Bonus is that with the unlimited DVR you can record anything you want. I have set mine to record all NCAA and NFL games and they are all completely in my library and available whenever I need them.
The only issue I have with starting a recording late is that there is a 4 hour limit while an event is still live. Not much of a problem for football but with golf I sometimes have run into the problem that if I start more than 4 hours late I can't watch the beginning until the event has ended.