On Topic: "I missed the game" because....

Submitted by jtmc33 on

On 10/25/14 at 5pm I'll be at a wedding that I can't get out of... my old roomate of 2 years is getting married in downstate Illinois.   (And I had a ticket that I had to turn down)

Sweet Baby Jesus please schedule this game for noon.  If it is set for 3:30pm then I'm screwed and I'll be watching on my phone from the back row.

So, on this note... let's hear some stories of missing a big game due to unavoidable reasons.  (And no, "my wife made me paint the house" is not an excuse.  Being a wuss and not having your priorities straight is not a legit excuse to miss a any game). 

Or, let's hear stories of watching the big game in the face of adversity.... like my friend who watched the entire 2006 OSU game in the hospital room while his wife was in labor with their first kid. 

 

Do tell....

bamf16

August 20th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^

and I set the DVR, get home from whatever at 4:30, and start watching then, does that count as "missing it?"

 

What if I start watching the 3:30 game at 8?

 

Or do I have to start watching the game live?

 

What's the flexibility?

Princetonwolverine

August 20th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^

I couldn't come up with any excuse for missing the Horror.... the last game I attended at the Big House and the only time with my youngest son. 

Anyone else absolutely terrified about watching the rematch?

samdrussBLUE

August 20th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^

So a roommate of only two years is having a wedding on a fall/football saturday, you appear not to be in the wedding yet are stating you cannot get out of it and are calling other people wusses for not having priorities straight...

gasbro

August 20th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^

I've had to watch several UM-ND games from someone's reception, including another planned for this year. Though, once I sent my wife to her cousin's wedding alone while I went to UM-ND in SB (when Manningham and crew tore them a new one - so worth it - but will never live it down).

 

My worst example is when I had to give up tickets to Braylonfest (after tailgaiting all day with combined group of UM and MSU alum) to go to Halloween trick-or-treating for the kids after f-ing religous zealots that ran the neighborhood moved trick-or-treating from Sun 10/31 to Sat 10/30.

MMBbones

August 20th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^

Made it to the game, but I made the mistake of taking my stepson to his first game.  Yes, the sleet was whipping around the stadium so bad it was painful to expose your face in order to watch the game, but come on!   He begged and begged to leave, and I relented and took him home after halftime.  Only time I've ever left a game early.  Not that I'm still bitter...

Rabbit21

August 20th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^

The only reason I've missed Michigan games has been because there is a wedding that directly conflicts, such as my cousins for the 2011 Minnesota game. 

 

I just don't understand fall weddings, everyone already spent their money on the summer wedding season and people are sick of them, and it's football season and your guests are going to be distracted.

Don

August 20th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^

I'm pretty cynical about the whole wedding-industrial complex anyhow. My in-laws eloped, and they were married for 49 years until my MIL passed. My wife and I eloped, and we've been together for 35 years. Meanwhile, I can't count how many expensive weddings involving people I've known ended up in the divorce rubbish bin, and the thousands of $$ spent went into the bin as well.

Rabbit21

August 20th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^

Oh, I get that some people may not care about football.  But here's the thing.  the people scheduling the wedding may not care about it, but their guests do.  I have never been to a fall weekend where people didn't bitch about missing games, not one. 

There's also the fact that in the fall everyone has paid for the summer weddings they had to go to and are starting to get tapped out.

Don

August 20th, 2014 at 12:54 PM ^

Frankly, it's a better excuse than "having" to be in a wedding for somebody who isn't your best friend, or your former GF, or a family member, but just a roommate for a couple of years.

Wolverine In Iowa

August 20th, 2014 at 12:58 PM ^

The only home game I missed when I was a student was the '88 Minnesota game.  My GF was visiting, and I unfortunately prioritized a marathon sex session over going to the game.  We did try to get her a ticket (not too hard), but then it rained all day, and so we stayed in East Quad and bumped uglies all day.

harperic

August 20th, 2014 at 1:03 PM ^

Friends' wedding way out in the boonies. I thought "this team just put a whooping on CMU and ND, no big deal." Anyway, the wedding ends, and I get out my phone and can only say "what?!" So my wife, some friends, and myself are trying to find any place with a TV to see what the hell is going on, and it's only because it's in the boonies that I didn't cause a traffic accident from constantly refreshing my phone.

I missed last year's GAME due to a sudden stomach flu. But not as interesting.

JHendo

August 20th, 2014 at 1:08 PM ^

Ugh, Friday games.  I was a senior in high school and my football team had a game against Mt. Pleasant.  We were being fed occasional updates on the Michigan game from the sideline, which shortly stopped after our half time because it was looking like a blowout.  It also didn't help that it was close, tough game that essentially ended on a failed QB sneak deep in their territory on 4th down (I was center, I dove and cleared room well past the marker and the QB was pretty much on top of me, so it was a bullshit spot by the blind zebras).

Anyways, as we were getting on the bus to head back home, someone asked what happened with the Michigan game (that had also since finished).  Appearing hearing the news of the miraculous comeback, everyone forgot about our tough loss and erupted into shocked celebration.  So yeah, that is how I missed one of the greatest games in Michigan football history.

ChalmersE

August 20th, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^

I'm going to mis the Appalachian State game this year.  I'm boarding a plane to Honolulu five minutes before kick-off and it appears my plane doesn't have wifi.  I'm not sure that missing the App State game is necessarily a bad thing.

