Monday Night Double Header.. You got to be Kidding! (1 Viewer)

[gorf]

I'm thinking it's easy to see who doesn't have children (those talking about getting up at 10:00am to watch the games) and those who do have children (those who cannot remember the last year they got out of bed as late as 10:00am).

 

[Chaka]

10am games would be too early IMO, i like the games lasting through the evening.12 noon start is good, but the best would be an 11am start. Can anyone claim the holy grail of the 11am start time?

If you east coast types don't mind going to bed around or past midnight on Sunday and Monday (as well as late night Friday's and Saturday's) then more power to you.Personally I am happy with all the love east coast football time is getting, it will hopefully keep at least a few of you from moving out here.

 

[shadow2k]

I didn't say it makes you less of a man Shirley but I certainly don't understand all of the people here who choose to spend half of any day in bed. Like a lot of you I spent the past four days drinking pretty much non stop however I was never out of bed after 8:30am.

If I woke up, on any day, at noon I would spend the whole day feeling like I was running behind.

I'm guessing the guys who don't get up at 8 in the morning, like myself, also go to bed much later than you do on a regular basis. I never go to bed before 2am, and I'm never up before 10am. I'm just not a morning person, and enjoy the late nights. So while to you, I'm sleeping half the day away...to me, you're missing half the night.

 

[fenwah]

I live in Hawaii...so the games start at 7AM. Nothing says football like a kegs and eggs breakfast on a sunny and warm Sunday morning.

 

[mozzy84]

There is nothing better than 10 am Sunday games. It's like Christmas morning every Sunday. Tired or not, no matter how late I was up on Saturday, I get up at the crack of dawn to check my lineup and head out to watch the game.When the afternoon games on Sunday are over around 4pm you have just enough time to get home, have some dinner and watch the 5:30 Sunday night game. Which finishes around 9pm, so you can pass out from your exhausting day early and not be tired for work the next day.

you lost me at "crack of dawn"

 

[Defending Champs]

Good topic.

I have alway been an East Coast guy and can't seem to imagine it another way?

10 am for a start time just seems too early...I guess it's because I am use to having a beer just before they get going. 9:30 is a bit early for a cold one unless I'm tailgating where no rules apply.

Good Stuff. I always thought I had the perfect set up until I read your thoughts on the left coast. Good points on both sides I suppose.

 

[Defending Champs]

Oh yeah, and with a 1 year old, there is absolutely no way in hell I will be watching the entire second game. I may not get to kickoff over here in Atlanta. Maybe halftime.

 

[Big Sug]

i'm a professional poker player, so i do most of my work late at night.

i also have a taste for nightlife establishments that don't get interesting until after 2:00 am.

So NYC and it's 1:00 PM starts suit me very well. I guess it just depends on your schedule/lifestyle.

If the entire country adopted PST, what time do you think the games would start?

the correct answer is 1:00 pm.

 

[Chaka]

I didn't say it makes you less of a man Shirley but I certainly don't understand all of the people here who choose to spend half of any day in bed. Like a lot of you I spent the past four days drinking pretty much non stop however I was never out of bed after 8:30am.

If I woke up, on any day, at noon I would spend the whole day feeling like I was running behind.

I'm guessing the guys who don't get up at 8 in the morning, like myself, also go to bed much later than you do on a regular basis. I never go to bed before 2am, and I'm never up before 10am. I'm just not a morning person, and enjoy the late nights. So while to you, I'm sleeping half the day away...to me, you're missing half the night.

That's why you should never guess on an exam because you will probably be wrong.I stay up late all the time, waking up at a reasonable hour should not be that difficult. I have never understood why some people have so much trouble waking up.

If staying up late prevents you from being able to wake up before 10 am what kind of a job do you have, or what kind of job do you think you will be able to hold?

If you cannot wake up in the morning after being up late and if drinking makes you feel like you are trapped in a coma all day then perhaps you should not drink or stay out so late.

 

[John Mamula]

Let's see, stay up late for one Monday night, or drag my butt out of bed for 10:00 a.m. start times on Sunday mornings.East Coast rulezz!!

I couldn't stand waiting around until 1 pm for the first games to start when I was on the east coast.Out here, as soon as I roll out of bed, football is on. I don't have to sit around and wait for it.

i couldn't imagine waiting around for the first game.gb rolling out of bed, plopping onto the couch at 10 AM and watching football.

 

[NinerK]

Let's see, stay up late for one Monday night, or drag my butt out of bed for 10:00 a.m. start times on Sunday mornings.East Coast rulezz!!

