tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26687368.post2974190328022622960..comments2023-10-21T08:59:43.855-04:00Comments on Uncooked Meat: The truth about sports, and why I love them anyway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26687368.post-3082249155247357102007-02-03T17:34:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:34:00.000-05:00When I was in college (University of Miami, of cou...When I was in college (University of Miami, of course!) I was leaving the Orange Bowl with a group of friends, after UM defeated Florida State. The game had been terrific and exciting, regardless of who won, thanks to the ongoing intra-state rivalry between the two schools.<br /><br />Anyway, on our way out, we pass a group of FSU fans. Not drunken frat boy types, just a FAMILY that had driven down to Miami to see the game. I mean Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, and uncle Joe.<br /><br />One of the guys in our group -- an acquaintance, not a friend of mine -- who was of course purple-faced drunk off his ass, stormed up to them and began chanting just inches from their faces "YOU GUYS NEVER WIN THE BIG ONES, YOU GUYS CAN'T WIN THE BIG ONES! FUCK YOU SEMINOLES, GO HOME!"<br /><br />As if these poor senior citizens from central Florida were the athletes who had just lost. <br /><br />This is sports fandom gone utterly, embarassingly awry. I was ashamed to be near that guy.VOTARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372090112513792949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26687368.post-24581014830430285182007-02-02T14:10:00.000-05:002007-02-02T14:10:00.000-05:00I am with you... Harry Sinden destroyed my love fo...I am with you... Harry Sinden destroyed my love for hockey... i've fought to get it back, but the Bruins are so pathetic now, I can't muster the energy... and living in Dallas, I can't get excited about a hockey team that if they made the cup finals would likely be playing a home game when the temp outside was 108 degrees.New Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216050425313923932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26687368.post-34823675982132502832007-02-02T12:18:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:18:00.000-05:00If a hockey season started in the forest and no on...If a hockey season started in the forest and no one heard it... did it actually happen?<br /><br />I may have mixed up my metaphors there.<br /><br />I can't watch hockey. I still haven't forgiven Boston for the Adam Oates trade. And don't get me started on the Joe Thornton one...<br /><br />grrr....TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495736427508294951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26687368.post-30908829725637461622007-02-01T23:53:00.000-05:002007-02-01T23:53:00.000-05:00Listen, that's why you say screw the NFL, NBA and ...Listen, that's why you say screw the NFL, NBA and that stupid thing called baseball and embrace the NHL.<br />The NHL is filled with a bunch of blue collar Canadians who love the game. Yes. I am shamlessly promoting the hockey game. But it's true. We rock on so much better than the other professional sports and are so much less-Hollywood than the others.<br /><br />We kick ass...Go Hockey Go.<br /><br />And yes. I. Am. Canadian. I also like beer.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058405638640812537noreply@blogger.com