David Maraniss is basically looking past the bad call and looking at the players reactions. He saying that Russel and Pete should not have made it sound like they won the game, because in all reality they know it wasn't a touchdown. He said at the end of the game Russel said it was a tough call, when honestly Russel knew it wasn't a tough call. Pete put his hands up making it look like they pulled off some miracle, when he too knows it was an interception.
In all honesty though I disagree with Maraniss because you always play to win the game. A win is a win even if it is on a bad call. If the packers would have won on the last play like that we would all be just as happy. I also really don't care because I'm not that big of a packer fan. I do cheer for them but I rep the Terrible Towel and bleed black & gold all day.
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i like that you actually disagree. i agree with you on the part where a win is a win! no matter what if you win the game you get one more tally on the W side. which is basically the point of the game. try and win the most amount of games and see how far you can continue to beat other teams.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree that a win, in this fashion, should be acknowledged as a true and honest win. I personally, as a born and raised Packer fan, would not fit into your stereotype of how a fan will be happy no matter how the game is won. If the Packers had won in the same way the Seahawks did and treated it as a fair win the way the Seahawks did, I would be embarrassed and as a fan I would certainly want the Packers to acknowledge that it was not a true win even if the records have to say it was such.
ReplyDeleteI can say I agree and disagree with this, I'm a Bengals fan, but found that play at the end to be very wrong. Where was the respect, or the humility at the end of that game. I do agree on the everyone is wanting to win, that's what makes competition, and drives a good player.
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