kleese Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 http://edkleese.blogspot.com/ Thought some might be able to relate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I can relate! I wouldn't say the game was agonizing, because all the good plays during the game were / are euphoric for me. But I know what you mean. This is why I have to attend the game, if possible. And I prefer a back row, like against the wall in the club, or just below the press windows in the 200 level -- because that way I can stand the whole game. There is too much adrenalin in me to just sit there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 If I was able to actually watch the games I'd be the same way. The comercials drive me nuts too. Having to click on the game thread and read 500 fans saying Yaa or Boo take a lot away from the game though. It seems that the live game feeds on the net are going away too. The one I was listening to during the game kept stopping and all the other sites said that because of some legal BS they couldn't play Skins games on the net. As if there are alternatives over here in Japan. But yeah, I was imagining all the happy Cowboys fans if we had lost and it made me want to puke too. It would have taken away from those 2 wins against them, thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinsNation Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I literally almost threw up before the game. I was THAT nervous. Watching the Eagles march down the field on the opening drive and get 3pts didnt help. We went up 7-3 and i thought momentum would shift for us for good but didnt happen. At 17-7 I felt like i was watching the same Redskins that showed up vs. the Raiders and Cards (the team that THINKS they can just show up with the Redskins uniform on and the other team wont put up a fight). We were flat and it didnt look good. Getting that 3pts right before half was HUGE. Being down 7 instead of 10 has to be better for team morale. I was thinking that Gibbs/coaches were gonna light up the team at half (which it appears the possibly did) and we would play better. When we were down 20-17 (it seemed forever) I was thinking that all we needed was a momentum shifter....which LM provided. Once we got that int i knew that we were gonna win....just had a gut feeling about it. Watching ST glide down the sideline with our playoff hopes in his hands....I roared.....an eviction notice may be sitting in my mailbox sometime this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNationalist Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 i was hung over while i watched... and so the hole game im switching from saying to myself "its over, i knew it, why!?" to "we got this, i knew we would, they never stood a chance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan035 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 That was not an easy game to watch if you were a Redskin fan. That 17 to 7 score made me sick. Really it wasn't until the end, when Clinton scored to turn the tide, and Taylor added icing to the cake, that I relaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I had faith the Eagles would do stupid things. Lo and behold... a dumb challenge, a baffling QB switch, and a Jon Runyan haymaker, and that's your ball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I haven't been that nervous for a Redskins game all year I calmed down when we got a TD, and knew we would win when we cloesd the gap to 7 at the half Once Taylor dove into the endzone my brother, dad, and I all went nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkam Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Man I can relate. I really don't enjoy watching the Skins games. I love getting ready to watch the games. I LOVE the unbelievable euphoria of victory at the moment we clinch the win. (By the way I didn't even enjoy ST's TD run cause I was sure they would review the play. When the extra point went thru, my jaw hit the ground, and it was then that I started my victory dance around the house). But the games themselves are pure agony. Nervous agony. And of course last Sunday was magnified 10x over beacause of the importance of the game. Why I put myself through it I don't know. But of course I can't stay away. I keep telling myself it's not that important, it's not that important. But on Sat at 430 I will be a screaming meemie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poidog22 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Wow...that's scary. It's like he had a video camera following me around all day. With the exception of occupying himself before the game, (I was "enjoying" a very hungover drive back to Blacksburg from DC after going to a hotel party up there), it's like he was mirroring my every move and emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willle Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 (By the way I didn't even enjoy ST's TD run cause I was sure they would review the play. When the extra point went thru, my jaw hit the ground, and it was then that I started my victory dance around the house). But the games themselves are pure agony. Nervous agony. And of course last Sunday was magnified 10x over beacause of the importance of the game. Why I put myself through it I don't know. But of course I can't stay away. I keep telling myself it's not that important, it's not that important. But on Sat at 430 I will be a screaming meemie. For a few seconds I thought that Eagles would challenge the play as well, then I realized they had no more timeouts left and since it was still more than two minutes left in the game, the booth couldn't review the play either, so I knew ST's TD would count. Regardless, it was clearly a fumble and TD return. But, like most of you guys, I was a terrible mess up until Portis's 2nd TD and then screamed like crazy on ST's TD return. HTTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo Montoya Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 (By the way I didn't even enjoy ST's TD run cause I was sure they would review the play. When the extra point went thru, my jaw hit the ground, and it was then that I started my victory dance around the house). I know!!! I was standing up just waiting, I couldnt even believe it when the XP went through... it was over!!!!!!!! I then got on the phone and quit drinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Nice read...Olivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor 36 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Yes, I can completely relate. Thanks, it was a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Al Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I had faith the Eagles would do stupid things. Lo and behold... a dumb challenge, a baffling QB switch, and a Jon Runyan haymaker, and that's your ball game. That was a stupid challenge! Why waste a timeout over two yards. Once Reid sent that desperate message, I knew we would prevail. Well written Kleese. My woman has me banished to the upper bedroom with a 13 inch set over our 52 inch HD set downstairs. I just get too loud and excited n every play. I agree to this banishement because I live and die on every play. I do miss the big set though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 My experience was eerily similar to your blog. When the Skins went up 7-3 I figured that the 3 points was all the Eagles were going to get. You know sometimes how when a bad team is facing a good team, and they look good driving down the field and score 3 points, and that's all they end up getting the whole game? This is what I was thinking. It didn't take long to realize we were in a dog fight. And looking at the replays, the Detmer fumble wasn't on the ground for more than a couple of seconds, but at the time, it seemed like 20 minutes. I was screaming "GET IT!" over and over again. Afterwards I kept saying "No review" and when the XP went through, I felt like I was in another universe. Gibbs is coach and the Skins are in the playoffs. Is this really happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 Thanks for taking the time to read, good to know I'm not the only freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamyesme1111 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 no way, if all yall do is go through agony watching the game, then why watch it....it doesnt make any since, sure i get mad sometime but nowhere near agony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 No risk, no reward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Moss Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I agree. Up until the Lemar Marshall interception, that game was not enjoyable from a Redskins perspective. Iggles fans were overjoyed. I had my wife check my heartbeat during the game; up until the Sean Taylor game sealing fumble recovery it was 90 bpm. Within the normal range, yes, but for a 6’ tall, 220 lb. guy with 13% BF who lifts weights and does cardio regularly, it was terrible. The game was affecting me physically so much so that my young wife told me that I needed to stop watching the games because she wanted me to be around to raise our children. :laugh: I told her not to worry, that next week would be different. I just wanted in the playoffs—badly, and now that we are in, I can relax and enjoy the game. I hope that’s the case but I somehow doubt it. Until we bring home another Lombardi trophy I will always be on edge watching the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Gibbs II Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 My stomach was twisted the whole game and i thought i had at least ONE heart attack. I thought the game was going by too fast. I didnt seem like we had the ball long enough to do anything and there was no time. Im suprised he thought it was slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsandy Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I was definitely nervous... but never gave up the faith. Watched it with my niece, sister, grandniece and her fiance, and great-great nephew (see below)... was definitel nervous.. happier when down by one score at the half, but MUCH happer when we tied it and at that point I turned to my niece and said: MOmentum IS NOW ON OUR SIDE TO STAY! The rest, they say now, is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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