The college bowl marathon is now
five games long, only maybe another hundred or so to go. On Sunday I will get
some relief by watching an NFL game I actually have some emotional attachment
with, for the first time in history, Houston has a really good NFL team. The
Oilers I followed had a habit of breaking my heart. They set the record for
allowing the largest comeback in NFL playoff history, 1993 versus the Bills, I
hid in a closet and wept that night, not great open sobs, just a quite manly sniffle.
The college bowl games do have wild
trick plays that the NFL pros would stop dead. Young athletes striving to prove
themselves on the big stage is a wonder to watch, the unpredictability of
college coaches can amaze. The weather is cold, the fireplace blazing, the
recliner comfortable, the announcers replaced by Christmas music, snacks laid
out, and still my interest wanes, still I feel incomplete, my mind wanders to a
good civil war history I am reading, turning on my electronic reading device I
feel much better, I now have something to fill the numerous periods of timeouts and
commercials. There can be long stretches between notable sports action. If I
don’t maintain focus on the bowl marathon I might amble off and do something
worthwhile.
I checked the Guinness Book of
World Records (I don't have a current issue), and there is no entry for most bowl games watched, an opportunity
for notoriety. What are the guidelines? I am certain that dozing is allowed
when watching college bowl games, can I sleep through most of a game and it will
still count as game watched, do I need an official observer, do recorded games
count, or only real time viewing?
Maybe this is one of those things I
should not admit to, a personal action I should not talk about before strangers
or in mixed company.
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