I quit watching the NFL some time ago, although I would watch parts of games that were particularly interesting for some reason. But gradually, I have been lured back into watching.
Last night the game lived up to all the hype.
From Drudge:
The NFL had planned to pit one of the best of the AFC against one of the best of the NFC mid-season in Mexico City -- sort of foreshadowing the Super Bowl, I suppose. Because the football field in Mexico City was not "safe" for players -- the field, not the stadium -- the NFL, at the last minute, moved the game to Los Angeles, to be played in the Coliseum, a venue that had not seen the NFL in years (decades?). There was a lot of scrambling to fill the seats, including getting entire families of players there and giving away lots of free tickets. Result: it appeared to be a standing room only event. The cheering / yelling / enthusiasm was non-stop.
The game lived up to the hype; in fact, exceeded the hype.
A google search provides this example:
Two stories from hundreds:
- Rams-Chiefs broke the NFL for good, so what happens next?
- Rams outlast Chiefs 54-51 in record Monday night showdown
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Where did that $71 million figure come from? Here.
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The NFL Is Everything NASCAR Is Not
Some random thoughts; some my own; most of them stolen from others:
- NASCAR is dying: the stands for the championship race were half-full at best
- A mid-season NFL game hastily arranged became a standing-room-only event
- NASCAR no longer has any story lines and it's not just because the "great names" have retired
- NASCAR has changed the "game" so much it has become boring even for rabid fans (and, oh, by the way, rabies is fatal)
- NASCAR seldom lives up to the hype
- several weeks ago it looked like the Truex-Logano feud would make the championship race exciting
- Truex faded early and never offered any real competition for Logano
- the championship race was so boring one reader suggested next year they should race tractors or combines (threshing machines for NYC readers)
- NASCAR stage racing: this would be akin to the NFL starting each quarter afresh, 0 - 0, and only the fourth quarter really counting; giving a single point to the "winner" of each quarter towards "points" for a championship game
- I go back and forth on stage racing, but for the championship race, stage racing was ridiculous
- from what I can tell, NASCAR has no ideas on how to change; how to become relevant again
- after last night's NFL game between the AFC Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC Los Angeles Rams, both 9-1 going into the game, everything changed for the NFL
- Jerry Jones must be going nuts; his world is passing him by; he bet on a great horse, but, still, it was the wrong horse -- I'm not talking players, I'm talking style of play
- four teams represent the new NFL -- New Orleans, Patriots, LA Rams, and KC Chiefs
- KC Chiefs? Who would have thought?
- how did the Philadelphia Eagles fall so far so fast; even the Cowboys at a dismal 5-5, are beating the Eagles, 4-6
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