The joy of football season.
Football is certainly one of the saving graces as we leave fall behind and head towards winter. Watching the games and rooting for your favorite teams, especially the hometown team, is a great pastime.
Football is certainly one of the saving graces as we leave fall behind and head towards winter. Watching the games and rooting for your favorite teams, especially the hometown team, is a great pastime.
There have been so many close games this year. And while everyone enjoys some close games, almost every game is a nail bitter as it comes down to the final play, in the final seconds, to decide a winner.
So while we are on the edge of our seats to the very end of the game, sometimes those little things that are inherent with the game, that normally wouldn't bother you, start to get on your nerves a bit.
There have been so many missed calls by the refs, wrong calls, and questionable calls... Yep, more annoying than usual. Adding to the suspense, there are so many teams in the middle of the standings that the next loss could take you from 1st place in your division to last place. Add to this, there seems to be an unusual amount of dumb plays that need to be thrown away never to be used again. Lots of kickers having issues not making the extra points and field goals. Lots of quaterbacks missing too many throws off target. Most times, you don't know if the defense is that good, or the offense is that bad. Putting all this aside as part of the game... Then there's the announcers. All the past by play guys are good, some even great. Of course my favorites are always Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. Getting to the partiners of the play by play guys... The color guys. Most chip in with useful information to enhance the game experience. Some like to talk endlessly, rambling on and on as if this was radio. Hey, it's television, we saw it. They seem to want to establish their superior ability to express great insights into every play. What they achieve, is how to be relentlessly annoying. Some of this is my fault, I listen to everything they say, think about what they say, and when in the course of rambling on and on, they get something wrong... say something that didn't happen. My out loud response is... Are you watching the same game as us? Can you please shut up for a while... Please!
For college games I don't like Gary. For NFL games it's Tony, Troy & Brian. Sometimes... Okay, most times, I think they must get paid by work count... They won't stop talking. Sometimes even to the point of taking over the refs as they make a call on the field. If they have such great knowledge and insight, why aren't they a head coach. SHUT UP!
So while we are on the edge of our seats to the very end of the game, sometimes those little things that are inherent with the game, that normally wouldn't bother you, start to get on your nerves a bit.
There have been so many missed calls by the refs, wrong calls, and questionable calls... Yep, more annoying than usual. Adding to the suspense, there are so many teams in the middle of the standings that the next loss could take you from 1st place in your division to last place. Add to this, there seems to be an unusual amount of dumb plays that need to be thrown away never to be used again. Lots of kickers having issues not making the extra points and field goals. Lots of quaterbacks missing too many throws off target. Most times, you don't know if the defense is that good, or the offense is that bad. Putting all this aside as part of the game... Then there's the announcers. All the past by play guys are good, some even great. Of course my favorites are always Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth. Getting to the partiners of the play by play guys... The color guys. Most chip in with useful information to enhance the game experience. Some like to talk endlessly, rambling on and on as if this was radio. Hey, it's television, we saw it. They seem to want to establish their superior ability to express great insights into every play. What they achieve, is how to be relentlessly annoying. Some of this is my fault, I listen to everything they say, think about what they say, and when in the course of rambling on and on, they get something wrong... say something that didn't happen. My out loud response is... Are you watching the same game as us? Can you please shut up for a while... Please!
For college games I don't like Gary. For NFL games it's Tony, Troy & Brian. Sometimes... Okay, most times, I think they must get paid by work count... They won't stop talking. Sometimes even to the point of taking over the refs as they make a call on the field. If they have such great knowledge and insight, why aren't they a head coach. SHUT UP!
But it's all part of the game. The good, and bad, and the annoying.
I think I need a chill pill. Okay... Maybe two! Certainly less caffeine.
I think I need a chill pill. Okay... Maybe two! Certainly less caffeine.
So... It's Tuesday, I've got 48 hours to chill until the Thursday night game. Then off to the weekend. College games on Saturday, NFL games on Sunday and Monday. Solutions... Mental exercises to prepare. Breathe in... breathe out... wasa! Hands together like praying, swinging down and out in a slow steady even motion...repeatedly.
Okay... I'm ready. But nothing, I mean nothing, can over come Gary, Tony, or Brian... Except the mute button. Wearing that button out!
All in all... I still enjoy football... And yes, there will be shouting.
All in all... I still enjoy football... And yes, there will be shouting.
Y'all enjoy the games.
Despite the endless chatter.
Now for the best...
Despite the endless chatter.
Now for the best...
Always the best!
