Cowboyz1 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) Hi, I'm Cowboyz1 and I'm a footballaholic! Football. More specifically, NFL football. What is it about this sport that makes me giddy waking up in the morning just thinking about tonight’s preseason game between Atlanta and Jacksonville (in HD mind you because I got it like that)? I sit at work clicking on site after site searching to glean that extra tid bit of info that I didn't already read. Hunting, like for that stray bit of green I might have carelessly dropped in the couch or under the coffee table back in my college days. You watch ESPN in the off-season hoping the catch just a little buzz, like scraping the bowl just to hold you over. You know what I mean, the off-season. The calm nights of NBA’s top 10 dunks, WJSL (womens jump shot league), baseball, viagra commercials and yeah that north of the boarder league they wanna tease us with, all serve as sleeping pills. Yet I suffer through nascar spots, golf, and all that filler just to hear these words: “With the first selection in this years 2005 NFL draft the (team) select…….”. My heart starts beating again, the forums come alive, espn starts breaking teams and players down, sports radio begins to talk football again, although it seems sports radios talks about Baseball like rush Limbaugh talks about liberals, always something to run off at the mouth about. The draft is over and all the prognosticators come passing out report cards like their Miss. Crabtree in 6th grade. But I don’t mind that because after all……it’s football talk. So I beg the question, what is it about football that is so compelling, so uniquely wound into my gut and mind that I just feel so absolutely obsessed with it? I mean, to the point that days are made or broken, wifes happily married or pending divorce, kids get to go out and get a toy or to their rooms, all decided on a win or a loss, and this is just PRESEASON. Years ago I didn’t pay much attention to preseason because it was always here say and reports after the fact, but thanks to NFL network you can follow the teams progress and new players more closely. So what is it, the game it’s self or the hoopla that swirls around the players, agents, teams, and coaches building up to it? For example, if TO does nothing but show up to camp, keep his hole shut, and play ball are we very interested in what the Eagles are doing in camp if your not an Eagles fan? Or is it watching a guy like Demarcus Ware come in and reck havoc in Seattle as a rookie who knows as much about playing linebacker in the NFL as Melissa Stark (or any other of those sideline stewardesses for that matter) knows about what the small white lines are in between the long big ones. Or is it the game it’s self. Knowing on any given Sunday a team can pull rabbit out of the hat and say to the NFL nation in one concerted voice “whose hindquarter you gonna woop, not today!”. You have seen it, Arizona vs. Minnesota 2003, Dallas vs. Philly 2003, Chicago vs. Green bay 2004, Carolina vs. Philly playoffs 2002. You will see it every year when a team just says we have had enough of getting our arses kicked in and today we are going to kick some. So is that it, the intrigue of not knowing who’s gonna step up each week, every team having hope until mid season? Or is it the individual efforts that we love to watch and admire. Those rare feats of magic we witness every week. Julius Jones running for 198 to win over the sea chickens. Big Ben doing the unthinkable for a rookie, Atwater ending the Nigerian Nightmares career after one hit, Elway’s dash to glory by way of three converging linebackers, or just simply watching Farve’s night when his father died and how his teammates rallied to play better then they were capable of playing. Or maybe it’s just the drama of it all rolled up into a big ball of testosterone dripping threads strewn all over the internet, local rags, and mags. Or is it just the fact the football brings out all that is man. The toughness to play through a separated shoulder or a broken leg to win that day, the bone crushing hits over the middle that show everyone that this is a game of power. Power to will yourself to overcome adversity, power to win in the trenches, power to break that last tackle for the first down, power to get through and stop the quarterback from hurting you down field. All I know is I have the power to my DTV, to my Plasma Screen, and the power to change to any game I want. I suppose it’s a little bit of all these and why ask why, but one thing’s for sure, I sure am glad it’s back.! Go Cowboys! Edited August 25, 2005 by Cowboyz1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) Football. More specifically, NFL football. What is it about this sport that makes me giddy waking up in the morning just thinking about tonight’s preseason game between Atlanta and Jacksonville (in HD mind you because I got it like that)? I sit at work clicking on site after site searching to glean that extra tid bit of info that I didn't already read. Hunting, like for that stray bit of green I might have carelessly dropped in the couch or under the coffee table back in my college days. You watch ESPN in the off-season hoping the catch just a little buzz, like scraping the bowl just to hold you over. You know what I mean, the off-season. The calm nights of NBA’s top 10 dunks, WJSL (womens jump shot league), baseball, viagra commercials and yeah that north of the boarder league they wanna tease us with, all serve as sleeping pills. Yet I suffer through nascar spots, golf, and all that filler just to hear these words: “With the first selection in this years 2005 NFL draft the (team) select…….”