Unless they feel like watching a Cal game with me (and they know that I'm totally going to be into the game), my friends know that I'm unavailable on Saturdays in the Fall.

NYCGOBEARS;842736420 said:

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Unless they feel like watching a Cal game with me (and they know that I'm totally going to be into the game), my friends know that I'm unavailable on Saturdays in the Fall.

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Period point blank.

NYCGOBEARS;842736420 said:

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Unless they feel like watching a Cal game with me (and they know that I'm totally going to be into the game), my friends know that I'm unavailable on Saturdays in the Fall.

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Same here. If they can't take me stomping around, cursing, drinking, walking outside to take a break....then they don't come. I realize I have a problem.

89Bear;842736426 said:

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Same here. If they can't take me stomping around, cursing, drinking, walking outside to take a break....then they don't come. I realize I have a problem.

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+so many

Man OP you can't get sucked in to stuff like that.

You need to go one on one with the TV (and whatever bottles you need, in reach), period.

Eliminate the distractions! Focus! Follow your bliss! Etc.

Glad you warned everybody - consider that a public service message. Poor sap.

:-)

NYCGOBEARS;842736420 said:

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Unless they feel like watching a Cal game with me (and they know that I'm totally going to be into the game), my friends know that I'm unavailable on Saturdays in the Fall.

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You have friends ?????

calgldnbear;842736666 said:

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You have friends ?????

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That's open to interpretation.

So home games are pretty much a given in our family, and my wife (who also likes football) knows those dates are completely off limits. Bowl games (when they happen) are off limits as well.

In general, she has been really good about scheduling events and gatherings with non-Cal fans around away games as well - but every couple of years there is just a "can't miss" event that will coincide with an away game. For those, DVR and complete radio silence in terms of internet, radio, cell phone, etc has worked pretty well for me. In the half dozen or so games that I have had to miss on TV live, I find if I really don't know the score and get home and start the DVR, by end of the 1st quarter it feels live.

DVR is a huge friend in another way. Occasionally my brother may be running 20-30 minutes late. If the game is being DVR'd, we start the game when he arrives, and by skipping through commercials and maybe even the intermission between 1st and 2nd quarter, we can usually get caught up live before end of half time.

Go Bears!

Hail2Calif;842736787 said:

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if I really don't know the score and get home and start the DVR, by end of the 1st quarter it feels live.

DVR is a huge friend in another way. Occasionally my brother may be running 20-30 minutes late. If the game is being DVR'd, we start the game when he arrives, and by skipping through commercials and maybe even the intermission between 1st and 2nd quarter, we can usually get caught up live before end of half time.

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I love starting an hour late. I can't stand the long breaks in the game and as long as I am caught up by mid fourth quarter I'm fine. Never get caught by those end of game "can you believe it?" texts...

Hail2Calif;842736787 said:

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So home games are pretty much a given in our family, and my wife (who also likes football) knows those dates are completely off limits. Bowl games (when they happen) are off limits as well.

In general, she has been really good about scheduling events and gatherings with non-Cal fans around away games as well - but every couple of years there is just a "can't miss" event that will coincide with an away game. For those, DVR and complete radio silence in terms of internet, radio, cell phone, etc has worked pretty well for me. In the half dozen or so games that I have had to miss on TV live, I find if I really don't know the score and get home and start the DVR, by end of the 1st quarter it feels live.

DVR is a huge friend in another way. Occasionally my brother may be running 20-30 minutes late. If the game is being DVR'd, we start the game when he arrives, and by skipping through commercials and maybe even the intermission between 1st and 2nd quarter, we can usually get caught up live before end of half time.

Go Bears!

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My problem with DVRing the games is I drive my family crazy. I skip the commercials, of course, but if something bad happens (i.e. the other team scores, Cal fumbles, etc.) I literally can't help myself and have to fast forward to the next play. I try so hard not to because I realize it ruins the flow of the game, yet I find myself jamming that "FF" button the second it happens. To compound this, my DVR has recently taken to skipping forward 10 seconds or so when I hit play again so then I have to rewind, and usually wind up catching some of the unpleasant thing I wanted to avoid, which makes me fast forward again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Basically it even makes me crazy and I'm the one doing it. My poor suffering family should be canonized for putting up with this.

Sebastabear;842736958 said:

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My problem with DVRing the games is I drive my family crazy. I skip the commercials, of course, but if something bad happens (i.e. the other team scores, Cal fumbles, etc.) I literally can't help myself and have to fast forward to the next play. I try so hard not to because I realize it ruins the flow of the game, yet I find myself jamming that "FF" button the second it happens. To compound this, my DVR has recently taken to skipping forward 10 seconds or so when I hit play again so then I have to rewind, and usually wind up catching some of the unpleasant thing I wanted to avoid, which makes me fast forward again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Basically it even makes me crazy and I'm the one doing it. My poor suffering family should be canonized for putting up with this.

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I always felt that FF'ing through turnovers/unpleasantness would somehow erase them. I do all that I can to help the team!

KenBurnski;842736966 said:

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I always felt that FF'ing through turnovers/unpleasantness would somehow erase them. I do all that I can to help the team!

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Totally. If I don't watch it it didn't really happen.