# When your NFL team loses a game are you in the mood to watch the very next game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 18, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251 "2016-09-18T14:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/1 "2016-09-18T14:53:18Z")
My team plays at 1pm today and I cannot see myself watching the very next game because I will be so pissed off and ranting on social media for 3 hours. Now maybe I will be feeling better by 8pm game. But almost never can I watch the very next game if my team loses. Especially today because they will be 0-2 if they lose and I might just be done for the rest of the day. Any other NFL fans like this? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/2 "2016-09-18T14:56:43Z")
I can get that way. I’m a Colts fan, and depending on how bad they lose, they can suck all the football out of me for a day ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/3 "2016-09-18T15:01:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can get that way. I’m a Colts fan, and depending on how bad they lose, they can suck all the football out of me for a day I even take a step further and will change my dinner plans. lol Like tonight i plan to order pizza for the 8pm and may not have an appetite if my team falls to 0-2. lol ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/4 "2016-09-18T15:08:37Z")
If they start losing too badly, thank Og the Cubs are winning. I’ll watch baseball instead ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/5 "2016-09-18T15:14:51Z")
I’m actually the opposite. If my team wins at 1:00 I typically will go do something else during the 4:00. Watching the late game is necessary therapy if my team loses beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/6 "2016-09-18T15:35:27Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > I’m actually the opposite. If my team wins at 1:00 I typically will go do something else during the 4:00. Watching the late game is necessary therapy if my team loses beforehand. I plan to do that if my team wins at 1pm because the 4pm is A$$…indy vs denver ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/7 "2016-09-18T17:39:44Z")
I’m not a die hard 49ers fan until the playoffs. If they lose I move on to watching the next game if they win I move on to watching the next game. I think it’s due to me being a bigger baseball fan and no single game is that important in the baseball world. Of course since you can go 8-8 and make the playoffs I guess that’s true for pro football too. Now college football which I like way more then pro every game matters and I had trouble getting to sleep after the Irish lost last night. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/8 "2016-09-18T19:56:41Z")
I’m a Lions fan, enough said? Mostly I pay attention to college football and only dabble in pro except for the occasional Lion’s game (when they aren’t yet mathematically eliminated!!!) until December. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/9 "2016-09-18T20:36:55Z")
As a Browns fan I’m kind of not in the mood for the NFL right now. But no, their loss won’t stop me from watching more football today. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/10 "2016-09-18T20:38:26Z")
Cowboys pulled it out and I am now content 4pm game I can watch ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/11 "2016-09-18T21:05:09Z")
After a full game I kind of get burned out on football for the day. Unless it’s the playoffs I don’t usually watch two games in a row no matter who won. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/12 "2016-09-18T21:55:23Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > If they start losing too badly, thank Og the Cubs are winning. I’ll watch baseball instead Same here. The Bears are so crappy, I’m not going to watch ANY NFL games this year at least until the playoffs start. I’m focusing almost all my sports powers on the Cubs this year (and a bit on the Florida Gators). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/13 "2016-09-19T15:34:54Z")
If the Packers lose, then of course I will watch the next game. Which is one week away. Who watches other teams’ games? That’s like cheating on your wife! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/14 "2016-09-19T15:55:49Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If the Packers lose, then of course I will watch the next game. Which is one week away. > > Who watches other teams’ games? That’s like cheating on your wife! > > 🙂 Well if it’s the Sunday night game of course it’sno more games that day The question was for 1pm and 4pm games ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/15 "2016-09-19T16:54:48Z")
If we Browns fans followed that rule, then no Clevelander would watch any football ever. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/16 "2016-09-19T17:14:29Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Well if it’s the Sunday night game of course it’sno more games that day > > The question was for 1pm and 4pm games That’s just this week. Packers play the first or second Sunday game often enough. I pay that far-too0high price for NFL Sunday ticket to watch one game. And more often than not, it’s a national game anyway. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/17 "2016-09-19T17:28:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If we Browns fans followed that rule, then no Clevelander would watch any football ever. Well I don’t think it applies to browns fans since yall so used to seeing them lose. Lol ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/18 "2016-09-19T17:47:32Z")
Huh, never thought about it. Doesn’t come up that much. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/19 "2016-09-19T19:02:49Z")
Nah. I expect them to lose. Then I can watch a couple of _good_ teams play. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-nfl-team-loses-a-game-are-you-in-the-mood-to-watch-the-very-next-game/766251/20 "2016-09-19T21:57:46Z")
I’m a football fan in general, so watching the Rams lose isn’t going to sour me on the upcoming game. I enjoy watching other teams play, especially if the game is competitive.