My favorite college team is Ohio State. The day after the national championship game, I thought back to the last time they won it all and realized there were some differences.
Present – I ran my open mic comedy show and thanks to the magic of DVR, there was no chance I could miss the game. I missed the pregame, but the pregame lasts for about 11 days anymore, plus there is the internet, which has 324 sites breaking down the offensive line vs. defensive line, so quite frankly, who cares after a while. I watched it with my wife rather than out at a bar so there was no chance a 7′ person was blocking my view or telling me about their life while I’m losing the ability to keep from choking them. The game was on a Monday, so I had a few beers and went to bed about four minutes after the final second ticked away. I went to work the next morning and was talking to prospects by about 8:01.
2002 – I lived with two guys and we threw a party, since they impulse bought a 65″ big screen a couple weeks earlier. I would end up with a pool table in the divorce settlement when we all moved out, it’s complicated. I sat down to enjoy the game when a buddy’s girlfriend said, “I don’t like Miami’s uniforms? Who wears green and orange? If I was there, I would make them change colors….” I heard no more, because I went into our kitchen, made a portcullis out of bar stools and refused to let anyone get food until the commercials. NONE SHALL PASS! OR SPEAK TO ME! I also had to work the next day, but since I was younger, I decided to pound shots and beers until 3 am. I had to help break up a fight at one point. At 8:01 the next day, I was driving 75 miles per hour to work because I was late. I decorated the bushes outside the office with last night’s fun between customers.
As you can see, I think I have found a way to improve the experience, although I may still patent the portcullis. Go Bucks.