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I think the key would be in the geographics. Where did you live at the time? Let's say someone lives in Maine but they are a Lakers fan. Bandwagon. Boston fan? Not as likely since that is in the general vicinity as far as NBA teams go.
Maybe people have a point about Pittsburgh, but at least you have a reason to stick up for your alma mater in all this.
I think an exception could be made for those who became Atlanta Braves fans, despite living no where near Georgia, because they had TBS on their cable provider in the 80's and this was in the days before ESPN and Fox Sports started airing games on cable. The only competition to Braves baseball on TV in the 80's was the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week (I think it was NBC).
That's sad given the storied history of the Pirates. Though all of that may have been before y'alls time.
He probably was only five years old in 1979. By the time the Bonds/Bonilla/Van Slyke days arrived he was already hooked the Braves.
I didn't attend UCLA. My parents, brother, and wife did. I attended UCIrvine, which has no football team. I am an Anteater.
Like I said, he was probably only five years old in Stargell's (and the "We are Family" crew's) last good year.
The refs have been extremely charitable towards Seattle lately. I think they have made up for the SB. Time for all parties to move on.
Hilarious. The only account that a Steeler's fan can come up with of calls going against their team is in a game that they weren't even a part of.
With regard to the Steelers, absolutely. I became a fan at age 10 after watching Lynn Swann in the Superbowl. (Had I known at the time he was a Trojan, I might have reconsidered). With regard to the Lakers, I am from the area, and we had season tickets to the Forum throughout most of my childhood.
You're talking about an individual achievement. Was the game won or lost on a bad call?
Tim never saw that game.
1972 Olympic basketball gold medal game? Packers vs. Seahawks last year? Heck, Chargers vs. Chiefs game this year that knocked your Steelers out?
That game wasn't. But other's have. You won't ever see an official apologize for a bad call that decided the game.You're talking about an individual achievement. Was the game won or lost on a bad call?
You know, when I wrote that I immediately thought of that event, which is why I decided to add the word "professional". The USA team was amateur. That event, and what happened to Roy Jones in 1988, are examples of fixed results IMO. But that's very different from a game being decided by bad calls.
This thread is one giant whine fest, started by you. Guess you're not a true fan, but we already knew that.
I haven't whined once. Whining about a sporting event involves complaining about the result. What result have I complained about?
When those thousand factors have unfolded 500 in favor of one team and 500 in favor of the other, then yes the game is determined by a bad call.
You're whining about people pointing out clear and objective mistakes that are undeniable to any rational human with a minimum level of intelligence and discussing their obvious impact on the outing of a sporting event that happened many years ago.A true Steelers fan wouldn't care how they won IMO. Maybe you need to get over it?
Theoretically I suppose, but the odds of a completely even distribution of factors prior to the final or bad call are astronomical. Now I realize that's not really the point you're making. You're claiming that, for example, if we have a game that is tied or within one score and then we have a bad call, then that bad call decides the outcome. But suppose the team that was ahead by one score had several opportunities to be ahead by more than that, and failed to execute? Suppose the team behind by one score had several opportunities to actually be ahead, but failed? It seems to me that all of these factors are just as decisive, and cumulatively they are far MORE decisive than the bad call in determining the outcome.
I've already admitted I was kind of a jerk for starting this thread. I was being a little tongue in cheek because all week long I've been hearing what wonderful fans the Seahawks have, and it reminded me of all the griping they did after that Superbowl. It did annoy me at the time, though I didn't whine about it. I just wanted to point out the irony. In truth I don't really care if Seattle wins or not. I can't root for Denver with much enthusiasm.
How much is your fee for my psychoanalysis?
You've nailed it. Can you prescribe me some Xanax?Tell me how right I am, that is payment enough.
I'm an Internet doctor, I'll see what I can do.You've nailed it. Can you prescribe me some Xanax?Tell me how right I am, that is payment enough.
The most memorable games are the ones where the game is decided in the very last moments. To be honest, I don't care what unfolded up to that point to make the game up for grabs so late in to the game. The better team may have played horribly allowing the worse team to stick around. So what? A game is about to be decided on a few, or even one moment. It sucks when those moments, or that one moment is ruined by a bad call. And bad calls DO happen.
Better yet, hide his internet service from him. Or change his password. Anything!I'm an Internet doctor, I'll see what I can do.You've nailed it. Can you prescribe me some Xanax?Tell me how right I am, that is payment enough.
What a truly asinine argument. The best match-ups are those between evenly balanced teams, which is every fan's goal when looking at the "big games." In these types of balanced match-ups, a key play or call can EASILY be the deciding factor. So to say that one of the two evenly matched squads "failed" or "deserved it" because they didn't have a big, comfortable lead, and got screwed over by a bad call is, to be brutally honest, stupid. A pathetic attempt to justify your own personal opinion.
Wat?
I'm the tenured Seahawk fan on this board. I was here at the beginning. When you say "Seattle fans" you're addressing me. If not, then please be specific when leveling your criticisms.
New here?