You can't get out of bed before 10:00 AM? Sheesh. The afternoon games end around 4:00-4:30; then we go take the kids for a bike ride....WEST COAST OVVNS!!!!

 

[shadow2k]

I didn't say it makes you less of a man Shirley but I certainly don't understand all of the people here who choose to spend half of any day in bed. Like a lot of you I spent the past four days drinking pretty much non stop however I was never out of bed after 8:30am.

If I woke up, on any day, at noon I would spend the whole day feeling like I was running behind.

I'm guessing the guys who don't get up at 8 in the morning, like myself, also go to bed much later than you do on a regular basis. I never go to bed before 2am, and I'm never up before 10am. I'm just not a morning person, and enjoy the late nights. So while to you, I'm sleeping half the day away...to me, you're missing half the night.

That's why you should never guess on an exam because you will probably be wrong.I stay up late all the time, waking up at a reasonable hour should not be that difficult. I have never understood why some people have so much trouble waking up.

If staying up late prevents you from being able to wake up before 10 am what kind of a job do you have, or what kind of job do you think you will be able to hold?

If you cannot wake up in the morning after being up late and if drinking makes you feel like you are trapped in a coma all day then perhaps you should not drink or stay out so late.

It seems that guessing and assuming things are both equally bad, huh?I'm 29yrs old. I don't stay up late to go out and drink and party every night...hardly ever, actually. I just have no need or desire to be up before 10am. What is going on at 10am that's so important? I prefer the night and don't like mornings, so I stay up later and sleep later. Has nothing to do with drinking and feeling like I'm "trapped in a coma".

As for what type of job I can hold? I don't work for anyone. I run my own business. The ability to make my own hours is one of the benefits.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

I grew up on the West Coast and was used to 10 AM NFL starts and 9-9:30 AM starts for East Coast College games. When I moved to the Central Time Zone (first Texas, then Chicago), I couldn't stand the long waits for NFL game starts. I would have really hated it in the Eastern.

Now that I am back on the West Coast (and have three kids, so sleeping in ain't an option), I am pumped.

As an aside, when we lived in Houston (before kids), on Saturdays my wife and I used to go out and have a little breakfast or maybe have a run around Rice's campus, then come back in time for the East Coast college games to start. I would go pick us up some dinner around 6:00 PM and then we would watch through the end of the Pac Ten night game, which usually wrapped up around 1:00 AM. That was a serious day of football.

 

[NinerK]

1 word.... TiVO

Watching NFL on TiVo is not cool. Acceptable if you have to work; but watching live is the only way to go.

 

[Ron_Mexico]

7:00 Eastern Game 1 and 10:15 game 2.. That means that game 2 won't be over to 1"15 to 1:30 am eastern thats nutz...

Is this set in stone, or just a proposal for 2007 ?

 

[PatsFanCT]

Just remember this:You'll (West Coast) watch Football when we (East Coast) tell you to!

To each his own. I like the East Coast schedule. Get up, have some breakfast, lots of coffee, read the sports page, watch the pregame shows, and get last minute info with plenty of time to edit your roster. Sunday is for football, and on the East Coast, Sunday doesn't end until Monday!

 

[Defending Champs]

Just remember this:You'll (West Coast) watch Football when we (East Coast) tell you to!

To each his own. I like the East Coast schedule. Get up, have some breakfast, lots of coffee, read the sports page, watch the pregame shows, and get last minute info with plenty of time to edit your roster. Sunday is for football, and on the East Coast, Sunday doesn't end until Monday!

Exactly.I thoroughly enjoy getting up, taking my time. Having some breakfast with the family, maybe run an errand or two with a cup of coffee, slipping in the end of the pre-game and hunkering down for the afternoon for a day of football. My day ends laying in bed to the last game on whatever station it will be on this year.

 

[NY/NJMFDIVER]

Let's see, stay up late for one Monday night, or drag my butt out of bed for 10:00 a.m. start times on Sunday mornings.East Coast rulezz!!

10am football rules dude. No sitting around for 4-5 hours waiting for the 1pm start. I've lived on both coasts, and the west coast p\/\/ns the east coast when it comes to NFL viewing schedules.

I guess it's not saying much for the nightlife though if you're up at 10am on a Sunday. I'm usually rolling out of bed at noon!

 

[massraider]

Let's see, stay up late for one Monday night, or drag my butt out of bed for 10:00 a.m. start times on Sunday mornings.East Coast rulezz!!

10am football rules dude. No sitting around for 4-5 hours waiting for the 1pm start. I've lived on both coasts, and the west coast p\/\/ns the east coast when it comes to NFL viewing schedules.