I've missed a couple of games over the past few years while traveling through Europe. Last year, I was able to watch the WMU game on BTN2Go. I was tempted to watch the ND game, but got dagger looks from my wife -- the game started at 2:30 in the morning. There is, however, something satisfying to wake up and check your electronics and learn about a triumph before you're even out of bed.  I wound up watching the end of the Akron game in a hotel at the Frankfurt airport -- my wife thought I was going to have a heart attack. I might have if that last play hadn't gone Michigan's way.

UMQuadz05

August 20th, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^

I'm going to miss the App St. game this year because...it's terrible and is an abomination.  I think ESPN  will be off limits for the week before the game, too. 

weasel3216

August 20th, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^

Michigan-MSU OT Game in 2004 or 2005 (can't remember). Was homecoming in high school and watched the game through the 1st OT at the restaurant and then I got the eyes from the group we were with to leave the restaurant to head to the dance. Ended up missing the rest of the game. Still give my wife shit about that.


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BlueinLansing

August 20th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^

one game because of a wedding, and a handful of meaningless ones because of work.

 

The only one I've really missed I regret is backing out of driving to Columbus in 1996 when they were calling for sleet and and ice on the drive down.

 

Recently there have been plenty of game I'd wished I missed, am I right?

TheCool

August 20th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^

I'm lucky to have a wife who understands my love of sports. We were married July 18th. No sports to worry about (baseball doesn't count with 162 games who worries about missing one). I missed UM App St. because I was working overtime and I was honestly not worried. I live in Phoenix and had COX which did not offer BTN IIRC. Constantly checking the score lead to me rushing to Boston's near ASU to watch most of the 4th quarter and watch Manningham's great catch to set up a managable field goal. Then Shawn T. Crable decided to not block the inside guy and...

If I miss any game, Pistons, Lions, Wings, Tigers, or UofM and the team loses. My first thought always jumps to "They would have won if I'd watched". Seeing how many people missed that 1st App St. game, I am thoroughly convinced that this is true.

I almost missed the 2009 game @Iowa because of a wedding. I unapologettically watched the majority of the game at the bar at the Westin at Metro Airport where the wedding was held. My best friend/ex-girlfriend didn't complain. She knew the deal.

charblue.

August 20th, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^

my nephew's wedding in Mississippi. I suppose I can see parts of it because it's a night game and the reception may end before the game does.

But this can't be helped, even though my nephew is a Mississippi State grad and his parents are big Ole Miss fans who reguarly go to games in Oxford. 

Technically, I got married in the fall as well, in early September in Allen Park,  to an MSU grad. But I don't hold it against her. Our date was already a compromise in wedding planning based on my sister's wedding four months earlier when we wanted to get married. Our anniversary has never prevented me from missing a game except that fateful day back in time. Back then, winning was almost never in question. 

 

WalmartMyAss

August 20th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^

On vacation with my wife and had to listen via the internet-webby thing at 2 am. All alone in a Bangkok hotel lobby - except for the occasional young lady (?) who offered her company on her way out of the hotel.

I'll never forget the thought that popped into my head as they made their way down for the last score...GO FOR TWO! GO FOR TWO! (Coincidentally, the same thought as the Thai girls leaving the hotel after scoring!)

Man, that victory would have been a very unexpected Happy Ending!!!

35 years in Section 4 and firmly believe Hoke has them on track.

10 days. Can't wait.

 

 

707oxford

August 20th, 2014 at 5:09 PM ^

I was living in California at the time and coverage cut away just as M was starting to come back to show the start of some Pac10 game. I called my Dad who was watching in MI and he gave me the play-by-play over the phone.



I just remember saying "are you kidding??" over and over because I thought he was messing with me.

BlueMan80

August 20th, 2014 at 5:54 PM ^

A friend got married that night.  He's from South Bend, but went to Illinois.  We happened to be playing ND under the lights that night.  Jon Vaughn runs for something like 200 yards as Moeller further refines his "new look/pro" Michigan offense.  Being the 1990 stone ages, we had a rotation of guys going out to their cars to listen for a bit on the radio and bring us the score.  Another friend of mine who was an MSU grad and didn't have a date for the wedding sat their with his Walkman and listened to the entire game.  I hated him for that.  He was quick to announce the final score.

WestVirginia W…

August 20th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^

Michigan @ Penn State 2013

My wife's cousin was getting married. I had a plan to record the game on DVR. Left my cell phone (and hers) turned off during the entire evening. You can imagine my chagrin after staying up until 4 am watching my recording only to see that the game only recorded and 3 1/2 hours. I quickly turned on SC for the recap.... And cried myself to sleep.

CTSgoblue

August 20th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^

This doesn't count as a "missed" game but I checked myself out of the ER early against the doctors' and nurses' wishes so that my wife and I could watch the 2007 Rose Bowl. This made an immense amount of sense at the time. In hindsight, it was a tad foolish as I had to go back in a few days later to have surgery.

Go Blue6240

August 20th, 2014 at 9:48 PM ^

I have very much enjoyed reading this thread, thank you for posting. Missed plenty of games due to weddings, my sister is getting married the day of the Miami game this year and I'm in a wedding for the Rutgers game. Not terrible games to miss I suppose...


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