bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I watch less i can't seem to stay up for Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games, barely watch if the bills aren't playing. In past used to watch games all day Sunday and at least first half of mon night and thur night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextera15 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The problem to me of the NFL is no different than the way the market goes. Before too long the NFL will out market itself. Yes Thursday, all day Sunday, Sunday night, Monday night. Times have changed and now the NFL network itself is too much. They want big markets and that's it. Ticket prices are going to become more than what it's worth if not already in some places. Case in point, Giants and Jets have issues selling out as the prices are too high. When I was younger, it didn't cost so much. Now it cost so much many people can't take their kids to a game. It's not the Bills but the way the NFL has gone to me. I watch the Bills and that's it. I hate going to a bar to watch them anymore. If the Bills aren't on tv I find something else to do. I can care less of watching others as the highlights and replays and every sports network has some sort of break down of the league it's impossible not to know what the other teams are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playman Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 less. of the nfl. college i watch more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never NEVER Give-up Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I only have 2 days on the weekend. Days get shorter this time of year too. I get angry with myself if I waste a whole afternoon watching them stink-up the joint. I get furious if I watch them lose like they did against the Jets-Pats-Niners. Didya ever feel as though YOU care more about the Bills winning than the Bills themselves do?!?! So now I record each game. If I'm working around the house, I'll have it on and admittedly, I usually get sucked in until they start playing like crap - then I'll turn it off. I'll check to see if they win/lose and decide if I want to watch the plays (30-second fast-forward button on DVR lets me watch a whole game in about 1:15). I must confess - I did not watch the 2nd halves of the Jets- Pats games, though I did reply the 2nd half of the Pats game because I couldn't understand how the Pats just kept scoring, and scoring, and scoring!! Like a fire, a car wreck or a carny freak - something so strange you can't take your eyes off of it. I watched a few minutes of the 9ers game and between seeing that I cared more about the game than the Bills did and knowing I'd have to suffer through the overly smug Harbaugh - I turned it off. I was lucky enough to be an adult (30) in 1990 - the Bills heydey! It was an incredible ride - the Super Bowl actually felt like a birth right after the 2nd one! I suffered thru the 70's - (we never beat the fish from 1970-79, 0-20!!) and we were worse than we are now (believe it or not). We had the running back OJ (not the murderer), and he was a diversion. I actually remember feeling (as a kid I must remind you) that as long as OJ got his yards and some exciting runs, it didn't matter that we lost - because that would normally get us on MNF Halftime Hi-lites with Howard Cosell!!! It was a huge deal back then. But there's no way I watch as much as I used to - I refuse to make the time committment until I see the team make a committment to trying to win (note I say trying, not actually winning). The talent is there - but they are not producing. Kelsay revealed a few cracks in the team chemistry (which is needed to add some bite to the complacency). We need some bickering Bills before ths team turns a corner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I've passed up watching two games this year. Taking my son and grandson to watcht the Notre Dame/Wake Forest game at Notre Dame rather than to a Bills game this year. If they don't feel like playing, I'm not feeling like watching. For a while it was something I just couldn't take my eyes off...kind of like a messy car wreck...now its just old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Last year for example I watched the Bills live (on TV) and recorded a couple other games, generally of Bills future opponents, and watched them with the commercials stripped out (only way those games were tolerable). This year I must admit to recording some Bills games and watching then with commercials stripped out and fast forward thru halftime, and not even recording other games. There is so much wasted time during games anymore it drives me crazy. I suspect I will do this for all remaining Bills games this season. The NFL, to me anyway, is not nearly as entertaining as it once was. If the Bills do leave WNY I doubt I will watch much football at all. And I doubt I will miss it much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE GASH STATION Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Pro football is the only sport I watch. I drink the Kool Aid that is served up each year, hoping we go from bad to good, but you know the story. As such, I usually pick a team that normally isn't very good that starts to make a run. It makes the season not as bad and I have someone to root for down the stretch. One day boys, our ship will come in ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Less. 3 young kids...weekend activities, etc.. Still DVR every Bills game on Sunday ticket and refrain from looking at scores so i can watch the game "live". I find myself fast forwarding through some parts but still stop to watch every play. I heard the SF score in advance so that's the only time I didn't watch any of the game...I couldn't bear it. So instead of watching 6-9 hours of football on Sundays (like i used to), I only watch the Bills game and that can be 2 hours or less if I don't watch in real time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderswr80 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I watch less of Bills football and more college ball....i dont have a team in college.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealityCheck Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The rule changes in the NFL are starting to sour the milk for me. I have always been a fanatic about defense but the rules are trending towards the absurd. PI and roughing the passer calls these days are very hard to digest. As the OP stated the NFL is in the greed business. The game is becoming what they can sell on TV. No more and no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) I only watch the Bills game and that can be 2 hours or less if I don't watch in real time. Oh it is way under 2 hours, particularly if you remove halftime. Clock time is one hour. Even with the time the clock is stopped due to incompletions or runs out of bounds, rarely if ever does it go 90 minutes. If you strip out all of the whitespace and watch just the plays, it apparently distills down to 11 minutes of action on average. http://online.wsj.co...2055561406.html Edited October 24, 2012 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 You forgot The George Michael Sports Machine. I grew up without cable, that was my highlight fix for Sunday night. Myself, I seem to be watching more this year, but not the Bills. My regular family Sunday dinner is at 1pm, so I'll catch the last half of the Bills, watch the 4pm games, and usally part of the NBC game after Amazing Race is over on CBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I grew up without cable, that was my highlight fix for Sunday night. Myself, I seem to be watching more this year, but not the Bills. My regular family Sunday dinner is at 1pm, so I'll catch the last half of the Bills, watch the 4pm games, and usally part of the NBC game after Amazing Race is over on CBS. We have a similar dinner philosophy which is why I like the 1pm starts. Game ends by 4, commercial stripping software does its thing, and we watch the 75-90 minute Bills game while eating dinner. And we have our afternoons free. It works out perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I watch less. Before I had a son I'd watch pretty much all the college and pro games I could - I'd sit in front of the TV watching football all weekend. In the 8 years since my son's been born I'll watch all the Bills games and many the late games but I can't justify ignoring my family while I watch the 4pm game or any college ball except for the occasional primetime game. My priorities have changed and I can say I'm happier for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBear Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Way way way less. After moving away from Buffalo, I used to spend my entire fall Sundays (for years) holed up in some smelly sports bar. Now I probably only watch about 1.5 hours of NFL football a week. And that's only because I have dinner at my in-laws on Monday nights and the game's on in their house. The current NFL product is weak in my opinion and resembles a 7-on-7 passing league. I miss the physical battles of my youth. Having said that, I'm sure I'll get sucked back in when the Toronto/Hamilton Bills turn it around in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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