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Uconn game vs. NFL playoffs

Which game do you watch?

  • Regular season, in conference 2022 Uconn game

    Votes: 159 86.9%

  • NFL Playoff game

    Votes: 24 13.1%
  • Total voters
    183
DVR both. Watch football first cause there won't be score updates on the bottom line of the UConn game.

Watch UConn second. Any bottom line NFL updates you'll already know.

Ignore text and phone notifications...

(Standard sports viewing protocol)
 
I will watch both games. I would have UConn on the big screen TV and have the NFL playoffs on the IPad or my laptop.
 
I Love UConn Basketball. Outside of the Yankees, the Huskies are the only one of my rooting interests that have ever won anything in my lifetime. Best believe if theres a Jets playoff game vs a regular season UConn game I'm choosing the Jets 9/10 times.

With that being said... I'd 100% have them both on
 
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This poll says it all.

You need a 3rd option " "are you a Pats fan" ?

Because I promise you that shifts everything.

They always go with the frontrunner.

right now UConn>Pats so yeah hop on board.
 
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August_West said:
This poll says it all.

You need a 3rd option " "are you a Pats fan" ?

Because I promise you that shifts everything.

They always go with the frontrunner.

right now UConn> than Pats so yeah hop on board.
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I was going to say I stopped bothering to record Pats games a few weeks ago - didn't even tune into the Arizona game - so if they somehow sneak in with the wild card it's not a particularly difficult choice for me: watch the best UConn team of the last decade or watch the most mediocre team in the history of the NFL whose offensive playcalling (by a defensive coordinator) is the equivalent of watching paint dry. If the Pats don't win another Super Bowl for the rest of my life I'm fine with it. If they make the playoffs this year they are certain to get smoked.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I was going to say I stopped bothering to record Pats games a few weeks ago - didn't even tune into the Arizona game - so if they somehow sneak in with the wild card it's not a particularly difficult choice for me: watch the best UConn team of the last decade or watch the most mediocre team in the history of the NFL whose offensive playcalling (by a defensive coordinator) is the equivalent of watching paint dry. If the Pats don't win another Super Bowl for the rest of my life I'm fine with it. If they make the playoffs this year they are certain to get smoked.
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I know you're a Pats fan, and I actually appreciate the honesty, you guys had a great run, one that I can never even fathom (as a Jets fan). Kudos. Seriously. It had to be fun, and I can relate, I've had plenty of fun as Husky and Sox fan for 20 plus years. But holy hell the crossover right now, I see it at work and I see at stores and I see it everywhere in CT right now from the Pats being an afterthought and now everyone breaking out Husky gear ( and forget the ticket requests from people who I couldn't pay to sit in seats 3 years ago or even give away on BY last year ) .

The Northeast is a special place, and I love living here, was born here and will die here at this point , but It doesnt mean I can't laugh at it after living coast to coast in the middle 3rd of my life. It's legit funny.
 
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August_West said:
I know you're a Pats fan, and I actually appreciate the honesty, you guys had a great run, one that I can never even fathom (as a Jets fan). Kudos. Seriously. It had to be fun, and I can relate, I've had plenty of fun as Husky and Sox fan for 20 plus years. But holy hell the crossover right now, I see it at work and I see at stores and I see it everywhere in CT right now from the Pats being an afterthought and now everyone breaking out Husky gear ( and forget the ticket requests from people who I couldn't pay to sit in seats 3 years ago or even give away on BY last year ) .

The Northeast is a special place, and I love living here, was born here and will die here at this point , but It doesnt mean I can't laugh at it after living coast to coast in the middle 3rd of my life. It's legit funny.
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These people are not Pats fans. They are a fans of winning. It just happens to be that the majority of the people who "root" for that franchise fall into the latter.
 
August_West said:
I know you're a Pats fan, and I actually appreciate the honesty, you guys had a great run, one that I can never even fathom (as a Jets fan). Kudos. Seriously. It had to be fun, and I can relate, I've had plenty of fun as Husky and Sox fan for 20 plus years. But holy hell the crossover right now, I see it at work and I see at stores and I see it everywhere in CT right now from the Pats being an afterthought and now everyone breaking out Husky gear ( and forget the ticket requests from people who I couldn't pay to sit in seats 3 years ago or even give away on BY last year ) .

The Northeast is a special place, and I love living here, was born here and will die here at this point , but It doesnt mean I can't laugh at it after living coast to coast in the middle 3rd of my life. It's legit funny.
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My intro into football was when I got a job as an usher at Yale Bowl in 1968. The combination of Brian Dowling and Calvin Hill was incredible to watch. There was one game a Dartmouth safety tried to tackle Hill but couldn't. Hill carried him for thirty yards into the end zone and still no other player from Dartmouth could catch up to him. I was hooked.

When Calvin was selected by the Cowboys in 69 that became the team I rooted for. When the Cowboys became Americas team (79) I gagged and not having the Hill connection to that team any longer turned to the Pats. So much hope in 86 only to have the Bears trounce them in Super Bowl XX. Probably another reason I'll root for guerrillas over bears.

