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« Reply #325 on: August 18, 2011, 07:29:59 PM »
Quote from: lmunchkin on August 18, 2011, 07:26:30 PM
What A Woopin the Steelers are handing the Eagles!

Yeah, I've changed channels and am watching "The Botany of Desire" on PBS.
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« Reply #326 on: August 18, 2011, 09:35:57 PM »
Well, with the 3rd string QB, he brought them back to a 10 point difference!  Pitt 24 to 14.  Vick and Young showed nothing, but 3rd qb showed something.

How did Bears game go or was that tonight?

Man, I got to get to bed!  GOODNIGHT ALL

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« Reply #327 on: August 18, 2011, 09:43:20 PM »
Bears play on Monday Night Football.

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« Reply #328 on: August 19, 2011, 01:41:47 PM »
Pittsburgh didn't win it as much as Philadelphia just willingly gave it away. It's going to be a long season for Eagles fans, if THIS is any indicator.
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« Reply #329 on: August 19, 2011, 05:49:11 PM »
Pre season doesnt count but it does make "some" fans hopeful.  Has anyone been watching Detroit play?  Just wondering how they are looking this preseason.

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« Reply #330 on: August 19, 2011, 09:17:24 PM »
Being in Chicagoland and having to watch the Bears, we have to watch Fox Sports, and tonight I was reminded by why I dislike their NFL coverage so much.

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It is soooo overproduced.  There's just too much crap on the screen to look at, and it is always so damned SHINY!  And that stupid robot thingy as they go to commercials...I hate that thing.  And there are too many ex-jocks in the commentary booths.  Too many stories about their illustrious pasts with whichever team they played for.  Oh, and please, can somebody just get rid of Tony Siragusa?  Do any sportspeople EVER call anyone by their proper names anymore?  How many times tonight in the Falcons/Jags game did we hear from "Goose"?  Well, do you want to know what magnificent insight "Goose" had to offer?  None and nothing, but we did get to hear all about how his mama made great ravioli, but if she got mad at you, she'd hit you with her iron.  I just can't wait for a whole season of that sort of malarky.
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« Reply #331 on: August 20, 2011, 07:59:49 AM »
Quote from: lmunchkin on August 19, 2011, 05:49:11 PM
Pre season doesnt count but it does make "some" fans hopeful.  Has anyone been watching Detroit play?  Just wondering how they are looking this preseason.

lmunchkin     :kickstart;

I'm a diehard Detroit Lions fan, and we have been dying on the field for decades. HOWEVER, we took Cincinnati apart last week 34-3. But we stumbled a bit with Cleveland last night, 30-28. 15 PENALTIES for us in the game. We needed more discipline. While our passing game looks solid, our running game is a mess at the moment.
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« Reply #332 on: August 20, 2011, 11:49:08 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on August 19, 2011, 09:17:24 PM
Being in Chicagoland and having to watch the Bears, we have to watch Fox Sports, and tonight I was reminded by why I dislike their NFL coverage so much.

 :rant;

It is soooo overproduced.  There's just too much crap on the screen to look at, and it is always so damned SHINY!  And that stupid robot thingy as they go to commercials...I hate that thing.  And there are too many ex-jocks in the commentary booths.  Too many stories about their illustrious pasts with whichever team they played for.  Oh, and please, can somebody just get rid of Tony Siragusa?  Do any sportspeople EVER call anyone by their proper names anymore?  How many times tonight in the Falcons/Jags game did we hear from "Goose"?  Well, do you want to know what magnificent insight "Goose" had to offer?  None and nothing, but we did get to hear all about how his mama made great ravioli, but if she got mad at you, she'd hit you with her iron.  I just can't wait for a whole season of that sort of malarky.

