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Post by DSDSquared on Feb 7, 2019 12:39:24 GMT
You got half of that right. College hoops, actually college sports, blow. I’m always tempted to make a trolling thread about the subject but never quite get around to it. People that are too simple minded to go to college sure do hate college sports. Ironically they are also too "special" to realize how transparent their reason for hating college sports are to everyone else. Couple that with an inability to follow thru on anything and it's actually kind of sad. No offense to anyone personally. I went to college for 13 years. I am a doctor. Nice try though.
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Post by DSDSquared on Feb 7, 2019 12:40:21 GMT
I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, I just have more fun watching college hoops. But I disagree about the coaching. Most of the pro coaches are absolutely terrible. There are like 5 coaches in the NBA who are worth a shit, and that might be generous on my part. NBA coaches are less than useless - - all of them. If Phil Jackson had coached the Raptors and Wizards, nobody would say one thing about him. The NBA needs coaches as much as the Oscars needs a host. Hell, the star players make all the decisions anyway. Spoken like someone who does not have the slightest clue about basketball. Watch the Sixers and Celtics series from just last season and tell me that coaching does not matter.
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Post by sdm3 on Feb 7, 2019 12:44:21 GMT
You got half of that right. College hoops, actually college sports, blow. I’m always tempted to make a trolling thread about the subject but never quite get around to it. People that are too simple minded to go to college sure do hate college sports. Ironically they are also too "special" to realize how transparent their reason for hating college sports are to everyone else. Couple that with an inability to follow thru on anything and it's actually kind of sad. No offense to anyone personally. Yes, judging by your posts, you’re certainly the pinnacle of higher education. No wonder an intellectual like you loves the cerebral style of college sports.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 7, 2019 15:07:35 GMT
People that are too simple minded to go to college sure do hate college sports. Ironically they are also too "special" to realize how transparent their reason for hating college sports are to everyone else. Couple that with an inability to follow thru on anything and it's actually kind of sad. No offense to anyone personally. I went to college for 13 years. I am a doctor. Nice try though. I also went to college AND law school and I'd rather sustain a frenzied icepick attack upon my testicles than endure a college basketball game.
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Post by DSDSquared on Feb 7, 2019 15:46:58 GMT
I went to college for 13 years. I am a doctor. Nice try though. I also went to college AND law school and I'd rather sustain a frenzied icepick attack upon my testicles than endure a college basketball game. Yeah, my point was that the amount of education you have does not matter with regards to sport's enjoyment, obviously.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 7, 2019 16:00:35 GMT
I also went to college AND law school and I'd rather sustain a frenzied icepick attack upon my testicles than endure a college basketball game. Yeah, my point was that the amount of education you have does not matter with regards to sport's enjoyment, obviously. Of course, I understood it. I went to college, I understand everything!!
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 7, 2019 17:10:27 GMT
I went to college for 13 years. I am a doctor. Nice try though. I also went to college AND law school and I'd rather sustain a frenzied icepick attack upon my testicles than endure a college basketball game. I don't have any particular interest in it, but I do find some of the college games more entertaining than the NBA. The lower level of skill and talent allows the best effort to win out sometimes, whereas in the NBA you get such skill and precision that it looks like there's hardly any effort involved. And the NBA stopped allowing defense like 20 years ago, and started allowing 57 steps before a dunk. So with the lack of contact, traveling being outright legalized, and the tedium of the 3 point game the whole league got a lot less interesting for me. Also the Knicks have been a joke for 20ish years too, so that probably contributed to me not caring. But I still think college basketball can offer a greater entertainment value on the off chance that I catch a game.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2019 1:07:07 GMT
Any fans of college hoops and college football feel this way?
Ever go to a DIII game? Or DII for that matter?
Small setting. Brings you back to your days of college - the sport really wasn't about 'money' in a sense for the kids who had no chance of making the pros - it was just kind of for the love of the game?
I do still enjoy the pageantry. That atmosphere of a small stadium on a cool crisp Friday night in the fall with 2,000 people in the stands.
To me it's like reading a book by the fireplace.
That's not to say I don't love the NBA - because I do - but it's a whole different animal to me.
College football - if you give me a chance to see Swarthmore University vs. West Chester University or Eagles vs. Cowboys in person? I'm going Swarthmore.
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Post by shadyvsesham on Feb 8, 2019 11:22:00 GMT
NBA...next would be Wrestlemania....
