Agreed... The "why don't they die already" mentality is baffling. Sure I play "hate the rival" on posts or during the season, but in reality it's just part of the fun watching the game. I don't really hate Lanning or the puddle chicken players... What a sad existence to really hate people playing a sport to the extent you want terrible things to happen to them.
Agreed... The "why don't they die already" mentality is baffling. Sure I play "hate the rival" on posts or during the season, but in reality it's just part of the fun watching the game. I don't really hate Lanning or the puddle chicken players... What a sad existence to really hate people playing a sport to the extent you want terrible things to happen to them.
Not sure if you follow European soccer on even a cursory level, but several years ago there was serious talk of forming a Super League of a dozen or so big brand teams from the associations in England, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. The Super League teams would have been overflowing with money, while the other clubs would fall farther behind economically. (sound familiar?) The outcry over there was so overwhelming that they backed off the plan. Thing is even the fans of the teams that would have been in the Super League were angry.
Contrast that with college football in the US (which as far as structure and economics, might be the closest thing to Euro soccer we have in the US). The fans of the big brand teams love the idea of seeing their rivals being financially starved to the point that they barely even exist anymore. It goes well beyond a mere desire to defeat them on the field.
I think some Duck fans just want the Beavs to shut up and die because they dislike the reminder of their part in the ugly of last August. Plus they'd maybe get back some of the millions from the lawsuit.
It's like the Beavers got diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer as non-smokers. Then their oncologist tells them that, well, maybe it's partly their fault because of something obscure in their DNA. Plus the chemo may or may not work. So how 'bout we just let you die? And be quiet about it. (And of course your extra insurance money will be conveniently returned to your brother who abandoned you.)
Maybe recieved the stage3 lung cancer from second hand smoke from your roommates. The roommate smokers are cancer free, blame you and are blame-free because "you could have moved out at anytime"
I have a huge number of friends and relatives who went to both schools. I donтАЩt hate either one and donтАЩt want terrible things to happen to them. I just think they should admit the reality of the situation and get rid of this fantasy that somehow the PAC 12 brand still has its former cachet, and that by somehow bringing in 6 or 8 second tier teams, theyтАЩll somehow return to the top tier. It just isnтАЩt going to happen. But I understand that many associated with the schools and conference are still in the anger or denial stages of grief.
But that is completely false. The ACC is on the brink of collapse.. FSU and Clemson were turned down by both SEC and B1G, supposedly... And they are now looking to be in the Big12.. That really changes available teams.
And remember, the $250 million is linked to the Conference, not the teams. Giving up on the pac12 is just throwing hundreds of millions of dollars away... That is the dumbest approach possible
YouтАЩre half right. You still have to invest the $250 million into something and watch it grow. Sitting on money and having an open bar night does little for anyoneтАЩs encouragement. The Beav and Coug fans that think the rest of us should just fade into the bushes. We just roll our eyes at disbelief instead, at the feeble attempts to band-aid the conference. ItтАЩs sad. IтАЩm sad for OSU and WSU.
I actually donтАЩt care, because they arenтАЩt my schools, but this is a comment section, not a pro-PAC 2 echo chamber, so IтАЩm free to voice my opinion, right?
Agreed... The "why don't they die already" mentality is baffling. Sure I play "hate the rival" on posts or during the season, but in reality it's just part of the fun watching the game. I don't really hate Lanning or the puddle chicken players... What a sad existence to really hate people playing a sport to the extent you want terrible things to happen to them.
Not sure if you follow European soccer on even a cursory level, but several years ago there was serious talk of forming a Super League of a dozen or so big brand teams from the associations in England, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. The Super League teams would have been overflowing with money, while the other clubs would fall farther behind economically. (sound familiar?) The outcry over there was so overwhelming that they backed off the plan. Thing is even the fans of the teams that would have been in the Super League were angry.
Contrast that with college football in the US (which as far as structure and economics, might be the closest thing to Euro soccer we have in the US). The fans of the big brand teams love the idea of seeing their rivals being financially starved to the point that they barely even exist anymore. It goes well beyond a mere desire to defeat them on the field.
I think some Duck fans just want the Beavs to shut up and die because they dislike the reminder of their part in the ugly of last August. Plus they'd maybe get back some of the millions from the lawsuit.
It's like the Beavers got diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer as non-smokers. Then their oncologist tells them that, well, maybe it's partly their fault because of something obscure in their DNA. Plus the chemo may or may not work. So how 'bout we just let you die? And be quiet about it. (And of course your extra insurance money will be conveniently returned to your brother who abandoned you.)
Maybe recieved the stage3 lung cancer from second hand smoke from your roommates. The roommate smokers are cancer free, blame you and are blame-free because "you could have moved out at anytime"
I have a huge number of friends and relatives who went to both schools. I donтАЩt hate either one and donтАЩt want terrible things to happen to them. I just think they should admit the reality of the situation and get rid of this fantasy that somehow the PAC 12 brand still has its former cachet, and that by somehow bringing in 6 or 8 second tier teams, theyтАЩll somehow return to the top tier. It just isnтАЩt going to happen. But I understand that many associated with the schools and conference are still in the anger or denial stages of grief.
But that is completely false. The ACC is on the brink of collapse.. FSU and Clemson were turned down by both SEC and B1G, supposedly... And they are now looking to be in the Big12.. That really changes available teams.
And remember, the $250 million is linked to the Conference, not the teams. Giving up on the pac12 is just throwing hundreds of millions of dollars away... That is the dumbest approach possible
YouтАЩre half right. You still have to invest the $250 million into something and watch it grow. Sitting on money and having an open bar night does little for anyoneтАЩs encouragement. The Beav and Coug fans that think the rest of us should just fade into the bushes. We just roll our eyes at disbelief instead, at the feeble attempts to band-aid the conference. ItтАЩs sad. IтАЩm sad for OSU and WSU.
If itтАЩs not your grieving process, then why do you even care?
I actually donтАЩt care, because they arenтАЩt my schools, but this is a comment section, not a pro-PAC 2 echo chamber, so IтАЩm free to voice my opinion, right?
Puddle chickens. Yeah you hate the Ducks. Lol