FOX does the same thing with racing too except they use a da** goffer Then they ask the stupidist questions or say something stupid. MM when you jump over to NBC5, they have to plaster you with Comcast this and Comcast that grrrr. And I use to think Frank Gifford was bad!
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« Reply #333 on: August 21, 2011, 03:38:37 PM »
I suspect that I'll jinx the whole season, but I will take the risk...the Texans looked really good last night against the Saints.  Their defensive line is so much better than in years past.  It has taken them a long time to put together that particular puzzle.  I remember very clearly the draft when VY, Reggie Bush and Mario Williams were available, and the Texans had the number one pick.  Of course, EVERY pundit in the nation said they'd be taking either VY or Bush, but the night before the draft, I was listening to some football "expert" on a late night radio talk show, and he said that the Texans had to beat the Colts, and to do that, they'd have to draft Williams.  In that instant, I knew that's EXACTLY what would happen, and lo and behold, it did.  For YEARS the Texans were excoriated for that decision, but now we find that Bush is a shadow of his former self and has been traded, and VY is a headcase.  But Mario Williams is getting better and better each year. 

The secondary still makes me nervous, though.

I watched the game on the NFL network last night, and they obviously were just taking the Houston TV feed because doing the sideline reporting for the Texans was Bob Allen!  OMG, he has been a sports reporter in Houston for decades!  I didn't know he was still alive!  And he doesn't look any older, really.  Blast from the past.
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« Reply #334 on: August 21, 2011, 05:08:02 PM »
Darn Titans lost in the last second of the game 17 to 16.  They played St. Louis Rams!  The ole Super Bowl Demises of 1999!
H.O.D., I havent been able to watch the Lions play yet.  Does their Defense look pretty good? Is the team as a whole, pretty balanced?  I never had an interest in the Lions until Schwartz became coach.

MM, guess who the Titans play next week here?  OH YEA, the Bears.  Im going to pull for the titans, but I am a Vandy fan, and really want Cutler to have a good showing.  Nashville loves him, so he probably will do well here!

I don't like Fox Sports either!

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« Reply #335 on: August 21, 2011, 10:11:08 PM »
Cowboys sucked tonight.  What a shame. :P
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« Reply #336 on: August 21, 2011, 10:16:56 PM »
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« Reply #337 on: August 21, 2011, 10:19:12 PM »
Quote from: YLGuy on August 21, 2011, 10:16:56 PM
:rofl;

Yeah, I can tell you're about as devastated as I am.
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« Reply #338 on: August 21, 2011, 10:33:31 PM »
Yes, yes we really truely are MM  :rofl;
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« Reply #339 on: August 22, 2011, 11:09:02 AM »
I don't like the Cowboys nor SanDiego, but I think the Chargers are a very good team this year and Dallas "JERRYS KIDS" definately looked awful.  I quess he will fire the coach AGAIN!!!!

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« Reply #340 on: August 22, 2011, 01:09:20 PM »
The Chargers seem to always get your hopes up only to wash out in the playoffs.

I haven't yet printed out a complete season schedule, so I didn't realize that the first game of the season is Packers vs Saints...what a way to start the season!!  Can't wait!

OK, now, my main man is Larry Fitzgerald.  I don't get to see the Cardinals play often, so I don't know much about that team.  Anyone here a Cardinals fan?  They don't seem to be a top tier team, and so I'm not sure why Fitzgerald would choose to agree to an eight year contract extension.  Is it only because of the big bucks involved?  Or is he just particularly loyal to that team and their fans?
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« Reply #341 on: August 22, 2011, 03:11:42 PM »
I don't know much about Arizona, but I understand Fitzgerald got a "Sweet Deal" with them, and now Chris Johnson might hold out for a better deal with Titans since Fitzgerald got one with Cards!  I don't know if Titans will do that or not!  That is alot of money!

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« Reply #342 on: August 22, 2011, 06:46:28 PM »
1st half is over. Giants 20 Bears 6.  Well, Big Blue looked better than I thought they would.  Special teams helped a lot.  Pre-season, we will see.
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« Reply #343 on: August 22, 2011, 07:20:27 PM »
Wow, YLguy, looks like the hit "Thomas" took ended his season!  That is so terrible, but Tom is a good coach and will figure out a replacement.  I just hate to see anyone get hurt.  His own player got him, but it did not look that bad, but half time they found out the bad news.

Not overly impressed with Jay Cutler.  He doesnt seem to be into it!

