Raleigh Talk Radio

[jesmu84]

What the hell do you people do on fall Saturday's and Sunday's if you don't like watching football?? 

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[brewcity77]

What the hell do you people do on fall Saturday's and Sunday's if you don't like watching football?? 

European professional leagues generally run from August-May. And later in the day, tend to household work, go see a movie, grocery shop, or catch up on the DVR.

[Class71]

Wojo to VT? Don't think so. Makes little sense for Wojie. He would need to outdo the Buzzard to eventually go on to Duke. How likely is that? Oh, I am sorry should be easy given the prognostications here.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think both soccer and football are incredibly boring. Give me basketball and baseball all day. Amazingly,  people can enjoy different things

[Nukem2]

I think both soccer and football are incredibly boring. Give me basketball and baseball all day. Amazingly,  people can enjoy different things

Well,yeah.  Baseball can be incredibly boring waiting for pitchers to throw and now the endless parades to the mound and multiple relief pitchers.  Guess the beer sales go way up.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

I think both soccer and football are incredibly boring. Give me basketball and baseball all day. Amazingly,  people can enjoy different things

American football bores me to death
4 hours long
A 5 second play followed by 60 seconds of nothing, penalties galore.  Commercilas galore. I will go watch a game with friends but rarely watch any of it maybe a big play on replay on ovcasion beyond that , boring as hell

[TSmith34, Inc.]

That's because mommy's don't want little Billy playing football..they'd rather they play something like..soccer. It's the wussification of America in full effect. Also, kids these days don't want to work real hard..football you do..they'd much rather play video games.

I'll let my daughter know she is causing the wussification of America.  She might not care, after 4 hours in the pool everyday she's pretty tired.

[Herman Cain]

TBH I think its countries supporting sports that they invented.  The US invented football, no one else plays it. US invented baseball, which explains the lack of cricket presence in this country. US invented lacrosse, and while it's not huge here, no one else plays it.  A couple of other countries play basketball, but nowhere near the level that we do.

Variations of soccer have been played around the world for centuries.   Hockey is mostly big in the states because of Canada.  Rugby has very little presence in this country.  Cricket as mentioned earlier. 

Bottom line, if a country didn't invent it, it will be extremely hesitant to embrace it.

North American Indian tribes invented Lacrosse so it is played in Canada and The US .

[Its DJOver]

North American Indian tribes invented Lacrosse so it is played in Canada and The US .

Yea saying that the US invented it was a mistake on my part. The sport was invented in North America thus it is primarily played in North America.

[avid1010]

What the hell do you people do on fall Saturday's and Sunday's if you don't like watching football?? 

Ice fish...we pack in to the boundary waters and camp....do it a few times a winter...its a real wussy thing to do.  6 mile hike in through deep snow...set up camp...routinely below zero wind chills.  No video games...great camp fires and northen lights.

I played football in HS...used to watch it (and bet on it) all weekend.  Its ruined for me.  The rules are crazy...replay is a joke (and getting worse)...i no longer enjoy watching guys get jacked up who later committ suicide. 

[StillAWarrior]

Sure, soccer players have to have mega endurance because of all the running they do chasing after that ball...I can see how that would wear you out, I mean it wears me out to the point where if I ever watch even a minute of it, I fall asleep..from...exhaustion, okay, well boredom, but you get my point. In what world is soccer anywhere close to the having the amount of physical contact that football does??

My son played football and soccer most of his youth, including in HS. He played offensive line in football, and right back in soccer.  Much to my surprise, he always insisted that he considered soccer much more physical and got more banged up and bruised playing defense in soccer than he did playing o-line in football.

Not saying that's everyone's experience, but it was his.

[StillAWarrior]

Football is far and away my favorite sport to watch.  NFL, college, high school...whatever.

But I've also come to appreciate soccer. The lack of scoring doesn't bother me. One of the reasons soccer is so low scoring - as compared to football - is that soccer doesn't award three points for a stalled offensive drive like football does. If soccer awarded 7 points for every goal and 3 points for every nice offensive drive that came up short, you'd see lots of 24-17 games.

[Class71]

According to Asbury Park Press Willard has pulled out of VT offer and is staying with SH. That leaves Wojo and Cronin.

Fansided picks Wojo for VT.

https://bustingbrackets.com/2019/04/05/virginia-tech-basketball-5-coaching-replacements-for-buzz-williams/6/

[brewcity77]

According to Asbury Park Press Willard has pulled out of VT offer and is staying with SH. That leaves Wojo and Cronin.

