Pop Culture Journal Grantland

The article Is This Real? Your 7-0 Atlanta Falcons by Bill Barnwell was a great article because it was easy for me to relate to what Bill Barnwell was saying. I also think that the Falcons are a little overrated despite the fact that they are still the only undefeated team in the National Football League half way through the season. I agree with Bill Barnwell when he said based off of his findings he noticed that the Falcons have had the easiest schedule in the National Football Conference and that is why they might still be undefeated. I am a big football fan and I always have to hear about how good the Falcons are or if the Falcons are real or not on SportsCenter when I watch it so I have heard many different reasons for why or why not the Atlanta Falcons are a legit team to be afraid of when it comes to playing against them on Sunday afternoons. Bill Barnwell says the offense is about the same as it was last year and they defense is just a little bit better for the Atlanta Falcons as it was just one year ago, so that might factor in a little bit, but it still goes to prove that it is pretty much the same team statistically and they are just not playing the tougher competition at the time. I feel the Atlanta Falcons wont be undefeated too much longer once their level of competition catches up to them. Even if they do go into the playoffs undefeated, I feel like they haven’t played good enough football to win a single playoff game this year.

 Picture and the actual article can be found at http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/41286/is-this-real-your-6-0-atlanta-falcons

 

True Grit Screening Report

The Scene I picked from the movie True Grit, is a scene where Maddie, the main character, is bargaining with a stable owner for a horse and a saddle.  This scene takes place just ten minutes into the movie. The reason this scene is so significant to the rest of the plot is because in order to track down Cheney, the man who shot and killed her father, Maddie will need a horse and a saddle. From this scene forward the rest of the movie is able to take place. Every single main point throughout the directors’ plot would not be able to happen if Maddie was unable to buy a horse. Maddie has very little money being a young girl and it showed what type of personality her character had when she was willing to bargain for a horse and a saddle with the little money she had to track down the man who killed her father. The whole movie can be traced back to this very scene. Even the very last scene of the movie I was able to think about how the movie got to the point it was at and I went all the way back to this scene. I thought about Maddie’s determination and her determination is portrayed throughout the rest of the movie. Those are some of the reasons why this particular scene struck me as the most vital scene to the movie True Grit.

Picture from Google Images (Maddie)

Writing About Movies

Picture is from Google Images

My favorite movie up unitl this point is The Blind Side. The reason why I like The Blind Side is because it has to do with football and it also has a good story line and plot to the movie. No matter how many times I have already seen the movie, everytime it is on T.V. or everytime someone wants to watch The Blind Side, I will watch it. I am drawing a blank at the moment, I also like watching The Blind Side because it has good actors and actresses in it and they play their parts very well. This movie gives every person no matter their background or where they came from hope that they have a chance to do something with their life. This movie made me rethink some things and not take what I have in my life for granted.

Winning Actually Isn't the Only Thing

Winning Actually Isn't the Only Thing
By: David Maraniss

In the short writing, “Winning Actually Isn’t the Only Thing” by David Maraniss, I feel that David Maraniss’s argument is that the Seattle Seahawks didn’t handle themselves with class after Monday night’s Packer game and that winning shouldn’t be everything. He argues that winning shouldn’t be everything because he feels that being honest and respectable as a man is more important as a human being. He argues his point by explaining how the Seahawks know the call on the field was wrong and that they shouldn’t be happy because they didn’t actually win the game and they should be real men and realize they didn’t instead of act like children and run around the field like they had just won the Super Bowl.

I one hundred percent agree with David Maraniss. After I saw the one referee with zero experience besides 4 years of high school football make the call of a touchdown and seeing all of the Seahawks running on the field with their helmets off like they have just won the Super Bowl, especially coach Pete Carroll, I lost all respect for them as men. I know it was a big moment of the game, but I would think mature men like the players in the National Football League are would react a little more professional than the Seahawks did. Winning should not be everything if it comes down to acting like the Seahawks did. I feel the Packers should have received more recognition for how professionally they reacted after they just had a game literally stolen from them by the referees. It just shows that to the Packers winning is not everything, but that playing with class is.

 

A picture from last Monday's Packers vs. Seahawks game from Google Images

The Believing Game Part B

I feel that the National Football League needs to negotiate with the referees from last year and they need to come to an agreement on a contract so we can have the professional referees back in action. The referees that are officiating right now are doing an ok job, but ok just doesn’t cut it at this level of the game. I think the National Football League needs the original referees because the outcomes of games can rely on the calls the replacement officials are making and generally those calls have not been very good this year. The players and coaches of the teams need to be able to decide the outcome of the game and not have the officials favor it towards one team or another. Also the replacement officials need to get some sort of consistency with their penalty call.

The Believing Game Part A

            I feel that the replacement officials are doing a phenomenal job based on their background. Just one year ago these officials were refereeing division two and three college football. Now just think about all that is different from that level of college football to the National Football League level. First off the game is just all around faster and harder to keep up with. Second, the players are bigger and stronger and hit a lot harder so it is easy for the refs to miss some calls. Lastly, the publicity the refs are getting is only adding to the pressure that is on their shoulders. I feel these refs are doing a great job and the National Football League should just move on from the original refs and keep the replacements refs from here on out.

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