Aaaaand, All Is Right In The World Again

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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As the eternal six-month-on/six-month-off cycle reaches day one of another “on” period, there is much rejoycing in the Briston household.

Yes, I know we’re still 32 days away from any of it counting, but I care not – tonight, I’ll be in front of my TV, and I will be watching NFL football. Life…is good.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year
When the Eagles are losing
And everyone’s boozing and having a beeeeeeer
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
It’s the hap-happiest season of all
With those pickoffs for touchdowns and putting some brats down
When friends come to call
It’s the hap-happiest season of all!*

*Blatantly stolen from lno’s blog

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You’re closer to your season than I am to mine - just over 2 months before training camp starts and I get to hear the sound of skates on ice and pucks bouncing off the boards…

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Yeah, I’m gonna be there too! It is the only sport I watch (well mostly. I watch women’s tennis sometimes and occasionally 9-ball on ESPN)

I am looking forward to it, even if it is only pre-season.

Hooray football! :slight_smile:

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Less than 5 hours to go…

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I am a bigger baseball fan than Fottball fan, so I have not been jonesing for the NFL, but I do love When the Eagles are losing.

Hal, when is the first Giant Pre-season game going to be on?

Jim

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Hal, will you be rooting for the Rams this season, or rooting behind a ram this season?

::d&r::

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Hal, you forgot a “B” in the front of the thread title…

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They play the Ravens this Friday at 8:00. I assume Fox will televise it live in your area, but I’ll have to wait until the NFL Network shows it at 1:00 on Saturday.

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You aren’t in the Giants market?

In between NYC and Boston, I get local games for three teams. So this Friday night I’m going to bask in the goodness of three simultaneous games:

7:30pm, ch 2: Jets vs Bucs
8:00pm, ch 3: Pats vs Falcons
8:00pm, ch 4: Giants vs Ravens

Now that’s the way to kick off preseason. I purposely skipped the game last night; the first action I’ll see will be an overdose, and will involve teams I actually care about. (Or at least am interested in watching, ala Ron Mexico and the vaunted 1-read “passing” attack.)

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Sigh…I recently moved. I was equidistant from both NY and Philly, so I was getting both feeds. Now I’m much closer to Philly – the local cable feed doesn’t cover NY.

Going to be a lot of Sundays spent visiting my in-laws this autumn.

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In the middle of the 2002 season, I moved from halfway between Baltimore and Washington to Reno, Nevada. The NFL considers Reno a part of the Bay Area market, so I get the 49ers and Raiders games. In 2002, the Raiders went to the super bowl, where they were dismantled by Gruden’s Bucs. Since then, my two “home teams” have gone a combined 26-70. I’ve almost forgotten what it fels like to watch a good football game in the comfort of your own home.

I spend a lot of Sunday afternoons in sports books.