. My heart starts beating again, the forums come alive, espn starts breaking teams and players down, sports radio begins to talk football again, although it seems sports radios talks about Baseball like rush Limbaugh talks about liberals, always something to run off at the mouth about. The draft is over and all the prognosticators come passing out report cards like their Miss. Crabtree in 6th grade. But I don’t mind that because after all……it’s football talk. So I beg the question, what is it about football that is so compelling, so uniquely wound into my gut and mind that I just feel so absolutely obsessed with it? I mean, to the point that days are made or broken, wifes happily married or pending divorce, kids get to go out and get a toy or to their rooms, all decided on a win or a loss, and this is just PRESEASON. Years ago I didn’t pay much attention to preseason because it was always here say and reports after the fact, but thanks to NFL network you can follow the teams progress and new players more closely. So what is it, the game it’s self or the hoopla that swirls around the players, agents, teams, and coaches building up to it? For example, if TO does nothing but show up to camp, keep his hole shut, and play ball are we very interested in what the Eagles are doing in camp if your not an Eagles fan? Or is it watching a guy like Demarcus Ware come in and reck havoc in Seattle as a rookie who knows as much about playing linebacker in the NFL as Melissa Stark (or any other of those sideline stewardesses for that matter) knows about what the small white lines are in between the long big ones. Or is it the game it’s self. Knowing on any given Sunday a team can pull rabbit out of the hat and say to the NFL nation in one concerted voice “whose hindquarter you gonna woop, not today!”. You have seen it, Arizona vs. Minnesota 2003, Dallas vs. Philly 2003, Chicago vs. Green bay 2004, Carolina vs. Philly playoffs 2002. You will see it every year when a team just says we have had enough of getting our arses kicked in and today we are going to kick some. So is that it, the intrigue of not knowing who’s gonna step up each week, every team having hope until mid season? Or is it the individual efforts that we love to watch and admire. Those rare feats of magic we witness every week. Julius Jones running for 198 to win over the sea chickens. Big Ben doing the unthinkable for a rookie, Atwater ending the Nigerian Nightmares career after one hit, Elway’s dash to glory by way of three converging linebackers, or just simply watching Farve’s night when his father died and how his teammates rallied to play better then they were capable of playing. Or maybe it’s just the drama of it all rolled up into a big ball of testosterone dripping threads strewn all over the internet, local rags, and mags. Or is it just the fact the football brings out all that is man. The toughness to play through a separated shoulder or a broken leg to win that day, the bone crushing hits over the middle that show everyone that this is a game of power. Power to will yourself to overcome adversity, power to win in the trenches, power to break that last tackle for the first down, power to get through and stop the quarterback from hurting you down field. All I know is I have the power to my DTV, to my Plasma Screen, and the power to change to any game I want. I suppose it’s a little bit of all these and why ask why, but one thing’s for sure, I sure am glad it’s back.! Go Cowboys! 948143[/snapback] Nice! Now all we need is John Facenda to read it... Edited to add: Oh Yeah, "Sea Chickens"? Bite me! Edited August 25, 2005 by Bonehand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboyz1 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 Nice! Now all we need is John Facenda to read it... Edited to add: Oh Yeah, "Sea Chickens"? Bite me! 948194[/snapback] Had to get that in. You gotta admit the Seahawks have been Soft for years now......yearssssss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehand Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Had to get that in. You gotta admit the Seahawks have been Soft for years now......yearssssss! 948294[/snapback] Keep it up, We meet again here in September. Maybe You'll want to put your sig-line where your mouth is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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