I gave up watching football for a long time...just got WAAAAYYY too emotionally involved in it. When I was in the Navy on board the USS JFK, I used to prowl the radio shack on Sunday nights, because they used to post the NFL scores outside...I used to spend literally hours on the flight deck with a transistor radio, going up and down the dial looking for action or scores...
Boy, I sure did waste a lot of emotional energy back then. Now, I have got back into watching it as a casual fan, and it is a lot more fun. No red faced yelling or throwing things. I live in Massachusetts and I watch the Pats, if they lose, I shrug my shoulders and go on with things. Course, they have done well, so it makes it easier to do...:)
I admit...I do miss the Dallas-Washington rivalry...it was so incredibly intense, every game was like the Super Bowl. I remember how dumbfounded I was in that game where Clint Longley came in and threw 4 touchdown passes...