I'm too competitive for my own good. There. I said it. And it just so happens that the college team (my alma mater) I support happens to be less than average at the moment in my ALL of my favorite sports: football, basketball, and baseball. Every year before the seasons start, I'm all hyped up because we have these hot recruits coming in and/or our star players are going to be.. well.. star players. And then the season starts. And disappointment has almost always ensued.
But it's not just NC State... I play fantasy football as well, and I get soooo into those leagues too. Eventually, if I just see that I'm going to suck, I accept it... but when I'm doing well and there is a chance I can kick some booty... I get SO fired up when I lose. It doesn't last long and I get over it pretty easily when I'm not taunted. But that doesn't always go my way.
I don't know when the "it's just a game" was lost. I was competitive when I played softball in high school, and I would get upset when we lost, but it was the understandable kind of upset. But we were also good too, so I guess that plays a part. Of course it's easier when you win most of the time. :)
So anyway, this season NC State sucks at football, and we stand to actually (maybe) be better in basketball this year than football.. which right now we're slated to finish last. So.. you can see that "better" is barely marginal here. But.. we always have to hope that things will look up at some point. Right?? Right! And on the up side - go Chargers, Yankees, and May's Anatomy (fantasy football) who haven't sucked this year!!) Packies... we'll get it together one day and the other ACC teams will finally give us some respect. Until then.. can someone please remove this stupid competitive bone.. I think mine has mutated.
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