Curbed Enthusiasm / Quasi Game Thread

[Legacy User]

Typically a game thread is up by now

Not many posts about this game

Just an observation

Appears people are losing some interest

Inaccurate statement on my part?

[Legacy User]

I'm interested to the extent that i can't shake my steeler addiction and will certainly watch.

I've naively thought in the past that I could give it up...and if I repeated it enough I could.

Enthused to get one more fix, even if I know this might be the one lands me in a gutter of piss.

[Scunge]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

[LakecrestSteeler]

Posts are down because everyone is going through their 5 stages of recovery. I think after each loss it gets worse and takes longer to recover, until of course it is officially a lost season. Talk of Bell returning was a bit of a boost in some respects. Not quite sure if he matters, but deep down I am pretty sure he does.

[StillerInCT]

We're just easing into Sunday. We do what we do, obviously.

[Thrillsseeker]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

It sure is. I spent last Sunday at my nephew's small fry football game. He's 10 about to be 11yrs old. People in the stands yelling at the coaches, the refs. It was the most ridiculous display of stupidity I've seen in some time. A ref turned to the fans, dropped some F-bombs challenging a heckler to a fight. I did all I could to bite my tongue and not start calling out the dumb spewing from people's mouths. After the game, cops showed up, said fan and an official actually threw punches.

A SMALL FRY football game. I 1/2 expect the earth to get flooded at some point. We need a cleansing or some Darwinism or something.

The dumb, it's everywhere.

[W&M_Steeler]

Typically a game thread is up by now

Not many posts about this game

Just an observation

Appears people are losing some interest

Inaccurate statement on my part?

I feel less interested. The NFL overall is having real problems with quality control- too skewed towards offense, too many flags, too many difficult to interpret and apply rules, too many commercials, etc. It makes watching games a chore. The Steelers being mediocre and full of complacent, unlikeable underachievers makes it even harder to care about the season.

[W&M_Steeler]

Posts are down because everyone is going through their 5 stages of recovery. I think after each loss it gets worse and takes longer to recover, until of course it is officially a lost season. Talk of Bell returning was a bit of a boost in some respects. Not quite sure if he matters, but deep down I am pretty sure he does.

Not for me. I'd prefer Bell not return. The Steelers screwed themselves by not letting him walk and using the wasted $14.5 million in cap to sign some much needed defensive help.

[Legacy User]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

It sure is. I spent last Sunday at my nephew's small fry football game. He's 10 about to be 11yrs old. People in the stands yelling at the coaches, the refs. It was the most ridiculous display of stupidity I've seen in some time. A ref turned to the fans, dropped some F-bombs challenging a heckler to a fight. I did all I could to bite my tongue and not start calling out the dumb spewing from people's mouths. After the game, cops showed up, said fan and an official actually threw punches.

A SMALL FRY football game. I 1/2 expect the earth to get flooded at some point. We need a cleansing or some Darwinism or something.

The dumb, it's everywhere.

That’s a solid Saturday night. Hope you had decent seats.

JK. Yeah, I see it/seen it w youth sports having coached and watched my own kids.

[Stosh-67]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

Sure is Sunge.
Its become a mob mentality, lose, don't get your way, don't agree......
Then lash out with words, screaming in people's faces, threats, threats of violence and ultimately taking that anger to a physical state.

What the hell is going on.

[Stillerz Bar]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

Sure is Sunge.
Its become a mob mentality, lose, don't get your way, don't agree......
Then lash out with words, screaming in people's faces, threats, threats of violence and ultimately taking that anger to a physical state.

What the hell is going on.

Sadly, as Scunge noted now it applies to winning as well. Win or lose, after any contest, confrontation, etc. both sides seem to get pissy. Whether it is a loser tantrum or gloating, civility just seems to be getting pushed out the door.

I still think one of the best traditions in sports is the hockey handshake line at the end of a series. Win or lose, hard hits or even fights & cheap shots are all put aside for that few minutes.

[Orangesteel]

Pens laid an egg last night so looking for some Lers’ redemption today.

Good news is it can’t be worse than it was last week. Lers’ win today and ripper magoo a few more before the bye we are in OK shape.

[fractalsteel]

Maybe people watched UFC last night from Vegas and saw how it ended and got depressed?

Yeah, this is the football forum but it is depressing how civility and respect is in short supply anymore. You beat someone in a match, a game, a fight, you should shake hands and be a good sport, and that also applies if you are on the losing end.

What happened last night is happening more and more across all of sports, all of life really.

