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"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
09/02/2014 at 09:57 • Filed to: None

And I become the awkward guy in the office who isn't a Buckeye fan. Meanwhile I'm all like

Did you guys see Loeb's Pike's Peak run? That was frickin' nuts! Guys?

DISCUSSION (26)

The Gray Adder > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:00

Man, I'd be the guy wearing blue and gold on Fridays, just to troll people.

Kat Callahan > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:00

This is how I make fun of every single team sport except my own:

Kinja'd!!!

mcseanerson > The Gray Adder
09/02/2014 at 10:02

There's plenty of Michigan fans in Ohio. Always someone dying to be different.

Mattbob > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:04

As a person who could not care less about football I understand your position. I spent most of last night chatting with just the ladies at a shindig because the other two dudes there were talking about their fantasy football teams the whole damned time.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Mattbob
09/02/2014 at 10:07

lol I have a fantasy team, I never talk about it though, I see it more as a way to keep in contact with my college friends that spread all over the country after graduating.

yamahog > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:09

It's really awkward when *someone* can't even grasp the concept of zone blocking and then goes on about LOL DUMB FOOTBALL PLAYERS JUST SMACKING INTO EACH OTHER FOR 30 SECONDS AT A TIME SO DUMB.

Also awkward when dudes at the office meet me for the first time assuming I know nothing about football or cars.

Brian Silvestro > Kat Callahan
09/02/2014 at 10:09

I like this a lot. I'm saving it.

yamahog > The Gray Adder
09/02/2014 at 10:10

Notre Dame? Gross.

Mattbob > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
09/02/2014 at 10:12

and that's cool. Its just bad when people get alienated because that is ALL some people want to talk about. Also, if there is fantasy football, does that mean that you could live action role play a fantasy football game? Gameception.

mcseanerson > Mattbob
09/02/2014 at 10:14

One of the things that really bugs me is a lot of guys treat you like you're an alien if you don't like whatever sport is in season but when you try to explain your sport of choice (Racing) and they can't even begin to comprehend why something like Loeb's Pike Peaks run was so impressive no matter how much you explain it.

Racing wins are measured in fractions of a second typically

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Imagine if Lebron broke the all time best record for most points in a game by a single player and scored 120 points by himself in one game besting the previous record of 100 points

All this typically falls on deaf ears.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Mattbob
09/02/2014 at 10:16

Yeah, I quickly get bored of talking about Fantasy Football. But hey, at least you had the ladies :D

spanfucker retire bitch > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:23

That happens to me whenever I try to explain why hockey is so exciting to the uninitiated.

You think no-hitters in baseball are exciting right?

Of course they are!

Well how can you not see how a 67-save shutout win in double overtime is also exciting? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?

The Gray Adder > yamahog
09/02/2014 at 10:24

Michigan, actually. Go wolverines!

mcseanerson > spanfucker retire bitch
09/02/2014 at 10:26

Don't forget fighting. Fighting makes everything better.

yamahog > The Gray Adder
09/02/2014 at 10:27

That's maize and blue, friend ;)

mcseanerson > spanfucker retire bitch
09/02/2014 at 10:28

Also one thing I struggle with and this might be the same for the uninitiated is following Hockey on tv. More blackouts than any other sport plus just not as exciting as it is when you're there.

spanfucker retire bitch > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 10:34

Blackouts are ridiculous. I've thought of paying for Center Ice before because the idea of watching hockey in my browser (legally) and not having to deal with cable is very appealing. Until you realize that all local games (or even games in your "broadcast area) are blacked out.

This means that if my Sabres are up in Toronto, I can't even view the out-of-state stream coming from HNIC because Toronto is so close, they're in the Sabres broadcast area.

Definitely pisses me off.

The Gray Adder > yamahog
09/02/2014 at 10:42

Shows you how much I care. I only root for the wolverines when they play the buckeyes.

yamahog > The Gray Adder
09/02/2014 at 10:45

It might be better that way.... my first 3 years of undergrad were Coach Rodriguez's tenure. Ouch.

ly2v8-Brian > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 11:20

I live in MN what are these hockey blackouts you speak of.

ly2v8-Brian > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 11:21

I will say racing guys will act the same way if you even mention NASCAR.

ly2v8-Brian > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 11:21

My sister has this book. It's a good read.

mcseanerson > ly2v8-Brian
09/02/2014 at 11:26

Well you might not be familiar with it but when a local game doesn't sell enough tickets they will not air the game to force more people to try and attend. That's the logic that was explained to me. I know hockey does it more than anyone because I used to do tech support for Verizon FIOS and these were most of the blackout calls I got. 2nd place is baseball. 3rd was surprisingly tennis.

ly2v8-Brian > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 11:34

That sounds right. We almost had NFL black outs, but not hockey. Sold out for over a decade. No state loves it's hockey like this one.

tromoly > mcseanerson
09/02/2014 at 14:34

Oddly enough, I'd have a similar response, right after asking if Football season started yet.

Buccaneer9 > The Gray Adder
09/03/2014 at 13:09

Who wears Blue & Gold?