Sports Banter

  (Picture is owned by wallpaper.dog, we do not own the rights) You either feel one or two ways about Notre Dame football... you either hate it or love it and that's just how it is. For me, I love it and have always been a huge fan of the school's history and team. Much like the rest of Mr. Peanuts sports allegiances, I did not have a choice in the matter. I was indoctrinated to a preexisting Downing belief system that had been in place for generations. The thing about it is.... If your heritage is of Irish descent and you are a practicing catholic, odds are high that you're going to root for Notre Dame. So that's how it happened for me. It certainly wasn't because I saw the football team experience success after success growing up. Literally the opposite of that, they are another team that I root for that seems like they can never put it all together or be consistent. And this year it's more of the same. After escaping Navy with a 35-32 win, ND's record sta...

  Picture owned by Buffalo Rumblings, we do not own the rights)      At the beginning of the 2022 football season, I finally took the step into being a 100% Buffalo Bills football fan. I have called myself a bastardized Bills fan for a couple seasons priors and could no commit to following them 100%. It was as if I was dating, I had given my heart to the San Diego Chargers growing up and they dumped me and their fans like a hot potato. I was cautious to commit due to the harm that the Chargers caused when they left San Diego. They left San Diego and transitioned so quickly into the Los Angeles Chargers, as if San Diego didn't mean anything to them. What stung the most was that the Chargers (Spanos Assholes) organization didn't even recognize or care about how they affected the Charger Faithful or San Diego. That hit me hard as a football fan, it was as if my life long support and love did not mean a thing to them. We were just the ex-boyfriend that they wanted to for...