Is this normal?

[PorkRinds]

So you guys tell me if I'm just crazy or what. I'm not an anxious person at all. But when the hogs play I'm a nervous wreck! In fact, they don't play until 8 tonight and I'm already getting that feeling in my gut. Anyone else do this to themselves or is it just me?

[McKdaddy]

Same

[SPAL]

Yep. I get anxious on Friday night.

[farmhawg]

Same.

[LZH]

Well considering that I have already been running around my neighborhood butt naked wearing a Bozo wig and a Razorback bumper sticker across my belly, I would say you're probably ok.

[PorkRinds]

Well considering that I have already been running around my neighborhood butt naked wearing a Bozo wig and a Razorback bumper sticker across my belly, I would say you're probably ok.

Dang son. Wake up and start drinking at breakfast again? 

[LZH]

Dang son. Wake up and start drinking at breakfast again? 

Yeah, I had to circle back by the house to take my medicine. I mean, I wouldn't want to freak out or anything.

[AirForceHog]

I'm the same. Especially the closer it gets to kick off.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

Well considering that I have already been running around my neighborhood butt naked wearing a Bozo wig and a Razorback bumper sticker across my belly, I would say you're probably ok.

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

So you guys tell me if I'm just crazy or what. I'm not an anxious person at all. But when the hogs play I'm a nervous wreck! In fact, they don't play until 8 tonight and I'm already getting that feeling in my gut. Anyone else do this to themselves or is it just me?

I'm so bad that I get physically ill.  My heart rate stays above 120 and I get extremely hot and sweat profusely.

I know it's only a game. I tell myself to calm down and at like a grownup. But it's like I'm a kid that can't control my emotion.

I've resorted to actually not watching the games until after they are over. Stupid, I know.

[ricepig]

Dang son. Wake up and start drinking at breakfast again? 

Wake up?? What makes you think he ever went to sleep???

[RzRbAcK18]

I get the same feeling I use to get in HD when waiting for a game. I have butterflies all week!

[Hog N Bama]

Not me. I got confidence bring it on !  :razorback:

[HoginIllinois]

I'm so bad that I get physically ill.  My heart rate stays above 120 and I get extremely hot and sweat profusely.

I know it's only a game. I tell myself to calm down and at like a grownup. But it's like I'm a kid that can't control my emotion.

I've resorted to actually not watching the games until after they are over. Stupid, I know.

I'm going to show this to my wife so she'll know I'm not the only one.

[Rayzback]

https://youtu.be/1gA_ZCWIbqo

[Hogwop]

Every. Friggin. Time.

Though, oddly enough, I'm not THAT nervous about today's game, have a pretty good feeling about it. I'm sure it will get worse the closer it gets to kick off, though. Go Hogs! Kick some aTm ass!

[Wildhog]

I fear for Austin Allen's life.

[jgphillips3]

Calm down!?!? Wait...people are able to calm down before a Razorback game?  I could swallow a handful of Valium and I think I would still feel like I had a quadruple espresso 5 minutes ago.  My blood pressure is always rock steady at around 120/80.  On game day, I've seen it jump 40 points.  I've always been pretty sure I'll leave this Earth during a Razorback game someday.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

I fear for Austin Allen's life.

That's just silly.

[HogFansReunited]

I am the same way.  I really think being a hog fan will kill me one day.  Fans of teams that are always good or always bad will never understand.  We go into each game knowing that we can win but never knowing how it will turn out.

[RaisinHog]

I fear for Austin Allen's life.

Every one wants to talk crap about our O-line when truth be known ours may be better than a and m they start like 3 freshman

[JayBell]

I understand the feeling, but that's a little extreme.  I've only ever felt that way when Alabama came to Fayetteville in 2010 and when the US played England in the 2010 World Cup.  I could barely breathe during the first halves of those games, but I was able to settle a little bit after halftime.

The stakes have to be huge for me to get that anxious.  I don't get why you're so nervous for regular games.  If Arkansas wins today, then yeah, that Alabama game could be nuts.

[JayBell]

Now, when it gets to the fourth quarter and it's close (which feels like every frickin' game for Arkansas), then I start to become irrational and my heart goes crazy.

The TCU game alone took a few years off my life.

[RazorbackToTheFuture]

I understand the feeling, but that's a little extreme.  I've only ever felt that way when Alabama came to Fayetteville in 2010 and when the US played England in the 2010 World Cup.  I could barely breathe during the first halves of those games, but I was able to settle a little bit after halftime.

The stakes have to be huge for me to get that anxious.  I don't get why you're so nervous for regular games.  If Arkansas wins today, then yeah, that Alabama game could be nuts.

Could be?  If we both go into that game undefeated it will be absolutely nuts.

[VictoryRedChevy]

I usually am. Not about this one, though. Not yet.

[trashcan maN]

Biggest game since 2011 season. I'm juiced. Win this and you're 6-0 or 5-1 going into 2nd half of season with every remaining game winnable.

[HogPharmer]

Every one wants to talk crap about our O-line when truth be known ours may be better than a and m they start like 3 freshman

It's not our O line vs their O line I'm worried about... It's our O line vs. their D line

[Paul]

It's cool to be in a relevant game in prime time.  Relax & enjoy the ride! I'm about to puke myself.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

Now, when it gets to the fourth quarter and it's close (which feels like every frickin' game for Arkansas), then I start to become irrational and my heart goes crazy.

The TCU game alone took a few years off my life.

