Premier League in the morning and College Football in afternoon / night! Anyone else in heaven?

Submitted by Lakeyale13 on

This is simply my most favorite time of year sports wise.  Anyone else agree?  If you disagree, what is your favorite time of year when your two favorite spots align?

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stephenrjking

September 1st, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^

In principle I like soccer. I enjoy a lot of sports. 

But not now. Games that just two weeks ago would've been must-watch television seem unimportant. All of it pales. College football is here. There's nothing like it. 

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Lakeyale13

September 1st, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^

98% of the world disagrees with you, but that's ok.  LOL.  Seriously though, English Football (soccer) has been the only thing to see me through the last decade of Michigan Football.  I would gladly give up watching it to see UM beat OSU.

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gmoney41

September 1st, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^

After the season my boys Manchester city had, soccer is high number 2 to Michigan football.  I honestly couldn’t care less about every other college game but michigan so I am definitely in heaven.   I love waking up and watching my boys in the morning and my boys in the afternoon.  

Soccer was the only thing keeping me interested last season when our team was unwatchable on offense.  

Ive stopped giving much of a shit about football over the last few years.  The nfl has never been exciting to me, so it was always college for me but I have a 10 yr old so my priorities have shifted.  I don’t have 4+ hours to watch other games besides Michigan.  Soccer is more entertaining and the games are over in 2 hours.  Nuff said

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Lakeyale13

September 1st, 2018 at 4:58 PM ^

I will say this, I believe soccer players are the greatest athletes in the world.  Strength, speed, agility, stamina, incredible skill.  Most people don't realize that a soccer game is 90 min and you cannot get subbed in and out.  Once your are "subbed" you are out of the game.  You may not re-enter.  Most players cover 4-7 miles a game.  90 minutes of running.

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BlueAggie

September 1st, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^

Everything was going swimmingly until Mitrovic took that dumb handball. Point on the road is nice, but three would’ve been better. 

Also, FCC plays Pittsburgh tonight. Should be a great game, but I had to sell my tickets so we can watch M. Wish Michigan would play ND in the afternoon like God intended. 

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MDSup3rDup3

September 1st, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^

It gets even better in October. Wake up to the Prem, have an afternoon kickoff at the Big House, then catch some evening baseball playoffs/early season hockey. I live in New England now, so I usually try to pull in a few College Hawkey games, so there's that in the late season too

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