Considering Ryan Odom from UMBC turned them down today, I think they're well past the Wojo/Cronin rung on the coaching ladder.

[4everwarriors]

As y'all know, I'm an optimist!

Hoo new? Taught ewe were atheist, hey?

[MU82]

Hoo new? Taught ewe were atheist, hey?

As my fadder-in-law would say: Da boata dem.

[tower912]

Coaching fall baseball with double headers on Sunday until the middle of October.  Then literally anything else.  Soccer, baseball, golf, family.   I watched about 3 college football games and the same number of NFL games not involving Detroit.
I have never seen Kyler Murray or Pat Mahomes throw a regular season pass.   

[pbiflyer]

Superbar, or more appropriately, stupidbar.

[Herman Cain]

Yea saying that the US invented it was a mistake on my part. The sport was invented in North America thus it is primarily played in North America.

Your general observation is a sound one.

[muguru]

I truly am amazed at how many of you despise football...seriously I am. I can't say I have ever known any male that doesn't at least watch it casually from time to time....and some of the things you guys do instead of watch football?? I honestly can say, that really does tell me a lot about all of you, and now it all makes more sense to me.

[muguru]

European professional leagues generally run from August-May. And later in the day, tend to household work, go see a movie, grocery shop, or catch up on the DVR.

smh...what a world we live in now

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I truly am amazed at how many of you despise football...seriously I am. I can't say I have ever known any male that doesn't at least watch it casually from time to time....and some of the things you guys do instead of watch football?? I honestly can say, that really does tell me a lot about all of you, and now it all makes more sense to me.

Please tell us what it tell you about these people. Inquiring minds want to know. Cause all it tells me is that they don't like football.

smh...what a world we live in now

Do you not do housework or grocery shop?

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

I truly am amazed at how many of you despise football...seriously I am. I can't say I have ever known any male that doesn't at least watch it casually from time to time....and some of the things you guys do instead of watch football?? I honestly can say, that really does tell me a lot about all of you, and now it all makes more sense to me.

I actually spend most of football season hunting, watch football casually at best.  Group of friends get together most Sundays , potluck foods n beer, around the pool etc. primarily to watch the Bears.  Very few pay attention , including me to very much of it at all.  Scroring play or big play repkays for the most part. If im even there, typically in a deer stand or preferrably a duck blind

[NorthernDancerColt]

Please tell us what it tell you about these people. Inquiring minds want to know. Cause all it tells me is that they don't like football.

Do you not do housework or grocery shop?

Let it go, TAMU.

Some people just do what they're told their whole lives and then look down on others who don't think or act like them.

If I had a dollar for every loudmouth dipshiite at OTB screaming for the Bearzz every play despite it having no effect on their lives I would be retired. I just crank the volume up to Max on my headphones and turn up the dulcet race calls of Trevor Denman from DelMar or Kurt Becker at historic Keeneland. Alive in multi-race wagers like Pick4's or Pick5's, in my book, I am in my Nirvana. You would think at an off-track betting I could enjoy the company of like-minded contrarians. But the slobbering Bear fan behind me won't shut up. Trust me, he didn't even have a bet down on them.

[muguru]

Let it go, TAMU.

Some people just do what they're told their whole lives and then look down on others who don't think or act like them.

If I had a dollar for every loudmouth dipshiite at OTB screaming for the Bearzz every play despite it having no effect on their lives I would be retired. I just crank the volume up to Max on my headphones and turn up the dulcet race calls of Trevor Denman from DelMar or Kurt Becker at historic Keeneland. Alive in multi-race wagers like Pick4's or Pick5's, in my book, I am in my Nirvana. You would think at an off-track betting I could enjoy the company of like-minded contrarians. But the slobbering Bear fan behind me won't shut up. Trust me, he didn't even have a bet down on them.

That's because football is king in this country Colt...that's just reality. The ratings, etc back all that up. The most popular sport in the US. That's why it truly amazes me so many here don't follow it. I just can't fathom doing anything on Sundays during the fall  but spending my entire day/night watching football. I honestly truly cannot remember ever doing anything else on a Sunday for idk how many years now...at least 25 I'm sure of that. The only time that changes is once it becomes MU season and if their is a conflict on a Sunday, then it's MU first, but that's the ONLY exception.