When I started covering football many moons ago, I was shocked to see so many things I saw behind the scenes on a daily basis.

Chief among them: the gruelling hours and painstaking preparation of the coaching staff for each and every game, even during preseason. They routinely logged 14-hour workdays, crafted meticulous playbooks and watched more film than a Hollywood movie critic. A solid game plan, they told me, was essential for any team —or individual player — to have a chance at success.

The same holds true, in some respects, for fans — especially this Saturday with the Forty Creek Quadruple Header featuring four games, eight teams and roughly 12 straight hours of CFL football.

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The CFL last hosted a quadruple header back on Aug. 26, 1995. Jean Chretien was Canada’s prime minister, eBay didn’t yet exist and Amazon was just a bookstore. So this is a new thing for most of us, and we need our own game plan for such a rare spectacle.

Consider this your Forty Creek Quadruple Header playbook:

Stock the fridge with chips, salsa, sunflower seeds, and any other favourite snacks the night before. Same goes for drinks. Avoid the rookie move of scrambling mid-game. Adopt the same philosophy for crucial supplies such as your phone (crucial), tablet, blanket and any other supplies required to avoid a costly........

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