Fan investment

[justafan]

I think Cathy who posts here has talked about this. I had a boss who did it. Also have a friend here who doesn't watch much UK ever. Don't think he likes the rage it puts in him. Watches highlights the next day.

For me the emotion is the thing. Gotta stick it out to feel the adrenaline rush of that W.

Have a Purdue friend and he sends me "I'm dying here" text after long texts of his anxiety throughout a close game. I'm like "Dude, Purdue is up 5 with 2.x seconds to go, really?!?"

[DA#23]

Matt - can you send a screen shot here and maybe we can discern the issue?

I wanted to give you a photo that simply said “ISIS” and see how many here would remember that.

Here’s what it looks like though, and sometimes it tells me that the website isn’t trusted. In the latter case it won’t let me view it anyway.

[George]

Have a Purdue friend and he sends me "I'm dying here" text after long texts of his anxiety throughout a close game. I'm like "Dude, Purdue is up 5 with 2.x seconds to go, really?!?"

If we’re down 9-7 in the first three minutes I’m saying, “@$!&, we’re toast. It’s over.” Then the second we take a five-point lead it’s, “Folks, we can beat this team.”

It’s like that all game long.

[justafan]

I wanted to give you a photo that simply said “ISIS” and see how many here would remember that.

Here’s what it looks like though, and sometimes it tells me that the website isn’t trusted. In the latter case it won’t let me view it anyway.

What if you click on the url:

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/wildcats.html

Or

http://bigbluehistory.net

or

http://www.bigbluehistory.net

do They all return the same 503?

The second should return 404 not found.

[justafan]

If we’re down 9-7 in the first three minutes I’m saying, “@$!&, we’re toast. It’s over.” Then the second we take a five-point lead it’s, “Folks, we can beat this team.”

It’s like that all game long.

That’s how I felt the last 5-7 years….except 5 pt lead needed to be 15.

this year has been the opposite. I’ve been optimistic up until it was out of reach (10+ under a minute).

[DA#23]

I received error 503 for each.

I fully expect to receive “Stop visiting the site too much, you’re too involved!!!” soon though 😉

[justafan]

I received error 503 for each.

I fully expect to receive “Stop visiting the site too much, you’re too involved!!!” soon though 😉

Very odd you’d receive it for the second one. Hmmm….. let me ponder it.

[Mr.Nezzer]

If my daughter plans her wedding on a UK game day, I failed as a father.

I explained to my wife 20+ years ago when we were planning a family, no births in March or April..

[TrueblueCATfan]

If my daughter plans her wedding on a UK game day, I failed as a father.

My sister got married in October 1982...She made sure that football had a bye week the day she got married

[KCKUKFan]

Our daughter was born during the 2017 SEC Tournament Championship game. Literally during the game. I was checking my phone in between contractions.

[justafan]

Our daughter was born during the 2017 SEC Tournament Championship game. Literally during the game. I was checking my phone in between contractions.

Wait, you allowed your wife to go into labor on a day UK was playing?

[KCKUKFan]

Wait, you allowed your wife to go into labor on a day UK was playing?

I think she did it to spite me. Devil woman.

[justafan]

I think she did it to spite me. Devil woman.

Women are like that!

[Joneslab]

Honestly? It's not that difficult to move a lot of life events around if you're in a family of UK fans...or even a family where people understand they've got some UK fans so they check around to see what's what. We do it all the time.

Not births (lol). But it really doesn't take a lot of mental or emotional time to check a calendar, check the dates of games, and say, "Nah, let's not do it that day because UK plays, let's look at another day."

Where that becomes difficult is when you don't have a family who's all on board, so they just go rogue. I was lucky to marry into a family that checks the calendar. It's rarely ever been that big of a deal, and I'm in my late 40s. We've been doing it for literally two decades with all kinds of stuff.

[George]

Not births (lol).

Meh. We scheduled our last one.