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« Reply #344 on: August 22, 2011, 09:21:42 PM »
I missed it, fell asleep before the game ever started.
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Neuropathy in legs age 10

Eye impairments and blindness in one eye began in 95, major one during visit to the Indy 500 race of that year
   -glaucoma and surgery for that
     -cataract surgery twice on same eye (2000 - 2002). another one growing in good eye
     - vitrectomy in good eye post tx November 2003, totally blind for 4 months due to complications with meds and infection

Diagnosed with ESRD June 29, 1999
1st Dialysis - July 4, 1999
Last Dialysis - December 2, 2000

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant - December 3, 2000

Cataract Surgery on good eye - June 24, 2009
Knee Surgery 2010
2011/2012 in process of getting a guide dog
Guide Dog Training begins July 2, 2012 in NY
Guide Dog by end of July 2012
Next eye surgery late 2012 or 2013 if I feel like it
Home with Guide dog - July 27, 2012
Knee Surgery #2 - Oct 15, 2012
Eye Surgery - Nov 2012
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« Reply #345 on: August 22, 2011, 11:27:28 PM »
I had to leave right at the end of the first half to go to my son's football practice.  I DVR'd the 2nd half.  I did not know that Thomas blew his ACL until I came home.  Certainly not worth the meaningless win.

The Giants routed the Bears, 41-13, but lost Terrell Thomas to a knee injury in the process.

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« Reply #346 on: September 08, 2011, 07:02:31 PM »
 :cheer: NFL!  :cheer:
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« Reply #347 on: September 09, 2011, 01:48:09 PM »
Did you see that David Vitter (R-LA) declared that he wasn't going to attend the Joint Session of Congress last night to hear the President speak on jobs for the American people because he was going to host a football party back in Louisiana since his football fandom is his greatest priority (his words)?  Ok, I may be petty, but I'm so glad the Saints lost last night.  I hope the honorable Mr. Vitter had a good time. ::)

The Pack looked awesome.
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« Reply #348 on: September 09, 2011, 05:53:21 PM »
I saw  :thumbdown;

Did you watch the game? Pretty darn good game for the rookie Cobb.  :thumbup;
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« Reply #349 on: September 10, 2011, 09:54:45 PM »
My butt is already sore from sitting all evening watching the tennis, so I expect it to have fallen off altogether by tomorrow night. 

I would like to ask what may be a sensitive question, but it has been on my mind for eight years now, and I just have to ask.  I do not mean to be disrespectful in any way, but I am curious to see what you all have to say.

I have been attending live sporting events in the US since I was 7 years old.  I grew up in the Astrodome (yes, it was a long time ago), so sports is in my blood.

I went to live in the UK in 1985, and I attended lots of soccer, cricket and tennis matches over there.  I still watched American sports, and when I would visit the US (at least twice a year), I'd catch games on TV.

I've always been used to the color guard and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner at live games, but now that I've returned to the US and have begun watching more sports on TV, I have noticed a distinct shift in national tone, and I am uncomfortable with it.  I don't know if it is a result of 9/11, but it just seems for big, important team sport occasions (World Series, Super Bowl, etc), there are so many soldiers taking part in what looks like military exercises in a variety of pre-game pagentry.  It feels like our sports have become militarized.  I understand the concept of patriotism and sports, but when did patriotism become visually synonymous with displays of military hardware and soldiery?  It just seems so inappropriate to me to mix sporting entertainment and military spectacle, like the trappings of war is entertainment, too.

The image that crystalized this discomfort for me was when there was a pre Super Bowl stealth bomber flyover.  That just really creeped me out.

I was watching the tennis tonight, and before the women's semifinal, there was a ceremony where Marines unfurled a giant American flag on court.  Now, it IS NYC and it IS 9/11 tomorrow, so I guess I can understand the symbolism, but why have Marines there?  Why not have ordinary Americans...maybe friends or family members of some of the victims....or maybe just average New Yorkers who survived the day....instead of soldiers?  What is the subliminal connection being made between the military and sports?  I know we often hear football talk in terms of "war", but this is different.

Maybe I've really noticed it because of the long time I spent out of the US, but I've mentioned this to my husband many times.  He is also an avid sports fan and has watched many a game on TV throughout the years, and he has noticed the same thing (once I pointed it out to him.)

So, what do you other sports fans think?  I think there is a time and a place to reflect on war and remembrance, but I am not sure that the Super Bowl is the appropriate time.  I am really curious to hear what you all think.  Thanks.
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