NFL football lovin' mamas! - Page 4

[daniturtle]

Heh, just found you all!!! Have been a dedicated BRONCOS fan for oh gosh, a loooonng time now, although I did not grow up watching football. Luckily I had a girlfriend who explained a lot of the game to me...she was (still is) a Pats fan, which means I have chosen TWO die-hard Pats fans in my life! Since my husband is also a Patriots fan, since childhood. It's kind of annoying!

Let's see-- sad to say, but as much as I love the Broncos I also have to hate some teams... I hate the Raiders (have to!) and I hate the Dolphins! I live in Vikings territory, but I don't have very strong feelings about them one way or another or about the Packers. Lived in Indiana for a couple of years, but I don't much like Peyton Manning (ducking massively since a lot of you all are Colts fans!!!!), always thought he was a bit of a pretty boy (I like my QBs to be very gritty!). Granted, he is a good QB, so it's a rather irrational dislike.

So far, we have not bought The Wee (our baby, due at the end of Sept/beg of Oct) any football onesies, but come to think of it, I should get on top of that and get a Broncos one, before my husband gets him/her a Pats one!!!!! LOL.

[Mamatolea]

Hehe-Daniela, send me your addy so I can ship a Pats onesie over to you for The Wee! HEHE!

Crystal-Yes, yum! And I understand preggo craivngs for sure, just had my little man last month(whoa-is he already almost a month??) and I craved all kinds of stuff-like pickled hot sausages! YUMMMMMM

And now I am still having cravings, must be the breastfeeding-but I could eat steak and dairy queen's banana split every dang day! LOL

[SAHDS]

Originally Posted by Mamatolea

You all are going to rile me up though..I am a DIE HARD PATS FAN! Like, well before we ever started being one of the best teams in the league(I would say we are THE best, but we beat ourselves sometimes..), so no fair weather fan here. GO PATS come thick or thin..

Oh Lord up in Heaven. I loathe the Pats with an undying passion that burns deep in the depths of my soul. I don't even know who I hate more though, Belicheat or Cheap-ass Rodney Harrison... choices, choices.

I have Adrian Peterson, so the Vikings get a piece of my heart this year as well..

Nice pick, hopefully he stays healthy.

My teams of loathing are, in no particular order, the Colts-for obvious reasons

Yeah, I'm sure my dislike for the Pats comes from my crazy love for my Colts. Comes with the territory, right?

Anyone want to exchange tailgate or general football watching recipes?

Would LOVE to! DH make AWESOME chili (simmers for hours and hours), I'll hae to ask him the recipe. Football days are some of the only times we fore-go our super healthy diet and BINGE. All week, DH and I have been brainstorming and prepping for dinner tomorrow, giddy with anticipation. Probably chili (w/ bread bowls), veggies, chips and dips, finished with a cheesecake... probably BLUEberry. wink Ribs sound good too...

ETA: Mamatolea - you do have good tastes in names (we have an Ethan too).

[ScoobySnacks]

Hi everyone! Cool group here! I'm a Seahawks fan myself!

[Mamatolea]

Rodney? Why Rodney? He did the HgH thing, but why is he a cheap-ass? Just curious..he isn't a name people usually say when they are talking about hating us(and I hear it ALL the time..lol)..I would have thought you were a Chargers disgruntled fan..lol

And Adrian BETTER stay healthy..I am gonna bring that sucka chicken soup if I have too! LOL

And thanks on the name I love it and it fits him so well!

[mamaof5boys]

Originally Posted by daniturtle

Heh, just found you all!!! Have been a dedicated BRONCOS fan for oh gosh, a loooonng time now, although I did not grow up watching football. Luckily I had a girlfriend who explained a lot of the game to me...she was (still is) a Pats fan, which means I have chosen TWO die-hard Pats fans in my life! Since my husband is also a Patriots fan, since childhood. It's kind of annoying!

Let's see-- sad to say, but as much as I love the Broncos I also have to hate some teams... I hate the Raiders (have to!) and I hate the Dolphins! I live in Vikings territory, but I don't have very strong feelings about them one way or another or about the Packers. Lived in Indiana for a couple of years, but I don't much like Peyton Manning (ducking massively since a lot of you all are Colts fans!!!!), always thought he was a bit of a pretty boy (I like my QBs to be very gritty!). Granted, he is a good QB, so it's a rather irrational dislike.

So far, we have not bought The Wee (our baby, due at the end of Sept/beg of Oct) any football onesies, but come to think of it, I should get on top of that and get a Broncos one, before my husband gets him/her a Pats one!!!!! LOL.

YEAH BRONCOS!!!:

I was on bedrest with the twins for 8 months- giving me plenty of time to lay on the couch and watch football!! These days I can barely sit down to watch a play! We had fun today throwing a toy football and yelling touchdown though!!! I'm working on them to be my football buddies!

[sunkissedmumma67]

Hey Everyone! Love Football!
STEELERS ROCK!

[KatWrangler]

Subbing!

Okay, we are Bronco Fans first. Then Rams and Chiefs.

I am so happy its football season again!

Oh, any college fans here? We are K-State fans.

[ColoradoMama]

Originally Posted by KatWrangler

Oh, any college fans here? We are K-State fans.

Yea baby! Check out the siggie!

Well, my boys lost. Dh was trying to console me by saying that it wasn't too bad that they only lost by a touchdown to the Pats. Didn't work though. Too bad because normally I'd like to see the Pats win. Ah well - there's always next week. I didn't even get to watch football today because of my son's birthday party! Darn kid! Just kidding. At least I get to watch the Broncos kicks some Raider butt tomorrow!

[daniturtle]

Originally Posted by ColoradoMama

At least I get to watch the Broncos kicks some Raider butt tomorrow!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!

