How neurotic are you watching the game?

Lots of Yelling.  Lots of 4 letter words, Lots of reminders from my GF that during "that night game" I had the neighbor threaten to call the cops on us............(My dad was over...Like Father Like Son I guess lol)

so much that even if I am quiet she whimpers while I watch a Michigan game. During last years Notre Dame game we had to put her in the garage due to the stress she could sense.

when the games are close to the wire i sit and get really quite.

One of my dogs is assigned to the offense, the other to the defense.

When our offense does something awesome, that dog gets rewarded.

When our defesne does something awesome, the other dog gets rewarded.

I just kick back in the recliner with a beer and my iPad. Watch the game, check other scores, flip between different games between commercials. Nothing too crazy, just chilling mostly.

pacing behind the couch, going in and out of the kitchen, going out on the deck thru the slider and pacing out there when things are going south.

I MUST control the remote during the game.  Once the game is in hand I can relax and sit on the couch.  I would rather watch it alone so I can flip channels during commercials, especially on BTN(their commercial breaks are soooo long).

I also have to hear the game, I can't watch a game in a bar.  I have to be able to have my patent outburst at the refs or coaches or opposing players when piss me off(because I know they can hear me right?).

I like comfort food, pizza, popcorn and snacks and I want to be able to stretch out and put my feet up.

Watching a game with me probably isn't that much fun for anyone else, I clap loud and a tend to yell on occasion. 

I lose awareness of anything and evrythign apart from the game. I go from wild jubilation to scathing wrath from one play to the next. If Michigan is not executing every facet of the game perfectly, I am a colassal prick. Any questions directed my way by anyone apart from a daily MGoBlog reader will be ignored or answered in two words or less.

My fiancee went to MSU, and during the game tomorrow I will look on her with different eyes (the enemy!) and wonder how I ever thought she was cool enough to date. It usually takes us a week to fully recover from my bad behavior.

i've got nothing on most of you guys, but my wife claims i scare the dog with all the shouting when we do something good. (what actually scares the dog, i assume, is all the memories of that shouting coming just before he, as a younger dog, was forced to stand on his back legs to signal the touchdown. as a dachshund, he maybe doesn't enjoy that as much as one would think.)

Three years of subpar performance has left me with sudden and uncontrollable urges to call refs asshats and scream that this team is making an infinite number of mistakes (even when its just one).

I worked on that this weekend in the first half of the NW game.  I would have brief moments of insanity when we would throw a pick, but I had a healthier action: take a long drink of my beer, sit, and wait for our next big play (which, this year it seems, always happens).

Other than that I am not too picky about how I watch it, just as long as I watch it.  Missing the opening kickoff is a HUGE no-no, so I try to leave myself a half hour lead in time on Saturdays to break in my spot on the sofa and calm my nerves.

I won't move my sitting or standing position. When we fall behind in a big game I always feel that the game is over and start imagining how awful it will feel when we've lost for real. If we drop a pass or especially a punt I inevitably scream "catch the fucking ball." Pretty basic neurotic stuff.

I have to drink a single Founders Breakfast Stout for every game.  I sip slowly, let it get warm, and savor the flavor.  I reach for the beer each time something bad happens, smell it, swirl it in the glass, and curse profusely before taking a very bitter sip (my attitude is bitter, not the beer).  I started this at the beginning of the Hoke era and so far it's working pretty well.

 

Go Blue!

1. I can't pause the game, even though I have DVR.  I'd can't handle the fact that I wouldn't be watching it live and thus being able to experience the thrills or anguish after everyone else.

2. I also have a stuffed pumpkin with eyes on it that comes out as part of the decorations in the fall.  Thus far, it has only been positioned to 'watch' the second half of the NU game.  It will be watching the MSU game start to finish.

