enjoy yourself in the moment while you are competing, and not sweat the end result? I know thatI can now, but it's taken me quite a while to get there and I'm not as competitive as I was before.

 

I don't ever want any of my players to go away from the idea of "I like playing football" in order to get to "I have to win at football." That's just me.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

I'm pretty sure he was instructing Josh Scobee to do something that isn't really anatomically possible.

 

You've never been to the red light district in Amsterdam have you?

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You've never been to the red light district in Amsterdam have you?

 

No.

 

 

At least, that's what my attorney has instructed me to say/write.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

This brings up an interesting question: do you think that it's possible to be competitive and still have enjoyment in the process, not necessarily the endgame? In other words; can you go out, compete, and enjoy yourself in the moment while you are competing, and not sweat the end result? I know thatI can now, but it's taken me quite a while to get there and I'm not as competitive as I was before.

 

I don't ever want any of my players to go away from the idea of "I like playing football" in order to get to "I have to win at football." That's just me.

It better be enjoyable to you while still trying to be ultra competitive. If not, I think you'd be miserable.

 

I think it depends on what level you are at to have the attitude of enjoying yourself, but not sweating the end result. In HS and College, the end result was to get a W. After playing competitively I played softball for a bit. Different word. I didn't sweat the end result much. I wanted to win, but a loss wasn't going to bother me.

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I have a friend who graduated from N.C. State. The man is as avid, passionate college basketball fan fan as I've ever seen. You'll never find a nicer, fun loving generous person. He was a lot of fun during Jim Valvano's magical run to the 1983 NCAA title, but I got to the point where I wouldn't watch games with him when his beloved Wolfpack lost. He also had other favorites like Michigan, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, and teams he hated like UNC, USC and Texas. I learned to avoid watching any game with him if any of the participants were teams he liked or hated. When things went against his teams or for his hated rivals, he became a different person. Ranting, raving, hurling racial epithets, spitting at the TV, the works. It was just no fun at all. I feared he would suffer a heart attack.

 

Myself, I am real happy when my teams win, philosophical when they lose. Life is too short to be blowing gaskets over things I cannot control.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

I was watching the game this past weekend with some friends at a sports bar, when my girlfriend made the comment regarding a man in the stands of "he looks like an angry, old man."

 

I saw who she was talking about, and I agreed with her. Thing was, the game hadn't even started yet. This was when the teams were lining up for the kickoff and this guy has a scowl on his face that would curdle cottage cheese, and he's screaming for all his worth. Due to my advanced lip-reading skills, I'm pretty sure he was instructing Josh Scobee to do something that isn't really anatomically possible.

 

This got me to start paying attention to how everyone else was acting in the bar. Even the good plays looked like they were greeted with anger as the fans seemed more intent to showing up the opposition and their fans than they were in celebrating their teams' performance. "Dude, why so angry?! You just scored a touchdown!"

 

Then I thought back to Saturday when I was at a game for the Youth League that I coach. A player on one of the teams was talking about how well he was playing, and that he "would be doing a lot better if he wasn't being helded." We joked with the player a little bit about his grammar, but it was apparent that he took this game very very seriously. It was almost like he wasn't even enjoying himself.

 

I think I'm a little worried about when people react like that. I mean, I'm disappointed in the season that Jacksonville is having as much as anyone, but I'm not about to go around screaming at people about it. I'm going to make sure that I enjoy the good things that I experience because that's something that I can control. Not whether they happen, but how I react to them when they do happen. Besides, I refuse to let something like a game bring down my whole weekend.

 

There I was in a bar with a full pitcher of beer and a plate of food, football was on the television, and my girlfriend was there to keep me company. Why would I want to ruin that? Why would I allow anything to ruin that? Why not enjoy what's in front of me?

 

Also, if anyone wants to come to Richmond to buy me more beer, you can feel free to do so.

 

You should cut that old guy some slack, he has to live in St Louis.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

I have a friend who graduated from N.C. State. The man is as avid, passionate college basketball fan fan as I've ever seen. You'll never find a nicer, fun loving generous person. He was a lot of fun during Jim Valvano's magical run to the 1983 NCAA title, but I got to the point where I wouldn't watch games with him when his beloved Wolfpack lost. He also had other favorites like Michigan, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, and teams he hated like UNC, USC and Texas. I learned to avoid watching any game with him if any of the participants were teams he liked or hated. When things went against his teams or for his hated rivals, he became a different person. Ranting, raving, hurling racial epithets, spitting at the TV, the works. It was just no fun at all. I feared he would suffer a heart attack.

 

Myself, I am real happy when my teams when, philosophical when they lose. Life is too short to be blowing gaskets over things I cannot control.

 

So you rant, rave, hurl racial epithets, and spit at the tv philosophically?

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

So you rant, rave, hurl racial epithets, and spit at the tv philosophically?

 

In my own special way, yes.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Not that seriously. I play floor hockey and football every week with some friends. I absolutely love it and look forward to it all week. Although I'm very competitive, I realize it's just a game and the main goal is to have fun. I never yell at anybody or anything like that. I'm usually the peacekeeper if things get too rowdy. 

 

When it comes to the Jags, yeah I love it when we win and I hate it when we lose. It used to REALLY bother me when we lost but over the past few years I've learned to not let it get to me. I love watching the Jags play no matter the outcome. 

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I'll just let you assume where I would fit into this equation...... :whistling: 

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Good Gawd!  Would you all shut up!  The game is on!!

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Also, if anyone wants to come to Richmond to buy me more beer, you can feel free to do so.

 

 


See, I knew it ... there is always a catch when it comes to you. I almost fell for it (again) ... God, I am such a sucker.

 

You send me a case (NDA), and I think I can forgive, and forget about this one.

 

Maybe, :verymad:  I will wait to see what vintage of beer I receive ... Oh, and on Ice, hmmm, NDA on ice in a cooler ... A Colts Cooler. With a bow on top in the shape of a Horse Shoe.

 

Can Coozy, I need a new Can Coozy, too.

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See, I knew it ... there is always a catch when it comes to you. I almost fell for it (again) ... God, I am such a sucker.

 

You send me a case (NDA), and I think I can forgive, and forget about this one.

 

Maybe, :verymad:  I will wait to see what vintage of beer I receive ... Oh, and on Ice, hmmm, NDA on ice in a cooler ... A Colts Cooler. With a bow on top in the shape of a Horse Shoe.

 

Can Coozy, I need a new Can Coozy, too.


 

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You spelled DNA wrong.

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See, I knew it ... there is always a catch when it comes to you. I almost fell for it (again) ... God, I am such a sucker.

 

You send me a case (NDA), and I think I can forgive, and forget about this one.

 

Maybe, :verymad:  I will wait to see what vintage of beer I receive ... Oh, and on Ice, hmmm, NDA on ice in a cooler ... A Colts Cooler. With a bow on top in the shape of a Horse Shoe.

 

Can Coozy, I need a new Can Coozy, too.


 

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You'll get what you get and you'll like it!

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!