OT: Anyone else not really in a sportsy mood?

I am not in a sportsy mood.

I am so pissed that my kids aren’t playing, I can’t really enjoy watching anything else. Its their senior year, and they play on nationally ranked teams in their sport; will be playing in college as well, and their club coach isn’t even practicing. Hoping some tournaments get played in the next couple months. 

I’m sure I’ll watch when M returns, but I couldn’t even tell you the date that’s happening...so, I’m pretty checked out.

I'm just not in a mood for anything right now tbh. I miss the old way of life. 

Aside from golf, I haven't been in a 'sportsy' mood. National events have had a lot to do with that, as I'm sure it has with most of us. Lately though, I'm beginning to get back into it. Boxing, looking forward to Big Ten football (I'm not watching any right now, though I would if Detroit didn't blow). I'm in a better place now than the past few months.

I see your arms waving - watch out for the counter top.

Mike Leach is weird - but he is some qb coach. Making Costello look like Mahomes.

I get what you're saying, OP, but I'm still enjoying Oklahoma and Texas look like utter ass.

No, seriously. I look forward to RedZone Sundays, not really due to any specific fantasy or rooting interest, but because it's something other than the preceding six days of monotony. Normally, I travel for work, but going on six months grounded, and staring at at least another six more, I need a weekly break, no matter how trivial. 

If anyone's not feeling sports these days, that's fine and totally understandable. Hopefully you folks find something you like that you can lean into. I sympathize. It's not great out there right now, but it's going to get much, much worse in the next few months, so I'm just trying to defer my slough of respond as long as humanly possible.

Not me. This has been one of the most exciting days of college football I've ever seen.

This guy, right here. Just not feeling it. Too much going on the world and my personal life.

Yeah, of course. There's a dark cloud hanging over everything. I love College Football Saturdays but until every team is playing, it feels wrong. But even when every team is playing, I'm going to have that pit-in-my-stomach apprehension about players and coaches staying healthy. I really hope it all works out. 

nope, loving football today.

I don't like wasting my time on things that don't "count".  As in "The Lightning won the Stanley Cup that year that the season was shortened, stopped for 5 months, played in a bubble with an accelerated playoff schedule so it basically wasn't even the NHL and basically doesn't fucking count."  

Feel free to insert Lakers, Dodgers and Alabama for Lightning.  Change NHL to appropriate sanctioning body and modify circumstances accordingly.

As an aside:  As a Dodgers fan I will be pissed off if they win the WS this year after all the failed attempts to purchase real titles for the first time since that Spartan trash Kirk Gibson let it rip.

Yep. Haven't watched. Doing a lot of family stuff. I check here every so often. 

Yes I’ve felt this way. I think it will feel empty for me until October 24. 

Absolutely not. Been watching all the football games and really enjoying maybe even more than normal since I don’t have angst over Michigan losing or underperforming. 2020 has been the best year of my life since my kids were born. I don’t get the depression mentality but maybe it’s because I don’t buy into certain things.

100% agree.  I check in on a game here or there but it just isn’t the same.  Sports just don’t seem that important with everything else going on. 

OP (and other commenters) thanks for posting this. It is strange, it is like most of us in synchrony made the 18 year old to 50 y.o. shift where generally sports becomes less important, or at least placed in context. 

I also shockingly haven't watched anything except that first Peay game; partly b/c of work and just the world context. 

Also, I think I didn't quite realize how important going to even just 1 or 2 games per year was. Neither my dad or I are fanatical fans, but knowing that we were going, gave use extra motivation to read up on the teams, which led to talking about the team etc. 

I can't (or chose not to) even watch any games on tv with friends this year... which was a great way to spend a sat afternoon arguing about the respective demerits of the others' obv terrible teams...

This is probably the least I have been interested in sports in my life.  I am so sick of the politics getting into sports, pro athletes who make millions of dollars whining all the time, and I am just not vested in wasting my time watching it anymore.

I watch sports to escape from the daily grind of life and get away from the politics and world problems. It seems like ESPN is pushing an agenda down my throat during games and I am done with it.

Don't get me wrong, I will be excited to watch Michigan play, but as far as everything else goes I am done watching until they can get away from all the politics and other garbage.

I have found out this fall so far, that I have been way more productive at getting things done around the yard. I have even found myself being a better husband to my wife and even enjoyed taking her out on an afternoon outing to get some ice cream which I would never have done if there was a Michigan game today.  My wife has noticed a difference too, because she was a bit disappointed when I told her there was going to be a Michigan football season starting next month.  

Kinda until football started back up.  

Yeah, I haven't been able to get into it at all. I've tried watching a few games, I just... I don't know. It's not doing it for me. Everything else going on is so much more important, I can't seem to engage in sports right now. 

I just got home from watching games and drinking delicious frosty beverages, so this may (will) come off as dickish, but go fuck yourself and enjoy football. 

NBA can't watch due to BLM nonsense. 

NFL kneeling and no shows. 

NHL.... no Bruins. 

MLB.... please. 

College football, I watched some today for the first time. 
This is just not a real year. Just a collection of individual games that don't add up to much. 

This season is so different, it is hard to get into the mood.  I have season tickets and travel to the away games so this has changed dramatically for me. Even when the season starts, no fans, no marching band.  And I know it's early, but I haven't seen any hype videos from Mello. Didn't purchase any new Michigan gear.  Hope I am psyched for some TV viewing by October 24.

I've totally felt this too, but I know that the second I'm watching winged helmets on a football field it'll all come back to me.

I won't tell anyone else how they "should" feel, there is too much of that going on these days.

The observation I would make is that ever since the term BPONE was coined (and maybe before), a large swath of members here have become caricatures of this type of fan: wallowing in self-pity and negativism. 

I am excited for what we have and how much better it is than it looked like it might have been just weeks ago. 

I find myself increasingly disinterested in millionaires chasing balls.   Kids benefit from sports because athletics/sports can be used to teach lessons about teamwork, etc.  But as an adult it's just entertainment, and I have other things to do.

I'll still watch UM play football but I'll probably just have it on the TV while I try to get other things done. 

Yup! I mentioned this in another thread a couple weeks ago. It doesn't mean I'm not watching them - if they're on local tv antenna I'll tune in because it's better than nothing. But I'm not as invested in it anymore. Unless something whacky is happening...like the Falcons blowing double-digit leads two weeks in a row, or upsets brewing in college football (lol LSU got Leach'd), or a potential Stanley Cup-winning goal can be scored in overtime (really great game and great ending, as much as I loathe Corey Perry). I might try to find a way to watch the hockey game tonight, only because the cup might be awarded tonight. But I haven't watched much of the postseason in general. 

Otherwise sports have just been...meh. Better than nothing for sure. 

American needed a bit of a course correction on its sports worship though. It's getting quite perverse.