Hi Kids,
Before I forget, I want to give the link to all the Superbowl ads. I'm not gonna lie, I don't think I really watched more than 2 minutes of the game yesterday and I didn't see any commercials that blew me away; but check them out for yourself. http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/
What I did watch was the Puppy Bowl on animal planet, this was the fifth year for it, and it is so worth it! My roomates and I voted for Eli for MVP: Most Valuable Puppy. You can see all the players here: http://www.animalplanet.com/puppybowl.
Now on to the academic stuff:
To reflect on last week's class, I really want to see the movie "The Patriot" after seeing the clip. I absolutely love history and now I have some insight into the history of sports and I can think about that while watching the movie.
What really got me though, was of course, Michael Vick. I can't express my anger for this man in words. I knew about the story but I never cared to look into it more because it just made me sad and angry. I can't believe even now that he ordered to have dogs killed who weren't performing: some were hanged! I was appauled to hear this in the clip. Just the Egyptians used to say: "an eye for an eye." Maybe we should do to him what he did to the dogs. What a horribly inhumane thing to do in any case.
On a lighter note, now that I have that off my chest: chapter 3. I liked this chapter the best out of the first three because it talked more about games I could start to relate to and visualize. I can't believe the history of boxing! How brutal! Men fought bare-fisted for a hundred rounds or more, basically until the opponent begged for mercy or gave up! I find it strange that this was considered a "sport" since there really were very few regulations and it just seemd to be a blood bath. The author even states in the reading that it was not about the agility and speed like boxing is today, it was more about how hard you could punch someone to knock them out.
Marathons! Who knew they started because John Cox Stevens wanted to put on a race and pay the winner out of his own pocket. It seems like such a strange way for a sport to be created. None the less, it looks like the Marathon and the diehard runners were born for this "pedestrianism" in the mid 1800's. I do think its funny that some of these races were run with people and horses together. I wonder who won?
Well thanks for reading and to keep from getting beat up in class I won't say "Go Steelers!"
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I got a little laugh out of the puppy bowl. Not going to lie. I never heard of this before and if I know about it I definilty would have been watching that besides the Superbowl. hehe.. Anyways the story we talked about in class on Michael Vick was absolutly appauling to me as well! "an eye for an eye" is right!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you on the Michael Vick issue! He is supposed to a superhero and no one can look up to him now. I also wanted to say that I couldn't believe that either about the numerous rounds of bare knuckle boxing! I thought today's boxing and UFC matches were intense but I can't even imagine the stamina it must have took to last that long!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you included the link to the Puppy Bowl! This was the first year I heard about it when Dr. Cuneen mentioned that she would be watching it instead of the halftime show! Anyway, I thought it was adorable. So thanks again for sharing the link.
ReplyDeleteI think Chapter 3 is interesting for all the different sporting spectacles that were held. Today it is not that unusual to go to an event where 100,000 may be in attendance. But for that time, it must have been incredible. Like you, I thought that the clip on Michael Vick gave far more detail than I knew about, which makes it understandable why people were so appalled by what he did. I do think the similarities between bare knuckle fighting and today's UFC are quite intriguing. This was a great post with good detail (and a great link:-)
I definitely have to agree that I watched the Puppy Bowl also! The puppies were so cute in it! It really makes me want to get a place where you can have a puppy!
ReplyDeleteI also have to agree with you about the whole Michael Vick issue! It esp. makes me even more sadier after watching the puppy bowl. I don't understand how anyone would want to do that to an animal!!!