I have a headache, my shoulder feels sore, my back feels weak, my vision is blurry but I feel great.
Last night in Chicago, my fiancee and I hung out with some of her friends at this bar where Kansas fans and alumni frequent. And as a Michigan student, instead of going to Duffy's (where the Michigan fan base hang out), I went to this other place to hang out with her friends who are really cool people.
Since Michigan was playing Kansas, I was asked, "Why aren't you wearing your Michigan shirt?"
I learned this from a comedian that relentlessly talks bad about sports fans and how stupid and idiotic that they are about sports. This is what he said and I have to agree:
"It would seem that allot of people, I mean guys, that have nothing really going on in their lives, they latch themselves to a sports team bandwagon because the team actually win at something and it makes them feel like they are apart of it when they're really not. It's one thing to like a team, its another to be an asshole about it."
I feel that when a person makes a sports team the center of their lives to the point where they defend it like its their child is ridiculous. Its a whole different animal, if say, you were bragging about a college that you are attending, graduated from or having some family member attend. To me, that's cool, I get it. My dad wears Michigan shirts only because my cousin use to coach women's basketball and I'm currently a student there. Otherwise, he'd probably wear MSU shirts because he likes their basketball team. But do I give him shit about liking MSU's team? Nope. Why? Because he's a passive fan. He watches, analyzes the game, enjoys it and moves on. This is how sports should be viewed by the community at large instead of fighting, arguing, throwing victories and losses in other people's faces and bring up useless stats about the teams history and former players. WHO CARES. If your team lost, then they lost. Get over it already, geez!
This is why I hate attending certain sports venues. You read stories about how fans get into fights at games because their team is losing and a person wearing the opponents jersey is happy that their team is winning. How does yelling, "sit down and shut the fuck up!" help your team win? And better yet, why take it to that level? Just because you wolfed down seven beers at $5 each doesn't give you the right to act like a dickhead. Especially if there are young children around. Whats the next scene? Two guys fighting in the stands over which one of their last place team is better and moments later, it's uploaded to YouTube. These are the type of people that make going to any professional sports venue a pain in the ass. If you don't believe me, just Google "Raiders 49ers fans" and read some of the articles.
"Why aren't you wearing your Michigan shirt?"
"In a Kansas bar? Because I don't wear meat in the lion's den."
"Huh?"
"Win or lose, I don't feel like getting into an altercation with some drunk jackass because I'm wearing a Michigan shirt. I'm avoiding that situation."
Michigan 87, Kansas 85
Happy hangover.
