How are you preparing for football?

**houstonravensfan** · 07-22-2016, 01:57 PM

It's time to get serious and put together our game plans for the coming season. What are you doing? Here's some notes from my locker room white board:

Remind wife I have been putting up for months with the crap TV (Wheel of Fortune, etc) she and her 99 year-old mother have been watching -- now it's my turn.

Locate a reasonably priced bourbon -- W.L. Weller looks and tastes like a good buy here in Houston.

Stock up on micro brewery IPAs. (Two cases in the spare bedroom. Many more to come.)

Planning a day trip up to Georgetown, TX for some of their fine chardonnay.

Stocking up on Cheetos.

Perfecting special recipes -- mastered Guinness stew, fried shrimp, and jaeger schnitzel this week.

Have plenty of .40 cal hollow points -- not even ISIS can stop the NFL.

**HKusp** · 07-22-2016, 05:34 PM

Key Brewing located in Dundalk has a real nice IPA. My buddy who owns the tailgate bus that I ride one and sometimes drive is one of the owners. Good stuff, I swear.

http://www.keybrewing.com/

**Captain Silver** · 07-22-2016, 06:01 PM

Expanding my Fantasy Football reach to adding another league. Likely going to run a survivor pool and pick 'em pool. I always wanted to play FF a few years back but could never get into a league, so I made my own. Now I need to add a second. Same with the Survivor Pools and pick's pools, like to play but it is more fun when you know some of the folks you play against so I'm going to add that.

**GOTA** · 07-24-2016, 02:36 PM

I've binge watched the All or Nothing series on Amazon Prime. They follow the Cardinals throughout the 2015 season. It's completely uncensored and you get a great idea of just how difficult things can be week to week. The Ravens gave was very interesting. They had little respect for us since we were a 1 team an on the road. The Ravens made it closer than they thought possible. You can see though how teams dismiss the bad opponents and get bit because of it. I'm sure its happened a lot here

**tomrose9** · 07-24-2016, 04:24 PM

I'm currently researching flight prices from Edinburgh to Baltimore and deliberating when to come out for a few games. Last years' trip has me hooked!

Aside from that I'm just watching NFL Total Access everyday on the game pass and reading "Next Man Up" by John Feinstein which is an account of our season when we signed Dion Sanders. I'll also read Ray Lewis's book again.

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**CincyCat** · 07-25-2016, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by GOTA

I've binge watched the All or Nothing series on Amazon Prime. They follow the Cardinals throughout the 2015 season. It's completely uncensored and you get a great idea of just how difficult things can be week to week. The Ravens gave was very interesting. They had little respect for us since we were a 1 team an on the road. The Ravens made it closer than they thought possible. You can see though how teams dismiss the bad opponents and get bit because of it. I'm sure its happened a lot here

I have Prime. I gotta check that out. Will also need proper meds if Bengals manage to reach playoffs.

**bmore finest** · 07-25-2016, 01:33 AM

Try to catch up all my Dvr seasons. Binge watch all to clear room for Everything Football lol.
Besides that get head strong for Fantasy Football. Tell work No More Sundays or Thursdays. Just worked my last Sunday of year.

Come Wednesday the sweet world of Football as i can't live without become 24/7 all day everyday lol.

**HKusp** · 07-25-2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by tomrose9

I'm currently researching flight prices from Edinburgh to Baltimore and deliberating when to come out for a few games. Last years' trip has me hooked!

Aside from that I'm just watching NFL Total Access everyday on the game pass and reading "Next Man Up" by John Feinstein which is an account of our season when we signed Dion Sanders. I'll also read Ray Lewis's book again.

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Next Man Up is a great book. Even though it is a little dated, you get a real feel for how Biscotti and Ozzie operate.

**alien bird** · 07-25-2016, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by tomrose9

... reading "Next Man Up" by John Feinstein ...

Two other Ravens' book suggestions you might find worthwhile:

The Strength of A Champion - OJ Brigance
Never Easy, Never Pretty - Dean Bartoli Smith (about the 2012 championship season)

**Ngata Da Vida** · 07-25-2016, 11:02 AM

I am SO EFFING GLAD training camp is upon us...the nonstop barrage of election noise and the incessant terrorist events have become mind-numbing and depressing. As good as the Orioles have (generally) been, nothing diverts my attention as well as football!

**tomrose9** · 07-26-2016, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by HKusp

Next Man Up is a great book. Even though it is a little dated, you get a real feel for how Biscotti and Ozzie operate.

Yeh, I'm really enjoying it so far. At the point just after that MNF loss to KC. I also bit the bullet and bought a ticket for our road game at the Patriots in Dec! They still have cheap singles on there via Ticketmaster.

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**tomrose9** · 07-26-2016, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by alien bird

Two other Ravens' book suggestions you might find worthwhile:

The Strength of A Champion - OJ Brigance
Never Easy, Never Pretty - Dean Bartoli Smith (about the 2012 championship season)

Thanks for these recommendations. I'll order them this week. They sound right up my street.

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