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  • January 6, 2024 at 8:42 pm #148358
    Zooey
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    I saw parts of the Steelers/Raven today. Old-fashioned slugfest, probably mostly due to incessant rain and the fact that Jackson didn’t play. Seemed to be a sloppy affair with several fumbles. Steelers won, but I think they still need help to get into the playoffs.

    I think it’s going to be either the Ravens or Browns from the AFC.

    The Bills/Dolphins is probably the big ticket game this weekend.

    I guess I hope CJ Stroud stinks up the game. Might give Nacua a shot at ROY.

    January 6, 2024 at 10:49 pm #148361
    zn
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    January 6, 2024 at 11:37 pm #148362
    zn
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    Watched the last couple of minutes of Colts and Texans. Colts driving to take the lead after Texans missed an extra point. Under 2 minutes, Colts have 4th and 1 and the RB gets the pass and…drops it. On 4th and 1. Playoffs at stake.

    I have no preference for the Colts or Texans, but damm. Hard to watch a play like that.

     

     

    January 6, 2024 at 11:55 pm #148364
    Zooey
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    zn wrote:

    Watched the last couple of minutes of Colts and Texans. Colts driving to take the lead after Texans missed an extra point. Under 2 minutes, Colts have 4th and 1 and the RB gets the pass and…drops it. On 4th and 1. Playoffs at stake. I have no preference for the Colts or Texans, but damm. Hard to watch a play like that.

    I saw that play. Couldn’t believe it.

    It was not a good pass, but it was good enough.

    I watched 80% of the game from about 3:00 left in the 3rd. CJ Stroud did nothing to hurt the team, that’s for sure. And Texas just looked better. So it goes.

    January 7, 2024 at 1:09 am #148367
    zn
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    Zooey wrote:

    It was not a good pass, but it was good enough.

    I agree. Though having seen replays of it, I wouldn’t call it a drop like I did originally. The qb was “off” by a bit. Still catchable but it wasn’t the receiver flat dropping a decent pass.

    Interesting that it felt bad to see it. I think just part of me virtually always roots for the team that’s behind but can win and is driving in the last minutes.

    January 7, 2024 at 9:28 am #148373
    zn
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    Some potentially great and certainly interesting games today.

    Not sure I care about any of them though.

    January 7, 2024 at 10:42 am #148374
    Zooey
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    zn wrote:

    Some potentially great and certainly interesting games today. Not sure I care about any of them though.

    Yeah, that’s funny. I don’t have any feelings about the Colts or Texans, but I found myself pulling for the Colts to win that for the same reason. They were behind and driving in the last minute.

    There is a lot on the line today. For OTHER teams. I guess the one that most directly affects the Rams is the Packers/Bears which is on CBS in my area, so I can flip to it during commercials. The best of the games that matter is definitely Bills/Dolphins, and I might tune into some of that, but like you, I don’t care about any of them. They’re just part of the Story.

    Subplots, really.

    January 7, 2024 at 11:29 am #148377
    zn
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    Zooey wrote:

    Yeah, that’s funny. I don’t have any feelings about the Colts or Texans, but I found myself pulling for the Colts to win that for the same reason. They were behind and driving in the last minute.

    Yeah I was really bothered when they failed on the 4th and 1. And then I had to go, why? I don’t care about the Colts. Why didn’t I just think it was funny? But like you I get drawn in with those scenarios–if an offense is driving for a win in the last minute, I tend to find myself rooting for them.

    I have a long internal list of great football watching moments where normally with the teams involved I would just be neutral, but a drive to win in the final minutes captures my interest. I actually saw all these moments live (on tv): Marino and Pitt beating Georgia in the 1982 Sugar Bowl (before that moment I had not watched college ball all year and learned who Marino was in that game). I actually saw Ghost to the Post (Raiders and Colts, 1977). I actually saw Montana throw The Catch to Dwight Clark (and was the first to yell “he caught it!” in a crowded sports bar).

    Unless of course they are a hated team, in which case I root for the defense. Every single Patriots last minute win in the Brady era pissed me off, not just the ones against the Rams.

    January 7, 2024 at 11:43 am #148378
    Zooey
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    Same.

    Unless I hate one of the teams.

    It’s the story. Humans like stories. And we’re drawn to sports because of the stories. And, unlike carefully-crafted fiction, they’re alive. The outcome is unknown. And there are stories within stories. You have game stories, and season stories. You got the good guys and the bad guys. People get immersed in their stories. You get Trekkies and all that, and your Mad Max Raider fans.

    Redemption stories seem to be the most popular stories in our culture, so we root for the underdog. “Stock boy becomes Super Bowl MVP” stories are too schlocky for film, but they work in sports.

    January 7, 2024 at 12:40 pm #148379
    zn
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    If anyone didn’t see the Colts game and wonders what Zooey and I are talking about, it’s the play here in the highlights at 11:32 in.

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