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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Feb 2, 2014 20:50:00 GMT -5
Rams are getting better, I'm very content with where we are. But 2014 is make or break depending on what happens.
Maryland is getting better in football, although coaching is holding us back from being consistently good. We'll see what next year brings us. Basketball wise though, this team is a dumpster fire and I have no idea how we're 5-4 in the ACC.
Notre Dame is riding high in football. Last year was a setback but we overcame injuries and Tommy Rees to get to 9 wins, including over the Big Ten Champion and Pac-12 Runner-Up. I'm very happy. Basketball sucks and Mike Brey needs to go.
The Kings have just fallen apart and its absurd how pathetic this team is. I had high hopes coming into this season and right now I'm getting nearly fed up with it. I keep waiting for us to turn it around, but I don't see it happening.
The Lakers....to hell with all of them...
The Orioles are my only hope until September. Its really sad.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Feb 2, 2014 21:46:00 GMT -5
I'm a Giants & Yankees fan. We're never satisfied with less than a championship.
I kid, I kid. I've been alive for 4 Super Bowl and 5 World Series wins. I'm beyond satisfied.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Feb 3, 2014 3:34:26 GMT -5
With Big Ben, sometimes it feels like I don't have a choice in the matter.
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AdamAFL was sooooo wrong
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Feb 3, 2014 21:16:32 GMT -5
After Saturday I think it's going to be a while before I'm satisfied with Newcastle United. I love all different sports but football is my favourite and NUFC will always be the team I love most but satisfied? Hell no.
As for other sports:
NFL - Jets, not particularly satisfied because we've been average ever since 10/11 when we took the Steelers to the limit in the AFC Championship game but I must admit this season was better than I expected. NBA - Philadelphia 76ers, This season has been disappointing but it happens. Can't say I'm surprised. Rugby - Newcastle Falcons, can't complain too much although Europe was a disappointment this season. Basketball (British) - Newcastle Eagles, never been able to complain. Fantastic.
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Post by Error on Feb 3, 2014 21:42:06 GMT -5
With Big Ben, sometimes it feels like I don't have a choice in the matter. You and every fem.... Too easy. Too easy.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Feb 3, 2014 21:50:21 GMT -5
With Big Ben, sometimes it feels like I don't have a choice in the matter. You and every fem.... Too easy. Too easy. Damn, thought I'd be able to bait someone. NEXT TIME...next time.
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Post by HMARK Center on Feb 3, 2014 22:14:17 GMT -5
New York Mets - They're plenty frustrating, but they're my lifelong sports love. I remember seasons like 1999, 2000, and 2006 so much more for the good times than for the disappointments, but it doesn't change that the last time they won it all I was about 19 months old.
The last few years have been tough, but ever since Sandy Alderson came in as GM I've been almost entirely on board with his rebuilding effort. The Mets have gone from one of the absolute worst farm systems in the league to having one that ranks near the top 5 in baseball, and they finally have smart baseball people running the show. It sucks that the idiotic owners have left the club with a self-imposed salary cap, but I think they have a good shot at being markedly improved this season and then competing for real come 2015.
So yeah, lots of recent frustrations, but I love baseball, love the Mets, and I'm really pumped for the full development of a lot of great pitching prospects.
New Jersey Devils - Big picture? Only missed the playoffs a few times since the early 90's, won a ton of division titles, won five Prince of Wales trophies, three Stanley Cups, and I've gotten to watch the greatest goaltender of all time for years now. The annoying downplaying by the NHL and sports media sucks, but the Devils have usually risen above it.
This year, though? Most frustrating sports team I have ever watched, aside of maybe a few NY Giants teams in the early 2000's. We've lost a ton of talent the past few years, but remain in playoff contention this year...but keep losing in the most frustrating ways imaginable. Tonight? They were up 1-0 the whole game, but for the THIRD STRAIGHT GAME gave up a goal when the extra attacker was on the ice with the opposition's goalie pulled. Worse, the Devils hit the post 3 times tonight and just missed a goal on the goal line one time. Maddening.
Devils are definitely at a crossroads now, so hopefully the good times aren't totally in the rear view mirror leading into a dark ages period.
New York Giants - Two titles since 2008? Can't complain.
The Giants are routinely the most frustrating good team to watch - they've won the NFC East plenty of times since the late 90's, yet they usually lose in the Wild Card round, and usually due to their own incompetence (too many INT's, years where they take ten million penalties, etc.). It's amazing to watch a team self-destruct as often as they do.
Yet the two years they didn't self-destruct? Super Bowl wins.
It's a strange phenomenon, but it means I can't get too angry when they lose for a little while.
Too bad football is my third favorite sport, though.
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Feb 4, 2014 2:38:00 GMT -5
MLB - Yankees, yeah I'm happy. NFL - Giants, 2 recent Superbowl wins, both over The Patriots. Gotta love it. NBA - Knicks....... Hmmm nothing since the 1999 run to the finals. NHL - Rangers, no Stanley Cups since 1994 EPL - Liverpool, no titles since 1990, however many cup wins & a Champions League win alleviates some of the pain. Still hoping we are building a team to win the league. It won't happen this year maybe in the nest 2-3 seasons. Rugby League - Parramatta Eels, no premierships since 1986, 2 consecutive last place finishes. Make me a sad, sad man.
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