How Do You Spend Draft Day?

There’s a 10 minute time limit on drafting a player in the first round. Let’s say the average time taken for each team in the first round is 8 minutes. I think the time limit for teams to pick in the 2nd round is 7 minutes. Let’s say the average time there is 5 minutes.

First round – 8 minutes * 32 first round picks = 256 minutes, or 4:26.

Second round – 5 minutes * 19 second round picks before Dallas = 95 minutes, or 1:35.

For a grand total of… 6 hours, 1 minute before Dallas is on the clock, or 9:01pm CST.

Better pace yourself on that King Cobra.

For 6 hours of drinking. need to wash the taste out of my mouth of last season… But Carl ill be with you watching every second, ive studied these guys for the last 4 months and now this is my time i get to see them go to a team.

I tend to flip back fourth as I can only take so much of Berman and Kiper. I think Mayock is the better gure anyway.

ill be watching all day and night…but, at the same time, i’m on call

:(

And usually da place to myself.

Although she says she’ll never understand it, wifey almost always lets me enjoy it in solitude… taking da girls with her for several hours.

However, that’s when the draft was on Saturday and Sunday.

Oh sh_t, I gotta think of what I’m gonna do tomorrow night. What time does it start?

I hate change.

its a party

I’ll watch about the first 10-12 picks, then for the next several hours I’ll be busy, in and out of the house, keeping an eye on the ticker and the picks. As we get 4 or 5 picks away from DAL, I’ll be back in front of the TV. I’ve got my cell phone set to receive all DAL picks, just in case something happens. I try to tivo all cowboys picks and watch them over and over later that night.

I remember a couple of years ago we were picking like 22 (don’t we always pick there??) and I was so pissed that I was missing everything. I finally got off work rushed home and we weren’t even on the clock yet. That’s the only thing I missed about the 15 minutes.

This year I’ll be in Vegas for a Union conference. I’ll record it all and I’ll have my computer but I’ll be in classes Saturday and Sunday.

So I’m stuck heading to the break room every 10 or 15 minutes to catch up. Sucks.

We’re seeing our first glimpse at temperatures above 60 degrees up here in New England this weekend (it will actually be something like 82). So it would be a crime for me to stay in on a day like that. But I fully intend to read up on all the draft choices that evening. Probably right here on BTB. :-)

and have done so for the past 25 years, never missing a pick. Its literally my Christmas Day, by far and away my favorite day of the year. I’ll have my draft board ready to go and watch every single pick on my 50 inch HD plasma.

I kind of like the fact that the draft has been moved to 4 pm EST from noon, now I can enjoy the great weather we’re supposed to have on Saturday for at least hlaf of the day any way.

I start with mimosas and kielbasa w/ biscuits. Just got me one of those big Costco-sized champagne bottles, which I pop when the 1st player is selected. I’ll save the Tecate for round 2 with lunch.

This year my cousin and her kids will be in from Canada, whom I haven’t seen in years. But I won’t be able to visit them. It seems like there’s always something going on during draft weekend (Earth Day festivals, The Asparagus Festival down in Stockton), but I take a personal holiday from society (except BTB, of course).

I have to remember that the 3rd round starts at 7am (PST) on Sunday. Last year, I missed it because I thought it didn’t start till 9.

Gosh, I can’t wait. It all happens tomorrow! No stopping till Mr. Irrelevant!

I’ll be sporting my F*DASKINS jersey praying that they avoid the O and D lines and draft a quarterback.

Is there any special coverage on BTB for the draft? Not that is really matters. TV on one side , computer on the other.

Way too early for me to get up. Ill probably try to check out the Cowboy’s first pick though

I bought myself a handle of Windsor Canadian, and I’ll live-blog it on my little blog while commenting on this big boy blog. Just hoping it ends in time to go out for a bit for the last weekend of the semester, but if it doesn’t, Draft always comes first!

With the big screen on BSPN (don’t have NFLN) and all the draft guides and draft boards I’ve printed out laid out on my coffee table, faithfully checking off each pick. Drinking LoCarb Monster Energy and trying to keep up with BTB comments.

If you don’t watch the draft until the bitter end, then you aren’t a real draftnik.

but no keg this year, just me and lots o’ beer.

…wasted. AND I FREAKIN’ LOVE IT!!!

I spend the day locked (for the most part) in my office at home. In it I have the computer, tv, radio. I also buy a newspaper (Goose…let me know your thoughts) and get a pad/pen ready. Then I go about making my final mock draft approximately 1 hour prior to the start, finishing about the time it starts.

Mixed in there is a bottle of Maredsous 8 and wings (with fries/ranch) from Wingstop.

This is one of my big days during the year. One of the few sporting events (kinda) that I won’t watch with anyone else. In fact, it is the only day during the year that my wife will completely leave me alone….seriously. Once I am in the office, she doesn’t talk to me until I come out. Actually, last year, she had to tell me something so she texted me.

Great day, gentlemen…let’s do this!

and cleaning out the car. Probably just catch the news here every 30 minutes or so. Weather here in SC is too nice to sit inside all day.

Just went for the beer buffet this year

Mickey’s
Old E
Keystone
Killians
Old Style
Sapporro

This is gonna be fun

I did NOT survive the beer buffet. I was dead to the world by the time we traded down. I didn’t make it very long after that. I am up already though, and I feel good enough to drag a school bus with my teeth.

Just noticed this morning that I never got to the left side—all in anticipation of Dallas’ pick.