Something about living in Seattle and watching the Mariners drown in last place in the worst division in the American League just really builds up an appetite for football.
I love the Seahawks and the Huskies football teams, but the great thing about football is that I can watch any team and be pumped about the game. Last night I channel surfed between the Beavers pummelling of Eastern Washington on FSN while Seahawks were running all over the Raiders on NBC! The games really didn't matter one was OSU vs. EWU and the other was pre-season. BUT IT WAS FOOTBALL!!!
So much better than watching the Mariners lose a real close baseball game in the regular season. I love baseball. I even try to go to the desert and catch Spring Training. But when the season is over I am not shedding any tears and when my team is losing I start daydreaming of football real soon. Football is special. Hell I am not even sick of hearing about TO drama yet.
You don't get up early on Saturday to watch college baseball teams from all over the country play all day.
If I started singing "Are you ready for some baseball" at work during a regular Monday, I am pretty sure everyone would just stare at me. But we will get up Monday morning smiling on our way to work knowing that after the long day a football game between two teams we most likely could care less about are going to play each other. Its football.
I have tickets for the Washington Huskies vs. super power San Jose St. The two teams combined for a total of 5 wins last season. OUCH!! I can honestly tell you I have been thinking about this game every minute of every day all week. I have been losing sleep to see a couple of under achieving teams go at it. Sure it is the season opener and I have hope for drastic improvement from last season, but really I am just fired up to see college football.
Conversely I went to the Red Sox vs. Mariners game last week. Good game. M's won!! But the only time I thought about that game was on my way to it and I was wondering if I was going to be able to find free parking? I did. I have a small car. Saves gas and usually finds free parking.
That is the difference between football and baseball. One we enjoy because we are sportsnutts. The other we can barely live without.
