2023 Schedule

[*ochocincos*]

(05-19-2023, 10:35 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Even if I were patient enough, I couldn’t do it just because I’d need to turn off all social media and my phone because that’s all we talk about while it’s going on

Yep exactly. It's basically needing to be away from TV and technology for 3 hours, and there's nothing I would care to do every single Sunday during the 1:00 or 4:30 game slot that would have me away from TV/computer/phone that long.

[XenoMorph]

(05-19-2023, 11:04 AM)VallartaBengal Wrote: All of us who live outside of the USA face this every week. If the game isn't on TV, my wife and I turn on whatever game IS on, mute the sound and listen to the Bengals on the radio (well, the computer to be exact).

this was life during the Blackout Era

[BFritz21]

(05-19-2023, 11:37 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep exactly. It's basically needing to be away from TV and technology for 3 hours, and there's nothing I would care to do every single Sunday during the 1:00 or 4:30 game slot that would have me away from TV/computer/phone that long.

Even like people that play golf around here have it streaming on their phones or in their carts. 

Even now, I'd say that I could go to the casino and play in a poker tourney on a Sunday morning at 11:15 (10k guaranteed prize pool), but, with the Sportsbook opening in the casino, I'm sure everyone would be going nuts.

Everything's real time anymore.

(05-19-2023, 11:39 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: this was life during the Blackout Era

Except, during the Blackout Era, aside from a few bad seasons after 2000 or 2005, internet wasn't on everyone's phones and everything wasn't known as soon as it happened. 

Like people said, you might be able to get it on the radio but, for the most part, it really was a blackout.

[*ochocincos*]

(05-19-2023, 11:04 AM)VallartaBengal Wrote: All of us who live outside of the USA face this every week. If the game isn't on TV, my wife and I turn on whatever game IS on, mute the sound and listen to the Bengals on the radio (well, the computer to be exact).

I thought Gamepass (now NFL+) allowed live viewing of games if outside the US?
I recall this being a thing with Gamepass a few years ago, but maybe I'm either remembering incorrectly or they changed that with NFL+.

[Roland]

(05-18-2023, 02:21 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I give you mad props for being able to do that.
I tried one year, I couldn't do it lol

It's much easier in the fall when there is still yard work to get me out of the house.  Later in the year I have to turn my phone off and play a video game for three hours.   It also helps that replays become available much earlier now.  In the olden days they weren't available until midnight.