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Are you really a football fan? (1 Viewer)

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Are you guys really football fans? Is football hands-down your favorite sport? Or do you like it because of fantasy football? I was thinking about this the other day and thought I'd ask you guys the same question(s) I asked myself:

Which sport is your favorite? Would you give up watching all other sports if you could choose to watch only one sport? Chicago sports has had its ups and downs and I follow most of our teams casually.

Football: Bears

Baseball: Cubs, Sox

Basketball: Bulls

Hockey: Blackhawks

Soccer: Fire

Arena Football: Rush

Minor League Hockey: Wolves

Women's Basketball: Sky

Are there other sports you would choose to watch instead like golf, tennis, auto racing, etc?

If I had to choose to watch only one of these teams and give up all others I realized I had two answers. If I was to give watching other sports for only one year, I would easily give up the Bears this year and watch only the Chicago Blackhawks. If I was to have to pick one for the rest of my life, I think I would choose the Bears as my only sport to watch, regardless of whether I am playing fantasy football or not.

Thoughts?

 
Nothing else comes even remotely close to Football. My FF wins/losses are meaningless in comparison to the Patriots wins/losses. It's a good Sunday if the Patriots win, it's a bad one if they lose.

Bruins are next and I probably watch about 20 games prior to the Playoffs. I wouldn't miss any sport except football.

 
I've basically made this deal with my wife, although we haven't really come out and formally said it, but it's what it's boiled down to:

I get to watch all the pro football my heart desires (and my wife tolerates it)

I can occasionally watch a hockey game (Devils) fan, but will turn it off if she really doesn't want to watch it (except if it's the playoffs)

Watch basically no baseball or basketball.

Get to watch the Triple Crown races.

In return she's to watch no reality tv such as the housewives of blah blah or jersey shore in my presence.

Of course when the other isn't around we're free to watch what we wish.

So essentially, yes I could give up all other sports and only watch football.

 
Baseball is easily #1 for me.

I'm "really" a football fan but baseball is better. If I hadn't already bought into baseball over football before now, the last day of this year's regular season sold me. Nothing like that could ever happen in football.

 
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Football is my #1 favorite, and I was a football fan long before fantasy football.

I'm also a huge baseball fan.

If I HAD to pick only 1 sport to watch forever, it would definitely be football, but baseball would be missed.

For me:

Football

Baseball

Basketball.

I used to watch a little hockey during the NHL playoffs, but since the lockout year it's never on my radar...couldn't care less.

 
Football is definitely the top for me. I would probably be willing to give up the other sports if I HAD to, but I would really miss hockey and college basketball. Fantasy football enhances my love of the overall NFL, causing me to watch games I would have never cared about...but even without Fantasy, I follow the Panthers religiously, 12 months a year.

NFL - Carolina Panthers

NHL - Carolina Hurricanes

MLB - Kansas City Royals

College Sports - Duke Blue Devils (mainly basketball and football, but I will watch some other sports if I get the chance)

I don't really follow any other sports other than the occasionally channel surfing. I do watch the NBA playoffs occasionally and I enjoy watching the World Cup every four years.

 
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I have always been pretty exclusively a football fan. I probably watch a couple baseball games a year besides the world series. Don't watch NBA or NHL at all unless I happen to be at a friends place when a game is on. I do watch NCAA basketball when the Hokies play, plus ACC and NCAA tourneys. I usually catch most of the golf majors.

If I had to choose one sport, it's football and I don't even think about it for a second. If it's one league, it would be tough but I'm pretty sure I would go NFL over NCAA football.

Did anybody watch the 2011 NCAA Rugby Sevens Tournament this year? If I could watch more of any sport it would be Rugby, specificaly the sevens format. Great stuff.

 
Lions/Saints

Wolverines

Tigers

Red Wings

I just dont like the NBA for many reasons, and have to say I hope they get what they deserve for cancelling games.

 
I really am a football fan. I never miss a Giants game, I spend many nights a week playing Madden, and I am researching fantasy football daily.

The Breakdown:

Giants Football - Prefer TV, Radio is still great

NFL Football - Will watch any game on TV, listen to most games on the radio

[Gap]

My IDP Dynasty Team

[bIG GAP]

Yankees Baseball - LOVE listening to these on the radio

MLB Baseball - I'll watch any game early in the season, then Saturday only games. After a certain point, usually around the All-Star Break, I stop watching and stop paying attention, even for the playoffs. Tune back in for Yankees World Series, sometimes.

[bIG GAP]

Everything else, which includes Nascar the first 4 weeks of the season, NCAA Tournament, select Bowl games, and Notre Dame games if I'm REALLY bored.

 
Football is by far and away my favorite sport. I'd have zero difficulty not watching any other sporting event ever if I had to make that choice.

