Football is of the devil.

[AIM-54]

Your comments also show how little you know about the game itself, how it's played, and its fans.

Truth. Understanding the strategy and tactics of football or baseball or hockey is half the fun. Go on any sports message board and you'll see players arguing over the decisions made by the players and coaches of their favorite team. Football, with its library of plays that each player must memorize and then execute in conjunction with ten other individuals indicates that a certain level of mental acuity is required to perform at a high level. The number of off-sides penalties in any game belies the idea that this is easy.

If you've ever played any of these sports at full speed at any level, you know how hard it is to get all that right, plus the physical challenges of competing with other athletes. I have a great deal of respect for anyone who can play these games at that level.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

I can't help but notice that on casual observation, the Kluge didn't crap in or in anyway disrupt the several football related threads currently open, but let those threads be about football enjoyment while opening his own thread for 'teh hat'. A level of courtesy people don't seem to be extending back.

But back to the point of the thread. In addition to its other flaws, football is possibily the most subjectively ranked sport ever. College football is ranked based on a tallying of opinion polls. Not record, comparitive record, points scored or any other statistic. The number one team in the country is whatever team more sportwriters like. What is that all about? I'll tell you, its about football players being such wimps that they can't play enough games to actually rate performance.

And the superbowl! the only 'championship' I'm aware of which is decided in a single game, because they can't possibly play a series like every other chamionship on the planet. Wusses. Wusses ranked in a popularity contest.

 

[Crothian]

Not record, comparitive record, points scored or any other statistic. The number one team in the country is whatever team more sportwriters like. What is that all about? I'll tell you, its about football players being such wimps that they can't play enough games to actually rate performance.

They tried it the otyher way, BCS ring a bell....it didn't work.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

They tried it the otyher way, BCS ring a bell....it didn't work.

right, because they're wusses. You did read the title and the first post, right? this is the football hate thread.

 

[ClashmoreDave]

They tried it the otyher way, BCS ring a bell....it didn't work.

Yes, lets go back to the old ways.
While many people complained about my Irish being favored by the big bowls, at least the games were interesting, AND on the right day.
RIP New Year's Day football.

 

[loki44]

I can't help but notice that on casual observation, the Kluge didn't crap in or in anyway disrupt the several football related threads currently open, but let those threads be about football enjoyment while opening his own thread for 'teh hat'.

Huh? I think what this thread overwhelmingly shows is that Kluge is a playa hater who has relatively little support on this topic across the board. Voicing a dissenting opinion is not "crapping", nor should it be considered in those terms. Now, the people who want to turn this into an anti-BCS thread, they could rightfully be considered as "hijackers".....though "crappers" might still be a bit strong. How the national championship is determined within the college football arena has absolutely nothing to do with the merits of football as a game, or any other professional sport (including "amateur" Olympic sports).

What does 'teh hat' mean BTW?

 

[Kahuna Burger]

What does 'teh hat' mean BTW?

its a joke on a common typo. The Hate. like the old "my hat of" etc.

As for the rest, the thread was specificly opened as a place to rant about football, in an over-the-top way that football haters can enjoy, not to discuss its relitive merits. So any insult to the game is on topic and any defense of the game is thread crapping. very simple.

 

[GlassJaw]

I can't help but notice that on casual observation, the Kluge didn't crap in or in anyway disrupt the several football related threads currently open, but let those threads be about football enjoyment while opening his own thread for 'teh hat'. A level of courtesy people don't seem to be extending back.

Level of courtesy? How about not negatively stereotyping football fans for starters? Saying you don't like the color red is one thing. Saying that everyone who likes the color red worships Satan and drinks blood is another. As a sports fan, I felt a need to defend myself.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Level of courtesy? How about not negatively stereotyping football fans for starters? Saying you don't like the color red is one thing. Saying that everyone who likes the color red worships Satan and drinks blood is another. As a sports fan, I felt a need to defend myself.

Hear, hear! Not all of us put on face paint and act like a bunch of barbarians!

 

[BlackSilver]

Sometimes I'll watch it (i.e., US team is in the championship match), but it is not high in my viewing priority list.

I am not much of a sports fan myself, but soccer is my choice team sport.