I guess it's not saying much for the nightlife though if you're up at 10am on a Sunday. I'm usually rolling out of bed at noon!

Well, I didn't want to come out and say it, but yeah, everyone in Cali is usually in bed by 2:15.

 

[Tong Po]

Wow.

Haven't seen an East Coast vs West Coast battle like this since Tupac and Biggie were having their beef.

 

[BoltzNBrew]

Having lived in 3 timezones, PST,MST, and EST, I like the PST schedule best.

PST- Nothing like getting up in the AM, taking a shower and heading down to a local pub for bacon and kegs or bloody marys for breakfast. Simply not having to wait around all day for football while the wife tries get you to do stuff around the house is gold. The night games are on and over at a reasonable hour.

MST- Only a 1 hour difference from PST but that one hour kind of takes breakfast out of the equation. Just another hour to wait for the games to start and an extra hour for the wife to try to get you to "do something".

EST- For the 2 years I was in this timezone I never got used to the game times. 1 PM is just too damn late to be starting football. The day is already half over and there is way too much time in the AM for chores and such. Who wants to be up until 11 pm watching football after a day of drinking spirits? Not me.

 

[dotman]

i live in Cali and actually prefer the East Coast schedule... i have to set my alarm to get up at 10 am... especially after a Saturday night

If you can't get up for games at 10am, you're either 17 yrs old or need to lay low on the ecstasy.

To each his own...But no f'in do I want to watch games at 10am. Last year it was a struggle to be ready by 1pm.

 

[Defending Champs]

I'm thinking it's easy to see who doesn't have children (those talking about getting up at 10:00am to watch the games) and those who do have children (those who cannot remember the last year they got out of bed as late as 10:00am).

Yep, I can't remmeber the last time I slept past 9. My daughter is up and running by 7am each and every morning no matter what the hell is going on. I once slept passed 8 when my folks watched her one night and I went out and got hammered with the boys. I wrote that like a fairy tale b/c I think it was.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Let's see, stay up late for one Monday night, or drag my butt out of bed for 10:00 a.m. start times on Sunday mornings.East Coast rulezz!!

10am football rules dude. No sitting around for 4-5 hours waiting for the 1pm start. I've lived on both coasts, and the west coast p\/\/ns the east coast when it comes to NFL viewing schedules.

I guess it's not saying much for the nightlife though if you're up at 10am on a Sunday. I'm usually rolling out of bed at noon!

I'm an 8-5 work guy; I couldn't sleep until noon if I went to bed at 10am. Once you become accustomed to a schedule, it's tough to trick the body. I awake ~ 7 am naturally on the weekends these days.

 

[BassNBrew]

East coast all the way. When Monday Nite football was at 8 PM it was impossible to do anything after work and catch the start of the game. I couldn't imagine 10 AM Sunday games as the whole day would be shot. With the 1 PM start I can get in some recreation in the morning when it's light out and still have 3 full games to look forward to. Also 4 PM kickoffs for attending games live is the best for a solid pre-game tailgate.

 

[Native]

Having lived in 3 timezones, PST,MST, and EST, I like the PST schedule best. PST- Nothing like getting up in the AM, taking a shower and heading down to a local pub for bacon and kegs or bloody marys for breakfast. Simply not having to wait around all day for football while the wife tries get you to do stuff around the house is gold. The night games are on and over at a reasonable hour.MST- Only a 1 hour difference from PST but that one hour kind of takes breakfast out of the equation. Just another hour to wait for the games to start and an extra hour for the wife to try to get you to "do something".EST- For the 2 years I was in this timezone I never got used to the game times. 1 PM is just too damn late to be starting football. The day is already half over and there is way too much time in the AM for chores and such. Who wants to be up until 11 pm watching football after a day of drinking spirits? Not me.

 

[Liquid Tension]

There is nothing better than 10 am Sunday games. It's like Christmas morning every Sunday. Tired or not, no matter how late I was up on Saturday, I get up at the crack of dawn to check my lineup and head out to watch the game.When the afternoon games on Sunday are over around 4pm you have just enough time to get home, have some dinner and watch the 5:30 Sunday night game. Which finishes around 9pm, so you can pass out from your exhausting day early and not be tired for work the next day.

you lost me at "crack of dawn"

I guess Dawn is his wife?There is no perfect solution with the time, but it is very hard on east coast when you get up for work when a game ends at 12:30 or later and you are wired from the game. This isn't watching golf this is agressive football so you need some wind down time as well.