Caution: This sports commentary includes musical theater references. I watched my first rugby game today. You might be aware that I’m conducting an experiment to see if I can fall in love with the NFL, but rugby? — not really on my radar. So last weekend while I was watching NBC Sunday Night Football […]
Author: Fred Mackaman
Game Report: New England @ Indianapolis
Game Date: Sun Oct 18, 2015 Teams: New England @ Indianapolis Network: NBC You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. Pregame Thoughts I’m looking forward to this […]
Game Report: Atlanta @ New Orleans
Game Date: Thursday October 15, 2015 Teams: Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints Network: CBS Pregame Thoughts I’m looking forward to this game for a few reasons: It’s the first time I get to watch the Saints play this season, and they are one of the two teams I’ve selected to love. The game is […]
Redskins, Columbus Day, and MEA. Oh, and queers.
MEA is back. But where has it been for 17 years? The teachers’ union in Minnesota is called Education Minnesota. But it used to be called the Minnesota Education Association (MEA) until 1998 when it merged with another teachers’ union called the Minnesota Federation of Teachers (MFT). And every October that I can remember, the union has had […]
Game Report: New England @ Dallas
Game Date: Sunday, October 11 2015 Teams: New England Patriots @ Dallas Cowboys Network: CBS You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. I had mixed feelings about watching […]
How the NFL has changed my life, part 1.
Yes, Yes, it has. But not very much. I’m four weeks into the regular season. I’ve stuck to my plan of watching between one and three NFL games on TV each week. In fact, I’ve watched eight games and I’ve documented each of them with a Game Report here at Reno Gulch. I’ve paid attention (most […]
Why all those Vikings fans in Denver?
Don’t you have to go to work tomorrow? As I watched my Broncos defeat the Minnesota Vikings last night I was struck by the number of Vikings fans in the stands, way off in faraway Denver. What’s the deal with that? As a Minnesotan, I could understand if the game was in Green Bay or even Chicago […]
Game Report: Minnesota Vikings @ Denver Broncos
Game Date: Sunday, October 4 2015 Teams: Minnesota Vikings @ Denver Broncos Network: FOX You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. I figured this game would be interesting […]
Game Report: Denver Broncos @ Detroit Lions
Game Date: Sunday, September 27 2015 Teams: Denver Broncos @ Detroit Lions Network: NBC You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. I’ve chosen the Denver Broncos as […]
Game Report: Chicago @ Seattle
Game Date: Sunday, September 27 2015 Teams: Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks Network: CBS You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. The Seahawks is one of two teams […]