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comment by kleinbl00

And no, I'm not gonna talk about college ball. I've known two guys who played Pac 12 and theirs was a desperately shitty life. Fuck college ball.





tacocat  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This depressing fucking video

Jay Cutler was paid by the Dolphins to take a half day away from his crazy wife and Newports every week while Kaepernick sits out. The fuck kind of logic is that?

b_b  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love college football, and it makes me feel shame. I haven't yet figured out a way to stop caring, however. Michigan State football obsession has been a family ritual since long before I was born. The Detroit Lions, on the other hand, are very very easy to boycott.

tacocat  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I live in SEC country so I have to have a few different ways to talk about college football. Fuck Alabama/Tennessee, who's looking good, bowls/the playoff are stupid and, yes,the players should be compensated. The last one is the hardest discussion to have and even people who tend to agree and can have an intelligent conversation about the subject tend to glaze over in cognitive dissonance when points are made about the majority of student athletes who ruin their bodies for a scholarship or the fucked up way schools recruit and sign players.

I'll watch about any game so I must have some of that dissonance but I feel morally superior to people in denial about the problematic aspects of the game

b_b  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I'll watch about any game so I must have some of that dissonance but I feel morally superior to people in denial about the problematic aspects of the game

Lol. I feel like you've captured every thinking football fan's feelings perfectly. I'm trying to invent a TBI drug for christ sake, and I still can't look away.

kleinbl00  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would totally watch professional coed flag football but I imagine I'm in the minority.

tacocat  ·  2307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Two hand touch could have legs. When I played it as a kid it usually turned into "two hand I'm going to shove your running ass into the dirt." Many games ended because children were injured or pissed the fuck off

kleinbl00  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been tempted to root for the Browns out of perverse irony but not hard enough to actually watch them play.

b_b  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The difference between browns and Lions fans is that browns fans understand the futility. Lions fans continually think it's morning in America. Definition of insanity.

tacocat  ·  2311 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do it. You start to notice how much shit they get from other fans and the universe in general as an indifferent vehicle for delivering sadness