Is Football Fun?

As a fan I mean.


I have been following the Steelers, like many of you, for over four and a half decades. I didn't get to see all of the 70's Super Bowls but I watched us play in 6 of them.
I've seen lots of great players come and go, too many to list.


I still really enjoy watching the Steelers play football. This thought came to me during the Sunday Night game vs the Chargers. I know we lost the game. I know our offense couldn't do anything for pretty much the whole time. I know our defense struggles to get off the field on 3rd down. I understand all of this. Yet I still enjoyed the game.


To me, most of the other stuff doesn't matter at all. Sure, I want to win. But you simply cannot win every game. You can't win every play, every snap. Sometimes you lose on a last second FG. Sometimes, you just take a beating that keeps getting worse the whole game. BUT, you get the other side too. And for the record, the Steelers get the other side more than most.

I'm going to enjoy the game this coming weekend too. Win or lose. I just like football. Football is fun.

 

It's becoming less entertaining for me the longer they wallow in mediocrity. If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got. Time for change and a fresh start.

 

Or what? You'll stop watching? Start watching a different team?


This is the point of the thread. If it's no longer fun, what are you doing? The saying goes, 'the days are long but the years are short'. Find something you actually enjoy doing. We get 18 weeks of Steelers football games each year. That's 18/52. You see how fleeting and trivial a thing it really is. Yet I see people on here utterly miserable 365 days a year.


I'm not trying to say every single thing is rosey, or that there's not room for critique. But some on here wake up crying in their coffee over every little aspect. Buck up buttercup, it's not real.

 

I'm finding myself watching less of the steelers on TV. We rarely get the steelers on TV here in eastern Tennessee because we get stuck with the titans, Falcons, and Panthers unless the steelers are on prime time. I subscribed to Sunday ticket for many years to watch the steelers but don't any more. We also used to make a trip to Pittsburgh for a home game every year but stopped last year. We also used to look for steelers road games that we could drive to for a weekend getaway reasonably close but have stopped doing that as well. It's just not as entertaining for me any more and not worth the money. We go to more concerts locally and I've always been a WWE fan and still spend money going to those events. Until Rooney starts caring about winning and putting out a higher quality product, then I don't care about spending my hard earned coin on it.

 

I've only seen them play once live. Saw them play the Rams in St. Louis. That was the game Ben went out and Vick came in. That trip was so expensive though I've never wanted to do it again.


I get the Titans every week also. I used to get the Saints every week but not this season. The NFC game seems very random. I only watch it on network tv.
When I watch the Steelers elsewhere I have to go around the corner to my bar stool. I've actually gotten most of the games at home though this season.

 

and go to the exit 407 flea market
rather sit in that traffic than watch the steelers sometimes

 

Indeed. The people watching there is next level.