Anyone out there NOT like watching football?

I like watching them on espn3 during the week while wifey thinks im watching "bachelor" with her

I'll watch tonights game for a while and I have recorded a couple of others but I won't sit and watch a game for 3 hours unless its like the army navy game or something like that.

Hate watching pro games during the regular season. I only watch my favorite team if they hit the postseason. I also will watch one or two bowl games for schematic strategy.

My friends always want me to come over, kick a few back, and enjoy an afternoon of games. I hate it. Nothing more irritating as a coach to hear your friends telling you, a professional, why the game is going the way it's going. Then, the announcers call a split flow zone play a "long trap". Then, the camera goes down to a sideline reporter who informs us that the head coach thinks "He needs to score more points in the second half to win the game." Then, Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anniston are doing commentary in the booth and promoting their new movie. Then, your head explodes.

In summation, not a fan. I watch enough film in a week to compensate for all the football I don't watch on tv in a season.

As I have. Gotten older I have drifted closer and closer to the college game and away from the pros. I used to be the opposite, I'm not sure why, probably partly bc the college. Game is so transparent to me. By that I mean the game is much closer to the HS game and I can follow what an oc is thinking most of the time.

I do watch A LOT of college football, but not much NFL besides the Bears.  I always watch games by myself, though, for the reasons you mention.  I don't have to listen to my friends dissect the game plus I normally use DVR to rewind schemes I think are cool and fastforward through the BS.

If I had the choice between watching a college/pro game versus watching them practice...I would chose the practice 9 times out 10. The practices are far more interesting and relevant to my interests.

I rarely watch an entire football game. I haven't watched an entire pro football game since the Bears were in the playoffs in like 08 or 09. Pro football bores the living crap out of me. Very little of it has anything to do with coaching. It's all GM work on who signs or drafts the better talent. They all run virtually the same crap and through parity they've eliminated any powerhouse teams. The NFL sucks IMO.

I used to watch the crap out of college football, but increasingly I can't even watch one of those from start to finish. I'll usually end up switching back and forth between a few games or something else on TV. I don't watch hardly any during the season because while we stop watching film at noon, I'm usually not in the house until 6 at the earliest. Saturday afternoon's when I mow the yard (2 acres), take the family to the pumpkin patch, go to movies, etc with the family. Might be able to catch the second half of the prime time game sometimes, but not usually. I get to watch more of the MAC stuff on Thursday night than anything else.

Even when I watch football now, I really don't care who wins or loses.  I find myself rooting against my favorite pro team (Bears) more often than not because I can't stand their QB.  The last time I watched a game with any sense of fan type rooting interest was the Nebraska/Texas Big 12 championship Suh's senior year.  I really wanted that team to be able to play for a big time bowl.  I really like the way they played, plus at one time I was a pretty big Nebraska fan.

My friends know better. Relatives of the girls I date is a different story. It makes me want to punch a baby. As far as watching games go I don't watch much pro ball past a few match ups I like. College I'll watch anyone that I find their scheme interesting or something along those lines.

I watch college ball, especially if it's a unique scheme or a lower level college team (the FCS Championship was fun). The only NFL I watch is the Patriots, just because I've lived in New England all my life and suffered through the 1-15 and 2-14 seasons of the early 90s, so this is payment for loyalty. Usually don't give a crap about the NFL otherwise. I'll watch NFL playoffs, biut only as background filler while I'm reading or doing something else.

Whoever said that watching games with "common fans" drives them $h!thouse, I totally agree. Makes me want to drill my eardrums out. My wife knows more football than most non-coaches.

THIS

I find that I get too invested in watching a game at times on each snap and assessing the formation, D&D, matching coverage shell and predicting the outcome of the snap before it happens, that it becomes a chore and I can't just sit back and enjoy it.

I really don't watch football Aug - mid November anymore. The NFL isn't much until the post-season and even then its normally not until the second half until the pros wake up and try to earn their paycheck. College game is far more interesting at the end of November.

Forget about going out and watching games with fans...I find they don't start paying attention to the game until about 2 seconds after the ball is snapped (wtf are you watching??!)

I watch a ton during the whole year. But I hate watching with people. They either give their opinion of whats going on (usually wrong, always uneducated) or they want me to give them my opinion (you don't want to get me started.) I'll watch anything thats on because its better than anything else on TV. I usually have my laptop by me with Hudl up. Now that I have a new born, I'm sure I'll watch less as I'll have daddy duties and have to balance my life a little more than I have the past xx number of year.

Glad I am not the only one who doesn't watch much, especially during the season. By the time I am done watching our film, scout stuff, even peaking at a team down the road I really have no desire to watch much football on TV. I will watch some but can't remember the last time I watched a full game, I will watch a HS game over anything if I do. Of course with a 1 1/2 year old and a 4 year old in the house being able to sit down for 3-4 hours is impossible.

I don't watch much college
I'll watch a few bowl games because I have more time

I enjoy NFL games much more

Most Coaches prefer the college game

I finally realized why this is true for me
A. I don't have a college team. Generally I want to see the west coast teams win since that's where I'm from but not a diehard fan of any one team. Where as in the NFL I have a favorite team

B. I think in season I am so exhausted, stressed, and repulsed by Friday nights game, whether we win or lose, that I just need a day away from football to recharge my batteries.
When Sunday comes around I'm much more in the mood to watch football

There are a few unique teams I watch (college and HS) but I'm usually doing stuff while the TV is on and listen enough to see if something unusual happens. Otherwise I rarely watch a whole game. Maybe 1 a week during playoffs and bowl season.