I'm getting to old for this stress! I anticipate the game all week because I know what I'm going to go through tonight. I now know how Christ felt in the Garden of Olives. My ND buddy, Dan, will come over to help me watch, and I'll hang on every play. Oh, it's Third and Five, how will they ever convert this, what play would I call, pick up the blitz, oh they just made it, incredible!! I'll will jump up and down and yell at the TV the entire game then sweat through the endless commercial time-outs. At least the games I watch off of recordings don't have those. The entire fourth quarter, I'll pace in circles around the house and rant, going outside when I can't stand it anymore, like during that onside kick last week. I don't have enough capacity for beer to make it tolerable -- that might only make it worse. My wife better not walk in front of the TV or ask any stupide questions if she knows what's good for her. But the relief of not losing again makes it all worthwhile. Tomorrow morning in church, I'll review the entire game in my head, not hearing a word of the mass. Some day I will die of a heart attack during a Notre Dame game, but what a way to go! I yearn for blow-outs.
I hate night games because I have to worry all day. This is despite the fact that I always record the afternoon games and watch them in the evening so that I can avoid all those commercials and get through the stress sooner. But with a live night game, I can't easily do that. But sometimes, I'll record the night game and start watching an hour late so I can still buzz through the breaks. I'm good at fast-forwarding at 32x and stopping just at the right moment.
in for..The '52, 53 games vs OKlahoma were absolute nail biters , the Frank Leahy led Irish prevailing first in South Bend, 27-21, then opening the following yr in OKlahoma, prevailing 28-21, then, 1953, ND started the season ranked no.1, Sooners were 6th..A late season tie cost the Irish the nat'l title, but they were far and away the best team in country...THis was followed by the all time classic '57, 7-0 win over the Sooners breaking their 47 game win streak..
Last week, I posted how I loved the '73 backfield , led by Clements, Bullock...THis '50s era had an all time great backfield too, Ralph Guglielmi at QB, Johnny Lattner, Joe Heap the HBS, and Neil Worden at FB...
Ive been hooked ever since..
Yes, it'll be a long day on pins and needles, still after all these years and I loathe nite games..The gameday nervous stomach never goes away..
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and what was at stake, the nat'l title The next year's 13-11 win over Bama was very tense too, although ND wasn't playing for a title, everyone wanted that game for Ara, his last game..And if I remember correctly ND was holding on at the finish, they once lead 13-3..
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You sound exactly like me. Except at this point late in the game I come near to killing my wife , as she says, “grow up, it is just a football game.”
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will be doing an almost exact imitation of your experience. What I most dislike is playing in the rain. It makes the game almost unpredictable and the ability of wet hands to hold onto the ball at impact becomes totally unpredictable. Anything can happen and home field and crowd become a huge factor. The favorite and better team becomes neutralized. Visiting teams are more miserable with crowd support in cold, wet conditions. Nothing comfortable will happen tonight, but I will be pulling for the Irish with every emotion on every play.
If you have watched the first quarter of Wisconsin at Ohio State then you know exactly what I am talking about.
Glad to see that someone takes them worse than even I do.
Going to bed after the win and a few more adult beverages makes up for some of it.
Of course, I’m one of those guys who tho is we need to be on campus at 8 am. Hard to pace oneself when there’s 11.5 hours before kickoff. Add in an hour or more to get out of parking lot, and it’s 1-2 am when we get back to hotel. Then I have a hard time winding down.
Bottom line: I’m not a fan of the late games.
My kid lives about a mile up the road. Walked to the game and got there around 1. Plenty of time for Mass, the grotto, and the gaters.
Went to O’Rourkes after for a few frosties to let the traffic clear out and Ubered it back.
Adult beverages only way to deal with late games.We win, I am so excited I cannot sleep.We lose, and I am too upset to sleep.
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