J.T.
06-07-2012, 10:30 PM
Kind of interested in seeming how the NBA forum feels about this so here we go. We'll start with the more broad of the two subjects. I spend a lot of time talking about the teams I like, watching the games and basically involving myself in those team's seasons. When they are eliminated, I feel like it's personal. Teams that beat my team go on my shit list, and I tend to "dislike" them forever. I know some people out there just accept that the other team is better than you and root for them in the next round. Some people would rather their favorite team's conference win the championship outright no matter what team represents them.
In my case I'm even willing to alter my feelings about other teams to fit my newfound hate for a team that eliminated mine. That said, after two years of being a Heat hater I willingly will root for LeBron to beat Kevin Durant to a title if Miami wins Game 7. If Boston wins it's easier because I like most of their players outside of KG. How do you side?
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The other thing I want to talk about probably belongs in the college sports forum but because it relates to Durant, I'll talk about it here. Some of you probably know that I live in Austin, if you didn't now you do. Obviously most of this town is on the Thunder's dick right now because Durant went there for one year. I would not have a problem with this one bit if the Thunder were still the Seattle SuperSonics. But as you unfold the Durant Situation a little more, the real issue arises. I was born a Longhorns fan. My mother went to the school and I was probably wearing Longhorns swag before I knew what it even was. I was raised to root for UT athletics and even though they denied me admission to the school because I wasn't enough of a minority (I'm like "what Hitler had in mind" white, btw) I still root for their teams.
That said, there's a certain unwritten rule about being a Horns fan in that OU is the Lex Luthor to your Superman. Fuck Oklahoma. My stepdad crashed his motorcycle in Oklahoma some years ago and will never go back because he's convinced the roads in the state have it out for him because he's a Horns fan. The sports superstitious side of me would tend to agree. Kevin Durant plays for a team in Oklahoma. I don't care if he won four national championships for UT (he didn't; he won one NCAA tournament game, promptly was eliminated in the next one and dropped out to enter the NBA draft after one year. What a great Longhorn, he did so much for us!), he lives in Oklahoma now. Good-bye and good riddance, right? That's why I'm saying if he played for the Sonics it wouldn't be so bad. Sure everyone in Austin would be on Seattle's dick right now, but we aren't bitter rivals with any schools in the state of Washington. Am I overreacting about this or is there some weight to how I feel? I don't necessarily care, but I've pissed off a lot of people today by telling them they will get put through the ringer by me every time I hear them support the Horns. I am particularly pissed at one person who before the playoffs started was one of those "I don't really have a team, I just like certain guys" sports fan who now says to me "I told you you guys wouldn't beat us."
In my case I'm even willing to alter my feelings about other teams to fit my newfound hate for a team that eliminated mine. That said, after two years of being a Heat hater I willingly will root for LeBron to beat Kevin Durant to a title if Miami wins Game 7. If Boston wins it's easier because I like most of their players outside of KG. How do you side?
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The other thing I want to talk about probably belongs in the college sports forum but because it relates to Durant, I'll talk about it here. Some of you probably know that I live in Austin, if you didn't now you do. Obviously most of this town is on the Thunder's dick right now because Durant went there for one year. I would not have a problem with this one bit if the Thunder were still the Seattle SuperSonics. But as you unfold the Durant Situation a little more, the real issue arises. I was born a Longhorns fan. My mother went to the school and I was probably wearing Longhorns swag before I knew what it even was. I was raised to root for UT athletics and even though they denied me admission to the school because I wasn't enough of a minority (I'm like "what Hitler had in mind" white, btw) I still root for their teams.
That said, there's a certain unwritten rule about being a Horns fan in that OU is the Lex Luthor to your Superman. Fuck Oklahoma. My stepdad crashed his motorcycle in Oklahoma some years ago and will never go back because he's convinced the roads in the state have it out for him because he's a Horns fan. The sports superstitious side of me would tend to agree. Kevin Durant plays for a team in Oklahoma. I don't care if he won four national championships for UT (he didn't; he won one NCAA tournament game, promptly was eliminated in the next one and dropped out to enter the NBA draft after one year. What a great Longhorn, he did so much for us!), he lives in Oklahoma now. Good-bye and good riddance, right? That's why I'm saying if he played for the Sonics it wouldn't be so bad. Sure everyone in Austin would be on Seattle's dick right now, but we aren't bitter rivals with any schools in the state of Washington. Am I overreacting about this or is there some weight to how I feel? I don't necessarily care, but I've pissed off a lot of people today by telling them they will get put through the ringer by me every time I hear them support the Horns. I am particularly pissed at one person who before the playoffs started was one of those "I don't really have a team, I just like certain guys" sports fan who now says to me "I told you you guys wouldn't beat us."