# Pre-season NFL **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916 "2009-08-10T11:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/1 "2009-08-10T11:15:34Z")
So the Titans beat my new go-to-team-to-root-against last night 21-18. Of course, pre-season doesn’t \*really \*mean much, but I love with when TO loses! I only watched the first half - the fake punt was fun. I enjoy trick plays, the more so when they work, but even when they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/2 "2009-08-10T14:09:31Z")
Best line of the day: A. Trapasso: 2 rushes, 6 yards (longest 40 yards), 1 TD. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/3 "2009-08-10T15:23:02Z")
That fake punt was like a Globetrotters move. I missed the NFL so much. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/4 "2009-08-10T15:33:40Z")
> [@Stringer](#): > > That fake punt was like a Globetrotters move. I love it when commentators justify your armchair comments. Me: “Woah, that was sweet…Trapasso looked like Meadowlark Lemon for a second there”. Collinsworth: “…and that was like something you’d see from Meadowlark Lemon”. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/5 "2009-08-12T03:13:57Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Best line of the day: > > A. Trapasso: 2 rushes, 6 yards (longest 40 yards), 1 TD. Yes. The story that resides in that seemingly innocuous statline kinda defined the game, right? Two lessons I (re)learned from the game: Always shop for for pointspreads. My ususal sportsbook hangout had Tennessee at -3. Good thing I went across the street where the line was -2.5, huh? So far this season, that has been my most profitable decision. It’s preseason for the media too. Check out [this screen cap of Yahoo!'s box score for the game.](http://www.geocities.com/nscfireants/HoFgameboxscore2.jpg) How many things can you find wrong with it? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/6 "2009-08-12T10:53:34Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > Yes. The story that resides in that seemingly innocuous statline kinda defined the game, right? > > Two lessons I (re)learned from the game: > > Always shop for for pointspreads. My ususal sportsbook hangout had Tennessee at -3. Good thing I went across the street where the line was -2.5, huh? So far this season, that has been my most profitable decision. > > It’s preseason for the media too. Check out [this screen cap of Yahoo!'s box score for the game.](http://www.geocities.com/nscfireants/HoFgameboxscore2.jpg) How many things can you find wrong with it? I only glanced at it - but I spotted the final score straight off. That is too funny. ---
**Author:** ![packattack\_goTT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@packattack\_goTT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/packattack_goTT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/7 "2009-08-12T23:27:47Z")
Terrell Owens is such a deusch bag. Suck this TO \<=8 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/8 "2009-08-13T01:27:53Z")
> [@packattack\_goTT](#): > > Terrell Owens is such a deusch bag. > Suck this TO > \<=8 Suck the margin? And you can’t even spell douchebag? Dude, you’re giving us Packer fans a bad name. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-season-nfl/505916/9 "2009-08-13T01:58:33Z")
Maybe he was trying to say that Owens is German, but accidentally left out the “t.”