If I was the one allocating the coverage, I would have spent 20 minutes combined on the game's nuances and current and past NFL players talking about the game and what it meant to them...and 5 minutes on the "Madison Tecmo" tournament and its (fellow) nerd participants, instead of vice versa.
That said, things I loved:
*Roosevelt Colvin's mention of the "immediate nose tackle dive for sack" trick - and the specific showing of the Tecmo player Bob Nelson as the one pulling it off.
*A few minutes of Christian Okoye playing and commenting on the game. How awesome is this man? I just want to hug him. (And hopefully not bounce off him in the process.)
*Tournament player Chet, with the Brad Muster neck roll.
*Tournament player Mort licking the under side of his NES Tecmo Super Bowl cartridge. After blowing on them so many times in my youth (which probably never did anything), is it possible that licking them was the real way to get them to work best? Or, is that a non-functioning cartidge, and he's just licking it for luck?
*Mort saying "Sonofabitch," with the last portion of it bleeped out using a Tecmo sound effect
*Gameplay: A Chiefs FG attempt is blocked, and kicker Nick Lowery picks up the ball and blazes down the field to score a TD.
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I'm one of those nerds. ;)
Hi Chris, thanks so much for reading...and sorry it didn't work out for you in this year's tournament! Good luck to you and your brothers, and maybe we can play a game online sometime.
Just watched the episode. Great stuff! one thing I noticed from one of the games was during a field goal, another defensive player other than the top linebacker position was used to attempt a block.
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