It sure is. I spent last Sunday at my nephew's small fry football game. He's 10 about to be 11yrs old. People in the stands yelling at the coaches, the refs. It was the most ridiculous display of stupidity I've seen in some time. A ref turned to the fans, dropped some F-bombs challenging a heckler to a fight. I did all I could to bite my tongue and not start calling out the dumb spewing from people's mouths. After the game, cops showed up, said fan and an official actually threw punches.

A SMALL FRY football game. I 1/2 expect the earth to get flooded at some point. We need a cleansing or some Darwinism or something.

The dumb, it's everywhere.

There are blogs, websites dedicated to this lunacy. Youtube is a good place to see this crap taking place. It is everywhere.

[RemoAZ]

We're just easing into Sunday. We do what we do, obviously.

[Legacy User]

Julio Jones receiving yardage O/U today?

I put it at 175

[Stallworth16]

There’s so much Irony on Steelerfury and that’s what makes it great.

For Example: Starting a thread to talk about lack of a gamethread and lack of interest, instead of just starting a Gamethread.

Also a favorite Steelerfury pastime is to complain about too much complaining on Steelerfury. And then there is what I’m doing right now. I’m complaining about people who complain about too much complaining.

[W&M_Steeler]

Julio Jones receiving yardage O/U today?

I put it at 175

The only limit will be how often Ryan decides to throw it to others. I could see 125+ yards and 1 TD each for Jones, Ridley, and Sanu.

[Legacy User]

There’s so much Irony on Steelerfury and that’s what makes it great.

For Example: Starting a thread to talk about lack of a gamethread and lack of interest, instead of just starting a Gamethread.

Also a favorite Steelerfury pastime is to complain about too much complaining on Steelerfury. And then there is what I’m doing right now. I’m complaining about people who complain about too much complaining.

Game threads are usually started by people much more powerful than I.

I’m just a peasant who posts.

[Legacy User]

Its become a mob mentality, lose, don't get your way, don't agree......
Then lash out with words, screaming in people's faces, threats, threats of violence and ultimately taking that anger to a physical state.

What the hell is going on.

Well said. Steelerfury postgame threads look like gentlemanly civil discourse in comparison to "the real world".

[Alibe]

My enthusiasm has been significantly quashed. I have been feeling the officials are being encouraged to keep games close! Officials are throwing lots of flags to hinder a team from going up big time. I don’t think the fix is necessarily in for particular teams, BUT it is in to keep games close, lots of offense and keep the eyeballs on the games. Too many close games for it to be coincidental! I am feeling manipulated. I don’t like that feeling. It is ruining the experience and the fun.

[LakecrestSteeler]

Things have changed for sure, but they are still the same.

Hyper-Partisan politics?

Is it really any more hyper with Trump than it was with W, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, Roosevelt.

Need some reminders:
WMDs, the dress, Iran-Contra, oil embargo, the original gate, Vietnam and civil rights, bay of pigs, A-bomb, and the 22nd Amendment.

I am sure people were going nuts with all this stuff. Some I can confirm, others can be confirmed by elders.

Also I remember a ref getting punched during a high school basketball game by a player player in 1986. Also remember a legendary screamer/red face who was at everyone of his kids games going ballistic back in the 80’s too.

NFL is the same as it always was. People still complaining about the same old stuff. Salaries, calls, replays, drugs, stupid coaches and refs., the fix being in, and terrible announcers.

Need some reminders:
Franco to Seattle, immaculate reception and picture stuffed in ref’s pocket, the intro of replay, Mercury Morris, Marty Mornhinwhig, tuck rule, and Howard Cossell.

[K_C_]

I'm still watching for one reason: I like the Hooters food I pick up on Sundays.

[Obviously]

Is there a game on today?

[Donnie Brasco]

My enthusiasm has been significantly quashed. I have been feeling the officials are being encouraged to keep games close! Officials are throwing lots of flags to hinder a team from going up big time. I don’t think the fix is necessarily in for particular teams, BUT it is in to keep games close, lots of offense and keep the eyeballs on the games. Too many close games for it to be coincidental! I am feeling manipulated. I don’t like that feeling. It is ruining the experience and the fun.

My enthusiasm is gone too. Sundays used to be reserved for 3 NFL games: 1pm, 4pm and 830 pm, watching every snap at home.

Today I put the Steelers game on the iPad with zero sound and played fortnite with my daughter

My emotional investment is at an all time low

[Legacy User]

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[Legacy User]

Julio Jones receiving yardage O/U today?

I put it at 175

Hehe