On Friday the high school team I work with won...
On Saturday Michigan won...
Today the Lions lost...
Tonight the Bears won...

It doesn't get much better than that!

Phil Callihan
Editor-in-Chief
UMGoBlue.COM

And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

I am almost this close to changing pro teams...seriously...I know "SELL OUT, YOUR TEAM IS YOUR TEAM!" Well, the Lions havent wont anything substantial since BEFORE MY FATHER WAS BORN!  I would like to go to a playoff game, a high profile game or a Super Bowl of my team before I die, and with an average of another 50 years, I just dont think it will happen...hasnt in over 50 years thus far, why stop now?  GOTTA LOVE THE FORDS!

umgoblue14


And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

Phil has always been a Bears fan.  My father-in-law has lived in Chicago his whole life and he loves the Packers so of course he hates the Bears.  Not sure how that happend.  You cheer for who you like.

I'm cursed to stick with the Lions & Tigers through their mediocre seasons... One day... one day..

aMAIZEing
Go Blue!
"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft.
On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing" -Bo

umgoblue14

And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

I remember the "Dead Things" just fine.

Sad is that the inept ownership of Lions run their team into the ground year after year and continue to make money.
Sad is that people still buy tickets to fill Ford Field.
Sad is that Matt Millen still has a job.

I adopted the Bears over 20 years ago and stay loyal to them.   I support the Red Wings, Pistons, and Tigers but will never give my loyalty to a team owned by the Fords.

Phil Callihan
Editor-in-Chief
UMGoBlue.COM

Philc

umgoblue14

And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

I remember the "Dead Things" just fine.

Sad is that the inept ownership of Lions run their team into the ground year after year and continue to make money.
Sad is that people still buy tickets to fill Ford Field.
Sad is that Matt Millen still has a job.

I adopted the Bears over 20 years ago and stay loyal to them.   I support the Red Wings, Pistons, and Tigers but will never give my loyalty to a team owned by the Fords.

I am almost to that point Phil...any suggestions?

Philc

umgoblue14

And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

I remember the "Dead Things" just fine.

Sad is that the inept ownership of Lions run their team into the ground year after year and continue to make money.
Sad is that people still buy tickets to fill Ford Field.
Sad is that Matt Millen still has a job.

I adopted the Bears over 20 years ago and stay loyal to them.   I support the Red Wings, Pistons, and Tigers but will never give my loyalty to a team owned by the Fords.

You actually remember the Harkness days?  Gee adopting to the Bears in those days must have been hard-was it full on that  bandwagon?

ILBlue

umgoblue14


And sad that you love it when your home team loses!  You must have been too young to remember the Wings in the 70's cause you would be rooting for the Blackhawks now!

Phil has always been a Bears fan.  My father-in-law has lived in Chicago his whole life and he loves the Packers so of course he hates the Bears.  Not sure how that happend.  You cheer for who you like.

I agree that you cheer for who you like--but to rejoice while your hometown loses-thats..................sad!

I grew up a so so Lions fan but gave up on them 38 years ago and switched to the Dallas Cowboys.
That saddest part of the entire football weekend was Tom Brady getting hurt and being out for the season. 

Let's Go Blue!!

aMAIZEing


I'm cursed to stick with the Lions & Tigers through their mediocre seasons... One day... one day..

The Tigers will have there day, it may be a year or so,  they just never got started this year.  The Lions just never seem to get things on the right track.  My dad stick by the Lions and Tigers 87 years now.

Let's Go Blue!!

I cheer for the "hometown" team to lose (the Titans)... Even though there's no reason to other than to annoy people :P

And yes, I'm sad Tom is out for the year :(

aMAIZEing
Go Blue!
"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft.
On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing" -Bo

Oh yeah, the Steelers won too!  "Fast" Willie Parker returned following his season-ending injury to score 3 TDs (more than last season).  He would be leading the NFL in rushing too, if the Lions had a run defense.  Too bad the Browns lost, because it would have been better if they came into Heinz Field undefeated.  Maybe it's the NFC's year with the Bears beating Indy and the Cowboys picked to finally meet expectations?

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[id=tmppasteie1221069070181]I agree that you cheer for who you like--but to rejoice while your hometown loses-thats..................sad!

No actually, it makes for a lot of happiness.  I win a lot of bets and imagine my surprise when after the Lions were picked to beat the Falcons, I grudgingly turned on the game to find them losing 21-0 in the first half.

I feel bad for Lions fans but as long as the team is owned by an incompetent #$@  things will never change.  And as for fans holding out hope for Lions when Ford Sr passes the reign on remember that Matt (any drunk from any sports bar in America could do better) Millen was the younger Ford's idea.  What a mess...

Phil Callihan
Editor-in-Chief
UMGoBlue.COM

My hometown is C-bus, so is it a bad thing when I rejoice every time the buckeyes lose? I think not.

Going to Tiger Stadium to see the Lions was fun, they were always competitive in the early sixties.
Darkness with harkness, when it was a good night when 7000 fans showed up.
Ya gotta love detroit sports.

Congrats on the weekend Phil!  I'm hoping this weekend could be even better with a Michigan win and a Buckeye beatdown.  Plus all kinds of great HS, College, and Pro games this weekend too.  I agree it's great when the stars line up and the victories on every level just fall into place.  It's so rare that you've got to appreciate it while you can.

Philc


Sad is that the inept ownership of Lions run their team into the ground year after year and continue to make money.
Sad is that people still buy tickets to fill Ford Field.
Sad is that Matt Millen still has a job.

I heard that with all kinds of tickets still available, the Lions game may be blacked out this weekend.  It's a division game too against the Packers, so maybe fans will finally send a "pocketbook" message to the Fords this season.

TooBlueForYou


Too bad the Browns lost, because it would have been better if they came into Heinz Field undefeated. 

The game this week is in Cleveland.  The Browns come into Pittsburgh in week 17 to close the season.

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[id=tmppasteie1221139363405]Congrats on the weekend Phil!  I'm hoping this weekend could be even better with a Michigan win and a Buckeye beatdown.  Plus all kinds of great HS, College, and Pro games this weekend too.  I agree it's great when the stars line up and the victories on every level just fall into place.  It's so rare that you've got to appreciate it while you can.

What was cool is that we won our HS game late on an incredible play (I'll post the clip when I get it) and I thought the Colts would pound the Bears.  So the weekend was completely unexpected.

The tickets have been bought out for the Lions so that game will be on TV.  Hopefully, fans so aflicted with Lions-love can watch from home and withhold concession revenue from the Fords.

Phil Callihan
Editor-in-Chief
UMGoBlue.COM

Conquering Hero

TooBlueForYou


Too bad the Browns lost, because it would have been better if they came into Heinz Field undefeated. 

The game this week is in Cleveland.  The Browns come into Pittsburgh in week 17 to close the season.

My bad.  How could I miss that through all the hype on the promo spot?  I will have have to watch it again to see what they used as hightlights.  I do remember the number "nine" from last season and that in itself has to motivate the Browns, especially as the Steelers looked so good against a team that is so bad and was too easily lifted as a best in the AFC contender.

Of course, the Texans did get one of the meaningless TDs late in the game.  Willie Parker leads the NFL with 3 TDs?!  Maybe he didn't like hearing that he couldn't get it done at the goal line.  The Bus was a tought act to follow in that regard (yeah, he was a domer, but also from Detroit).