Favorite teams

[Smart Red]

It's that time of year again. Saturday and Sunday are filled with the drone of the crowd and the less than colorful voices of the play-by-play and color guys in the press box. I admit I am not much of a football follower. If it weren't for DH, I would much rather be cleaning the coop or brushing the bunny. But for HIS sake I pretend to listen and care about each play as he does.

My favorite college team is playing tonight. For some reason DH always laughs when I tell him North Dakota is my favorite collegiate sports team. My next stop is to the TV room to see how ND is doing. When last I looked they were a tad bit behind.

My favorite professional team is South Dakota. DH prefers the Colts. He's been rooting for them since Johnny U.'s days on the team. I am alright rooting for HIS team as long as they aren't playing against my SD guys.

If the game isn't exciting, I expect I'll just go on to bed and snuggle down for a freezing night. Football isn't much fun to watch without DH calling all the plays. He's just so cute! I did say I'm not much of a football fan, didn't I.

 

[digitS']

I am no longer much of a football fan and I blame a little of that on my spouse.

But, I'd better just start off by asking, "What professional football team calls South Dakota home?



Steve

 

[digitS']

I wonder if they can set this up for a bubble:

Cashing In On The Fantasy-Sports Economy (link), covering fantasy team owners against risk .

Yeah, a real financial crisis based on derivatives of credit default swaps . . . Taking their payoffs to an off-shore tax haven . . . Seems like we've seen something like this play out before, tho' . . .

Steve :/

 

[Smart Red]

[Fantasy Football] I wonder if they can set this up for a bubble: Steve :/

If it can be done, it will be eventually. I just hope my brother gets out of Fantasy Football before the explosion and scandal. I know he was using my E-mail address for something related to his FF group. Just as I am not a football fan, I am NOT a gambler. Somehow I always felt like a foundling in my family - no drinking, no cards, no cheating, no speeding, no gambling. Sigh! My single biggest gamble was getting married. Even 43 years later that was enough for me.

*****

Not sure where the SD team calls home. Just that it sounds as if North Dakota and South Dakota would be underdogs in any match-up and I usually root for the underdog. By the way, North Dakota' s fighting Irishmen did beat their opponents last night 14 points to the 10 points USC's Trojans gained. . . not that I was interested enough to see the end of the game.

 

[digitS']

Oh! Those ND Fighting Irish!

And . . .

they were playing the University of Scholastic Compromise Trojans??

I used to be in the work "pool" thru the NFL seasons. That has been about my only relationship with gambling outside of card games with the guys. I began to have more and more of an interest in pro football after having gotten away from Dad's & my brother's incessant teevee watching. But, DW was having none of it! She also but the brakes on hard with my smoking so - it wasn't all bad.

Steve

 

[Smart Red]

Nothing I would like better than having DH inside watching the 2-3 football games we receive each Sunday. He used to be much more of a watcher. Now he's outside in the wind and cold (off/on drizzle) raking leaves. At least I'd know where he would stay and I could get a lot of work done during those mindless hours in front of the TV. What am I doing wrong? He's working, I'm feeling guilty again. I suppose now I have to clean the chicken coop.