Game films

Football and movies. My two favorite forms of entertainment. When they are combined into one ... well, it doesn't get much better. As another public service, along with the Reading Material posts, I will post a clip of some of the best football scenes from the movies. Seemed like a good way to get in the mood for the playoff season just ahead. I have already requested Saturday the 14th off from work just in case the first playoff game falls on that day.

The first clip is from 1970's M*A*S*H. The classic Vietnam-era movie about the war in Korea. Football in Korea? As the general says when he's setting up the game with Col. Blake "My unit plays other units and we often put a  little wager on the game. Like $5,000. The military feels it's one of the main gimmicks we have to keep the American way of life going here in Asia." To which Col. Blake responds "Betting?"

It's a 10-minute clip but worth every second. Especially the part where Hot Lips and the other "cheerleaders" start yelling when the other team's best player goes down... "He's hurt! He's hurt! He's leaving the game, he's hurt!"

Maybe I'll get to yell that if Pittsburgh comes to Gillette and Big Ben tweaks that ankle again.