Royale with Cheese Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Just to keep things in perspective..... The Pats are the only team to play in the kickoff game and go to the Super Bowl in the same season. They did it twice so we have a 1 in 20 chance of making the Super Bowl this year regardless of outcome. It's science. No team has ever won the Super Bowl on their home turf and it's happened two years in a row now. Trends are changing. Edited September 7, 2022 by Royale with Cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Only in game. Never get high or low pre game anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSpeed Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 18 hours ago, Rampage said: There’s no anxiety because I can’t control the outcome so if we lose it has nothing to do with me. Excitement though has set in. Been waiting months for this and to finally forget the last 13 seconds in Kansas City. If I don't control the outcome then why is it I haven't seen a Bills win in person since I moved to SC in 99. Here are a couple of cases as examples. I went to Miami and saw Clay drop the pass in the endzone. I went to Jax last year thinking there is no way they lose THIS game. To a lesser extent I went to the Carolina preseason game this year which broke our preseason winning streak. You will be happy to know I have no plans to attend a game this year YET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 6 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said: Great, so you're telling me we're screwed just by being in this game regardless of the outcome. Cancel the confedie boys! No. We have a 5 percent chance. People are so negative. 6 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said: Great, so you're telling me we're screwed just by being in this game regardless of the outcome. Cancel the confedie boys! No. We have a 5 percent chance. People are so negative. 6 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said: Great, so you're telling me we're screwed just by being in this game regardless of the outcome. Cancel the confedie boys! No. We have a 5 percent chance. People are so negative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDubya76 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 RIGHT NOW! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I refuse to give in to pre-game anxiety...I don't play the game, I just watch... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 7 hours ago, MikeSpeed said: If I don't control the outcome then why is it I haven't seen a Bills win in person since I moved to SC in 99. Here are a couple of cases as examples. I went to Miami and saw Clay drop the pass in the endzone. I went to Jax last year thinking there is no way they lose THIS game. To a lesser extent I went to the Carolina preseason game this year which broke our preseason winning streak. You will be happy to know I have no plans to attend a game this year YET. I don't know who you are. If you are looking for tickets I can tell you that I don't have any, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long life. If you stop looking for tickets, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you do buy any playoff tickets, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBear Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 When I was younger - maybe 30 minutes before kickoff. Now that I'm a middle aged Dad, I don't get gameday anxiety for regular season games - just excited to watch Bills football. The only time I get gameday "anxiety" is for the elimination games, because I don't want the fun to end. That usually starts during the national anthem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, Simon said: I don't know who you are. If you are looking for tickets I can tell you that I don't have any, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long life. If you stop looking for tickets, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you do buy any playoff tickets, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you. Simon is now Liam Neeson in Taken. Very Shaggadelic. Sorry, just watched one of AP movies this morning on the stairclimber. Yeah baby, yeah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Gump Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I've been on the can since yesterday and have gone through 2 bottles of Pepto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 Mine just started. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 After 4 Superbowl losses my anxiety is gone. I was lucky to survive that and just appreciate I can still watch football 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Positive Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Before about week 3 in the 2020 season, I had zero gameday anxiety. I had no expectations. Now, I'm a nervous wreck. It's worse before week one because I have no idea what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl2526 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Any strong opponent will make me a bit nervous. The includes the current edition of the Jets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Since the unexpected success of the 2020 season, I have been overly invested in every game. In 2020 and into 2021, I was just hoping what we saw wasn't a fluke. Going into the 2021 post season it felt like the best chance since the 90s to get back to the super bowl. Last year it ratcheted up since we went all in on Von and were a consensus pick to win it all. This year I am just trying to enjoy the ride and remember its all about getting into January healthy and playing their best football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 27 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said: Any strong opponent will make me a bit nervous. The includes the current edition of the Jets. Last year I was confident nervous. This year I'm more just nervous. Not that I think that Jets are going to be great, I think they definitely will be good....I think Allen struggles the most against the Jets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisele Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 They have pills for that. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNord Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 9/6/2022 at 3:23 PM, Royale with Cheese said: I'm starting to get mine now. I watched a couple of the hype videos, watched the GMFB and other sports shows....I'm feeling it now. For the regular season games that aren't "big games"...I don't get it until like an hour before the game. Big games like this, playoff games or prime time games....I start getting getting them the morning of. This one, probably because of the hype...2 days before. I'm doing the bare minimum at work today. Just enough not to get noticed that I'm doing nothing. Since the team has gotten good I get so anxious on game day. TBH I don’t really like how much the the outcome of the game can effect my mood. But once you’re a fan there’s not much you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 For 45+ years I've allowed myself to get overly stressed and anxious a couple hours before kickoff. Considering my age now at nearly 65, I'm toning down expectations and stress. As others have said I have absolutely no control in the outcome. My goal this year is to reduce GDT commentary to the bare minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLinALLEN Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I used to...now after the countless poor exits the last few years (esp 13 sec) I dont even get nervous pregame. I'm still just as invested in the outcome but I feel like I've seen it all now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Almighty Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 9/6/2022 at 2:31 PM, Rampage said: There’s no anxiety because I can’t control the outcome so if we lose it has nothing to do with me. Excitement though has set in. Been waiting months for this and to finally forget the last 13 seconds in Kansas City. Did you sleep during the entire season last year 😂😂 this year we are out to forget the Bengals manhandling us. 13 seconds was last year's moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 in my 20s I did now, not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I think the Bills might be very good this year. I also know that I don't know. We won't find out until the games are played. This Jets game will be a hint. Though sometimes season openers are deceiving, so maybe it won't be a hint after all. I figure the Bills have a roughly 10% chance of winning the Lombardi this year. That's good - better than nearly every other team. But it still means there's a 90% chance that I'll end the season with disappointment. In short, I am curious and hopeful and excited. But not anxious... yet. I'll be nervous at the opening kickoff but only then. Not before or after. Which is exactly how I was when I played football in school many years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2mountain Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Josh Allen vomits on game day mornings. Then he listens to Frank Sinatra on his ipod. It's a tale of game day anxiety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I do but it manifests itself in quite different ways between Arsenal and the Bills. I often have night before dreams on the eve of a big game for both. But then on a game day with Arsenal I almost don't want the game to get here. I want to push it off into the future. With the Bills it is the opposite I want the game here asap. That is why I like the early Sunday games. Anything later I am like "get the game here now". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4th&long Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Right about now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Not until the playoffs these days tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 You mean it wasn’t supposed to start last week??😯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 "I'm scared daddy" "I know son, I can smell it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Sports aren't fun. I don't really understand the concept that they're supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, GoBills808 said: Not until the playoffs these days tbh You know what we got here? A mother******* Charlie Bronson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Aurelius Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Usually after talking to my therapist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 57 minutes ago, Success said: Sports aren't fun. I don't really understand the concept that they're supposed to be. They're fun to play. Watching with no control over the outcome can be ....... not fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I will be all hyped up all day Monday. Haven't felt a thing yet; I'm not in football mode yet, even with the game last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCofNC Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 This thread indicates a lot of mental illness in Buffalo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 So I'm going to a big opener party Monday. Food & drinks! I've got fasting bloodwork Tuesday morning. Fudge...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Says Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Why should I be anxious? I'm not playing or getting paid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hooks Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) Not until the day of. Usually a few hours before kick-off. More of a butterflies in the belly feel than full on anxiety. Edited September 9, 2023 by Bobby Hooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behindenemylines Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 By using the word "Get", you are assuming it leaves at some point! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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