I'm not entirely clear on why there are TWO games tomorrow night, but I'm just happy I get to watch the Broncos. Sometimes it's tough living in an NFC city (I live in the St Paul, MN).

[Honey693]

Bears won! Oh my gosh, I am so happy right now!

[ColoradoMama]

It's paining me to watch Darren McFadden play for the Raiders!!!!! He just looks wrong in that black jersey.

[DayDreamer]

STEELERS FAN here.

I was so upset that we couldn't get the televised game down here in Texas yesterday! At least we got the radio broadcast via the internet!

Go STEELERS

[hellyaellen]

haven't read the whole thread but am definately psyched about the return of football! we root for the falcons and had an aawesome sunday :thum

[Mamatolea]

:SOB: :SOB: :SOB:

I am crying here like no one can understand. Our knight in shining armor is out...for the ENTIRE SEASON!!

Here's hoping we pick someone good up, because while Cassel brought us through this game, he is no Tom Brady...sigh...

Oh well, one year, right??? :sob:

[kirstenb]

Originally Posted by Mamatolea

I am crying here like no one can understand. Our knight in shining armor is out...for the ENTIRE SEASON!!

I hear ya... but crying for another reason. Not a fan of the Pats... but Brady was my number 2 pick in fantasy. I can pretty much kiss my dream fantasy season goodbye.

The AFC should be interesting this season at least. Without Brady the Pats will have to FIGHT to get to the AFC Championship. They have a lot of good players but he's the glue that holds them together. I would be really surprised if another QB could get it done the way he does.

[SAHDS]

What a sucky first Sunday.. ugh. Although, it was AMAZING to see Carolina stun the Chargers. Loved it, awesome. Screaming and jumping ensued after I called them all idiots for burning 12 seconds cause they didn't take a time out even though it was idiotic and they got totally lucky with that quick 2nd to last play.

Then Indy has to play (if you can even call it that) and ruin my day. What an embarrassment. They looked like they did in last year's playoffs. If they play like that, they deserve to lose. everyone was so out of it. Sanders was a step-off, Wayne saw no action, Addai and Clark got banged up, Peyton looked rusty at best *le sgh*

Anyhoo, a few thoughts:

Pac-man Jones is back and dirty as ever :

Fred Gore's looking svelte and fast!

Pittsburgh and Philly owned their games and made the competition look silly. I didn't see the game, but did Philly play the St. Louis High School JV team???

So much for the Jags being so great, they lost to Tennessee. Can't win the SB if you don't make the playoffs and you can't make the playoffs being third in your division...

Poor Pennington. First game, old team, replaced by a legend, loss. Ouch.

Turner, yowsa! He put on a clinic. I was in awe.

T.O. already with a penalty for UC, love it. What an ass.

Ocho Cinco... why is it that I love him so? Of course, he's turning into a whiner (think Randy Moss, blech).

Steven Jackson got JACKED UP but took it like a champ.

Anyone else notice how brutal the games were? All players had a chip on their shoulders. Yikes.

What else... that's 'bout it (for now).

[Honey693]

I was waiting for a huge fight to break out most of the games. I can't remember what game it was, but it took two refs to pull the teams apart and a few minutes to calm everyone down.

[ColoradoMama]

Originally Posted by Mamatolea

:SOB: :SOB: :SOB:

I am crying here like no one can understand. Our knight in shining armor is out...for the ENTIRE SEASON!!

Here's hoping we pick someone good up, because while Cassel brought us through this game, he is no Tom Brady...sigh...

Oh well, one year, right??? :sob:

That was pretty surprising. Usually when a player walks off the field, they're not that badly hurt.

I have to say that it was a bit fun for me to watch the Raiders self destruct last night although I was surprised to see them play THAT badly.

[SAHDS]

Originally Posted by ColoradoMama

I have to say that it was a bit fun for me to watch the Raiders self destruct last night although I was surprised to see them play THAT badly.

The Raiders didn't self-destruct, they played like the Raiders. They are quite the miserable team and, until the can build a team around solid players, they're going to stay that way.

Originally Posted by Mamatolea

Rodney? Why Rodney? He did the HgH thing, but why is he a cheap-ass? Just curious..he isn't a name people usually say when they are talking about hating us(and I hear it ALL the time..lol).

Seriously?

- Harrison was voted the "dirtiest player" in the NFL by his peers according to a 2004 poll conducted by Sports Illustrated.

- In 2006, Harrison once again topped the "dirtiest player" voting by 361 other NFL players.

- In 2008, NFL coaches awarded the title to Harrison in an anonymous 2008 poll conducted by ESPN.

Look at this little nugget I found, a quote from Harrison after the coach's vote:

“They’re ignorant,” Harrison told the Boston Herald, via Tim Graham of ESPN.com. “They don’t know me. If you take the time to get to know Rodney Harrison the person, you would know that’s not my makeup, that’s not my personality. I play hard. It’s unfortunate that you have stigma like that, but what can you say? They crucified Jesus Christ, too. So — and I’m not comparing myself to him — but people are going to say things. They’re going to slander you. You just have to take it and try to be the best person you can be, respectful. I think I’ve done that. Even out on the field, I’m not trying to hurt anyone. I’m just playing hard. Trust me. They probably want me on their team.”



Did he really just say that?

- Harrison has also been fined and suspended multiple times, and as of 2002, had racked up over $200,000 in fines by the NFL, $300, 000 by 2004. I couldn't find an up-to-date amount.

- Is one of the NFL's all-time leader in personal foul penalties (if not the leader).

Maybe we can chalk it all up to roid rage...

Forgot to mention how much I loathe Randy Moss too but that's another post.

And, no, not a Chargers fan. I hate SD.