Why I Love Football

I just watched part of this season's "Hard Knocks" which features the Cincinnati Bengals (or Bungles, as the case may be... felons doesn't quite fit as well or I'd use that nickname, for sure). It just reminded me why I absolutely freakin' love football. The intricacy and details, the number of variables that have to come together to create the perfect play - timing, athleticism, play calling, guessing, instinct, luck... it's truly incredible. Even miraculous that some of these plays can ever come together. To think about how many people are working to make these things come together blows my mind. And makes it like a sort of acrobatic display of athleticism. Like a giant spectacular show in Vegas where everything is choreographed and overwhelming and you only see the tip of the iceberg...

3 comments:

Anonymous August 26, 2009 at 12:50 PM  

I appreciate your appreciation for the little things in football. Gotta respect someone who can see beyond just the ball moving down the field, especially a female!

-timoteo

Anonymous August 26, 2009 at 12:53 PM  

...also I don't know if you know this, but the box to type the word verification for posting comments is hidden in your background or something. The only way for me to get to it, was to hit the "tab" button.

Mel August 28, 2009 at 1:51 AM  

Thanks SOOOOO much - I know lots of people have had issues posting comments, but hopefully I worked this out now... let me know if this works better (and thanks for persevering)!

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The adventures of a twentysomething pursuing a Ph.D. in the behavioral sciences, living with the dog that is the love of my life, and battling everything from becoming an academic to small town insanity. I blog about everything related to sports, my dog, psychology and other social science stuff in the news, my dad's battle with cancer, dating in a world full of married people, and anything else I see that catches my eye!

Bella

Bella
(faithful sidekick and pound puppy - and she can obviously be much more intimidating when not playing in the snow in her pink fur-lined hoodie)

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Me
(the "Mel" of grad school infamy)