Anyone else just not watching our games anymore?

[TC4THREE]

Didn't watch a second of last week's game. And not because I had to go to a wedding or take my kid to ballgame or anything like that. Just was convinced there was literal no chance we would even be competitive so saw no point in watching it. Hasn't felt like that since Hazell. Not planning to watch our last games either. Fully convinced we will lose them by 30+.

 

[BBG]

I haven't watched anything recent or many games at all.

I've actually spent my time watching Army play instead.

 

[NVboiler]

I'm a Purdue graduate and fan from the Mollenkopf-era and so I watch them, as painful as it is. Unfortunately, they are now on TV where I can watch them, instead of having to listen to them on the radio. Before the change in radio announcers, I appreciated the games more because of the accurate commentary allowing me to "see" what was happening, or not, on the field, better than what I could see on TV. And I still fly my Purdue flag every football game day, although it's getting harder to do. Fortunately, I lived overseas for 23 years and could not follow Purdue football easily and so I missed some other bad times.

 

[FLAG HUNTER]

i watch it until i can't take any more of it, always have hope maybe team will play well and it will be a good game, when i realize that won't happen, i go do something else

 

[TC4THREE]

i watch it until i can't take any more of it, always have hope maybe team will play well and it will be a good game, when i realize that won't happen, i go do something else

That was my approach during the Hazell years. I've switched it up where I don't plan to watch games and if I happen to see on social media they hang in into the second half I might tune in. Unless the game is on Peacock in which case I don't get it anyway. But I don't make it any sort of priority anymore if I have better things going on.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I gave it a shot this past Saturday.

Despite Gus Johnson's caterwauling about "the world famous Buckeyes" and Joel Klatt talking about what a great football mind Walters (a college teammate) has, I fell asleep.

 

[SKYDOG]

Didn't watch a second of last week's game. And not because I had to go to a wedding or take my kid to ballgame or anything like that. Just was convinced there was literal no chance we would even be competitive so saw no point in watching it. Hasn't felt like that since Hazell. Not planning to watch our last games either. Fully convinced we will lose them by 30+.

No I’m going to spend more time watching the women’s basketball team instead.

 

[pboiler18]

If I’ve got something else to do I’m absolutely going to do that. It’s not even entertaining in the slightest. Want to watch your team fail to get off the field on 3rd and 17? You know where to find it on Saturdays!

We have no shot vs these top 5-10 teams outside of an act of god. When it’s a team we could beat m just waiting for the coaches to screw it up or the kids to go soft mentally and blow it themselves.

Not much redeeming about this team.

 

[rgarlitz]

I haven't watched much this year. For a lot of reasons: other priorities in my life, no confidence in improvement, dislike for the changing landscape of major college athletics. All of those things; not just the mounting losses.

I was underwhelmed by the Walters hire but willing to give him a chance. Honestly, I could probably still get behind him if he can show progress. But, I just don't think he's the guy for this job, at least not at this point in his career.

 

[Riveting]

. Fortunately, I lived overseas for 23 years and could not follow Purdue football easily and so I missed some other bad times.

CIA? (if you are allowed to say)

 

[MightyMike55]

I haven’t watched much either. I’ll record the game on YouTube TV and watch the highlights.

 

[Riveting]

When Boiler Download runs its weekly story, "How to Watch the Game", I expect a list of recommended hard liquor.

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

Didn't watch any of the last game although I did follow along quite a bit on gametracker. Oregon game was the last game I watched in full. Not planning on watching Saturdays game either. Just can't justify 3.5 hours on the sofa watching an ass beating.

 

[NVboiler]

CIA? (if you are allowed to say)

I worked for 15 years in Saudi Arabia as a laboratory geologist, then retired early to Germany with my German wife and lived there for 8 years until she could retire from her job.

 

[awthomps]

I haven’t watched much either. I’ll record the game on YouTube TV and watch the highlights.

I’ve even stopped watching the highlights from the recording, it’s just sad

 

[NVboiler]

I’ve even stopped watching the highlights from the recording, it’s just sad

What highlights? When there are none, I also quit watching. There should be a lowlights, dropped passes for a large gain, failure to stop the opponent on third down with 15+ yards to go, missed field goals, screwing up receiving kickoffs and punts, the list goes on and on. I guess now a highlight is what would be considered by other teams a normal average play.

 

[Riveting]

I worked for 15 years in Saudi Arabia as a laboratory geologist, then retired early to Germany with my German wife and lived there for 8 years until she could retire from her job.

sounds like a cover for CIA, but glad you have come in from the cold.

 

[NVboiler]

sounds like a cover for CIA, but glad you have come in from the cold.

That's the extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. Where I lived (Dhahran) had the world's highest dew point, 108F. Nothing like being out windsurfing on an over 100F day and sailing into a fog bank! The first year I lived there my thermometer hit 100F every day from late February to the beginning of October. I always laugh when someone in the US says how hot it is, as I doubt they know what real hot weather is, 120+F, or what 100% or near humidity is like for a month (August) with the temperature over 100F. That was the month to take vacation if you could.