Aantiks » NBC http://aantiks.com Variable Business + Culture Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 NFL FOOTBALL IS BACK! http://aantiks.com/2009/09/10/nfl-football-is-back/ http://aantiks.com/2009/09/10/nfl-football-is-back/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:50:33 +0000 Aa http://aantiks.com/?p=247 CollinsworthI’m watching the 3rd quarter of this year’s opener between the defending champs, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the team with the best regular season record last year, Tennessee Titans. Let me tell you now that I have fallen head over heals for Chris Collinsworth, the replacement for John Madden in the broadcast booth next to Al Michaels. Mr. Michaels is sticking to calling the game while Collingsworth is busy watching and breaking down the action on the line, in the seconday, in the flat, in the linebacking core, in the backfield, EVERYWHERE! Without geeking out over individual players stories!

For example, Mwelde Moore caught a pass in the flat for a short 5 yard first down. Madden, may he rest in peace (I know he’s not dead), would have gone on and on about Mwelde and how tough and smart of a player he is. Fine, great…I think Mwelde Moore is a pretty good football player and am impressed he continues to play. Nevertheless, the interesting part of the play was the Titans were blitzing and the Steelers line picked it up brilliantly. Not only that, but the prescient play calling of the Steelers offensive coordinator, 16 year veteran Bruce Arians, pulled the dangerous DE Kyle Vanden Bosch out into coverage on Moore.

Collinsworth managed to break all of that down for us in all of 5-7 seconds. And that’s what he does every play. Thank the NFL Football Gods. Too bad I won’t be in the country to enjoy it all season.

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