Now I Understand Why People Act Suicidal In GameDay Threads
 

[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/osu-dbh111609.php]Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative[/url]

"You don't want to be in a great mood during the whole game if you really want to enjoy it," said Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, co-author of the study and associate professor of communication at Ohio State University.

"We found that negative emotions play a key role in how much we enjoy sports."

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Obviously, if you're never down, then up doesn't mean anything

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lol id def like to be up more than we are.

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what if your never in a great mood? too many downs has to be bad for you

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High blood pressure can't be good for you...

I can't stand a Debbie Downer during a game, or one of those types that have to comment on every damn play. People that abuse the DVR rewind suck too.

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[QUOTE]"You don't want to be in a great mood during the whole game if you really want to enjoy it," [/QUOTE]

Um speak for yourself, I always enjoy one of those blowouts where the game is never in question from start to finish. It's been a while since we've had one of those.

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How about just staying medium? It has a way of offsetting emotions. The way our team has been playing this season it's easier to expect the worst, but at the same time hope for the best.

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[quote=Longtimefan;627192][B]How about just staying medium?[/B] It has a way of offsetting emotions. The way our team has been playing this season it's easier to expect the worst, but at the same time hope for the best.[/quote]

Isn't medium the same as apathy? It must be, because our medium Head Coach and his medium QB have caused me to not give a damn anymore.

When we get a real NFL Head Coach and a QB whose tempers are way hotter than medium then I may revert to my true manic-depressive game day personality.

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[quote=Mattyk72;627174]Um speak for yourself, I always enjoy one of those blowouts where the game is never in question from start to finish. It's been a while since we've had one of those.[/quote]


x2 nothing like being way ahead with the annoucers riding your teams jock and you daydreaming about next week's match up and the SB.

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Remember in December of 05 when Dallas came to town and we just dominated the game from start to finish? There hasn't been a game in the last 4 years that has come close to making me that happy again..

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I would say the last game I loved from start to finish the last game of the '07 season when we dismantled Dallas 27-6.

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[quote=Mattyk72;627174]Um speak for yourself, I always enjoy one of those blowouts where the game is never in question from start to finish. It's been a while since we've had one of those.[/quote]

I only enjoy the blowouts if we're the team that's winning! ;-)

More seriously, one can only enjoy it only if one feels beforehand that there is a possibility of losing. If the Redskins play a team of 3-year-olds, the Redskins cannot win, they can only lose. The blowout is only fun if there was the possibility of a loss. Otherwise it's just relief.

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[quote=Mattyk72;627174]Um speak for yourself, I always enjoy one of those blowouts where the game is never in question from start to finish. It's been a while since we've had one of those.[/quote]

What are you talking about? Umm almost every game this year has been like that... Never in question from start to finish... :cool-smil but seriously yeah it's been a while since we've had a blowout in our favor.

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I totally get her point. Which games did you enjoy more?

- The 35-7 win dismantling of Dallas in 2005?

- The 27-6 beatdown of Dallas in 2007?

- The Troy Vincent blocked FG, return by Sean Taylor, facemask on Cowboys adds one untimed down, Novak game-winning FG.

- The Mark Brunell-Santana Moss monday night miracle comeback with two TD bombs in the last 5 minutes.

I loved them all, but give me the last two any day. I prefer to win in dramatic fashion. I'll remember those games the rest of my life.

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Sure the dramatic wins are great and a huge rush, but give me a blowout where you control the game from start to finish anyday. Just my preference.