The NFL This Year!
This year I have at least managed to watch all the games in the post-season and it has really been remarding (more than 2 out of 3 ain't bad).
I think this year may surely be remembered less for Obama's inauguration as for the arrival of the Arizona Cardinals, the apparently decided underbird, but victors, last weekend against the Eagles of Philadelphia.
Insofar as I am thinking of the coming ascendance of of The One, can it be accident of any form that the new President comes from Chicago, as do the Cardinals (if
slightly transplanted over the years, as was The One himself)?
On the other side, the Avian team lost. I have no explanation.
But I am eager to hope for another Avian victory in the Superbowl.
I intend to be watching and trying to understand the entrails should the birds lose.
Labels: competiton, NFL, underbirds
NFL Coverage
We're between two highlight NFL weekends, the two that feature four games each weekend. Though I have not been following the league this year, I did manage to watch all the games last weekend, and one of them was pretty exciting, going into overtime.
As I look forward to the coming weekend, the Atlantic has
done me the kindness of a look backstage, at what goes into the broadcasts I enjoy. It is a wonderful lively picture, and it makes the broadcast control area sound like a stressful but very entertaining place to work.
“Aaaand go!” shouted Fish, a wiry man in faded blue jeans and a loose-fitting, long-sleeved cotton shirt, a headset clamped over a baseball cap. He was leaning up and out of his swivel chair, choosing shots and barking orders, arms elevated, snapping his long fingers loudly with each new command. “Go fan shot! Ready four. Take four! Ready eight. Take eight! Ready one. Take one! Ready 12. Take 12! Ready five. Take five! Ready thre—ready two. Take two! Ready three. Take three!”
It is well worth reading for anyone who likes to watch the NFL on television.
Labels: NFL, television
