Success, Jealousy, and Envy
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You missed the entire concept: Winning is BAD for the GAME (any game)
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Just for him mentioning UCONN in the same breadth gets my automatic approval and appreciation for his acknowledgement
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He's absolutely right. I'm incredibly envious of UConn and the Patriots' success. As a ND and Bills fan, I am consistently tormented by those two teams. We are now on 16 or 17 years of the Bills getting slapped around by Brady. Won't he age already! At least the specific people beating you change when it's UConn!
I have no dog in the fight in college football (I root for Notre Dame and Penn State but don't live and die with either program) so I don't mind and actually enjoy Alabama's dominance.
I have no dog in the fight in college football (I root for Notre Dame and Penn State but don't live and die with either program) so I don't mind and actually enjoy Alabama's dominance.
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Warriors? just a fly-by-night franchise with 2 stinkin' championships and the stupidity to have left beautiful Philadelphia for the crappy Bay Area.
Seriously, back in the early 60s Red Smith wrote a piece in the Times on Yankee-envy making that point: hate the Yankees and you are hating excellence. I hate the Yankees anyway.....
Seriously, back in the early 60s Red Smith wrote a piece in the Times on Yankee-envy making that point: hate the Yankees and you are hating excellence. I hate the Yankees anyway.....
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Problem being? I don't actually claim Alabama, but yes those are some of my teams. Given your avatar I won't remind you what football club I support...
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Buffalo? Ouch...my condolences...
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OMG, it gets worse?
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YOU'RE A BILLS FAN! That's awesome. I like you even more now.
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Not a fan of the Patriot's nor Brady. I am not a hater nor am I envy of them. You should know who my team is, by the color the ink. It's not the Raiders nor Ravens.
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At least it's not a cock on a ball.
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Cowherd also once said UConn wins because they always get all the best players, fill their roster and substitute liberally and often.
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At least you didn't list the Brown and the Jets among your likes.
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Or as Gore Vidal brilliantly remarked: always a godfather, never a god.Could be worse, you could be a Vikings fan....
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Notre Dame WBB, Notre Dame FB, Alabama FB, Penn State FB and the Bills???
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I'm jealous of the success of Alabama football. Saban is the master and the school has poured tons of money into the program and the rich just get richer. I really sick of all the Alabama "fans" who live around me in Mississippi who have never stepped foot on the campus lol. It's fine to cheer for winners but some of the most passionate "fans" of these SEC football teams aren't the graduates of a school but rather just like them for a tradition or experience. Mississippi doesn't have a professional franchise in any sport and neither does Alabama so the college programs become the obsession. In UConn and Alabama's cases for winning the coach is the key and the cast of characters changes so it's impossible to deny their success.
The Patriots are a different story because they've been Brady's team for so long even though plenty of others have come and gone. It doesn't help that Brady and Belicheck don't exactly come across as likable. I know I will not be pulling for them in the Super Bowl.
The Patriots are a different story because they've been Brady's team for so long even though plenty of others have come and gone. It doesn't help that Brady and Belicheck don't exactly come across as likable. I know I will not be pulling for them in the Super Bowl.
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I don't hate the Pats. Actually love them more now since they gave the Niners Grop for nothing!! The reason I don't like LeBron isn't because he wins. It's because he's too good to act the way he does on the court. All that flopping and complaining!! Warriors don't bother me. KD is my favorite NBA player. I cheer for Michigan because of Jim Harbaugh, but don't care that Alabama wins. My take on everything.............if you don't like it, do something about it!!