The KY seven overtime game I thought would do the same thing, but after 5 hours, I gave up and everything that happened was hilarious.

[26.2Hog]

Sometimes I get so bad that my body temperature goes up, and I start running a low grade fever.

[budcampbellfan]

So you guys tell me if I'm just crazy or what. I'm not an anxious person at all. But when the hogs play I'm a nervous wreck! In fact, they don't play until 8 tonight and I'm already getting that feeling in my gut. Anyone else do this to themselves or is it just me?

yes, very normal.

[Smokehouse]

I had butterflies before TCU. It was as much excitement as nervousness, though, I think.

I'm less on edge about tonight. Part of that could be I'm near peak levels of exhaustion after pulling several all nighters the past couple weeks (it's like performance enhancement for fandom!)

But I think mostly I'm not as concerned because the Hogs already have the TCU feather in their cap. 1-1 versus ranked teams and you can still have a great season, 2-0 and things are sitting really pretty... 0-2 and you're in danger of things going off the rails and having to put up with fan infighting. The worst outcome is already eliminated so I'm not as worried.

[5HOG5]

Yeah its very normal! It makes me more nervous worrying about the refs giving a screw job on the hogs then how the hogs perform in this game.I sure hope Marc Curles isnt in this game tonight! But i have confidence the hogs will win the game anyway possible! :razorback:

[k.c.hawg]

Some people have a fear of flying and pound the booze before a flight. A little bit of alcohol for my anxiety on game days.

[Pigsknuckles]

Dang son. Wake up and start drinking at breakfast again? 

Yeah, sounds like withdrawal to me too.

[Dropkick]

These games don't actually make me as nervous as the ones we are "supposed to win".

[LZH]

Yeah, sounds like withdrawal to me too.

Noooo.....not with the Triple V cocktail. We're good.

[zane]

I'm so bad that I get physically ill.  My heart rate stays above 120 and I get extremely hot and sweat profusely.

I know it's only a game. I tell myself to calm down and at like a grownup. But it's like I'm a kid that can't control my emotion.

I've resorted to actually not watching the games until after they are over. Stupid, I know.

Says the guy that flies helicopters.....



In combat....

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

Says the guy that flies helicopters.....



In combat....

I used to be in an airborne infantry unit jumping out of airplanes, too.  I'm calmer in a firefight than I am during a Hog game. It doesn't make sense to me, but it happens.

[Steef]

So you guys tell me if I'm just crazy or what. I'm not an anxious person at all. But when the hogs play I'm a nervous wreck! In fact, they don't play until 8 tonight and I'm already getting that feeling in my gut. Anyone else do this to themselves or is it just me?

Not really.

I just enjoy the stuff we do right and lament the stuff we do wrong...and try to be entertained by college football.

If it's not fun, at some point ya gotta ask yourself, "Why am I watching?"

[zane]

I used to be in an airborne infantry unit jumping out of airplanes, too.  I'm calmer in a firefight than I am during a Hog game. It doesn't make sense to me, but it happens.

Just watch the game with an (unloaded) M4 in your lap

[Hawgar The Horrible]

Calm as can be because I'm worn out. Started dethatching the front lawn at daylight and just finished.

[TexArkHogFan]

What me worry?   What worries me is the game is "SUPPOSED" to be on TV at 8.  Well, our luck the Auburn-LSU goes into four overtimes and the game will switch over to ESPN News which my cable doesn't carry.  So, I've spent all morning trying to have a back up plan ready to put in action.  Watch ESPN is available but I need my Cable One Account No. to log in which I don't have and the office is closed until Monday. Is there any other stations available for live streaming?  Otherwise, I can always listen to the radio until the game comes on ESPN.

[1highhog]

Dang man, this morning?  I've been feeling anxious as soon as the game ended at the end of the scrimmage we had against Texas St.

[Albert Einswine]

I used to get the butterflies before Razorback games and during. I have a little pre-beat condition (premature ventricular contractions) that disrupts my heart rhythm, but other than making me feel weird and uneasy the cardiologist said it's not a big deal and I'm healthy, but it used to really freak me out during tense game moments and especially overtime games.

After a particularly painful episode in my personal life 7 years ago that I had to work through over a roughly 18 month period I no longer get over excited about football games. I thoroughly enjoy them win or lose (greatly prefer win, haha) but my perspective is completely changed and I enjoy them even more now that I'm more serene and not feeling like I'm gonna blow a valve.

[TriHog]

Well considering that I have already been running around my neighborhood butt naked wearing a Bozo wig and a Razorback bumper sticker across my belly, I would say you're probably ok.

Dude as long as we win

[longpig]

I'm nervous about sobering up enough to remember the finish, no chance I'll remember the start. 

[Ex-Trumpet]

Gonna have to replace carpet in the living room because of worn foot prints in front of the tv...was thinking of going hardwood, but I'm now thinking I may go with a nice ozark stone.  That shouldn't wear quite so bad!

[Rzback]

Had my yearly EKG and Doc said I was good for another season. I want so badly to go into the Bama game undefeated with a chance to be 6-0. Ones like today and TCU really make me nervous. It's like I hold my breath the whole game. Losing to the cupcakes ruins my season. It all goes back to when I first started following the Hogs in the early to mid 60's and them generally winning the cupcakes and it coming down to our TX game. 1969 was a REAL let-down. I'm 65 now and hoping for an undefeated season with a SEC and National Championship one time before I kick the bucket.

[Danimal]

I didn't sleep worth a flip last night, and I was dead tired -- WOO PIG!!