Cool, Gregg! No, I don't travel for games, unless it's against UConn, because I was raised in CT and my brother still lives there and is a huge HuskIES fan. It's our first season in Big 10, and we play Ohio State this weekend, and I'm not too optimistic (seems we're the 19.5 point underdog)… but since it's DHs birthday, I'm hoping the gods are good to him and Rutgers.
I'll be thinking of you during our game--and if I knew what you looked like, I'd search for you in the stands!
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How important is it? Ask anyone from Texas.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
I'm on the same page as Gardenarian. I've never watched a football game in my life. My lack of interest in sports is absolute.
Or apparently Sayreville NJ...Originally Posted by KayLR
Die Sport ... ist das Opium des Volkes!
I'll bet it's one of those books that has Football stats and player profiles, football schedules and things like that. Maybe even a book of quotes by Coach Lombardi. Better yet: a coupon book that is redeemable for delivery Pizza, just dripping with grease. I know I am right, so don't bother denying it. Thank Me.
That, is prolly true. Only, instead of sedation and satisfaction, the masses become aroused and demand MORE! That said, the original thought was that religion was the drug. My belief is that arena(fundamentalist) religion, stadium politics, stadium sports, and stadium music all have the same effect on "real people" that are hard-wired into group mania control systems. It's hypnotic, to a good many people. S'how the Nazi'sgained traction in the 30's. Just check out YouTube Videos of Germany, Ca. 1938.
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Has anyone heard about the incidents at Sayreville High School, NJ?
Yes. For those who haven't, upperclassmen high school football players were bullying, hazing and assaulting the freshmen on the team in the locker room. The coaches claim to be unaware this was happening. The superintendent of schools cancelled the rest of the football season.
Many of the townspeople seem to be more concerned about cancelling the remainder of the season--Hey, they have a winning team!--then about the fact that students were being molested on school property and "no one" knew.
Yes, it's about 10 miles from me so of course it's prominent in the local news. Horrifying. I completely agree that the entire football season should be suspended. From what I understand, this is completely ruining some of the junior/senior players' scholarship opportunities, and if some are innocents caught in the crossfire, I'm sorry, but that's the way it goes. I also think the coaches need to be held accountable, if it's true that they were hardly ever in the locker room supervising. How could this go on under their watch? However, their involvement is under investigation.
ETA: seems that there are many reasons coaches may not be constantly able to supervise in locker rooms. Some prohibit coaches from sharing locker room/bathrooms. Some schools are designed such that the coach's office might be down the hall and out of view of the locker room.
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