[stevesmith]

My crew (same every week) meets the week before the season starts for a "formal" 3-4 hour pregame discussion, preferably before our first scrimmage. Once the season starts we usually meet at a nearby restaurant 3 1/2 hours prior to kickoff for a pregame dinner, then we're at the stadium 2 hours before kickoff...that gives us 1 hour to walk the field, get dressed, and cover whatever we need to talk about for that game. Our discussions include what we did both right and wrong the week before, suggestions of what we might do different this week, and debate if necessary over the chapter's weekly 5 question quiz. While we don't have a "formal" pregame, we have covered anything specific we need to discuss and have put ourselves in a football mindset long before the game starts.