My kid was a UConn fan and a Whalers fan like his dad but in pro sports he chose Philadelphia. As long as it wasn't the Sox or Pats that the Phillies or Eagles were playing I would root for his teams hoping they could give him the feeling I had over the past 25 years.

In 2017 I was rooting for the Eagles and the Pats but dreaded the possibility they would play in the Super Bowl against one another. Of course we know what happened. The desire to have my son be happy changed my loyalty to a team I had rooted for almost 40 years. It was the weirdest transition especially after the emotional LI Super Bowl but I never wavered in wanting the Eagles to win that game. Have been a fan of theirs since. And the Phillies.

So naturally I voted among the minority in the above poll. But if it was a postseason UConn game going against a post season Eagles game definitely the Huskies. Thank goodness that can't happen.

Of course if the kid became a fan of any other college basketball team other than UConn he was told he would be disowned. Love has limits.
 
August_West said:
I know you're a Pats fan, and I actually appreciate the honesty, you guys had a great run, one that I can never even fathom (as a Jets fan). Kudos. Seriously. It had to be fun, and I can relate, I've had plenty of fun as Husky and Sox fan for 20 plus years. But holy hell the crossover right now, I see it at work and I see at stores and I see it everywhere in CT right now from the Pats being an afterthought and now everyone breaking out Husky gear ( and forget the ticket requests from people who I couldn't pay to sit in seats 3 years ago or even give away on BY last year ) .

The Northeast is a special place, and I love living here, was born here and will die here at this point , but It doesnt mean I can't laugh at it after living coast to coast in the middle 3rd of my life. It's legit funny.
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In fairness, even in their heyday if by some quirk of scheduling a Pats Super Bowl conflicted with a high level UConn game I'd always choose UConn. Way more emotional attachment.
 
HeGotGame said:
These people are not Pats fans. They are a fans of winning. It just happens to be that the majority of the people who "root" for that franchise fall into the latter.
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Your point is well taken. I'd imagine that's true.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
In fairness, even in their heyday if by some quirk of scheduling a Pats Super Bowl conflicted with a high level UConn game I'd always choose UConn. Way more emotional attachment.
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I believe you. I would too even if Namath was QB'ing.
 
Football is like 4 hours long and 80,% dead air. I'd record football and watch it afterward in about 20 minutes
 
HeGotGame said:
These people are not Pats fans. They are a fans of winning. It just happens to be that the majority of the people who "root" for that franchise fall into the latter.
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Seems similar to the Yankees, yes?

The origins of the current breed of Patriots fans can be traced to 1993. If James Orthwein didn't find a buyer, they were being moved to St. Louis. He brought in Parcells as a business decision to increase the value of the franchise, as winning always does, but fan excitement seeded by Parcells blossomed with Drew Bledsoe. The new fanbase nucleus was firmly established by January 1997.

I personally believe that the ire of non- anti-Patriot fans residing within the state lines of CT is misdirected and should be pointed squarely at John Rowland, rather than Bob Kraft...or anyone else associated with the Patriots. Ironically, If Rowland followed through with everything he promised Kraft on the approved timeline, Connecticut would have been crippled. I suspect he didn't care as he was licking his wounds left by losing the Whalers. I am not familiar with Bill Curry, but how Connecticut re-elected Rowland to a 3rd term amid scandal is a mystery to me. OTOH, As a 20-something Massachusetts resident at the time, I wasn't paying real close attention to state politics.
 
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Husky25 said:
Seems similar to the Yankees, yes?

The origins of the current breed of Patriots fans can be traced to 1993. If James Orthwein didn't find a buyer, they were being moved to St. Louis. He brought in Parcells as a business decision to increase the value of the franchise, as winning always does, but fan excitement seeded by Parcells blossomed with Drew Bledsoe. The new fanbase nucleus was firmly established by January 1997.

I personally believe that the ire of non- anti-Patriot fans residing within the state lines of CT is misdirected and should be pointed squarely at John Rowland, rather than Bob Kraft...or anyone else associated with the Patriots. Ironically, If Rowland followed through with everything he promised Kraft on the approved timeline, Connecticut would have been crippled. I suspect he didn't care as he was licking his wounds left by losing the Whalers. I am not familiar with Bill Curry, but how Connecticut re-elected Rowland to a 3rd term amid scandal is a mystery to me. OTOH, As a 20-something Massachusetts resident at the time, I wasn't paying real close attention to state politics.
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I hate the Yankees, and no, it is not.
 
Kolumbo said:
Football is like 4 hours long and 80,% dead air. I'd record football and watch it afterward in about 20 minutes
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Your eyes will shoot to the bottom line score updates while watching the UConn game.
 
bigknight3 said:
Your eyes will shoot to the bottom line score updates while watching the UConn game.
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I remember one of the Red Sox World Series wins, I think it was 2013, I did an incredible job of avoiding TV, the internet, etc. because I was stuck in the office late and was going to watch when I got home. Literally the second I sat down on the couch and reached for the remote I got a pop-up on my phone announcing that they had won. Nowadays I avoid all electronics entirely.
 
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