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In reply to the discussion: Robert Kraft-Patriots won't appeal ruling [View all]R B Garr
(17,974 posts)favorite. We watch individual players on various teams from their college years, some even from high school because my husband played high school football in Long Beach, CA (look up the movie, When the Game Stands Tall). He played against that Long Beach Poly school in his years. The Orange County Catholic schools are well-known for being fiercely competitive because they can recruit out of district, so serious high school players transfer to the Catholic schools to compete. He follows them through college and whatever pro team they may wind up in. Sometimes he just likes their college career -- think Troy Polamolu on the Steelers; we've been pulling for them for awhile. All kinds of teams, all different players. For some reason, never the Patriots, so far, anyway.
So that's how I watch pro occasionally only when there is an individual we like, and we pull for them. In this last Super Bowl, we liked Seattle because of Pete Carroll's association with a local university, University of Southern California.
So, NO, it is definitely YOU who is defensive and bitter. LOL, the Patriot fans are especially trippy and just laughably desperate to cling to the exposed false glory. Just admit they cheated, they got caught and move on. It's that simple.