God, family, Steelers/country. Something like that.

 
The NFL is my favorite league.

Pitt Panther basketball is my favorite team, slightly over the Steelers.

I care way more about the Steelers than my 10+ fantasy teams. I can't stomach watching the 4 o'clock games until the tail end of the 4th quarter, if the Steelers lose at 1.

something like this

pitt panthers basketball

steelers

{big gap]

fantasy football/nfl

march madness

world series of poker

pitt football

summer olympics, ncaa football/basketball (regular season/non homer teams), nba playoffs

mlb(pirates) playoffs, penguins, winter olympics, college football bowl games

don't really watch or give a damn about any other sport

 
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I'll watch pretty much any sport (outside of golf or racing) but my wife knows I'm a diehard Notre Dame fan. We have a somewhat unwritten rule that as a Notre Dame and Texans fan, I get to watch the Notre Dame game if it's on without any complaints and I get to watch as much of the Texans game as I want to while our son takes his nap on Sunday. A week like this where Notre Dame is on a bye, I'll get more leeway to watch the Texans play.

But the overall answer is football is definitely number one in our house. I'll watch baseball from time to time but it's usually when she's laying down or is out. Football's the only sport that she tolerates me taking 100% control of the remote without complaint.

 
Niners

NFL Playoffs

NFL Regular Season

NBA Playoffs

SF Giants

Olympics

World Cup

March Madness

World Series

Bowl Games

Baseball Regular Season

NBA Regular Season

Golf Grand Slam

College Football

College Basketball

 
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'Jayded said:
I'll watch pretty much any sport (outside of golf or racing) but my wife knows I'm a diehard Notre Dame fan. We have a somewhat unwritten rule that as a Notre Dame and Texans fan, I get to watch the Notre Dame game if it's on without any complaints and I get to watch as much of the Texans game as I want to while our son takes his nap on Sunday. A week like this where Notre Dame is on a bye, I'll get more leeway to watch the Texans play.But the overall answer is football is definitely number one in our house. I'll watch baseball from time to time but it's usually when she's laying down or is out. Football's the only sport that she tolerates me taking 100% control of the remote without complaint.
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With my wife, I can basically watch any sport I want when I want.She knows everything is on the back burner to the Jets game on Sundays.I'm fortunate in that A)she's not a big TV watcher anyway, and B)any of her shows can be DVR'ed or bought on DVD later.My reasoning with her is that, "Hey, you can watch your show anytime...sports you have to watch live!"It also helps that she's only 14 and has to listen to me./kidding.
 
Hockey will always be my favorite NHL and college hockey, that being said the NHL season is too long just like NBA and MLB the great thing about the NFL is that every game means a lot and a loss is a big deal unlike the other sports unless it comes down to a playoff race. NOTHING beats the NHL playoffs though, the intensity is unrivaled.

The ridiculous side shows in the NFL and other sports get annoying, if you want attention get it for playing the game not wearing ridiculous suits doing stupid dances, making outlandish tweets, or pulling stunts off the field, if you want to be famous move to Hollywood and make a sex tape. That's something you just don't see much of in the NHL, those guys are there to play and that's it, by most accounts you hear about they are just much nicer people in general easier to work with as far as the media goes and are there for the team rather than themselves, plus their absolute warriors on the ice.

 
Football by far is number one for me, couldnt do without it. Baseball is boring and pay it no attention until october rolls around if my team is in the playoffs, I do enjoy going down to the ballpark once a month in the summer but wacthing on TV, no way.

Hockey is cool, good sport to watch at the bar but wouldnt watch it by myself during the regular season. The 82 game season is just too much of a grind and the wins and losses dont seem significant enough to keep my interest. Once they playoffs roll around its one of the most intense games in sport and certainly ranks number 2 for me.

Basketball, who cares.

Forgot Golf, golf is awesome and has its spots. Best way to get my woman out of the house for a few hours on a saturday or sunday morning is to turn on the golf channel. Love it.

 
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The only other sports I wouldn't give up would be:

1) College Basketball

2) LFL

Baseball - quit caring in '94

NBA - a joke, even before current debacle

Hockey - no interest

Soccer - bleh

 
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MMA first. I watch every event I can and study as many fighters as I can. This is the easiest sport to make money on by far if you know your stuff.

Football second. Fantasy makes it more fun so I rarely watch college ball. I've really just been a NFL fan since I was 5 and its stuck with me.

 
'Sir Chadwick said:
MMA first. I watch every event I can and study as many fighters as I can. This is the easiest sport to make money on by far if you know your stuff.Football second. Fantasy makes it more fun so I rarely watch college ball. I've really just been a NFL fan since I was 5 and its stuck with me.
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Now that the UFC is going to air more fights on Fox I may watch it more but I basically boycotted it because they have a PPV event every other week which is ridiculous, I don't have to pay $60 every week to watch the NFL so why should the UFC expect us to especially when half the time one of the main event fighters is an over the hill former champion that's basically just looking for a pay check for as long as suckers will pay to see a former champ get hammered.
 
