Basketball/Football

#28
#28
VolinArizona said:
Lots of fairweathers in this thread. It's understandable, though.
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True. You can't really blame people for being enthusiastic about basketball, but I don't really get why you have to be one or the other.
 
#29
#29
GAVol said:
True. You can't really blame people for being enthusiastic about basketball, but I don't really get why you have to be one or the other.
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I guess it's different for students. I sat through many a-empty games when UT basketball sttttttuuuunnnnk.
 
#30
#30
I enjoy getting into anything competitive involving UT. Hell, I even watched Abbot's no hitter last night (granted there were no other sports on, except the NBA which I admittedly watched more than the softball game)

Now I'm off to watch AR play their way into the super regionals in baseball.
 
#31
#31
BigPapaVol said:
I enjoy getting into anything competitive involving UT. Hell, I even watched Abbot's no hitter last night (granted there were no other sports on, except the NBA which I admittedly watched more than the softball game)

Now I'm off to watch AR play their way into the super regionals in baseball.
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Yea, I'd watch a UT marbles team if it were ranked and in contention for a title.

But I'll have to admit, that softball crap is hard to stomach. I just check the score and then flip back to what I was watching.
 
#33
#33
for someone hypercompetitive like myself, they're all life and death (and my wife will vouch for that)
 
#34
#34
allvol123 said:
Yea, I'd watch a UT marbles team if it were ranked and in contention for a title.

But I'll have to admit, that softball crap is hard to stomach. I just check the score and then flip back to what I was watching.
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I know what you mean. People think it's bad to sit through a game of mlb baseball. Softball is 100x worse two watch.
 
#35
#35
Svengali said:
I cant watch b-ball unless it's sweet 16 time. Because then, FINALLY, every game counts.

Football is life n death every week.
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Hell, that's the one thing I hate most about college football. TN is expected to win EVERY game in the SEC to have a shot while you got teams like USC or ND with easy schedules skating their way to a BCS. And who cares about any bowl game except the National title? I could care less if TN beats Penn St. in the Citrus bowl (my bad, we didn't do that).

Anyway, I'm so pumped about this bb team that I am willing to just fast-forward through football to get to basketball season.
 
#36
#36
is this happening just b/c people naturally have that "bandwagon" mentality to go with the team that is good?
 
#37
#37
I'm turned off by the softball players who take a running start when they're batting. It looks pretty silly.
 
#39
#39
dantheman617 said:
is this happening just b/c people naturally have that "bandwagon" mentality to go with the team that is good?
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I'd say that's a pretty safe assumption. Plus, football deals with a different set of expectations. Just give it a few years of coming close in basketball though and the basketball fans will be acting like Kentucky fans. :crazy:
 
#40
#40
I like both sports, college football is my favorite and always will be, I love what Pearl has done to the hoops program. Pearl and Fulmer are on opposite ends of the spectrum as far as their pesonalities go.
 
#42
#42
JZVOL said:
So I just realized I have become a bigger UT basketball fan than UT football fan.

I love the sport of football and college football/NFL over the NBA and collge basketball. However, with the current state of the football program Pearl an co have surpassed Fulmer.

The football program is like watching someone walk a tight tope and just praying they don't fall but fully expected them to fail. I constantly find myself watching the games and waiting for the them to lose in the end. The program has no momentum.

I am shocked when UT loses a basketball game. I fully expect them to win and pull something out of their bag of tricks to win a game in crunch time. It is like being punched in the stomach when they lose. This program is like watching a train that is getting faster and faster just building speed and momentum.

I love football but UT football is just almost boring at times while basketball is the exact opposite.
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I agree with most of what you said, although I think I came to that realization before Pearl had even coached a game at UT.

I never played football but did play basketball (and have a bro who's a coach), so I'm naturally more of a basketball fan anyway. It was painful for many years, so maybe I'm making up for lost time by getting so into it now.
 
#43
#43
GAVol said:
Most definitely, just step aside to make sure you're not run over by the bandwagon.
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Hopefully the bandwagon for men's bball continues to grow quickly enough to a point where, like the football team, it's too big to be called a bandwagon anymore.
 
#44
#44
wbarron said:
Hopefully the bandwagon for men's bball continues to grow quickly enough to a point where, like the football team, it's too big to be called a bandwagon anymore.
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It may get to big to be called a bandwagon, but they will still be easy to spot.
 
#45
#45
Deep down I will truely be more of a football guy than basketball. I guess my real point was that, like many I am just feeling UT football has become stagenet. I am still excited for the season and college fb in general but things just don't seem like they used to be. I guess just seeing first hand what a coach with a pulse can do for a team and community makes me want more from our fb coach.
 
#47
#47
GAVol said:
It may get to big to be called a bandwagon, but they will still be easy to spot.
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What should we look for?

An abundance of smiling faces and loud cheering?
An absence of booing?
Maybe some T-shirts referencing their love for the coach, ala "Pearl Jam" and "Bruce Almighty"?
Some index fingers pointed in the air?
 
#48
#48
jakez4ut said:
football>basketball, in general.
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NFL > NBA

College Football > NFL

College Basketball > every other sport on any level anywhere

NCAA tourney > every other sporting event anywhere

One man's opinion and all that.
 
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