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Friday, November 30, 2007
Brett Favre is having fun. Can you tell? Well, he is and, because of that, NFL fans and ex-fans alike are
having fun, too. Don't be alarmed by his recent injury, the old man is transformed, (not out of neccessity mind you), back to the days of backyard football. You remember, the 5-boy team all crouched down around a dirt spot.... "Johnny, you're the bottle cap, Scott, you're this rock.... both of you go long." Back to the days of all-time quarterback, two-hand touch, one-mississippi-2-mississippi and other such nostalgic phrases. Yep, old #4 is having a blast... and the league never looked better. Call it what you want; a renaissance, a revival, I call it good ol' football, the way it was meant to be. Forget the millions of star-bucks greasing the corporate pigskin machine, Favre has returned us all to a day when it was fun to watch the world's most exciting sport. Fun to follow the most beloved professional league in the world. Fun to be a kid, fun to be a fan. Thanks Brett... we needed it. by: Game Day Zone
Sunday, November 18, 2007
After watching yet another #2 fall from grace, I come to another painful conclusion about too many college football teams: when your toughest bull leaves the arena, you've got no rodeo. Heisman hopeful Dennis Dixon, Oregon's nifty QB, went down against Arizona and every lame Duck on the roster was evidently tied to him. National title hopes were shot down all because their best bull was out. Now, before that unfortunate incident, I saw much talent on the Oregon "O"... speed, intensity, power. Where did it go? Does it emanate from Dixon like some strange magic lamp? Is it purely a momentum issue? Why do teams continue to put all their eggs in one paper basket? No offense to Dixon, or Pat White for that matter, but when the weight of your team is on your shoulders and you're built like the down marker, it's tough! Heck, even if you are Darren McFadden, a man-child by all accounts, you can only take so much. Same goes for Superman, Tim Tebow... how much pounding can he take? Granted, all these teams have good talent surrounding their trophy players. So let's use them and, for the fans' sake, don't let the team's success hinge on every offensive snap so that the Mallard Nation must collectively holds its breath every time Dixon takes a step. It's not wise, it's not fair and it's not good preparation.
by: Game Day Zone
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
USC, West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisville, Boston College, South Florida, Kentucky... sound familiar? Yeah... they all flirted with #1, or at least the top 5. So what's the deal? Why the carousel of teams in and out of the top 10 in college football this year? Parody? Don't think so. More astute coaches? Could be. Nope, methinks it is something else. Something more basic. Something throwback. Something missing from the core of sport's most powerful game. Keep up here... ever see Florida State and Miami teams from the late 80's and into the 90's? Did you get a chance to witness the Tide defense of '92? How about the offensive explosions that were the 'Huskers and Gators around '95 to '99. What about the running back factory where Tennessee seemed to churn out NFL backs like a Pez dispenser for what seemed like an eternity for other SEC fans? Yep, it's that unit intensity, whether offensive or defensive, perhaps the whole team, whatever. Missing are the days when watching college football was like watching a high-flying acrobatics show from a Russian circus! Don't tread me... admittedly, we have the Tebows, McFaddens, the wrestler spawn Buckeye linebacker and others maybe, and thank you for those, but where are the units? Send in the units. Where's the click, the cohesion, the beautiful threads of talent and intensity that wove together a single, seamless tapestry of football brilliance every Autumn? It is missing... and it is needed. Bring it back coach.
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