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Preseason Football: August Madness


MHS831

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4 games?  I get that we have to set rosters, etc., but with injuries, etc., are they worth it?  Colleges don't have a preseason.  We like those games, and they have 100 players all year.  I get the revenue end--the owners charge the same for a practice game as they do for a regular season game, but this is ridiculous.  (I think they used to have 6!)

Every year, we endure the tease of the preseason.  We pray our star players do not get injured.  We cheer for guys who will be trying to sell us cars and bagging our groceries in a few weeks.   I am so happy this crap is behind us.  I know, we get to see competitions--but that is just what we do to pass the time and overcome the monotony of a game where the highlight is a Brandon Weeden pass to some unknown player from a Nebraska welding college. 

Does anyone like the 4-game preseason?

 

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