DU on footbal....a parody unto it's self...

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Robb  (1000+ posts)         Mon Feb-08-10 11:33 AM
Original message http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9244653
I don't watch football, but I watched most of the Super Bowl. Some thoughts.
 I'm always curious about these shared American experiences on television, so I tend to be drawn toward things like big games and season finales, even if I haven't been following at all.

Some things struck me:

- Close game: That's kind of exciting, even if you don't know what an onside pass is, or whatever it was they were on about toward the end.

- Records: Seems like they said the one quarterback was just a few pass completions away from a superbowl record there near the end -- I had to step away right after, did he get it?

- The physicality: Wow. Especially on a big TV, I have to say it was an amazing spectacle. Those guys are freakin' HUGE!! And hitting each other at full strength, man.

- The talent: I don't know much about football, but I watched some of these guys run and change direction and it was astounding. They are athletes of a very, very high caliber. Amazing.

- The talent, part 2: I can throw a football, but even the quarterback the announcers said was the weaker of the two was AMAZING. Running as fast as he could sideways, and throwing a football to another guy running as fast as he could in a different direction, the ball looked like it was on a wire. Even in slow motion, it was a BULLET. And right into the guy's hands most of the time.

All in all, quite impressive. I'd watch another. Even if the graphics tended almost toward self-parody.

 
Gosh, I am speechless.

Redstone  (1000+ posts)      Mon Feb-08-10 03:34 PM
Response to Original message
5. I used to play football until my brains fell out, but I'm glad
 I'm too old to do it these days...as you noticed, the big guys are FAST now. Back then, they were kinda slow. That kept me from getting even more broken than I did.

Redstone

I used to play football. I was six foot 2 and 220 lbs. I'm not big enough now to play college ball.

[The Village Idiot]

Hey I'm 6'2"! and more than 220.... heh.

Onside pass?? Onside pass??

[Freeper]

Hey I'm 6'2"! and more than 220.... heh.

Onside pass?? Onside pass??

Maybe the primitive is from Canada.