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Blessed be the football gods - Jim Thorpe, bronco nagurski, Otto graham - for giving us an epic, old school, smash mouth NFC championship game

Game on the line, Kap unleashes a golden arrow set to pierce the Seahawks' secondary for the game winning touchdown unless Richard Sherman, apogee of his jump, full extension of his arm can knock it aside. He miraculously bats its toward a teammate, interception, game over, going to the Superbowl.

He just graduated from gladiator finishing school. With an insane play to win the game. Quick, now be 'classy.'

These guys play football for a living. They hurl their bodies at similarly muscled speedsters because they are psychologically imbalanced. It isn't a gubernatorial debate.

That's why when there is a player that's adjusted, socialized and articulate they give him a job as an analysis.

And 'forget' you Fox for making the game about the final :22 seconds with slow mo close ups of the Bolden /Sherman fracas and Erin Andrews lazy question and ridiculous reaction. This was a game for the gods and you anger them with your frivolity.

The whole Fox post-game production was a joke, especially considering it's their second biggest broadcast of the year.
Erin Andrews looked like a deer in headlights, completely incapable of playing along with Sherman and only making him look bad for not knowing how to handle his energy and then Terry Bradshaw taking two minutes to scream 10 words to Pete Carroll during the trophy presentation because he couldn't handle the crowd noise or the distraction of the PA system delay in the stadium.

Is this a rave or a rant?

This is a weird first post for a baseball forum.

Erin Andrews had that "Michael Meyers after Kanye West dropped his GWB doesn't care about black people" deer in the headlights look.

You know what? Richard Sherman is awesome. Great player, fiery competitor, and an actual human with a personality.

Here is the post game interview of 99% of athletes:

"Great game out there today. I believed in my teammates, we believed in ourselves, thanks Jesus."

Nothing but boring stock expressions and cliches. Sherman showed human emotion and that he actually cares about this game and its outcome, and that this isn't just a paycheck for him. I think that was awesome.

heyzeus wrote:Erin Andrews had that "Michael Meyers after Kanye West dropped his GWB doesn't care about black people" deer in the headlights look.

You know what? Richard Sherman is awesome. Great player, fiery competitor, and an actual human with a personality.

Here is the post game interview of 99% of athletes:

"Great game out there today. I believed in my teammates, we believed in ourselves, thanks Jesus."

Nothing but boring stock expressions and cliches. Sherman showed human emotion and that he actually cares about this game and its outcome, and that this isn't just a paycheck for him. I think that was awesome.

No offense, but this is bunk. Most players have passion, and care about the game. Just because they don't wait for a camera to tell everyone how great they are doesn't mean that they don't love the game. How on earth does saying "you better shut your mouth before I shut it for you" or "I'm the best" express how much you care about the outcome of the game?

As I said in the other thread, you can see Sherman's act virtually every night of the week on cable. Just tune in to WWE if that's what floats your boat.

IMADreamer wrote:This is a weird first post for a baseball forum.

I suspect it's not a first post.

EDD is a friend of mine who lives in CO and isn't a Cardinals fan, but a huge sports fan and I invited him here to contribute to our other forums.

heyzeus wrote:Erin Andrews had that "Michael Meyers after Kanye West dropped his GWB doesn't care about black people" deer in the headlights look.

You know what? Richard Sherman is awesome. Great player, fiery competitor, and an actual human with a personality.

Here is the post game interview of 99% of athletes:

"Great game out there today. I believed in my teammates, we believed in ourselves, thanks Jesus."

Nothing but boring stock expressions and cliches. Sherman showed human emotion and that he actually cares about this game and its outcome, and that this isn't just a paycheck for him. I think that was awesome.

Well stated.

Sherman just became one of my favorite players in otherwise extremely boring sport.

planet p wrote:EDD is a friend of mine who lives in CO and isn't a Cardinals fan, but a huge sports fan and I invited him here to contribute to our other forums.

Welcome to the forum EDD!