What The NFL Won’t Tell You About Football

July 19, 2013 ~ JodiLea ~ 2 Comments

If you are a follower of Not Pretending (to be sane), you know about my ~~obsession~~ love for football, and the SF 49ers. During the season I often post about the players, the games, etc. Sometimes these posts are rantings about what pissed me off during the latest game. There’s always at least one thing…

You aren’t into football… (what!!?), don’t worry. There is a lot of entertainment during a game that you can enjoy without knowing a thing about downs, off-sides, or shotguns. I will point out some of these little known ‘perks’, and urge those who don’t like football, to sit down and actually watch a game. You may enjoy it ;-). Better yet, you may even find a ‘perk’ not listed here – if you do, please put it in a comment OR submit a form from the Etc. page! I would love to add it to my list.

Perks Not Recognized by the NFL:

There’s dancing. If you don’t believe me, check this out
The tantrums. A coach can out-tantrum any 3-year old. They foam at the mouth when things are really going badly. I agree that its immature behavior – that being said, it is so damned funny!
Sports announcers* having to take back what they just said. (i.e. they predict what the player will do and then the player doesn’t do it). I LOVE it when this happens! They think they know everything about football. Even what the players and coaches are thinking.
Trick Plays. My favorite was the field-goal that morphed into a touchdown.
Fisticuffs. There are a lot more of these skirmishes between players nowadays. If you like boxing or hockey, you might find these amusing.
Muscular butts in tight pants or not. I can’t decide if ESPN’s photo-shoots of naked athletes is tacky or awesome. Why didn’t they do this in the 80’s when Steve Young was so hot? Sigh…

* The commentators/announcers often get on a “theme” about a certain player (on the non-49er team). If you are sick, sick, sick of that player’s name, or worse, their dumb nick-name – the ‘mute’ button on your remote will take care of this issue.

Go 49er’s!!

Only 35 More Days To Wait!!

July 3, 2013July 2, 2013 ~ JodiLea

For football, of course 😉

I’m getting restless now, eager to begin the season. I retrieved my paraphernalia from the back of my closet and now it’s in the front row, next to my Authentic 49er Jersey.

Although the 49er management ~~makes my ass twitch~~ ticks me off – I LOVE my guys. How much do I love them? Let me count the days… Sorry, that just popped into my head.

I don’t care what other people say; preseason football is still football. It isn’t just the players, cameramen, and referee’s that need to practice. Fans need to get up to speed on the new rules (there are always a couple every year), and check out the newly drafted players on the field. And sometimes, we have to say good-bye to the traded players, who will be on the field playing with us again, but as opponents.

That’s gonna be weird…

🙂

Well, The Food Was Good…

February 3, 2013 ~ JodiLea ~ 1 Comment

What the #$%&*#@!? happened?

It was like some one stole the 49ers playbook before the coin toss – then the niners found their spare copy at half-time. Not, however, in time. We were soooo close that it hurt. But close only counts with horseshoes and hand-grenades.

PiggingOut

My daughter slaved for 2 days making appetizers for the family Super Bowl party, so we ate like kings while we screamed, prayed, and cursed (with the unsatisfying words you use in front of children).

We were exhausted from rooting, eating, and chasing the naked toddler (more on that some other day), that we all crashed around 9:oo pm.

Except for me, who had to write about it, and express my disappointment about the loss. I am NOT disgruntled with the guys, they did great and I’m so proud of them! We got to the Super Bowl!!– only 2 teams can get there, and WE were one of them. It was not our year to win the game, which sucks a lot, but that’s how it is sometimes.

So… – you lick your wounds, then suck it up and move on.

GO NINERS!!