Ken Scarborough said:

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Know Your Enemy said:

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If you don't have Brian's Song #1 I have to assume you've either never seen it or you're a moron.

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It's really dated. Like, super dated.

It's hard to watch.

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So you fall into the second category. Got it.

Know Your Enemy said:

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Ken Scarborough said:

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Know Your Enemy said:

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If you don't have Brian's Song #1 I have to assume you've either never seen it or you're a moron.

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It's really dated. Like, super dated.

It's hard to watch.

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So you fall into the second category. Got it.

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actually, I rate it highly, I tried to watch it with my kids and I guess they're moron's because it's so dated.

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aTmAg said:

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This thread has me thinking....

Why are there so few great football movies, but there are a ton of great baseball movies? Football is heads and shoulders more popular than baseball in the US.

One theory: It's easy to fake an actor being good at baseball. It's completely believable that Kevin Costner, Robert Redford, or Gina Davis could be good at baseball. It is damn hard to fake an actor being good at football. When you see a supposedly NFL quality football team in a movie, it looks like A&M could crush them. So you have to really suspend disbelief.

I think a sport that suffers this problem even more is soccer. Can you imagine a movie about Messi? Nobody else can do what he does/did. They would have to show real footage and then somehow stick the actors head on top of Messi's. It would look ridiculous. Especially if they show early footage that is all blurry. I cannot think of a single decent soccer movie off the top of my head.

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A movie about soccer would be worse than actually watching soccer.

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Shaolin Soccer. YWIA

Stallone…

aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

jkag89 said:

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Oh I know, I just posted a few that quickly came to mind that are hightly regarded.

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Yeah I was more adding to your response back to the person that posted that - I think there are probably many many more boxing movies and much more than just Rocky franchise.

Ken Scarborough said:

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TXAG 05 said:

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aTmAg said:

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This thread has me thinking....

Why are there so few great football movies, but there are a ton of great baseball movies? Football is heads and shoulders more popular than baseball in the US.

One theory: It's easy to fake an actor being good at baseball. It's completely believable that Kevin Costner, Robert Redford, or Gina Davis could be good at baseball. It is damn hard to fake an actor being good at football. When you see a supposedly NFL quality football team in a movie, it looks like A&M could crush them. So you have to really suspend disbelief.

I think a sport that suffers this problem even more is soccer. Can you imagine a movie about Messi? Nobody else can do what he does/did. They would have to show real footage and then somehow stick the actors head on top of Messi's. It would look ridiculous. Especially if they show early footage that is all blurry. I cannot think of a single decent soccer movie off the top of my head.

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A movie about soccer would be worse than actually watching soccer.

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Tell me you haven't seen Victory without telling me you haven't seen Victory.

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Oh yeah.. I forgot about that movie. It was pretty damned good.

Pretty good futbol film similar to Victory

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The opening speech in Johnny B Good is better than any of these movies.

"The lord wants you to put your foot on their balls and believe in it. Because that's what wins football games. Not jumping offsides like a bunch of wimps and ******s."

"every girl you ever had a hard on for is gonna be out there today but you will not be going to no sock-hop tonight boys, you will not get no honey on your stinger if you don't go out there and bust your ass."

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I love the movie, but it is pretty bad. But not many B movies can boast a cast that includes Iron Man, The Bride / Mia Wallace and Mr. Vernon in supporting roles.

Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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Brady had a long term relationship and child with Bridget Moynahan (Blue Bloods).

Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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You do know that Tom Brady dated and has a child with Bridget Moynahan, right? Brady was also linked to Tara Reid before both Bridget and Gisele.

I imagine the issue with football movies has more to do with worldwide marketability. US Football isn't anywhere near as popular around the world as boxing, baseball, or basketball. Either way, your post is super weird.

Gaius Rufus said:

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Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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You do know that Tom Brady dated and has a child with Bridget Moynahan, right? Brady was also linked to Tara Reid before both Bridget and Gisele.

I imagine the issue with football movies has more to do with worldwide marketability. US Football isn't anywhere near as popular around the world as boxing, baseball, or basketball. Either way, your post is super weird.

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Well if the lead in the Sharknado movies dated a football player, we all stand corrected.

I thought Tara Reid was CGI. She's real? Mind blown.

HtownAg92 said:

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Gaius Rufus said:

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Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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You do know that Tom Brady dated and has a child with Bridget Moynahan, right? Brady was also linked to Tara Reid before both Bridget and Gisele.

I imagine the issue with football movies has more to do with worldwide marketability. US Football isn't anywhere near as popular around the world as boxing, baseball, or basketball. Either way, your post is super weird.

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Well if the lead in the Sharknado movies dated a football player, we all stand corrected.

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Now do Bridget Moynahan and her son with Tom Brady, or did you ignore that on purpose?

Philo B 93 said:

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I thought Tara Reid was CGI. She's real? Mind blown.

