I Don't Trust Guys Who Don't Like Football

[Hostile]

Hos, I hope you take this in the spirit it is intended. Your post would make a good chapter/forward/prologue/epilogue or whatever for the book you want to write. Two suggestions, however.

1. Incorporate the statement by lewpac, with his permission of course.

2. Drop the reference to dumb or stupid for people who do not like football. Calling people dumb or stupid because they have no interest in something that is your passion is illogical. It says, if you aren't like me then something is wrong with you. That line of thinking is used to justify some very wrong feelings by some people toward others.

I think your premise that you don't understand and don't want to understand the mentality of a man who doesn't like football is fine. It's an honest opinion and a powerful sentiment. How can any man not like football?? It frames the context of your post perfectly. Further, it fires up anyone who revels in reading, talking or playing football. Don't leave it out, but please drop the "stupid" references.

Anyway, I liked the rest of the post immensely but was a little taken aback by that one line.

You can say anything you want in this thread as long as there no more soccer vomit.

 

[Biggems]

i never played organized football. my older brother did, though, and I used to go watch him play when he was in middle school and high school. Even though I never actually played, except with my friends in the field behind my house or in our yards, I love the game. It is my favorite sport. Down here in Texas it is a religion. I still go to High School football games to see my alma mater play. My schedule revolves around Longhorns and Cowboys football. My bedroom is like my batcave during the fall......I pretty much watch football from the time I wake up on Saturday until I go to bed and then the same thing on Sunday.

I am wondering why both networks wont do double headers on Sunday. I mean come on, give us 6 televised games each week please.

 

[arglebargle]

I am reading a biography of Eisenhower right now: Ike played freshman football at West Point, and blew his knee out. He then proceeded to coach the JV team there. He was a coach of Army football teams several times in his tenure.

And pointedly, he prefered to have officers who had played football. He felt it made them better commanders. Smart fella! I like Ike!

 

[THUMPER]

I am reading a biography of Eisenhower right now: Ike played freshman football at West Point, and blew his knee out. He then proceeded to coach the JV team there. He was a coach of Army football teams several times in his tenure.

And pointedly, he prefered to have officers who had played football. He felt it made them better commanders. Smart fella! I like Ike!

I was born during the Eisenhower administration. I like Presidents with both football and military backgrounds. I think Teddy Roosevelt would have made a great middle linebacker!

 

[lewpac]

Hos, you should write a book about the game.

And, you can incorporate anything I write at any time. I would be flattered and honored. The only thing I have over your thoughts is perhaps that I was a Journalism major in college and somehow figured out how to put three words together without stumbling over my thoughts.

But it DOES appear we, and many posting her today, share the "bug" at or near the same level. And why shouldn't we?

Any guy whose looking at a camera shot down the line of scrimmage, linemen against linemen, sweat and spit and dirt dripping off the face-masks, fingers on the ground taped and bloodied, third and one @ the four, .18 seconds left in the game.....................man, if that doesn't "do it" for you, than you have no ticker!

Second only to actual war between men, this is the apex of "mano-e-mano" attrition between opposing forces in the human experience. It's what men were made to do and to be. I know that some gal is going to whack me over the head with her hand-bag for saying this, but this is territory exclusive to the testosterone crowd. No women or children allowed. Not a suitable setting for the Soccer boys or Cricket chaps the Manhattan "swells". Not agreeable to the shy, timid, hesitant, or considerate. There's no manners, proper gentlemanly behavior, or "tolerance" in that pit.

Not only are the other guys "gowing down", but their going to be dismantled in total. It's a "take no prisoner, draw no quarter" scenario of utter and controlled rage. Nothing less than absolute demolition is intended or accepted.

Then, it's either a first down, TD, or a goal-line stop...............and all you can do is sit there and say "MAN!!!! Unbelievable. UN-FRICKEN BELIEVABLE!!!!" (unless Dallas is on the short end of that play).

"And that, Charlie Brown, is what football is all about" (to quote Linus).

 

[THUMPER]

Hos, you should write a book about the game.

And, you can incorporate anything I write at any time. I would be flattered and honored. The only thing I have over your thoughts is perhaps that I was a Journalism major in college and somehow figured out how to put three words together without stumbling over my thoughts.