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 8, 2019 12:58:36 GMT
Any fans of college hoops and college football feel this way? Ever go to a DIII game? Or DII for that matter? Small setting. Brings you back to your days of college - the sport really wasn't about 'money' in a sense for the kids who had no chance of making the pros - it was just kind of for the love of the game? I do still enjoy the pageantry. That atmosphere of a small stadium on a cool crisp Friday night in the fall with 2,000 people in the stands. To me it's like reading a book by the fireplace. That's not to say I don't love the NBA - because I do - but it's a whole different animal to me. College football - if you give me a chance to see Swarthmore University vs. West Chester University or Eagles vs. Cowboys in person? I'm going Swarthmore. If I could coach anywhere, it would be at a small time DIII school. No boosters, no tv timeouts. Just the game. The kids are playing because they want to, they aren't looking to make it big.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 8, 2019 15:08:19 GMT
I also went to college AND law school and I'd rather sustain a frenzied icepick attack upon my testicles than endure a college basketball game. I don't have any particular interest in it, but I do find some of the college games more entertaining than the NBA. The lower level of skill and talent allows the best effort to win out sometimes, whereas in the NBA you get such skill and precision that it looks like there's hardly any effort involved. And the NBA stopped allowing defense like 20 years ago, and started allowing 57 steps before a dunk. So with the lack of contact, traveling being outright legalized, and the tedium of the 3 point game the whole league got a lot less interesting for me. Also the Knicks have been a joke for 20ish years too, so that probably contributed to me not caring. But I still think college basketball can offer a greater entertainment value on the off chance that I catch a game. I don't like the NBA at all. Really, I don't like watching basketball of any sort to be fair. Love playing it though.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 8, 2019 15:28:39 GMT
I don't like the NBA at all. Really, I don't like watching basketball of any sort to be fair. Love playing it though. I hear ya. I haven't really played or watched much in a while. I used to love both but it just sort of faded over time. But the few times a year I actually do enjoy watching basketball tends to be in the NCAA tournament even though I don't follow it at all up until that point.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 8, 2019 15:37:07 GMT
I don't like the NBA at all. Really, I don't like watching basketball of any sort to be fair. Love playing it though. I hear ya. I haven't really played or watched much in a while. I used to love both but it just sort of faded over time. But the few times a year I actually do enjoy watching basketball tends to be in the NCAA tournament even though I don't follow it at all up until that point. I also took umbrage with that guy's statement above, correlating one's love (or dislike) of college ball to whether or not you actually went to college.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 8, 2019 15:43:13 GMT
I also took umbrage with that guy's statement above, correlating one's love (or dislike) of college ball to whether or not you actually went to college. Well yeah. You'd have be a fucking moron to believe that. It's especially enjoyable when people making idiotic arguments to criticize someone else's intellect.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 12, 2019 20:39:44 GMT
My attention turns to the 2019 season...
AFC 1. Chiefs 2. Patriots 3. Colts 4. Browns 5. Chargers 6. Texans
NFC 1. Bears 2. Eagles 3. Rams 4. Saints 5. Cowboys 6. 49ers
Los Angeles Chargers 20 - Chicago Bears 16
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 22:28:24 GMT
My attention turns to the 2019 season... AFC 1. Chiefs 2. Patriots 3. Colts 4. Browns 5. Chargers 6. Texans NFC 1. Bears 2. Eagles 3. Rams 4. Saints 5. Cowboys 6. 49ers Los Angeles Chargers 20 - Chicago Bears 16 those are some intriguing picks. looks like you have no faith in seattle, Pittsburgh or Baltimore to be in the picture (other than wildcards) same can be said about the vikes in the NFC as well as the packers - looks like you also expect the rams and aints to take a step back and the eagles to make a step up. the bears are a curious case to me - i.e. if trubisky can take that next step to 'future star'
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 13, 2019 1:16:23 GMT
My attention turns to the 2019 season... AFC 1. Chiefs 2. Patriots 3. Colts 4. Browns 5. Chargers 6. Texans NFC 1. Bears 2. Eagles 3. Rams 4. Saints 5. Cowboys 6. 49ers Los Angeles Chargers 20 - Chicago Bears 16 those are some intriguing picks. looks like you have no faith in seattle, Pittsburgh or Baltimore to be in the picture (other than wildcards) same can be said about the vikes in the NFC as well as the packers - looks like you also expect the rams and aints to take a step back and the eagles to make a step up. the bears are a curious case to me - i.e. if trubisky can take that next step to 'future star' I feel like the Bears have one more skip-over-the-expectations season in them. 2020 is when the Seattles of the NFC devour them.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 9, 2019 5:08:14 GMT
Looks like the Chiefs' attention goes to wanting the NFL to change the OT rule so that both teams get possession.
In other news, the Chiefs also want it to be a rule that you're allowed to score more than zero points of the entire first half, at home no less, in the AFC title game no less.
F'n whiners.
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