NFT: I think I've Hit Rock Bottom As a Sports Fan

ive started watching alot of stuff i dont have a rooting interest in. never thought i could, but its kind of nice just observing. cfb and ufc particularly.

I think I have you beat Jon

Joe Benigno could move next door.

on having to watch Hornibrook start for a 3rd season. God he is terrible.

Overall it's just an awful time for New York Sports. Even a successful team like the Yankees ended their season in disappointment. So if your college team isn't salvaging things, it's a rough go right now

The best team of the four just lost a playoff series to the Red Sox and they lost both home games.

Even my FF teams suck. And my new job sucks too.

but i dont really start paying attention to hockey till after the super bowl

Giants had the worst record in the NFL and the Yanks finished in 10th place (the only time in their history) with the worst record in the AL.

When we suffer through the bad years it makes the championships all the sweeter.

Has been pretty tough.

Knicks have been irrelevant for almost 2 decades, so that's, whatever.

2016 was fun for both Giants and Mets but both crashed and burned quickly in the playoffs and have been a disaster since.

However, the Devils are really fun and have a bright future. I'm very happy hockey is back.

draft Shea Patterson and end the futility around here.

In comment 14129034 LawrenceTaylor56 said:

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draft Shea Patterson and end the futility around here.

only if Bush comes in and plays LB.

Knicks are trash, Gmen are trash, , Rangers are trash, Seminoles are trash, Yanks just got beat by the 'Sox.

I may have to get back into the WWE. I heard they brought back DX......

UMBC. Need I say more?

Even the Yankees winning 100 games means nothing after losing to the scum in the ALDS.

Pretty embarrassing to be getting owned by cities like Boston and Philly, and it's been going on for awhile now, too. Any year now..

Need to burn something in effigy. A voodoo doll.

Something - there's some god we haven't appeased that's responsible for all of this.

if you're on this site all your teams stink except the Yankees.

takes the sting out of the Giants dismal seasons.

I root for (in order) NYG, Syracuse FB & BB, Red Sox, pro road cycling, UVM BB, Dartmouth FB & Celtics.

Enough diversions, but I follow the Giants year round, so the misery is prolonged.

At least the teams you root for have had some successes in your lifetime. One of my best friends is a fan of the Chicago White Sox (MLB), Minnesota Wild (NHL), Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and the Minnesota Gophers (NCAA). And imagine being a Cleveland sports fan who is not a fan of the NBA...geez, I had celebrated more championships by the time I was 6 than people born the same day as me have celebrated in their entire lives!

Susquehanna Valley Sabers, currently 7-0, averaging 48 points per game.

I saw them beat the #4 team in the state 62-0.

Nuts.

Giants, Mets, Rutgers football. That’s a pretty bad trio lately.

Yankees got smacked by the Red Sox and the Giants just laid down like dogs at home against the Eagles. I’ve had to suffer condescending remarks from Boston and Philly fans all week.

The Knicks and Rangers are in tank mode, but at least they both seem committed to a rebuild plan, so they’re worth watching and following to see how the young guys develop

But I’m with you guys who just hate when we look forward to football season and the Giants are essentially done after a few weeks

picks. Astonishing

I am shedding shitty sports teams at a record pace. I have stopped watching basketball at all levels and it's been truly liberating.

I haven't watched the NHL in years. Their season is interminably long -- it starts too late, and they're playing their Finals in June for crying out loud.
I find entertaining Hockey in the ECHL, where the Carolina Stingrays play good fundamental Minor League Hockey in a balanced League. Game Tix are only $22 for 6 rows from the Ice.

My former Baseball team stinks on Ice....they can't get GM Candidates to return their phone calls. I can see all the baseball I want right here in town -- front row seats behind the dugout are $20. Cold Craft IPA beers are $7 bucks.

As far as Football goes, after Clemson beats the snot out of any ACC or SEC team on Saturday....what happens on Sunday is incidental. Even on their Bye Week Clemson looks strong.

I'm not stressing out over Millionaires who don't seem to give a care when they shit the bed on Prime Time TV.

In comment 14129013 Kyle in NY said:

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on having to watch Hornibrook start for a 3rd season. God he is terrible. Overall it's just an awful time for New York Sports. Even a successful team like the Yankees ended their season in disappointment. So if your college team isn't salvaging things, it's a rough go right now

It's brutal. Only thing worse was four years of Joel Stave. Can't believe we've been stuck with 7 years of shit as punishment for Russell Wilson.

Think there's a real chance Graham Mertz becomes a 4 year starter, either as a true frosh or RS frosh once Horni leaves.

In comment 14129011 Mike in NY said:

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I think I have you beat Jon

Same.

But I still feel all right.

Giants - Barkley and some others give me reason to look forward.

Knicks - Looks like a front office is in place that is trying to patiently, intelligently construct a team.

Mets - A core group that finished the season well, and but for one month of puke-making baseball, it wasn't a bad team to follow in 2018. Plus, a new GM ... I'm hopeful.

