Bad Karma

March 24th, 2009 by SG

Things I just don’t do:

1. Bet on my team.

2. Play Fantasy Football

3. Watch football in a bar

Why?  Well, as all my friends would attest, I like to seriously *watch* the game.  In a bar, people are talking, screaming, in your face, asking questions, taking up space, whatever.  I want to be at home. Preferably in a room by myself and watch every single play yard by yard.  It’s just my thing.

I watched two games “out” this year-when the Steelers played the Skins and the Superbowl.  The latter only because I was promised a front row seat in the room with the 52″. I am not sure they took me seriously until I got there and plopped down right up front.  I take football seriously.

I don’t bet on my team because it just feels weird.  Not that I have doubts, but I don’t want any outside influences determining how I feel in any given moment.  Watching the Steelers, in no uncertain terms, is real business to me.  During the season, I wait all week for Sunday.  I actually go through periods of withdrawal during the week.  I absolutely work my weekend schedule around the Steelers.  If it’s a 1pm game, don’t talk to me until 5pm.  If it’s a 4pm game, don’t even think about me doing anything after 3pm.  In fact, my ideal Sunday is waking up around 7, working for an hour or two, watching the local news then Chris Matthews and Meet the Press followed by Fox game day analysis.  I don’t really want to do anything on Sunday but watch football.  I also watch all games with the teams the Steelers face on any given schedule. 

I am true football chick.  And look if you’re my man, you better like football or just learn to not talk to me on Sunday.  I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t caused problems in the past – this little football obsession.

I don’t play fantasy football for all the above reasons.  In fantasy, you have players from all over the place. I will not cheer agaist the Steelers because I have a fantasy player on an opposing team and need to win.  Just can’t do it.  I also don’t like to lose money.  Add all of that in there and it’s just bad karma overall.

So, hypothetically speaking @jaykeith and @soxfan24, I will wager that my Steelers once again whoop your Pats, but this is hypothetical and not anywhere near a real live wager.

BY the way, Brady’s back.  Can you tell?  Pats fans crawling out of woodwork.  Are we in Dallas??

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  1. jaykeith:

    March 26th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    So what are the terms of this “hypothetical” bet? Just admitting that you’re wrong in a public forum, because I’m ok with that.

  2. steelergurl:

    March 27th, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Uh, yeah. I sent that answer in a hypothetical email :-)

  3. Kevin Hartman:

    April 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    I used to blog for the Steelers when Diehard 101 was in existance. Ask Mike (Broncos 365) and Ray Ray (Gayvens 365) about my Steelers loving antics. My XBOX Live handle is SteelerPsycho – I think that says it all.

    Needless to say, I agree with you. Don’t bet on the Steelers and stay out of my way on Sunday’s. I want no parts of anything that doesn’t involve me in front of the TV during the game. I even drove from Philly to Pittsburgh the morning of the Superbowl to watch the game with only Steelers fans because I knew they actually wanted to “WATCH” the game.

    Anyway….I now have a crush on you. Did I mention my father has season tickets for the Steelers? :)

  4. steelergurl:

    April 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 am

    I think my favorite part, other than the crush thing *thank you, blushing* is that you called them the “Gayvens” HILARIOUS!
    I actually don’t play xBox, though my son does all day every day it seems.

    Glad to see another die hard Steelers fan out there. And if you are mentioning your father’s tickets because you would like Steelergurl to accompany you, by all means, I’m totally in :-)

  5. inkognegro:

    April 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Seeing as David Gregory has now RUINED Meet the Press. I am going to need another way to avoid the preponderance of Cowboys blather that goes on down here.

    *strokes goatee thoughtfully*

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