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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Why I Quit Watching TV Sunday, August 30, 2009 Why I Quit Watching TV This isn't exactly why I haven't watched TV in 2 years, but the decrepitude of the Bay Area's 2 professional football teams was certainly a contributing factor. Here's a quote from the recap of the Oakland Raiders' most recent "game." OAKLAND, Calif. -- Coming into the third exhibition game, the New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders talked about how this game would be a dress rehearsal for the season. Consider Drew Brees and the Saints' first-team offense ready, while the Raiders may not have enough time to fix what's wrong in Oakland. Brees completed 14 of 17 passes for 179 yards and drove the Saints to touchdowns on all three drives he played, leading New Orleans to a 45-7 exhibition victory over the Raiders on Saturday. ...Those three drives went so well that coach Sean Payton pulled most of his starters early in the second quarter instead of playing them into the third quarter as planned. Moore's touchdown gave the Saints a 21-0 lead with 13:53 left in the half and brought an early end to Brees' day and loud boos from a Raiders crowd that has seen plenty of bad football during a six-year stretch when Oakland has lost an NFL-worst 72 games. ...The Saints were able to move the ball with ease even without top running backs Pierre Thomas (knee) and Reggie Bush (calf). Mike Bell started, but Lynell Hamilton got the bulk of the work with 16 carries for 95 yards. P.J. Hill added 89 yards and two touchdown runs. ...The Saints outgained Oakland 344-60 in the first half, posting 19 first downs to three for the Raiders. I was never a 49ers fan and not a Raider fan either, once I got past a youthful, "They're bad boys and they wear black!" phase (that many men fail to mature beyond). But the fact that pro football used to be my favorite TV to watch, coupled with broadcast rules that dictate that the vast majority of NFL shown on TV in the Bay Area features and Raiders and 49ers, and the fact that during the 6+ years I've lived here the 49ers have ranged between mediocre and dreadful, while the Raiders have posted the worst six-year record in the history of the NFL, certainly hasn't done much to nurture my desire to crack a beer and sit through some Sunday afternoon f'ball. Which is probably a good thing, on the whole. Labels: football, tv Posted by: Flux # 11:07 AM Comments: Don't give up on football man! The Packers sucked hard all through my viewing years, but I kept watchin em, until 1996 finally came around and justified all the crappy games I'd watched for 20+ years... Your day will come. Someday.... And even bad football is still way better than everything/anything else on TV. Discovery and NatGeo have interesting stuff but everything else should just be flushed down the toilet. #: 9:54 PM posted by Unknown I'm still something of a Chargers fan, after living in SD for for near 20 years. I don't root for the 49ers or Raiders, but they've just been so unentertainly bad since I've lived up here that it's made watching them painful. If I even had a TV, I might have some renewed hope this year, with the tanked economy causing so many games not to sell out and blackouts to ensue. There would be good games on local SF TV, at least on the weeks SF and Oak were at home! I actually enjoy college football more than pro. Well, enjoyed, since I don't watch it anymore either. College has more scoring, more open style of play, and like, 50 games on a Saturday, usually 4 or 5 on at once, making for channel surfing paradise. Back when I had sufficient free time to feel okay watching sporting events all afternoon/evening. Rather than doing something important, like surfing the internet and blogging about it! cough #: 10:37 PM posted by Flux Got the new 46 inch Samsung HDTV with all the trimmings 2 weeks ago, and I am looking to watching football in "dynamic" mode. Not to mention the Blu-Ray dvd action with resultant sharpness and clarity making me feel like 'why have I suffered so long' #: 6:31 PM posted by Anonymous Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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