I've been dismissive of those who are missing the game because of weddings or birthday parties or anniversary get togethers.
But I myself am a (partial) casualty. My son's football game starts 1/2 hour before kickoff. At least he's only in 4th grade, meaning the game should be about 90 minutes, and we'll be back in time to catch most of the 2nd half.
Regardless, you can't miss your son's game.
What do you consider a worthy reason to miss the game?
No excuses. This is why they
I think I've got a pretty good one
Spent the second half of last season in the hospital (a total of 5-1/2 months) and they didn't have ESPN or the Big Ten Network.
Missed several games as a result.
However, I was forced to go to the ER on a Sat afternoon but refused to go until after the game against Sparty.
True story.
Or some other recording device
A true fan (just giving you a hard time) would shell out the extra cash and get TIVO or DVR or even a VHS tape recorder.
Disgruntled former moderator. I got a lot of problems with you people!
No offense to your kid
But weddings are a once in a lifetime (hopefully) uniting of 2 people and if they are friends/ loved ones are important to go to.
How many sporting events will your kid have in his lifetime? Couple hundred at least?
When I have kids I'll never miss my kids game but I'd hope he'd say "I want to miss it I want to watch Michigan"
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Agree,
I wouldn't miss my kid's game, but in no way is a 4th grade pop football game equal to a wedding.
I'm actually going to a wedding, but luckily the wedding is before and reception after the game, so it's all good (well, I"ll be 30-45 minutes late, but no biggie).
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
Yeah, DVR helps
I figure I can speed watch the first half, and be close to real time by the begining of the 4th quarter.
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
Bullshit
Weddings are no excuse. Get new friends/family members who aren't retarded. I have no desire to associate with anybody who would be so oblivious to the rest of the world that they would schedule their wedding in the fall without even considering the date of this game.
I suppose people from other parts of the country get a pass, but anybody who has attended UM or MSU, or spent a decent portion of their life in Michigan, would have to be a fucking moron to have their wedding on the same day as this game. Schedules come out years ahead of time -- they can look the date up. And if they actually get irritated by people caring more about the game than their wedding, then they're that much more idiotic.
/rant
Your kid's football game though ... well, that I can understand.
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin when I'm losin again
I'm not sure...
... I agree with you 100%, but I really like your enthusiasm.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
Actually, I feel the exact
Actually, I feel the exact opposite. I agree wholeheartedly. However, I guess it could be toned down a notch.
Hail.
Wedding
My sister got married (and I was in the wedding) during one of the Fab 5 NCAA tournament games. Luckily it was an early round game but most of my family was pissed! I think we recorded the game but I was too hammered to remember. I'm pissed just thinking back to it.
Bouje have you
been watching 'Sleepless in Seattle' again?
You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. ~Dan Birdwell
But weddings are a once in
But weddings are a once in a lifetime (hopefully) uniting of 2 people and if they are friends/ loved ones are important to go to.
Eh, I've been to enough weddings now to say that unless you're part of the bridal party, you can skip the actual ceremony. The couple won't even notice. You just gotta be at the reception. Because that's where the open bar is.
The kid's football game though? Way more important. No matter how many of them there are. Can't miss 'em.
"Come on, you Wolverines!"
I started an event bartending
I started an event bartending business this year, mostly working weddings. I can tell you that you are not alone in this line of thinking.
Hail.
When I have kids I'll never
When I have kids I'll never miss my kids game but I'd hope he'd say "I want to miss it I want to watch Michigan"
I think I'd prefer my kid stick to his commitment to The Team, The Team, The Team. Granted the wife would be taking him to his game this day, but allowing him to skip out on his game wouldn't be instilling the values of a true Michigan Man.
My thoughts exactly
Thank you.
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
last week
Last week I was helping my gf move into her place for an internship is about to start in Disney World (Orlando). Needless to say I was drug into the universal studios theme park for most of the day on Saturday.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology though I was able to keep up to date on the game with my ESPN Scorecenter app on my android phone.
Just to give some context, I live in Cincinnati so I obviously couldnt run home to watch.
A funeral
Your own. Even then hopefully heaven (probably hell) has awesome cable.
The image is of a sticker found on all football helmets. It basically says if you want to live a normal healthy life Do Not Put the Helmet on.- Here's to those who do....
Who do you think runs
Who do you think runs Comcast?
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia - but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
One clue
Dress light.
I wouldn't miss my son's sporting event, but I would have
FLOtv or someway to watch. At the very least have it on a radio earpiece.
What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve and...Those Who Stay WILL Be Champions.
I coach high school football
I coach high school football (JV head coach, assist on the varsity).
Varsity game starts at 1pm tomorrow....no problem. But MY game starts at 6. Big problem. I've instructed the PA guy (a friend of mine) to pipe the game into the stadium. It's either that or forfeit the game.
I'm still debating.
