What is something called Spikeball and is there a team representing TAMU somewhere?

Forget it...

Spikeball Sucks

Is it like this?

What model S&W is that? 19-3?

I watched a game of ours on ESPN 2 a month or two ago. These obscure sports are what made ESPN great originally. I enjoyed watching it. It's kind of like volleyball but with a playing field that is 360 degrees. It's like if you made Volleyball a drinking game.

that is wild, kinda a competitive hacky sack

Watched a little and started feeling a little frat-like so turned the channel.

Milleneals. Meh.

Looks like something played on the Quidditch field

Where is Thanos when you need him?

please shoot me now.

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Milleneals. Meh.

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You do understand most college students are no longer millennials? Millenials are now in their mid twenties to mid thirties.

We're talking generation z or zillenials at this point.

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Milleneals. Meh.

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You do understand most college students are no longer millennials? Millenials are now in their mid twenties to mid thirties.

We're talking generation z or zillenials at this point.

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Maybe it's just that there are 1000 Neals at the tournament, and he is NOT a fan of the name.

This game was on TV in the restaurant where I had lunch Sunday. Did not even know the name of the game until they went to commercial break: Spikeball College Championships. Georgia vs. Texas A&M. On ESPN2.

For the love of the world.

It was embarrassing to watch and embarrassing to think an established network like ESPN2 would commit good airtime to it. If this is where we are, consider running a no-huddle replay of Harvard-Yale or something. Anything.

I understand there are made-up games and pastimes and such. Good for down at the lake or whatever. I will play the occasional game of washers, but I don't expect ESPN cameras to be on hand.

Airing of Spikeball is a gateway drug to mainlining Canadian Football League games. ... Just 73 more days ...

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This game was on TV in the restaurant where I had lunch Sunday. Did not even know the name of the game until they went to commercial break: Spikeball College Championships. Georgia vs. Texas A&M. On ESPN2.

For the love of the world.

It was embarrassing to watch and embarrassing to think an established network like ESPN2 would commit good airtime to it. If this is where we are, consider running a no-huddle replay of Harvard-Yale or something. Anything.

I understand there are made-up games and pastimes and such. Good for down at the lake or whatever. I will play the occasional game of washers, but I don't expect ESPN cameras to be on hand.

Airing of Spikeball is a gateway drug to mainlining Canadian Football League games. ... Just 73 more days ...

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That is actually how ESPN got popular. They were the only ones playing college lacrosse, college rowing, all of these alternative sports (especially in the 70's and 80's) that people loved to tune in to see what wacky thing they were playing. Then they got NASCAR, and it changed the game for them.

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Maybe it's just that there are 1000 Neals at the tournament, and he is NOT a fan of the name.

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I hadn't thought of that.

Understood. But not many of us clamoring for a Sunday afternoon of Australian Rules Football these days ...

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Understood. But not many of us clamoring for a Sunday afternoon of Australian Rules Football these days ...

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I get that, but this is almost the worst time of the year for sports with basketball and hockey just ending, football has nothing happening, and baseball a month away from the all star break. And I'd rather watch what essentially is a competitive lawn game over another BS sports talk show that is designed to be divisive.

My Long Bch St brother texted me on Saturday about watching UGA and Tamu playing Spikeball on TV. After investigating, I saw what Spikeball was and I called his bluff. I never heard back from him; I thought he was pulling my leg so after I entered the original post I came back and said "Blow it off." Crap, he was right. They were playing. What a wuss activity.

There's a high probability that I would destroy anyone on this thread at racquetball. Therefore, I suggest you say it's not athletic.

milner79 said:

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This game was on TV in the restaurant where I had lunch Sunday. Did not even know the name of the game until they went to commercial break: Spikeball College Championships. Georgia vs. Texas A&M. On ESPN2.

For the love of the world.

It was embarrassing to watch and embarrassing to think an established network like ESPN2 would commit good airtime to it. If this is where we are, consider running a no-huddle replay of Harvard-Yale or something. Anything.

I understand there are made-up games and pastimes and such. Good for down at the lake or whatever. I will play the occasional game of washers, but I don't expect ESPN cameras to be on hand.

Airing of Spikeball is a gateway drug to mainlining Canadian Football League games. ... Just 73 more days ...

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It's gonna be ok bud, I promise

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milner79 said:

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This game was on TV in the restaurant where I had lunch Sunday. Did not even know the name of the game until they went to commercial break: Spikeball College Championships. Georgia vs. Texas A&M. On ESPN2.

For the love of the world.

It was embarrassing to watch and embarrassing to think an established network like ESPN2 would commit good airtime to it. If this is where we are, consider running a no-huddle replay of Harvard-Yale or something. Anything.

I understand there are made-up games and pastimes and such. Good for down at the lake or whatever. I will play the occasional game of washers, but I don't expect ESPN cameras to be on hand.

Airing of Spikeball is a gateway drug to mainlining Canadian Football League games. ... Just 73 more days ...

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That is actually how ESPN got popular. They were the only ones playing college lacrosse, college rowing, all of these alternative sports (especially in the 70's and 80's) that people loved to tune in to see what wacky thing they were playing. Then they got NASCAR, and it changed the game for them.

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Nothing like some good old lumberjack championships when nothing else was on.

Ah, the 80's.........

This was on Shark Tank back in 2015. Thought it looked kind of fun, but never thought I'd see it on ESPN.

Aussie rules football remains one of my favorite late night finds from college. Looked incredibly fun.

Fortunately my friends and I were athletic (at the time) and agreed to never try it and to only play American Football because we are above other forms of fun, engaging athletic activity.

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Another game invented by people not athletic enough to compete in real sports.

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Would love to watch footage of you playing it.

If break dancing can become an Olympic sport, can spikeball be far behind ...