But it DOES appear we, and many posting her today, share the "bug" at or near the same level. And why shouldn't we?

Any guy whose looking at a camera shot down the line of scrimmage, linemen against linemen, sweat and spit and dirt dripping off the face-masks, fingers on the ground taped and bloodied, third and one @ the four, .18 seconds left in the game.....................man, if that doesn't "do it" for you, than you have no ticker!

Second only to actual war between men, this is the apex of "mano-e-mano" attrition between opposing forces in the human experience. It's what men were made to do and to be. I know that some gal is going to whack me over the head with her hand-bag for saying this, but this is territory exclusive to the testosterone crowd. No women or children allowed. Not a suitable setting for the Soccer boys or Cricket chaps the Manhattan "swells". Not agreeable to the shy, timid, hesitant, or considerate. There's no manners, proper gentlemanly behavior, or "tolerance" in that pit.

Not only are the other guys "gowing down", but their going to be dismantled in total. It's a "take no prisoner, draw no quarter" scenario of utter and controlled rage. Nothing less than absolute demolition is intended or accepted.

Then, it's either a first down, TD, or a goal-line stop...............and all you can do is sit there and say "MAN!!!! Unbelievable. UN-FRICKEN BELIEVABLE!!!!" (unless Dallas is on the short end of that play).

"And that, Charlie Brown, is what football is all about" (to quote Linus).

"RRRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" :runs through wall:

:starspin

 

[The30YardSlant]

IMO, you have to have played football to really, truly understand how great a game it is.

 

[PBJTime]

Truly a moving post, Hos.

 

[tiny tim]

Hostile I love the game of football for some of the same reasons why you love the game. But if another guy is not into football that is fine with me. I say to each his own.

One thing I love about reading/watching the history of the Dallas Cowboys is the heart that some of these guys have. The dream that some of these guys have to go out there and find a way to win. I love the playoffs and if the Cowboys are in the playoffs I like it even better.

I actually enjoy the nervous feeling that I get when the Cowboys are playing. Like that monday night game when the Cowboys beat the Eagles 41 to 37 I was so nervous but yet I enjoyed the nervous feeling that I got. During the end of the game when the Eagles had a 4th down and needed a 4th down to have any chance of winning I was so nervous and when they did not make the first down I just starting I was so happy and it was such a good feeling.

 

[silverbear]

If you really and truly want to understand the game, go find an audio clip of Andy Griffith's comedy routine "What it was, was football"... this was from before he was Andy Taylor, Mayberry's sheriff...

You'll never be the same...

Bill Cosby also offered an interesting take on his days as a "blocking back" at Temple, but I can't remember the title of that monologue... it'll also leave you in tears... all I can remember is him talking about one play where the quarterback decided to get cute, and give him the ball... he asked "why", said he thought it was a legitimate question, what with him never having carried the ball before... but he couldn't talk the QB out of it, so after taking the 5 yard delay of game penalty, the ball was snapped, he took the ball, and there it was-- a hole...

He said he'd never seen a hole before, so he just naturally had to stop and admire it, point it out to his teammates... by the time it occurred to him to USE it, it got filled, by some big ol' mean, nasty lineman... he looked like he wanted to hurt ol' Bill, and Bill asked himself why, then in a flash it came to him-- he wanted the ball...

So he GAVE it to him... turned out the lineman was a heck of a nice guy, so Bill turned around and blocked for him... which was, after all, what his job was supposed to be...

It's one of those bits that starts out amusing, and by the end has you hurting, you're laughing so hard...

 

[Hostile]

If you really and truly want to understand the game, go find an audio clip of Andy Griffith's comedy routine "What it was, was football"... this was from before he was Andy Taylor, Mayberry's sheriff...

You'll never be the same...

Bill Cosby also offered an interesting take on his days as a "blocking back" at Temple, but I can't remember the title of that monologue... it'll also leave you in tears... all I can remember is him talking about one play where the quarterback decided to get cute, and give him the ball... he asked "why", said he thought it was a legitimate question, what with him never having carried the ball before... but he couldn't talk the QB out of it, so after taking the 5 yard delay of game penalty, the ball was snapped, he took the ball, and there it was-- a hole...

