The first NFL game I remember was seeing Marino getting sodomized by the Jags in the divisional round in '99. Since then, being a Dolphins fan has been nothing but pain. The thing is, for some reason I'm totally okay with the Dolphins underperforming. Even this season, which is late playoff run or bust, I'm completely understanding of all our failures. As long as the Fins even smell like they're on the right track, I'm ecstatic.
Within the same general time frame, one of the first college games I remember is the University of Miami destroying Nebraska in the National Championship. The Canes were dominant. Everybody was going to the NFL. These days I have no patience for the Canes. My standards are so much higher. It doesn't make sense to view these two teams through such a different lens.
Is it just me, or do you guys also benchmark against your early memories? Trying to figure out why I didn't love the Dolphins any less during their one win season, but a 5 loss Canes gives me heartburn.
Besides WWE/Impact wrestling.. I did not watch sports growing up, unfortunately. I started watching college football in the fall of 2006 when I was 19 years old. I started really liking it, love college football now. Then in 2018 someone asked if I would like to play in their fantasy football league. I never watched any NFL games besides a few Superbowls at that point but I said sure. I really got into and and playing fantasy football was fun. As an added part of it, I started watching the games to see how my players did. I mainly watch the Sunday night and Monday night games. The NFL has taken away the Thursday night ones to hide them behind having to sub. to Amazon...