3. I also generally can't sit still.  I'm constantly shifting around.  I also tend to lean in my seat one way or another depending on where I want the ball carrier to go.  To be fair, I also do this when playing NCAA.

the game then i need to be at home watching it so i can yell and scream at the TV and throw things, you can't do this at a bar or someones house....

last year during the bowl game my father inlaw and future brother inlaw left my basement to watch the game up stairs because i was getting so bad... my sister inlaw came down shortly after for reasons unknown, miss st. scored again and she nearly got hit with a half full beer can...

come to think about it RR still owes me 50 cents for the 5 beer cans that crushed during that game because i was so pissed...

When the game is on I'm fairly reserved.  I try to save my reactions for really important moments of the game so as to not drive friends and family insane.  If I catch myself pacing or getting too negative I'll take a step back.

I can''t tolerate the commercials or halftime though for some reason.  The anticipation of the game coming back on is too much.  So I go outside and chain smoke Camel Lights even worse than usual.

The company I view the game with very carefully. I've been known to express the following symptoms:

- Swearing profusely and unontrollably like Charlie Sheen with Tourettes.

- Hunched over with my hands in prayer position in front of my mouth while muttering things to myself as if there were voices in my head.

- Bouts of spontaneous joy partnered with jumping, dancing, whooping and screaming random people's names.

- Kicking inanimate objects that ultimtely hurt me (I'm looking at you, stove!).

- Pacing with periodic episodes of "leaving the room", merely to return seconds later to see "what happened".

- Drinking.

I am extremely anxious throughout the entire game going through high and low mood swings depending on the score and play of Michigan.  My wife doesn't help the neurosis when things are going bad with comments like "why do they suck so bad?" or "another interception?  Why is he still playing".  Does.  Not.  Help.

My kids are still young and have learned to just go play in another room.

like the fact my girl friend usually goes in the room and studies because my mood is based on the game.. she almost broke up with me last week during half time.. thank god michigan came back in the second half or else I would probably be single lol. I'm not usually to bad but last weeks first half was awful. 

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I yell at the TV screen, but I can remain seated during most games.

I learned to tone down the language when the kids came along and it's a good thing I did.  My daughter follows my tradition.  She watches the game and yells at the screen.  Tomorrow, she will be somewhere on campus in front of a TV sceeen, yelling.

We will be with friends who also went to Michigan and yell at the screen.

I'm pretty sure we will be able to hear my neighbor behind me that went to MSU yelling at his screen.  I just want to be able to smirk over the fence and shut him up  for the first time in 3 years.  Please Denard, only throw the ball to the guys with white jerseys.

I had a superstition about flying my M flag, but the previous 3 years pretty much shot that one to hell.  Nothing I could do seemed to matter for some reason.  I did burn my flag after the 2008 season and got a new one.   Too many negative vibes from the 2008 flag.

In an ideal world, I would be watching all games in isolation in a small room with a flatscreen TV, fridge of beer, copious amounts of pillows, enough room for pacing, soundproofing, and a locking door.

I typically swear a lot, not understanding for example last wk why we call certain plays over and over sometimes..

Last wk against NW, i was swearing pretty heavily when borges had denard run right into the line on 3 straight plays..  

I usually sit on the edge of my seat on my couch instead of staying relaxed..  Unless we get down big then i just lay back and accept it

I go bat shit crazy. Crazy mood swings. I don't hate on the team though - I clap like it matters, scream like they can hear me and drink for the emotional rollercoasters. I do a lot of pacing if the room is there. Im like a Drunken-blackedout Alpha Male Wolverine who thinks he's Superman of the woods - with a hard on and says "fuck the endangered species list." booyuh.

I have to hear the tv I hate watchingbwith others don't talk to me leave me alone the same said for red wings games

I'm a yeller. My dog starts off the game with me and leaves pretty quick. I drink a lot. If I have plans later on in the day, I try and limit myself to 3 beers a half max. I usually get through 3 the first quarter and get mad I can't have more the second quarter. Also, if someone calls, texts, emails during a close game, I lose it. Unless there is less than a minute left and UM is up by more than 3 possessions, THE GAME IS NOT OVER!!!
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<br>Other than that I am normal.