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I dont know if I can watch football this year.


Never before in my life have I not looked forward to the start of the NFL season. This year however, is different. With everything that has taken place over the last few days, I dont know if I can go back to that stadium. In August 2005 during a preseason game against the Bucs, as I sipped a semi-expensive brew my phone rang and i was notified of the passing of my father. I guarantee you no one used my tickets that season as I watched from home. The 2009 season has yet to start and I have so much emotion over this whole ordeal that I dont know if I can sit through a home game, or even a tv broadcast for that matter. With the tributes and the McNair jerseys out full force this year,
its going to be a constant reminder. #9 deserves all the respect that we can give him and more. But with all that has happened it will be near impossible for me to sit in LP Field and scream my ass off. Since July 4th I have been thinking a lot about McNair and how he sat in his retirement press conference and said that he was looking forward to his life ahead and spending time with his kids. All this thinking has made me come to one conclusion: football really doesnt matter. Its a game in life and thats it.  

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I think that you've got to keep watching

Sorry to hear about the way you heard of the passing of your father and I really don’t have words to express the loss of Steve McNair but I think your dad and Steve would want you to continue to love the game and your team. I know it’s hard right now, but time will heal these wounds and when you’re at the game and you see all of the #9 jerseys, it may make you shed a tear but it also may make you cheer that much more. All I can say is “mourn your loss, think of the way Steve played and the type of person he was and be happy for the time that he was here”. Just think, if all of the Titan fans wanted to quit watching football, then you’d have an empty stadium and I’m sure that’s not what McNair would want. I think the best way to honor McNair is to put on your #9 jersey, go to the games and cheer harder than you’ve ever cheered before.

by njgiant on Jul 7, 2009 6:51 AM CDT reply actions  

You gotta be there bull

With all due respect…the time and place for healing is at noon on Sunday watching Crazylegs run and Bulluck hit. That’s how it should be. It will be cathartic, and there will be 65,000 of your closest friends (including me) there with you all getting right together. Like 615 said, #9 would want it that way.

The only bad part is that it is going to seem like 4 years until the start of the season now.

Official MCM Hater!
We miss you #9.

by gramsey712 on Jul 7, 2009 8:35 AM CDT reply actions  

im looking forward to it even more now.

a little more motivation for us to walk into Pittsburgh on the 10th and blow our collective noses with their little yellow washcloths.

by ryansax on Jul 7, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions  

never give up............................

Air McNair wouldn’t never want that. Plus you can’t quit, one thing i’ve learned is that life will always throw you for a loop, only thing you can do is accept what has happened, move on and try to take a positive from all of the negative. Like looking at the way Steve was on and off the field, not only as a competitor but, as a man in the community. We are all sad about number 9 but, McNair wouldn’t want us to give up what he loved, and what we love. Keep your head up bull. It will all get better with time.

Titan 4 Life

by titsahoy on Jul 7, 2009 10:53 PM CDT reply actions  

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