I actually found a way to deal with the 11:30 game with great results. I sat up really late on Thursday night. I had a horrible day at work on Friday. Went home, ate, popped a Tylenol PM and went straight to bed at 6:00. I woke up at 2:00, headed to campus. We were set up and grilling sausage and cooking biscuits by 4am, the beer was flowing by 4:30. It was awesome watching campus fill up, the sun come up and being completely awake and alert for the whole experience.
You seem to spend your life living in the past. Guess what, it's 2006. Who cares what happened in 1998? It has no bearing on today.