Anyone in FIRST feel like this?

[Brad1413]

I find it very hard to sleep the day before kickoff, but its even harder during the competition. At my first competition i didn't sleep until the bus ride home.

[GCentola]

I have had this feeling the past week. Its just the anticipation of a new season growing. Its not the game, or the kickoff, but just that a new season is only 2 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes and30 seconds away. As for Saturday, i usually have no problem, even though my head is full of everything game-related and my copy of the manual is never very far away.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

For me, it's the night before competition.

That tends to happen with me too. Unfortunately, it happens most when I have to be awake at 4am and at the school at 5:30am, or something like that.

[Dustin Shadbolt]

I'm with Taylor and Sam. I go to try to sleep and I get an idea and I get up to write down or maybe build a small prototype out of household stuff. I get very little sleep right after kickoff. The night before kickoff I'm usually fine and I sleep a lot because I know for the next 6 weeks my 2nd home is a metal shop.

[GCentola]

But living in a shop is so comfortable......and i mean who needs sleep? The competition nights are weird because im tired (from all the fun and dancing) but its hard to sleep with excitement for the next day. This year we are headed to FLR and Buckeye!!!

[sithmonkey13]

I did not have the same feeling last year (as I really did not know what to expect), but this year I already have the feeling. Last year, I could not sleep at all the week of my team's regional, but I was so hyped on adrenaline at being there I really didn't notice.

[rcmolloy]

I take everything back on what I said in the previous post. I have not been sleeping for the past 5 weeks until 12 to 1 am because of logging on to CD and looking stuff up. I can safely say that I am stoked for the 2011 competition.

[GCentola]

Stoked, excited, pumped. All great words! And yeah, i didnt really have the feeling my first year because I didn't know what was about to hit me. Know im pumped for a new season!

[dag0620]

I had issues sleeping last year, it was exactly in the past like Chirstmas was for me.

However having a Movie Night at school with the team helps our, since we know were mostly not going to sleep.

I just always feel sorry for those on our team who come to Movie night, and then have to wake up early and make the Journey up to NH in time for Kick-off

The time the first game hint is out until saturday. On chiefdelphi all day now...

[conceptsingh]

well for me.... i cant sleep the night before kickoff because it just the excitement i guess.. so it like you want to know what the game gonna be about

[MarcD79]

I have been doing the Suffield Scrimmage Week "0" since winter 2003. I still end up getting only about 4-5 hours sleep the Thurs night prior to setup, then 3-4 hours Friday night after setup.
This is my 3rd year volunteering the Hartford Regional & only get about 5 hrs sleep each night, starting Tues night (I do setup, FTAA & takedown) until Sat night. Let me tell you, Sunday IS a total rest day.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that everybody I know gets excited & looses sleep the night before. But I love it.

[tonystark_23]

see.....can't sleep to save my life