I'm 71 years old and have been a Duck fan since I was old enough to know the difference between a Duck and a Beaver.
Yesterday was the first time I have EVER shut off and walked away from a Duck football game (never mind that it was a bowl game) in the third quarter KNOWING it was possibly bad for my health to watch the rest of the game. I went to the store, bought some groceries and didn't even look at the final score until almost 9 last night. I simply didn't care.
I didn't care because I had seen nothing from this team that made me WANT to care. I loved to watch the Rich Brooks teams because, as bad as they were, they all CARED. They fought with all their might (and usually lost), but the FIGHT in them made me care passionately for every little success they had. This team has WORLDS more talent than those did...but not a fraction of the heart. As a result, I can't give my heart to them. I don't even care enough to be disgusted at their effort.
(note: this pertains to the entire team in the first half and the offense in the second. I see that the defense did it's job in the second but the offense was busy making plans for the after game party or something.)
Off-season couldn't have come soon enough.
Thank God for basketball, track and softball.
Yesterday was the first time I have EVER shut off and walked away from a Duck football game (never mind that it was a bowl game) in the third quarter KNOWING it was possibly bad for my health to watch the rest of the game. I went to the store, bought some groceries and didn't even look at the final score until almost 9 last night. I simply didn't care.
I didn't care because I had seen nothing from this team that made me WANT to care. I loved to watch the Rich Brooks teams because, as bad as they were, they all CARED. They fought with all their might (and usually lost), but the FIGHT in them made me care passionately for every little success they had. This team has WORLDS more talent than those did...but not a fraction of the heart. As a result, I can't give my heart to them. I don't even care enough to be disgusted at their effort.
(note: this pertains to the entire team in the first half and the offense in the second. I see that the defense did it's job in the second but the offense was busy making plans for the after game party or something.)
Off-season couldn't have come soon enough.
Thank God for basketball, track and softball.
