Where are the Football fans?

PappyJoe

It's only pre-season but the Players trying to make the Saints are looking better than the players trying to make the Pats.

CretinDan

Bengals fan here. Who DEY!

mhajec

Not much for the professional side of football, but I do a little keeping up with college

thewanderingdude

@mhajec I love college football as well.Go Vols!

dstrib

Have been a Raiders fan since the late 80s. Let's just say then have been in a slump for awhile so don't get too worked up over pro football lately. Also think I am one of the few Husker fans that miss the Bo Pelini drama. Always seem to make for an interesting game. Also one of the few Husker fans that probably doesn't thing Mike Riley has what it takes. Went from a coach that has a record of .713 wins to a .532 winning record.

PipeProfessor

E.A.G.L.E.S.....Eagles!

Abreathawayfromglory

Go Hawks!! 

judandhispipe

PipeProfessor

Oh no @judandhispipe, there will be fighting words this season! WE ARE!

judandhispipe

@pipeprofesor, are you affiliated with that School Down the Road?

Watchmaker61

Long suffering Cleveland Browns fan. Now living in Nwe England.

judandhispipe

JosiahWN

I bleed purple and gold for my Vikings. Through highs and lows(mostly lows) I will always stay true and look forward to the future. SKOL!!!!!!

idbowman

@watchmaker61 Lifelong Clevelander and a lifelong Browns fan here, too - despite the misery, I can't imagine rooting for any other team.

Watchmaker61

@idbowman Amen brother!!!! I grew up in Seven Hills.

Abreathawayfromglory

Go Hawks!!!! Seahawks fan for a long time! 

idbowman

@watchmaker61 Painesville..  But as you know, if you're within 50 miles of downtown, you're a "Clevelander," lol.

PappyJoe

@abreathawayfromglory - I was stationed in Seattle when the Seahawks started and was a big fan of Jim Zorn, Steve Largent and even Dave Kreig. The Seahawks were my #1 team until I got stationed in New Orleans for a second tour before I retired. I still follow them but liked it better when they were in the AFC.

IndyJG

Another suffering Browns fan here as well as a Texans fan.

Topaz75

Agree with PappyJoe about David Kreig. Inconsistency was his downfall, but if you caught him on a good day there was nobody better.

Subtilis87

@judandhispipe  Notre Dame this weekend!  Go Green!

PappyJoe

@topaz - It wasn't so much the inconsistency but his small hands. I actually liked Jim Zorn more. Can't say enough about Steve Largeant either. For a slow white guy, he caught a lot of passes and held just about all the receiving records before Jerry Rice.

judandhispipe

@subtilis87 Go White!

Krizzose

Uh oh....I detect Spartans among us

GO BLUE!!!!!!!

Woodsman

I'm not disappointed with the Giants my Wife however, is a ?Jets fan.

ghostsofpompeii

I'm unfortunately a Chicago Bears fan, and like most Bears fans during the 2016 season we're keeping a low profile.

PappyJoe

Thoughts on college bowl games:

1. Alabama is who we thought they were. University of Washington, not so much.

2. I think sports writers finally paid attention to the fact that LSU has a good defense. Either that or a lot of over-hype resulted in Lamar Jackson winning the Heisman.

3. Jim Harbaugh showed poor sportsmanship in the Michigan loss. Really? Calling 2 timeouts at the end of a game when you are losing and the other team has a 1st down and 24 seconds left? 

4. Ohio State? Did you forget you were supposed to play in the game? Or did Urban Meyer expect Clemson to just lay down and give him the win?

5. Lamar Jackson - maybe you shouldn't hang out with Johnny Manziel. 

mfresa

Pray for the Steelers, they are gonna need it.

Philip

I'll take a knee, thank you. The NFL and it's activist players have become too full of themselves. Too bad, I used to really enjoy it.

PappyJoe

I've gotten to where I actually enjoy high school and college football better than the NFL. Less money and less ego involved.

Topaz75

The childish and increasingly obnoxious behavior of vast numbers of NFL players has really ruined for me. I used to enjoy it immensely, but at this point find it unwatchable.

For me, it began several years ago when they began spiking the ball and/or dancing around like fools after every play. The great players of the past didn't do this shit: They simply prided themselves in playing a good game. It's just gotten worse year after year.

For awhile I ignored the regular season, but did tune in to watch the playoffs. Now, thanks to Kaepernick et al, I don't even do that.

Sorry about the rant, but the decline or professional sports during my lifetime is one of the things that genuinely pisses me off. It seems that what was once a great national pastime has now become little more than an embarrassing joke.