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hoopsfan22 said:
I likely won't watch either not because I'm afraid but it's a Friday night and I'll be busy and not sitting in front of a TV.
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Linart said:
I am not going to watch tomorrow's game live.

There, I've said it.

I'm recording it. It is just too stressful to watch it live so I will wait until the morning to find out. I've done that before with high-stakes games and let me say it is a pleasure to watch an important game knowing that we're going to win. I did that with the South Carolina game and when I went to the Boneyard the next morning, the first words I read were "Well, I didn't see that coming!" I loved watching my replay. Besides, you can fast-forward through the commercials. And if we lose? I have no desire to watch our girls sobbing on the bench.

Anybody else do this?
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I am so relieved to hear I am not the only one whose heart starts racing when watching a game of this magnitude. I watch as many of the regular season games without a problem. But the last three rounds of the NCAAs, I get anxious during the day and, during the game, I turn the volume on and off depending on the score. Red wine does help to calm me down.
 
Linart said:
I am not going to watch tomorrow's game live.

There, I've said it.

I'm recording it. It is just too stressful to watch it live so I will wait until the morning to find out. I've done that before with high-stakes games and let me say it is a pleasure to watch an important game knowing that we're going to win. I did that with the South Carolina game and when I went to the Boneyard the next morning, the first words I read were "Well, I didn't see that coming!" I loved watching my replay. Besides, you can fast-forward through the commercials. And if we lose? I have no desire to watch our girls sobbing on the bench.

Anybody else do this?
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"Cowards die a thousand times before their deaths, the brave taste of death but once." (J.Caesar)
 
huskyd said:
"Cowards die a thousand times before their deaths, the brave taste of death but once." (J.Caesar)
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Yup, I'm still having a cow during game time. Unfortunately, here is where superstition kicks in. My brain tells me they will win if I don't watch! We are our own worst enemies.
 
Linart said:
I am not going to watch tomorrow's game live.

There, I've said it.

I'm recording it. It is just too stressful to watch it live so I will wait until the morning to find out. I've done that before with high-stakes games and let me say it is a pleasure to watch an important game knowing that we're going to win. I did that with the South Carolina game and when I went to the Boneyard the next morning, the first words I read were "Well, I didn't see that coming!" I loved watching my replay. Besides, you can fast-forward through the commercials. And if we lose? I have no desire to watch our girls sobbing on the bench.

Anybody else do this?
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I have done this
 
Linart said:
I am not going to watch tomorrow's game live.

There, I've said it.

I'm recording it. It is just too stressful to watch it live so I will wait until the morning to find out. I've done that before with high-stakes games and let me say it is a pleasure to watch an important game knowing that we're going to win. I did that with the South Carolina game and when I went to the Boneyard the next morning, the first words I read were "Well, I didn't see that coming!" I loved watching my replay. Besides, you can fast-forward through the commercials. And if we lose? I have no desire to watch our girls sobbing on the bench.

Anybody else do this?
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Bizarre.

I urked at the 9:30pm ET time.
 
The OP is smart 7 and 930 is the pregame, before that is studio pregame crap. 710 and 940 will be the actual start times most likely, well who knows what our actual start time will be.
 
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My wife and I disagree on this one, and it was a topic of conversation over coffee this morning.

If I'm not able to watch a game live, so I know the results, I still almost always watch the game later on, if for no other reason to assess for myself how individual players did.

On the other hand, I never ever tire of watching reruns of our defeating Notre Dame for the championship!
 
DennieEddy said:
Will you peek at the result of the game prior to watching it?

If you peek, is there really a need to watch the game on Saturday?

If peek at the result, does the monitor jump just at the peek, or do you actually have to watch the game?

If you watch the replay...after you peek...will you still skyrocket?

If you don't peek & watch the replay, won't the same skyrocketing happen on the monitor?

LOTS TO THINK ABOUT, GUY.

Why don't you just watch it live, take in the aura and excitement of the final four game and watch them win.
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I always peek at the final score to decide if I am going keep or delete.
If I watch the recording it is less stressful because I know the outcome, so my Glucose levels do not skyrocket due to stress.
TMI: my Glucose levels tend to skyrocket when I am driving to a doctor's appointment too.
 
Centerstream said:
I always peek at the final score to decide if I am going keep or delete.
If I watch the recording it is less stressful because I know the outcome, so my Glucose levels do not skyrocket due to stress.
TMI: my Glucose levels tend to skyrocket when I am driving to a doctor's appointment too.
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Exactly!!!
 
OMG! It is 1/2 way through the 2nd period, and for the first time ever, I am jittery and breathing fast!................I never should have read these comments before the game started.
 
I'm watching though I want to turn it off right now with Sue and DT running there mouths alongside the game. ESPN is so incredibly dumb. At least they aren't drunk this year. Off goes the volume.
 
Centerstream said:
I have watched every conference game live because I had no way to record the overwhelming majority of them and could never figure out how to do stuff (mainly ff and rewind) watching replays on the Fox Sports App.
For OOC games I will usually watch home games live and record the road games. I too try to avoid seeing the scores until the game is in the 4th quarter or over.
For the Dance, I watch the first 3 rounds live and usually record the remaining rounds.
If UConn lost any games I recorded, I will most likely delete the game and read the Postgame thread. This season I recorded the USC XL Center home game but did watch the recording.
When we win, I will watch the recorded game asap.
I did peak at this year's game at SoCar and it happened to be halftime. Yay. Once the game was over, I read the Postgame thread before watching my recording.
Now my reasoning for recording the games is because for the past few seasons I have been using a Continuous Glucose Monitor and have noticed that my Glucose levels skyrocketed while watching the games live. It takes a couple of hours to manage my Glucose levels after I stop watching. So....
I will record the Final Four game tomorrow and watch the replay either after the game is over or Saturday morning.
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Centerstream...your Glucose levels shouldn't peak on Saturday!!
 
DennieEddy said:
Exactly!!!
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I did not watch the game and never checked the score. When I looked at it on the ESPN app, it had just gone final, the Gamecast indicated 18 seconds left and then went final.
AND my Glucose is skyrocketing. :confused::eek:
 
Centerstream said:
I did not watch the game and never checked the score. When I looked at it on the ESPN app, it had just gone final, the Gamecast indicated 18 seconds left and then went final.
AND my Glucose is skyrocketing. :confused::eek:
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CTyankee said:
Why would my wife accept an invitation from friends for dinner on a Friday night when the women's Final Four is being played?
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It's probably for the best. At least you got to watch the game in peace.
 
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