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Six Nations, Superbowl and the Film Meme
Feb. 7th, 2011 08:47 pmOne thing I forgot to mention about the 6 Nations, is much though I would have preferred the result to go the other way, part of me was greatly thrilled by the French pack overwhelming the Scottish one, given how much smaller they were. I grant small is relative, but when the opposition have three players over 6 foot 7, victories of brains over brawn are to be appreciated.
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Some Superbowl thoughts:
1) I find it interesting that in American football, the advice is tackle high while in rugby, it's tackle low. And I know why it is, because of the different rules about wrapping of legs, but I'm still not convinced that a well timed strike to the ankle isn't more likely to stop someone than a well timed strike to the waist.
2) One day, I will understand all this 3rd and inches stuff. That day was not yesterday.
3) Did I just seriously and for real get told that the biggest American football game of the year is being played on astroturf? Why would you do that to the players?
4) I am struck by how much easier UK commentators have it. Even on commercial TV, they don't have to regularly mention the sponsors.
5) I <3 Mike Carlson. And Tiki Barber. And Jake Humphries who is once again the BBC's go to guy for anything that involves strange hours and jet-lag.
6) Black Eyed Peas need to update that rhyme in "Boom Boom Pow!" It's not like it would be difficult - 'I'm so two-thousand and eleven, you're so two-thousand and seven'. I grant next year would be more difficult.
7) BEP are forgiven for everything. Slash!
8) If I were an NFL coach, I'd grab a coach from rugby league for the ball control bit, going off what Tiki Barber says about how you're supposed to hold the ball.
9) I get why it's when it is, but given how physical American football is, I'm amazed by when the Pro-Bowl is.
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Film Meme
Day 22 - Favorite Academy Award acceptance speech
I was very tempted to use Michael Caine's best supporting actor speech from 1999 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUKqE4hIvQ
but my real favourite is the one that the director of Kolya gave when it won the Best Foreign Film Oscar for 1996
( The Other Days )
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Some Superbowl thoughts:
1) I find it interesting that in American football, the advice is tackle high while in rugby, it's tackle low. And I know why it is, because of the different rules about wrapping of legs, but I'm still not convinced that a well timed strike to the ankle isn't more likely to stop someone than a well timed strike to the waist.
2) One day, I will understand all this 3rd and inches stuff. That day was not yesterday.
3) Did I just seriously and for real get told that the biggest American football game of the year is being played on astroturf? Why would you do that to the players?
4) I am struck by how much easier UK commentators have it. Even on commercial TV, they don't have to regularly mention the sponsors.
5) I <3 Mike Carlson. And Tiki Barber. And Jake Humphries who is once again the BBC's go to guy for anything that involves strange hours and jet-lag.
6) Black Eyed Peas need to update that rhyme in "Boom Boom Pow!" It's not like it would be difficult - 'I'm so two-thousand and eleven, you're so two-thousand and seven'. I grant next year would be more difficult.
7) BEP are forgiven for everything. Slash!
8) If I were an NFL coach, I'd grab a coach from rugby league for the ball control bit, going off what Tiki Barber says about how you're supposed to hold the ball.
9) I get why it's when it is, but given how physical American football is, I'm amazed by when the Pro-Bowl is.
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Film Meme
Day 22 - Favorite Academy Award acceptance speech
I was very tempted to use Michael Caine's best supporting actor speech from 1999 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUKqE4hIvQ
but my real favourite is the one that the director of Kolya gave when it won the Best Foreign Film Oscar for 1996
( The Other Days )
