You probably remember the pain, the feeling of deja voodoo.
You probably remember a sense of disbelief, as the Vikings and Brett Favre blew another epic game.
If you can forgive the Vikings their sins of that day — the 12th man in the huddle, the five turnovers, that fateful Favre pass — what you should remember is this:
The Vikings’ 31-28 loss to the Saints in the NFC Championship Game stands as the latest, best demonstration of why football is king in America.
Baseball is a beautiful and comforting game. Basketball showcases the world’s most spectacular athletes. Football reaches into our guts, reaches into the most evolved and most prehistoric portions of our brain, combining all of the elements of our greatest dramas, from violence to pathos to unpredictability to intricately interwoven plots.
What happened in the Superdome on Jan. 24 was Shakespearean. Not Shakespearean in the popular use of the word, meaning “effete” or “intellectual.” Shakespeare became popular by writing plays filled with blood and revenge, lust and greed.
And tragedy.
Shakespeare would have loved Favre.
Jim Souhan, “Take your seat, the big show is about to resume”, Star Tribune, 2010-09-09
September 9, 2010
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