How do you handle your feelings?

[SoCalCanine]

I'm such a homer, I always bet on UConn.

There's a commercial where they say you are about 50% more likely to have a heart attack if you are watching your team play!

Two things:
As a long-time serious heart patient, on rare occasions, I will turn off a particularly poorly played game just as self-protection.
One of the best pieces of advice from my late Dad, "Never bet on the Huskies or the Red Sox but never bet against them either".

 

[AdamaNation]

My wife asks me if I believe a game will be tightly contested or if we have a reasonable chance of losing. If I answer in the affirmative she will not watch it live with me. Instead she checks in periodically to see a score on an app on her phone all the while keeping herself preoccupied with some task.

If UConn loses I just delete the recording. If we win, she asks me how they played. If the answer is they played well, I am "duty bound" to watch the recording immediately after the game ends. Which is why I am rarely on this site immediately following those games and celebrating with the rest of the Boneyard. Best I can do is throw in a quick response before "suffering" another viewing. If I can't decide the game was played well I save the recording and she watches it by herself at a later date.

Once I asked her if we could reverse this role. I will omit that response.

Happy she’s at least positively involved!!!

 

[navery12]

There's a few people here who post in every single thread about the spread for a UConn game betting against UConn. I very much enjoy seeing those people lose money

 

[ctchamps]

Happy she’s at least positively involved!!!

She’s wonderful. Takes losses harder than I do. She used to watch all games live. Couldn’t take my negative comments about reffing or play and insisted I shouldn’t do it because it was wrong. She finally admitted it was the pain of losing that made her want to restrain my behavior.

She decided she was being unfair to me. Hence a solution was derived and now everyone is happy.

 

[elmcityboy]

i admit that i will turn off games late in the second half of a blowout.

i just did it the other day for creighton. i still check the score and did end up tuning back in for the end after we cut it down to single digits. turned it off so i didn't have to see the court storm, though.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I will bet against UConn but will never turn off the game early, I'll suffer all the way to the end

 

[auror]

I bet against UConn if I think it's a smart bet to the same standard I use for all my bets.

I never root for the bet ahead of rooting for UConn. This is the Rubicon for betting against your team. As long as you are happy to lose the bet and always prioritize your team's result over your betting result, it's fine IMO.

 

[Improviser]

Internal celebration is a victory that should never be undervalued.

So now you cerebrate so that you can celebrate.

You employ internal joy as a decoy .

Not a bad ploy.

 

[Dogdeacon]

I've been cussed out 6x in the last two days and smiled through it all. You vastly overestimate how much I care about whether or not people like me.

That's the right attitude as it was intended as good natured ribbing, I was looking for the old twitter handle that specialized in reposting humble brags & that's what came up - the article heading made me chuckle. No offense intended.

Here's an article about Harris Wittels' (who unfortunately passed away) humblebrag account being hacked, he was much funnier than I tried to be about calling out humblebrags.

Harris Wittels’s @humblebrag Twitter Account Has Been Hacked

He started the account anonymously in 2010.

www.vulture.com

 

[Jaydumo20]

That's the right attitude as it was intended as good natured ribbing, I was looking for the old twitter handle that specialized in reposting humble brags & that's what came up - the article heading made me chuckle. No offense intended.

Here's an article about Harris Wittels' (who unfortunately passed away) humblebrag account being hacked, he was much funnier than I tried to be about calling out humblebrags.

Harris Wittels’s @humblebrag Twitter Account Has Been Hacked

He started the account anonymously in 2010.

www.vulture.com

Wittels. What a legend.
Notice that one of the humble brags in this frame is Matt Norlander! Haaaaa!!!!

 

[MTBingNinja]

Depends on the scenario. I never bet against them; unless I’m filling out a bracket and may consider it.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Depends on the scenario. I never bet against them; unless I’m filling out a bracket and may consider it.

I think that's different. I don't always have UConn winning my brackets. That's just homerism. I'm a Denver Broncos fan but I'd be foolish to drop money on them to win the superbowl next year.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

I have to hedge for any big games, otherwise losing is too unbearable.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I bet against UConn if I think it's a smart bet to the same standard I use for all my bets.

I never root for the bet ahead of rooting for UConn. This is the Rubicon for betting against your team. As long as you are happy to lose the bet and always prioritize your team's result over your betting result, it's fine IMO.