I'm not a fan of any teams. I'm a fan of MY teams. Without Fantasy Football, I would have to wager money to enjoy football. I don't care for good games anymore, I care that a team is getting blown out thus resulting in my QB throwing 60 times for that garbage points...

 
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nba is by far the best sport.

a single football game is tremendously boring and frustrating. pls find more ways to jam commercials down our throats ffs. sunday is great bc of the red zone channel and that pretty much saves football for me.

 
Pro Football

College Basketball

College Football

NHL

MLB

Olympics

Grand Slam Tennis Championship

Indy 500

Kentucky Derby

Grand Slam Golf Event

NBA

World Cup Soccer

 
'Hoss_Cartwright said:
'footballnerd said:
'hutchins929 said:
'BroadwayG said:
TV - FootballLive - HockeyRadio - Baseball
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of course better on TV, but NFL is pretty good on the radio too, especially out on the lake.
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I'm not a big fan of football on the radio. A 2 yard run is harder to visualize than single up the middle or even a fly ball out.
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It's not quite the same with Ernie Harwell gone.
 
'Hoss_Cartwright said:
'footballnerd said:
'hutchins929 said:
'BroadwayG said:
TV - FootballLive - HockeyRadio - Baseball
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Oh... I like this answer!!!
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of course better on TV, but NFL is pretty good on the radio too, especially out on the lake.
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I'm not a big fan of football on the radio. A 2 yard run is harder to visualize than single up the middle or even a fly ball out.
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I might be a little looney but I can visually imagine it all haha....deep pass down the side line!
 
'footballnerd said:
'Hoss_Cartwright said:
'footballnerd said:
'hutchins929 said:
'BroadwayG said:
TV - FootballLive - HockeyRadio - Baseball
Click to expand...
Oh... I like this answer!!!
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of course better on TV, but NFL is pretty good on the radio too, especially out on the lake.
Click to expand...
I'm not a big fan of football on the radio. A 2 yard run is harder to visualize than single up the middle or even a fly ball out.
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I might be a little looney but I can visually imagine it all haha....deep pass down the side line!
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"Insert name" gets it and he runs right up the right guards butt. Talk about penetration... He scores!!!
 
'hutchins929 said:
'Hoss_Cartwright said:
'footballnerd said:
'hutchins929 said:
'BroadwayG said:
TV - FootballLive - HockeyRadio - Baseball
Click to expand...
Oh... I like this answer!!!
Click to expand...
of course better on TV, but NFL is pretty good on the radio too, especially out on the lake.
Click to expand...
I'm not a big fan of football on the radio. A 2 yard run is harder to visualize than single up the middle or even a fly ball out.
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It's not quite the same with Ernie Harwell gone.
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Making me think of his passing is bringing the tears back... :cry:
 
If I could give up every other sport to just watch football every weekend I would do it in a heartbeat. Football is by far the best sport out there. Just so much going on with the plays, the amount of players etc. Baseball is really the only other sport I could see missing... past that though I'll take some football all day long. Doesn't matter what game I'm watching I find joy in simply watching the game. However, I am a Giants fan.

 
I follow other sports to greater or lesser degrees, but my relationship to football is purely visceral.

I do follow the Tigers, and that goes back to watching Al Kaline and George Kell doing the games on a little black & whote in my bedroom or listing to Ernie Harwell on the AM dial. Sitting in the bleacher seats for the drunken fan riots in the 80s and the 35-5 Tigs in ’84.

The NBA is in a lockout. It is? Yawn. It’s Hockey time. It is? Call me for the playoffs – there’s nothing like playoff hockey intensity, but regular season is dull.

Nothing gets to me like football. My wife still makes fun of the way I would shake when Barry Sanders ran, as if I was transmitting my nervous energy to him over the wires for one more insane stop-start-spin. And of course, I was. I should be in Canton.

The changing leaves, moody clouds, apple cider – this is just an amazing time. And it just FEELS like football. I want to hit someone, and drive them through the drywall. (I did hip check someone in the office once, but that was years ago). What a season. Won’t be anythign like it … until next year.

 
Every other sport could cease to exist and I would give a crap less. The closest I would come to caring would be the NCAA Tournament/March Madness. I am actually overjoyed that the god-forsaken NBA isn't taking up any time on my TV (well, with actual highlights anyway) and can only continue to wish that baseball dies a horrible death and stops being on my TV 10 months out of the year sometime soon.

Long live NFL Network!

 
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