What do you do to calm down after a sports defeat? (spectator or otherwise)

[yoda313]

Ugh just finished the michigan - penn state 4 ot college football game (american college football, ie NOT soccer). (fyi I'm a MICHIGAN fan so you know which side I'm on)

I had to go watch a movie for a bit to get my mind off of it (Star Trek Into Darkness).

I'm not as fanatical about most games as I used to be. I have kind of found a happy medium where I can fully root for the home team but come to a point where I can withdraw from it and not cause myself to loose my mind over it. It's taken awhile and I've never been a truly obsessed sports fan of any sport. But I have had those moments that we all have where we scream and yell even though there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

(mainly I still remember yelling at the top of my lungs at the famous "process" non catch call against Calvin Johnson in that Lions game against the Bears a few years back. Luckily I was alone at the time so I didn't bother anybody).

So what do you to unwind and decompress after a tragic sporting event?

[DB83]

Well I would hit the nearesr bar and tell the tender to 'line 'em up'

Failing that, I get out mee geetarr and strum a few notes of 'Summer of 69' to reming me of when they last won a game.

[Sorry. Could not resist that one ]

[gadgetguy]

I don't understand the question.

[yoda313]

I don't understand the question.

Not a sports fan?

Don't you ever yell at the tv or the radio when your team is losing or loses a close game?

[DB83]

Methinks his team never loses

[OllieTSB]

Yoda, think of it like this: a loss to a lousy coach is probably helping him stick around so your team is merely investing in future wins.

There's a great RIPPING YARNS episode (GOLDEN GORDON) which you might sit and watch. It's available on DVD. A wonderful and instructive tale about sports mania and its various symptoms. Highly recommended.

Finally... "it could be worse. It could be raining fungal disc-eating pies, causing jitters all over the computer world as we spread this heinous contagion!"

[yoda313]

Ripping yarns???

never heard of it.

I might check it out sometime when I'm not watching sports and learning how to play the guitar

[gadgetguy]

Nope. Not a sports fan.
Want to see me get upset? Have your stupid sport event go into overtime and screw up my scheduled recording.

[Noahtuck]

Nope. Not a sports fan.
Want to see me get upset? Have your stupid sport event go into overtime and screw up my scheduled recording.

LOL!!!!

[OllieTSB]

Here's the opening rant in GOLDEN GORDON. Sadly, I cannot find the rest of it on YouTube. Drop me a PM and maybe I'll have found it.

RIPPING YARNS was Michael Palin and Terry Jones follow-up effort after Monty Python sailed on.

[OllieTSB]

Yoda, there's a "BBC documentary - revue" of RIPPING YARNS, and here's Part 4 of 4. Start at about the 40-sec mark and Palin begins talking about the GOLDEN GORDON episode...

[TreeTops]

Not a problem here. Ducks have won every came this year so far.

[yoda313]

Not a problem here. Ducks have won every came this year so far.

What are you talking about? The Ducks are 7-2!

Oh wait you're from Oregon I see, I guess you mean THOSE ducks huh???

[TreeTops]

Yes, the football Ducks.

[lordsmurf]

Watch a comedy movie or TV show.