Show The most important of game the season Vicki McPhail Staff Writer Have you ever noticed to 11 that to some people is almost sports like t a religion While some women number number num num- i ber among this group most of the members seem to bemen be be- men One way of knowing this is to notice how much each gender talks about each other Women tend to complain complain complain com com- plain about their husbands Imore more than men complain about their wives It may just be that women have more to complain about But then again it may be that some men are just preoccupied with sports While all sports produce Sports nuts football season usually produces the most In my neighborhood where neighborhood where there seems to be an even split between U of U fans and BYU diehards good diehards good friends are at each others others' throats In fact jokingly mounting a banner for the rival school on ona a friends friend's house can be considered considered considered con con- grounds for war A true sports nut will know everything there is to know about each member of his favorite team including each players player's shoe size and how many ti times es each each has said Hi Mom on national T Tv 1 V. V And there are even a few student sports nuts who cant can't remember the difference between between between be be- tween a denominator and a numerator but could tell youa you a a. a dozen players' players rushing yardages yardages yardages yar yar- dages to the third decimal point I nut t li listens to gt M. V r I l I the pre-game pre show the kickoff kickoff kickoff kick- kick off show the actual game the post-game post show and the coaches' coaches in call show Of course the coaches and players all say the same thing every time If their team wins they remind everyone of how great they are If their team loses they still say how great they are even though the opponent had the edge on them this one time Another interesting thing about sports nuts is their unity One night while I was in the Technology Building foyer a student climbed up upon upon upon on a chair to tune the overhead overhead overhead over over- head TV into a Utah Jazz basketball basketball basketball bas bas- game Immediately men came out of the woodwork woodwork woodwork wood wood- work like roaches in the night to join in the excite ment Students and professors sors alike joined in This incident turned quite comical when one sports nut wanted to go home but couldn't tear himself away from the exciting game He kept racing back and forth between the TV set and the door Finally he calculated how many minutes it would take him to get home consulted consulted consulted con con- his watch and dashed out the door But Id I'd have to say my favorite characteristic of sports nuts is that they dont don't discriminate To them every game is the most important game of the season Like my husband continually says This is the most important game because its it's the last game before the quarter-final quarter playoffs before the semifinals semifinals semi semi- fi finals I s eJ playoffs before tf r the theY r 4 G |