<p>I went to Damon’s today, and they have 4 big TV screens that usually are filled with sports games, and today every guy in there was screaming their heads off at the tv. My dad does this too, as well as the rest of my male relatives on that side of the family. Why do some guys do this? I don’t get it at all.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m female, and I screamed at the TV when Michigan beat Penn State in the last second today!!!</p>
<p>As a female, I was speechless when USC pulled a touchdown out of thin air to beat Notre Dame after the game was already “over.” Would not have wanted to be in the room with any male ND fans for that one, celebrian.</p>
<p>I’m so mad. The ref spotted that ball so horribly, it went out at the 3, not the 6 inch line. USC can be nothing more than Pretenders, now.</p>
<p>jmmom, now that explains the noise coming from the wardroom today! I heard something about USC but had no clue what was going on.</p>
<p>Yeah, that USC ending was a little disapointing. We were uncharacteristically routing for ND, just because, basically, enough is enough.</p>
<p>But just want to clarify, my screaming at the TV in the Mich/Pennst came was in joy. Go Blue!! (finally,
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<p>“I went to Damon’s today, and they have 4 big TV screens that usually are filled with sports games, and today every guy in there was screaming their heads off at the tv. My dad does this too, as well as the rest of my male relatives on that side of the family. Why do some guys do this? I don’t get it at all.”</p>
<p>I don’t get it either. I am afraid I was never taught why sports are important.</p>
<p>I like sports- even though most of the athletic things we do- we don’t do competitively.
I like baseball- we have even had season tickets for a few years- I will attend basketball games- I had a great time when the womens high school team won state last year. soccer is cool- my youngest has played on a team for about 6 years, and I play casual games every week or so- but football I don’t “get” and if a sport is on tv except for the Olympics- I can’t pay attention- it is too hard to follow and not engaging enough- it would be a little better I suppose if I was in a sports bar where everyone was focused on the game and the screen was 4 ft high- but I still have hard time being connected to a television show.
My husband loves tv sports- race cars, football, hydroplanes, football, the playoff games for basketball and baseball, and football. he screams at it too- dont understand that-
But let me attend a game in person and I get caught up. When Ds high school team was in playoffs last year- I went just for the first game to support the team and for something to do.
even though it was about 30 miles away- I ended up going to every game all week and loved it.( basketball at least I understand- D played it for several years- I used to go regularly , years and years ago when Lenny Wilkens coached the Sonics, and the action is pretty contained so easy for me to pay attention- can’t say I am much impressed with pro ball- but the high school and college I like.)
So screaming in person yes- I even pound the bleachers- but yelling at a tv- no.</p>
<p>“Hi my name is DrDrewsmom and I scream at the TV”</p>
<p>group: “Hi DrDrewsmom!”</p>
<p>I must admit that I did not have this addiction until I had sons who played sports. I have been known to scream at baseball, football, tennis, and sometimes basketball on TV :o
I was a non-screamer as a teen/young adult girl ;)</p>
<p>My kids are constantly embarrassed at my screaming at their sports matches. I can’t help it. I get excited!!</p>
<p>I scream at the t.v., too, and usually scare everyone upstairs.</p>
<p>PS I went by D’s old HS to watch her old team play a match… one of the girls hugged me and said, so glad you came; we miss you screaming for us! :)</p>
<p>As I have explained to my family on several occasions, I do not scream at the TV. I’m screaming at the participants and I’m fairly sure they can hear me. They just choose to ignore me.</p>
<p>It’s very important that my DH scream at the TV. His ideas are always better than the coach’s.</p>
<p>When SC was ahead, I told my husband I felt sorry for the ND fans. Then ND was ahead and I said oh well, you never know with this game. Then SC had the ball & I a threw myself on the floor “yes”, jumped up and my husband walked into me. He said I should watch what I was doing, and I said he should know better than to run into me when I was screaming. All this was before the 7 seconds, which we just watched stunned. I still feel sorry for ND fans, but it’s a great feeling to be at ND when SC wins. I was very happy for the SC fans in ND.</p>
<p>garland - finally something that we can come together on. But, on a more serious note, I know you live in NJ as do I. Please don’t tell me that the game was televised and I missed it. On Friday evening I checked the web site for WABC in New York and they indicated that the only way to see the game was on pay-per-view. Figuring that I wouldn’t be able to watch the game, I did the next best thing by planning a drive to the Poconos (to see the colors - very late this year and hence disappointing) and the waterfalls (spectacular after all the rain that we had). I knew that being in the car for an extended period of time would allow me to listen to the game on XM radio. With 4 minutes to go we had ended our drive and were back at home ready to go into a restaurant. I intentionally picked one that would have a long wait and stayed out in the car listening to the game. After the last play, I screamed at the top of my lungs, “YEEEEESSS!!!” I then looked around to see who may have heard me and thought that they had a lunatic in their midst. So, please don’t tell me that I could have seen the game live, all along.</p>
<p>Seeing the highlights of many of yesterday’s games should underscore the reason why so many kids choose big time football colleges as places where they want to go. Being there for such events create a lifetime of memories.</p>
<p>My H says we watched it on ABC.</p>
<p>I dunno, we use DirectTV, would that change any thing?</p>
<p>Well, you did right to stay in the car till the end of the game, anyway!</p>
<p>Bless me, CC, for I have sinned. I must confess that I, too, not only yell at the TV but have been known to jump up and down while screaming, “Yes, yes!!!” I did this countless times last year during the World Series and the Super Bowl, and I have done it in public (with the local UCLA alumni club at a pub) as well as in private. I firmly resolve, with the help of my DH, to try to restrain myself in the future . . . but then it won’t be as much fun! ;)</p>
<p>celebrian:
We saw a Damons in Newark, OH and I wondered what it was. What kind of food do they have? Is it any good? Thanks.</p>
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<p>For what I pay to send my son to USC they better d— well win the NC.</p>
<p>Tsdad–I would love to sympathize, but I’m paying the same, and for that I get-------Columbia football. Nuff said. :)</p>
<p>ouch that hurts</p>