Stopping the clock:
The play clock can be stopped in multiple ways:
1. Quarterback or coaching staff can call a time-out
2. Player who has the ball goes out of bounds
3. NFL has a mandatory time-out before the beginning of the last two minutes of the final quarter.
Stopping the clock
Friends, Football and Food
We had a great time last night with an impromptu dinner party and game watching experience. We had some good friends who also love football over for some grilling and AU game watching. We had a lovely evening and it made me think that it is time to stock the pantry for the season.
Grocery List:
Fixings for Chili
Chips and Dips
Frozen Pizza
Pizza Rolls
Brunch materials: Bacon, pancake mix and hashbrown casserole ingredients
Stash of my fan’s favorite liquor and mix
I like to have enough so that if we have a crowd for a game, we already have the food covered. This also helps with budgeting. My philosophy is that thinking ahead this way is a lot cheaper than going out to eat or ordering in.
Saturdays in Fall
At a gas station in Decatur, AL this morning I had the privilege of watching two rival factions preparing for tonight’s game. In one car, blue and orange clad supporters poured ice over coolers. In a Bama-red pickup two slots over, another set of supporters was prepping for their tailgate. The atmosphere was civil and excited with a minimal of smack talk. The first Saturday of college football, oh the possibility, the hope, this could be the year. I was in the car surrounded by Bama fans, had this been the Iron Bowl, I imagine there would have been tension, but today it was more like Christmas eve, the anticipation of what is to come veritably crackled in the fall air.
First night of college football
Welcome to the first Thursday of college football. Yes, there have been games going on before tonight, I think this one actually counts towards the championships. Feel free to correct me. Either way, we are in full-on football mode in my house. I am crunching numbers for the wedding, yes, we have gone from dating the football fan to marrying the fan. Getting the fan to focus on the numbers I am crunching is not happening. I had him for 30 minutes when one slow game was ending and before the next one started. Timing is everything in football and in engaging your fan’s attention. That is fine though, I am no better when I am in the middle of a painting or the last two chapters of a good book.
This is when I would like to make a suggestion to those of you who do not have a DVR. If you really would like to have a decent conversation with your fan during a game, I recommend that you invest in a DVR. Fans, if you are in the middle of a significant life change with your partner, or they are new to the game, I recommend you invest in a DVR. There are few things more annoying than being interrupted. If you have a DVR you miss nothing, you pause the game, answer the question, rewind the game and move on. If it happens repeatedly, you pause the game, request an alternate time to discuss the issue, unless the house is burning around you, ya might want to get up for that one.