Depends some on the game
The range of excuses is a little wider for a MAC match-up then say MSU when both teams are undefeated and ranked in the top 20 or Ohio State when one or more of the teams has a shot at the Big Ten title.
Personally, I would have a hard time missing one of the latter for a wedding. If a close family member or friend is getting married, they have the sense to know that I'm watching my Michigan football. If it's someone outside of that group - you must not be that close to me if you don't know, so you probably won't miss me anyway.
You can't plan when someone is going to die, and grandparents wouldn't understand Michigan football, so I can live with a funeral as an excuse. I understand that all kid's sports schedule games on Saturdays - there isn't much you can do there. Hopefully my 4 month old will be a Michigan fan and I can help him skip the other game to watch Michigan with me if the Michigan game is big.
Crunch. Zip. Live to fight another day.
Leprosy
is usually a good one.
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
Does it count
As missing the game if you dvr/TiVo/record and watch it later without knowing the results? Did this last Saturday for a wedding. Was hard to not check the score but saw DENARD's last td at 3 in the morning. Was still pretty fun.
Depends on the game
Would be hard to do this for ND/MSU/OSU, Penn State some years, or bowl game. The rest, DVR is fine.
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
Blindness
Blindness
No excuse
That still leaves Frank and Brandy on TKA.
Dont know if this counts....
Im going to Cedar Point for free with my girl, trying to decide whether I fake being sick or not
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and GO BLUE!
Uhhhh that
doesn't count at all. That is not an "excuse" that is a choice. What are you 10?
Im 10 and a half, thank you
Im 10 and a half, thank you very much
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and GO BLUE!
Do they have any Sports Bars at Cedar?
With the game on?
If it is a blowout, you can go back to the rides . . . to celebrate, or, darkly, to numb the pain and think "I'm gonna die."
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
They generally have games running on the big screen
at CP. The screen is in a good spot near the entrances to Mantis and M-Force.
Either you have...
a heart attack or blood clots in your legs....
“Oh Yeah, what he said forgodsakes...” - -
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they have tvs in
they have tvs in hospitals...right?
Status: Pending
What about pacemaker surgery?
$10 bucks says his wife is
$10 bucks says his wife is not cool with this.
"But, honey, I was on ESPN!"
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He won't be cool with it
Saturday night when he realizes he put it off just to be conscious and watch them lose.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Advantage to living in Ann Arbor is
that 4th grade football is on Sundays! My fourth grader has a game at 2pm ....... SUNDAY! Ann Arbor rec leagues know that you don't schedule kids sports for Saturday afternoons in the fall.
what ever happened to youth
what ever happened to youth games starting at like 8am?
Even if you were out hiking and your
arm was trapped under a rock and you had to saw it off, you should still find a way to get your portable satelitte radio out with your good arm and tune to the game. A UM victory dulls the pain
I need to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's Mom's dish
Never Again
I can honestly say I haven't missed a Michigan game since the, ("Miracle at Michigan") Colorado game. I had just moved to Alabama at that time and the T.V. guide said the game was on. I was sick when I turned on the tube and Alabama was playing Tulane, (I think). I only got to see the final play...ABC was nice enough to switch over to tear my heart out for a second time in one day...From that day forward I vowed never again to trust a hillbilly T.V. guide and of course to get Direct T.V.
I didn't miss my Mom's wedding..
Before they had TiVo, on Jan 1st, 2000, my Mom decided to get remarried (I was 14) The problem was that it was our New Year's day bowl game vs. Alabama when we barely snuck it out against Alabama 35-34 that night. I had to purposely set up my hotel room next to the reception area so I could focus on the game. During commercials, I'd break out for a dance, a bit of chat, and then be back. No one knew of my devious plan until post-game due to my inability to suppress my ridiculous enthusiasm and excitement for the late comeback win. If you have DVR, no excuses. If not, there are ways for any situation to catch at least 50%. That's my take.
one valid reason
Funeral
Your own
(per a wacko high school teacher of mine who really meant it)
It is only acceptable if
It is only acceptable if you've developed a rash on your eyeballs you caught while experimenting with an underaged Tawainese prostitute while in Tailand during a trip around the world picking fights with natives and selling the still beating hearts of all of the opponents you beat along the way.
Or you know, if you just get tired fo wearing pants.
What about electric Japanese schoolgirls?
Is Brian going to be able to watch the game? Who's going to do the UFR? All the plants are going to die!
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Oh man, the first part of
Oh man, the first part of your comment hits so close to home here. I hear ya on that one.
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67-22-3 all-time
Death
Death
Maybe a little much. A coma
Maybe a little much. A coma would probably suffice.
"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar
perhaps the birth of a child
But only if its the first one.
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100 good reason
NFW, but ARTMAFG (acceptable reasons to miss a football game)
No excuses. This is why they invented Tivo.