I am. But honestly... four days ago I would have said "not really". What changed?
1995 Pacific Crown Royale #12
Jerry Jones traded one of the best pass rushers in the league to the Green Bay Packers. Who dat?
2022 Sports Illustrated for Kids #1039
As noted by several sports commentators, Micah Parsons is only the second person in NFL history with 12+ sacks in each of his first four seasons. The other guy?
1994 Topps Finest Refractor #92
Reggie White helped lead the Packers to a Super Bowl title. Hopefully Parsons will too.
Since football posts aren't exactly common on this blog, I figured I'd kill a bunch of birds with one stone.
1993 Pacific Picks The Pros #2
2022 Panini Mosaic Reactive Orange Prizm #97
Side note: I spent over an hour digging through boxes searching for the 2011 Topps American Pie card of Kanye West and Taylor Swift, but couldn't find it. Not sure if I even own the card, but I thought I did.
In addition to the start of the NFL season, college football is kicking off as well.
2015 Leaf Draft #25
2015 Upper Deck #15
I'm not an Oregon Ducks fan, but I did follow Ekpre-Olomu about a decade ago. At the time he was dating my best friend's cousin's daughter and was rated one of the best cornerbacks in college. Ten years later, he's part of the family. Earlier in the summer, my friend had him sign a few cards for me. Thank you Ifo!
By the way... Kerry I have a signed card set aside for you. He's the biggest Ducks fan I know.
As for me, I'll be rooting for the San Jose State Spartans this season.
1985 7-11 Dr. Pepper San Francisco 49ers Police #NNO
Alright... I'll wrap up this post with a Seattle Seahawks card:
They are my other favorite football team. I've been a Seattle Seahawks fan since 1981. They might not be ranked as high as the Packers on experts' power rankings, but I'll be rooting for them just as much.
1988 Kenner Starting Lineup #NNO
It's time to answer the question...
Are you ready for some football?
If so...
Who are you rooting for?
As I stated at the start of the post... "I am". But baseball comes first. So depending on how the San Diego Padres play, the Seahawks and Packers might be on hold until November.
Happy Saturday and sayonara!
15 comments:
Michigan Wolverines & Detroit Lions. Happy Football Season!
Not ready but here it comes anyway. I’m hoping the lions can finish the job.
Did my fantasy draft just today. Final draft score was a D! But I got lots of D's in school and I turned out okay! I like the Patriots and Rams, and UCLA and Air Force.
Same as always, ready for the NFL but it'll take a back seat to baseball until World Series ends. ... Never ready for college football, can't wait til I don't have to follow it.
I can be biased.... Florida Gators and the TB Bucs.
Even though I am a Giants fan, that jones has been on my want lists since 1995
NY Giants. I barely know any of the players anymore though.
I weaned myself from football a decade ago. Couldn't deal with the concussion stuff and got sick of the stadium stuff. My kids though somehow ended up being Niners fans anyway. With the Giants season turning into a "if they keep this hot streak going maybe they'll win 81 games" drag they've already switched their interests to the NFL and were even following preseason games.
Just a casual fan/observer so I'll just be following general storylines and know just enough to understand and laugh at the memes as the season goes on before the Chiefs win it all again anyway.
I hope the Mets can hold on to a playoff position and do something in the playoffs to distract from my low expectations for the Browns season.
Football is definitely behind baseball and hockey for me, but I watch. Unfortunately my Northwestern Wildcats looked absolutely dreadful against Tulane yesterday, so I guess I have to hope that Jaxson Dart will really become something for the Giants. And I do secondarily root for the Jets, although I didn't last year when the guy who lied about being vaccinated and thereby endangered the health of everyone around him was the QB.
Go Bills!
The Steelers and Penn State for me.
Bears fan here! Sorry the Packers will finish second in the North this year!
apologies for taking so long to reply. it's been a busy month. better late than never, right?
john sharp - if they packers and seahawks don't represent the nfc in the super bowl, i hope the lions do
gcrl - me too (kinda). i obviously won't root against the seahawks and packers, but if they don't win it... i hope the lions do
the angels in order - hope your fantasy team is doing well. my buddy at work is a huge rams fan. i used to like the rams when they had dickerson
night owl - considering sjsu is never really good, i'm not really pumped for college football either. and baseball almost always trumps football in a head to head matchup
johnnys trading spot - your buc sound like they have a solid team this season. good luck. except when they play the hawks in a few weeks.
matt - the jones is such a cool card. not often you see team owners in non-team issued sets. you should be able to pick up a copy on the cheap... unless packer fans are scooping them up
bo - i feel ya. that's what my co-workers and i were just talking about in regards to the sharks
nick vossbrink - the 49ers could be one of those dangerous teams if they sneak into the playoffs. i'd wish them luck, but i'd be lying :D
zippy zappy - i'd rather have the chiefs win it... than the 49ers :D
angus - looking forward to the browns/packers game in week 3. hope your mets can hold on to that wild card spot
brett alan - sure hope dart gets his shot sooner than later. and this is coming from a russell wilson fan.
matt - what a great come back win against the ravens last weekend. definitely super bowl contenders
adame - i'm in my "can't stand" rodgers phase... but i've really had anything against the steelers (except when the seahawks and packers played against them in super bowls).
uncle charlie's shoebox - if they finish second, who'll be first?
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