He said he'd never seen a hole before, so he just naturally had to stop and admire it, point it out to his teammates... by the time it occurred to him to USE it, it got filled, by some big ol' mean, nasty lineman... he looked like he wanted to hurt ol' Bill, and Bill asked himself why, then in a flash it came to him-- he wanted the ball...

So he GAVE it to him... turned out the lineman was a heck of a nice guy, so Bill turned around and blocked for him... which was, after all, what his job was supposed to be...

It's one of those bits that starts out amusing, and by the end has you hurting, you're laughing so hard...

[youtube]oNxLxTZHKM8[/youtube]

 

[burmafrd]

FOOTBALL is the ultimate sport. It has everything every other sport has and more. I do feel sorry for someone who does not get it= but hey you need a few like that just to underline how great football is. AND I LOVE IT that we in this country just yawn at soccer-kids play it but WHEN THEY GROW UP they drop it.

 

[juck]

I played football,basketball,baseball and soccer.They are all great sports in their own right.They are all team sports.Soccer is by far the most physically demanding of them all.Most athletic is basketball.Rugby is 5 times tougher sport then football.Either way its still a game.I met Santonio Holmes a month ago and asked him how tough a season is,he said I cant complain i get millions to play a game.How can u guys think that it is something that is so so so so special?Its a sport.I love sports.But come on.Half of you probably dont get off ur butts and do anything physical urselfs anyway.U reminisce about playing 30 years ago.I will say this I wish the players had as much passion as some fans.

 

[Rampage]

I played football,basketball,baseball and soccer.They are all great sports in their own right.They are all team sports.Soccer is by far the most physically demanding of them all.Most athletic is basketball.Rugby is 5 times tougher sport then football.Either way its still a game.I met Santonio Holmes a month ago and asked him how tough a season is,he said I cant complain i get millions to play a game.How can u guys think that it is something that is so so so so special?Its a sport.I love sports.But come on.Half of you probably dont get off ur butts and do anything physical urselfs anyway.U reminisce about playing 30 years ago.I will say this I wish the players had as much passion as some fans.

so I take it you were the kicker for your football team? cause I strongly disagree that Soccer is far the most physically demanding of them all. I played football and basketball which are more physically demanding than soccer.

 

[juck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc

 

[juck]

so I take it you were the kicker for your football team? cause I strongly disagree that Soccer is far the most physically demanding of them all. I played football and basketball which are more physically demanding than soccer.

I was a SS.Soccer is way more physically demanding u run nonstop and sprint at that.Football u get breaks.Basketball is too.

 

[Rampage]

I was a SS.Soccer is way more physically demanding u run nonstop and sprint at that.Football u get breaks.Basketball is too.

yeah but in Soccer you really only use your lower half of your body.

 

[Yeagermeister]

IMO, you have to have played football to really, truly understand how great a game it is.

*cough* 30 yd slant *cough*

 

[roughneck266]

Yep, my wife of 29 years knew up front that she would have to share me with football and she has been quite understanding about that all these years. She plans the ThanksGiving dinner around the Cowboys and was OK with us setting our wedding date for Bob Lilly's birthday as it is a Cowboys' Holiday (July 26th for those who don't know).

My whole family are big time sports fans, even my two sisters love football (one's a Broncos fan and the other likes the 49ERs). Now I have my 7-year old grandson watching the games with me (he likes the Panthers since we live in NC but his second favorite is the Cowboys).

you had me at "Bob Lilly's Birthday"! You sir are my hero!

Great thread folks. Doesn't get better than Football. I just can't watch any other sport with the same "feel". I pretty much tolerate everything else until the season begins again.

 

[silverbear]

[youtube]oNxLxTZHKM8[/youtube]

I should have known you'd be able to track that down...

The thing that destroyed me about that bit is I could see some poor schlub stumbling on his first football game, not having any idea what it was he was seeing, and that's probably just about how I'd describe it...

It also cracked me up that Andy apparently toned down his country boy schtick for the TV show...

Thanks for sharing that, Hos... it was a trip down memory lane... I never realized I was one year old when Andy first recorded that bit...

And name another sport that could engender such comic brilliance... that was my point for injecting that into this thread...

Now, can you find the Cosby clip??