Sports thread...

[Shimmer]

Just random sports discussion. I doubt we're all active enough to ever use a sports forum, so what the hell. Here's our sports thread.


Jason Whitten is a god today.

 

[*Stargazer*]

Like mentioned previously, I'd like to birth pretty babies with him.

I am a sports nut. Love football (college and pro), hockey and college basketball.

 

[Shimmer]

I've never actually watched hockey, and the sound of a basketball bouncing makes my head throb, but oh my LORD when I see old school Roy Williams hits or watch Marion Barber run....

oh. My.

Yes please. I'll take it, with a beer and some nachos.


I like rodeo, live...not televised. There's actually a fair amount of skill that goes into it.

 

[*Stargazer*]

You should totally try to take in a Stars game. For the longest time, I was going to make pretty babies with Mike Modano. Yummmm.

My great sports love is definitely football. I will watch just about any televised football I can find from high school to DivII (or whatever they call it now) college ball to the NFL.

 

[Shimmer]

Did you see that Southlake Carroll lost? Finally?

This school is a dynasty in and of itself.

 

[*Stargazer*]

I watched Carroll on ESPN this year. There is NOTHING more fun than high school football in Texas.

A big part of the reason that I'm hoping DH gets out in four years is that I would really like my kids to grow up and be able to experience high school in Texas.

 

[Shimmer]

Those parents at SC are inSANE. The cheerleaders and their moms are insane, the players are insane, it's just a SUPER duper competitive school. Unreal.

I'd love my boys to play for them, but yeah. That district is a bit (A LOT) above the financial means at the moment. Crazy school.

Then again, the district we're in has a super competitive HS as well, it's just not as good as Southlake, especially for sports.

 

[*Stargazer*]

We're thinking of moving back to Plano or to the Frisco or McKinney area. Partly for academics but also for the sports opportunities.

 

[Shimmer]

Plano/Frisco are both just SWELLING with people and really becoming good places to be for both academics and sports.
You know what's becoming HUGE here? Freaking rock climbing/bouldering competitively. There are 5 gyms in the area I can think of off the bat, and all of them have nationally ranked competitors on the teams. It's not so much for adults, but for the tween/teen set, it's becoming HUGE. And $$$$$. The comps aren't intramural, so they pay.

 

[NutMeg]

I love hockey. I'm a Canadian, the love is in my blood.

I tend to not enjoy other sports if they're televised, but the excitement of a live game gets me every time, regardless of what sport. That being said, I haven't given other sports enough of a chance to pass judgment. I hate it when someone bashes a sport that they don't watch... Don't knock it if you've never seen it!

 

[Shimmer]

Hockey for Canadians is like football for Texans. It's a way of life.

 

[NutMeg]

It's so true.

 

[xmrsvindieselx]

i'm an islander fan.and rick dipietro is a sex god. no joke =]

 

[omg banana]

The only sport I watch on TV is college basketball. I'm completely obsessed with Duke, it isn't healthy.

I played soccer for about 10 years until I graduated high school, and I ride horses. I've been doing that since elementary school.

 

[Shimmer]

oh God. Terry Glenn ran drills. This is fantastic fantastic news because...if he's coming back and coming back hard and strong...oh...my gosh that's fantastic news.
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Out since camp, Glenn back at practice

I actually kind of squee'd.

 

[*Stargazer*]

Yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya yayayayayayayayayayay!

 

[Shimmer]

I know. Husband says it won't make much of a difference, and he may be right, but I'd like to think it would be a huge difference.

 

[Beauty Mark]

I like the Red Sox, but that's because I lived in MA for so long.

I like football, and I prefer the Eagles, mainly because their former manager co-founded the Ronald McDonald houses