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Only her post-2004 stuff. She was retired after her wardrobe malfunction.

Gaius Rufus said:

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HtownAg92 said:

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Gaius Rufus said:

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Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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You do know that Tom Brady dated and has a child with Bridget Moynahan, right? Brady was also linked to Tara Reid before both Bridget and Gisele.

I imagine the issue with football movies has more to do with worldwide marketability. US Football isn't anywhere near as popular around the world as boxing, baseball, or basketball. Either way, your post is super weird.

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Well if the lead in the Sharknado movies dated a football player, we all stand corrected.

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Now do Bridget Moynahan and her son with Tom Brady, or did you ignore that on purpose?

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I guess I did. When it comes to "elite of the elite in the acting and theater industry", the names that always pop up are Blanchett, Streep, Winslet and Moynahan.

Philo B 93 said:

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aTmAg said:

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jkag89 said:

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Cinderella Man
Raging Bull
The Fighter
to name a few not part of the Rocky franchise

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I just looked it up, and boxing movies definitely are more critically acclaimed. I guess haven't seen a whole lot of them. It seems the most award winning sports movie of all time is Million Dollar Baby followed by Chariots of fire (which I think is boring as crap).

The Blind Side only has one academy award win and 1 nomination. And it is the top football movie. Baseball looks to be #2.

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I'm picturing people who vote for awards for movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Golden Globes, whoever...

I'm thinking that they all had some personal exposure to football somewhere. Mabye in junior high, high school, boarding school, college. Maybe their dad tried to get them to play pee-wee when they were 10. If they're a girl, maybe some high school football player hit on her at prom after she looked so hot in the school play.

Whatever the case, there's a good chance that the people who are the elite of the elite in the Acting and Theater Industry just don't like football. Johnny Manziel is dating Instagram models, not Kristin Stewart. Even Tom Brady could only score a model who never acted. I doubt there was ever a team of boxers picking on the kids in One Act Play.

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What elite of the elite in Acting/Theatre have had serious relationships with stars of other sports in significant numbers which would support this premise? In other words, we've seen a number of excellent baseball movies over the years, what are all the actresses dating baseball player couples?

I'm pretty sure Jeter plowed his share of actresses.

But the list begins and ends with Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio.

What does Mr Coffee have to do with this thread?

I feel like this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that Mickey Mantle threw up on Angie Dickinson while he was performing oral sex

lady bugs

ElephantRider said:

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I feel like this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that Mickey Mantle threw up on Angie Dickinson while he was performing oral sex

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I can't imagine how bad that must've smelled to cause that.

But, I read The Mick when i was in middle school. I would've remember that in his autobiography.

Ken Scarborough said:

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ElephantRider said:

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I feel like this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that Mickey Mantle threw up on Angie Dickinson while he was performing oral sex

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I can't imagine how bad that must've smelled to cause that.

But, I read The Mick when i was in middle school. I would've remember that in his autobiography.

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Apparently he was completely hammered.

Did he talk about his outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium (under the right field bleachers)?

ElephantRider said:

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Ken Scarborough said:

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ElephantRider said:

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I feel like this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that Mickey Mantle threw up on Angie Dickinson while he was performing oral sex

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I can't imagine how bad that must've smelled to cause that.

But, I read The Mick when i was in middle school. I would've remember that in his autobiography.

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Apparently he was completely hammered.

Did he talk about his outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium (under the right field bleachers)?

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I read the book in middle school and i'm 50 years old.

But that being said, no he didn't talk about the strange he got. Pretty sure i would've remembered that.

ElephantRider said:

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Ken Scarborough said:

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ElephantRider said:

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I feel like this is a good opportunity to remind everyone that Mickey Mantle threw up on Angie Dickinson while he was performing oral sex

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I can't imagine how bad that must've smelled to cause that.

But, I read The Mick when i was in middle school. I would've remember that in his autobiography.

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Apparently he was completely hammered.

Did he talk about his outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium (under the right field bleachers)?

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Legendary

The Yankees asked Mickey Mantle to write down his favourite moment during the 1972 season. This is what he wrote down 😂. *rated R* pic.twitter.com/gRO7xcgIHF

— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) July 14, 2021

Holy crap, this thread went dark AF. I've been here since the mods were in elementary school, and this will be my first deleted thread. Its been fun. I'd like to get a list of all the football movies named before the Mods delete, however. There are some good movies I forgot about. Wildcats, excellent!

Is Jerry Maguire a football movie?

Texmid said:

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Is Jerry Maguire a football movie?

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Yes, it is. Great movie.

Did these get mentioned?

The Express

We Are Marshall

Couple of pretty good movies based on real stories.

Semi-Tough? It has been a couple of decades since I watched it, but I remember liking it.

Ken Scarborough said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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Wildcats is definitely one of those movies that could not be made today.

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You mean the 1000% gratuitous nude scene?

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You're screwing with my childhood now. Goldie in the tub.