Islanders - Well, I'm not a big hockey fan, but I can always fall back on The Dynasty. lol

In comment 14129359 Beezer said:

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In comment 14129011 Mike in NY said: Quote: I think I have you beat Jon Same. But I still feel all right. Giants - Barkley and some others give me reason to look forward. Knicks - Looks like a front office is in place that is trying to patiently, intelligently construct a team. Mets - A core group that finished the season well, and but for one month of puke-making baseball, it wasn't a bad team to follow in 2018. Plus, a new GM ... I'm hopeful. Islanders - Well, I'm not a big hockey fan, but I can always fall back on The Dynasty. lol

SABERS!! :D

The Giants, Mets, Maryland, Islanders. Maryland FB is actually decent this year but the team is in turmoil over the death of a player.

I am about to adopt St. Frances Academy (#2 HS team in the country on MaxPreps) here in Baltimore since they play right near my house but they have really bad competition. I went to the game on Friday but it was too one-sided to enjoy.

My D3 rooting interest is my dad's alma mater (US Merchant Marine Academy) and they are having a surprisingly good year so that's something.

is below rock bottom. More like earth's core.

Combined record of my favorite sports teams since 2017. Giants and Rutgers football. The sorry thing with that number is RU actually pulls up the winning %.

But at least I have the Knicks.

Just pull an Arc....

just to have a rooting interest in sports.

FFS, it's October and both the Rangers AND Giants are done.

In comment 14129161 x meadowlander said:

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Susquehanna Valley Sabers, currently 7-0, averaging 48 points per game. I saw them beat the #4 team in the state 62-0. Nuts.

But they weren't REALLY #4 in the state. Those rankings were based on their state title a couple years ago. They hadn't played anyone. While most were predicting a barnburner, I picked it 42-20 SV, and that pick was made BEFORE NV's best RB/CB was injured and forced to miss the game.

NV dropped to something like 23-24 in the state poll, and promptly lost 10-7 to Oneonta, which was winless coming into that game.

SV is really good. But they haven't had to play anyone since the opener in the Carrier Dome.

Amazingly the team in my portfolio that I'm most optimistic about is the nets. They're terrible and were recently in the maybe the deepest hole in pro sports history, but at least they have young players and make smart moves.

But it's still tank mode across the board in all 4 sports. Even most of my supplemental teams in other sports suck too.

And usa soccer was an absolute back breaker. How do you not qualify from concacaf?

Devils look good, Knicks same as ever but maybe trending upward finally? I mean they will almost certainly botch it somehow but there is something resembling a plan for the first time a while, and the young guys are more fun to watch than veteran retreads. NYCFC has been meh and they have basically gone on summer break at this point. I like watching them but I admit I do not take it very seriously and I pay zero attention to MLS otherwise.

Top team for me right now is Liverpool and thank god for that. The anti-Giants basically. Winning and capable of absolutely mesmerizing performances when they are on. And Klopp might be the most likeable coach in world sport. Frankly the Giants being dogshit is sort of a blessing because it’s a nice bargaining chip with my wife if she is annoyed I am watching sports all weekend. I can prioritize the Liverpool game and skip the Giants and miss out on nothing.

In comment 14129603 dep026 said:

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Just pull an Arc....

Oh lord...

You're a BULLS, PHILLIES, and GIANTS fan and you'd probably be a Penguins fan if you liked hockey. Who the fuck roots for that combination of teams? It's like you just jumped on the Jordan bandwagon in the 90's and started throwing darts at a map.

I stopped rooting for the Mets because I despise the people who run the team. Not because I can't handle losing.

If I couldn't handle the losing part I wouldn't have sat through those awful mid-90's teams, the 2002 team.. the 2003 team,, 2004... 2005... massive collapses in 2007 and 2008.. awful 2009... 2010... 2011... 2012.... 2013... 2014... ooh a World Series loss in 2015... a play in loss in 2016... a non competitive 2017 and another non competitive start to 2018.

The Wilpon's are crooks, they don't care about fielding a winning team and they don't deserve anyone's loyalty or money.

And my pro sports fandom right now is the Giants, Rangers and Knicks. All of which are TERRIBLE. I've never ever suggested that I would stop rooting for any of the 3.

James Dolan is a scumbag, but both MSG teams have always tried to win even if their methods were misguided or didn't work. I'm excited about the Rangers rebuild, I think the Knicks finally have the correct plan in place, and as annoyed as I am about the Giants and their recent run of pure incompetency - Super Bowls 42 and 46 were two of the greatest moments for me ever as a sports fan and those alone are reason enough for me to be a Giants fan for the rest of my life.

The Giants are and have always been the team I care the most about of all the ones I follow. It kills me when they fucking suck like this and are a complete joke. This is as bad as its ever been. But I know one day they'll get it fixed. I don't know how the fuck they'll do it... but they will. And if it takes 5 more years, so be it. I'll suck it up. I would never root for the fucking Jets and I would never root for a pro team outside of New York (even though the Giants technically don't play in NY)

In short, suck it, depper.

I have Liverpool v Barcelona in the Champions League final next spring. Watching a lot of Euro soccer these days and boy is the NFL hard to take after that - as sports entertainment product it’s piss poor. Unless, that is, you relish 10 minute gaps in the action while the refs review whether a WRs foot was in bound on a 3- yard completion.

But I also have:Yankees, Rangers,USC football. Not exactly a great year for me also.

Yeah soccer is an ideal broadcast situation for the viewer, basically no commercials. I just get up and do something else at the half. And it’s always over in two hours unless it’s a tournament with extra time. Very nice experience all around.


Giants games I very often record the game and start watching late so I can fast forward through commercials. I don’t really want to spend 3+ hours watching a game anymore.