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An Olympic GameRelated ArticlesCollege isn't the best place to watch the
Olympics. You probably have too much work to do,
or you'd rather go out than sit around watching
tapedelay TV.
But if you want to catch some of the action
without sacrificing your social life, use the
Olympics as a unique opportunity to throw a
curveball into your partying routine by hosting an
Olympics party.
This works best if your buddies don't know the
results of the days' events, so you should agree
not to check scores before showing up.
Take advantage of NBC's primetime coverage and
start early. There's usually a popular event on
right away, so your guests will be entertained
while waiting for food and alcohol. Start with a
few tributes to the various teams: Shrimp on the
barbie for the Australians, pasta and wine for the
Italians (who cares how they're doing) and some
beer (for the Germans). When the gymnastics
competition comes on, celebrate by combining
dessert and a tribute to the Russian team: Jello
shots made with vodka.
Once you've paid homage to as many teams as you
can, let the games begin. With a cool buzz working
off the Jello shots, each participant in your
games needs to predict the gold, silver and bronze
medal winners of the final four events on the
primetime telecast. This must be done without the
help of any publication that has already predicted
the winners or told you who they are. It should
also be done prior to the NBC giveaway
predictions. (Yes, they knew who won before they
put those sound bites together.) Predictions need
to be written down. Then designate a drink for
each, a gold, silver and bronze.
So now everyone has 12 predictions and three
chosen drinks. Mix the drinks or pour the shots,
but keep in mind how much you can reasonably
handle. Throwing up shows poor form and the judges
won't be impressed. Now, sit back and watch. The
rules are simple.
1. If you get blanked (meaning you didn't predict
any of the top three in any order) please take six
drinks. Ouch. (By drinks here we mean swallows or
sips from each designated drink, depending on your
tolerance).
2. If you pick one team, two teams, or all three
teams in any order, please take three drinks, two
drinks or one drink respectively.
3. If you get all three teams in the right order,
you're off the hook (but if you cheated, please
take six drinks).
When the medals have all been handed out, you'll
feel like you competed right along with the
athletes, pitting your skill and sports cunning
against your peers. Or you'll just have fun and
have a little more invested in the events. Even
better, the timing is perfect for late night
pizza. Unlike normal nights, the pizza is
accompanied by television viewing pleasure, as NBC
will keep coverage coming on CNBC. Nothing beats
late night drunken pizza with college friends and
women's water polo.
Good luck. You've trained hard. This is your
chance to show the world what you can do. Just
take it easy if you have an early class the next day.
Michael Hatfield would like to thank the genius
students of Emory University for helping develop
this Olympic game. He advises picking Americans,
Russians and Aussies if you don't want to get
hurt.
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