"My first impulse upon seeing this topic is to go all old school on it and say "no"'
I've been a NFL fan for 40+ years and make no mistake the real "old school" fans have left in droves. That crap broadcast on Sundays is a far cry from old school football. Old school don't celebrate after every hit. Old school don't have no touchdown dance or Lambeau leap. Old school don't give a damn about making the highlight reel. An old school tackle was a tackle ... and there are very few old school tackles now days. That's one reason you see so many big-yardage gains .. cause new school fools want to make the highlight reel by blowing up a ball carrier.
Old school players kicked the <hit out of opposing players who intentionally put the hurt on their teammates. That's because old school players played with a code of honor and when you broke that code there were consequences on the field. If the likes of James Harrison pulled his <hit in the old school days they would have kicked his arse the very next play. That's old school.
I've been a NFL fan for 40+ years and make no mistake the real "old school" fans have left in droves. That crap broadcast on Sundays is a far cry from old school football. Old school don't celebrate after every hit. Old school don't have no touchdown dance or Lambeau leap. Old school don't give a damn about making the highlight reel. An old school tackle was a tackle ... and there are very few old school tackles now days. That's one reason you see so many big-yardage gains .. cause new school fools want to make the highlight reel by blowing up a ball carrier.
Old school players kicked the <hit out of opposing players who intentionally put the hurt on their teammates. That's because old school players played with a code of honor and when you broke that code there were consequences on the field. If the likes of James Harrison pulled his <hit in the old school days they would have kicked his arse the very next play. That's old school.
The throwdown was for the top 5 "teams". Miami is a collection of streetballers.
LOL!
The SEC, with ESPN's help, overly markets and props up the middle tier teams in the conference resulting in overly lofty rankings.