I went to bed depressed after the Creighton game despite winning like $250 across 4-5 different bets that all hit.

 

[McLovin]

You aren't a real fan if you're betting against UConn. You aren't a fan if you're leaving the arena early or turning the game off when we're losing. I will never change my mind on this.

Betting against UConn (or whatever team you’re a fan of) is like having car insurance. You hope to never see that money come back to you, but in case of a crash you are glad you have it.

 

[husky429]

Betting against UConn (or whatever team you’re a fan of) is like having car insurance. You hope to never see that money come back to you, but in case of a crash you are glad you have it.

Sure. It also makes you a bad fan.

 

[McLovin]

Sure. It also makes you a bad fan.

that’s like saying buying health insurance for your kid means you’re rooting for them to get sick lmao

 

[twiceahusky]

It's asinine to bet against your team, ever. Period. Find a new school. I'd rather puke blood for a decade than have "emotional insurance" against UConn. I'm disgusted just thinking about it.

Should I put money on my wife divorcing me as insurance? Well... probably. She's fitter, better looking, smarter, and makes more money than me. But I'm still not doing it on principle.

I think I have a solid exception to being asinine … last year I had UConn to win the natty for $50 paying 27-1. I hedged by taking the SDSU money line, guaranteeing me about $1400 win or lose. It felt great, not asinine.

I also bet that I was going to die younger than expected … damn life insurance.

 

[husky429]

that’s like saying buying health insurance for your kid means you’re rooting for them to get sick lmao

I think you're probably smart enough to understand the difference.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Betting against UConn (or whatever team you’re a fan of) is like having car insurance. You hope to never see that money come back to you, but in case of a crash you are glad you have it.

I can't separate the 2. I once found myself in a close head-to-head matchup in fantasy football and, in spite of my self, my ego inwardly cheered for my fantasy qb when he threw a TD against my actual favorite team. That's when I said "never again". Fool's gold.

(BTW, the shirt came and I love it. Any chance of headbands coming back in stock I'm all over it)

 

[superjohn]

I bet against UConn if I think it's a smart bet to the same standard I use for all my bets.

I never root for the bet ahead of rooting for UConn. This is the Rubicon for betting against your team. As long as you are happy to lose the bet and always prioritize your team's result over your betting result, it's fine IMO.

We need a vomit button for posts like this.

 

[ctchamps]

So now you cerebrate so that you can celebrate.

You employ internal joy as a decoy .

Not a bad ploy.

We’ll done!

 

[GlastonTim]

Can't answer because I will never bet against UConn, but sometimes I do turn the game off for a bit when we are struggling because I hope it will change things

Instead of turning off I just go to the bathroom.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The fact that 20% or BY'ers turn the game off in lieu of watching is jarring to me.

 

[homunculus]

The fact that 20% or BY'ers turn the game off in lieu of watching is jarring to me.

I always find it odd that so much discussion after losses sounds like people ignored what they watched and relied solely on the box score. This makes a little more sense.

 

[UConniki]

You aren't a real fan if you're betting against UConn. You aren't a fan if you're leaving the arena early or turning the game off when we're losing. I will never change my mind on this.

I must confess I did turn off a few games while KO was coach, Arkansas/ Auburn I think ( a 40+ point blowout), Villanova at the Hartford XL Center. I live in Florida but when we lived in CT I never left the HCC early no matter the score.

 

[HuskyHawk]

You aren't a real fan if you're betting against UConn. You aren't a fan if you're leaving the arena early or turning the game off when we're losing. I will never change my mind on this.

Honestly, if I’m not paying close attention to the game it’s because we’re blowing the other team out. I’ll always watch and believe if we are down, expecting us to pull it out (like the run we made late at Creighton). These questions were nonsensical.

 

[CL82]

You aren't a real fan if you're betting against UConn. You aren't a fan if you're leaving the arena early or turning the game off when we're losing. I will never change my mind on this.

Soooo, you are saying that if you do those things you are a casual fan?

 

[superjohn]

I store my feelings away in a deep dark place, I'm Irish Catholic.

 

[Greedo]

I don’t ever bet on any games so it never even crossed my mind to hedge a bet against UConn. I watch every game start to finish no matter the outcome.

I also always pick UConn to win it all in my bracket as long as they’re in the dance. This team has proven enough times that it doesn’t matter the seed or how the season has gone, they can pull it out. I’ve made some good money when no one else thought UConn would win it all.