NFL Equinox

D9Male

So here we are. Equidistant between the end of the 2017 NFL season (Super Bowl LII) and the start of the 2018 season (Falcons at Eagles).

107 days gone.

107 days to go.

Loughc

I'm currently catching up on the All or Nothing Seasons 2 & 3 and Hard Knocks Season 11. I missed them all first time around, that should pass some of the time inbetween.

What's everyone else plans to get their football fix in the off season.

KrustyUCC

I'm rewatching the Americas game series

DvB

KrustyUCC wrote: »

I'm rewatching the Americas game series

Started out only watching the Cowboys ones, ended up moving on to some random one when stuck for something to watch a few years back & really enjoyed it (think it was the Jags) and have gone on to watch them all. Some are better than others but its a suprb collection.

KrustyUCC

Same here

I watched the 3 Giants ones at first (at the time in 2008) and then went backwards to the start

I enjoyed the 49ers and Raiders ones

The Missing Rings is interesting. The story of the SB from the other side

Loughc

I'm reading some NFL Draft stories at the moment, any good NFL reads out there at the moment to pass the off season a bit more? I always find I'm more interested in the NFL in the off-season and post season than I am during the regular season.

KrustyUCC

I'm not great at reading material

ESPN 30 for 30 is a worth a look as well

Some very good documentaries on college football in particular

The U episodes are very enjoyabe as is Pony Excess, Catholics vs. Convicts and Elway to Marino

Football episodes

The Band That Wouldn't Die
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
The U
Run Ricky Run
Straight Outta L.A.
The Best That Never Was
Pony Excess
Roll Tide/War Eagle
The Marinovich Project
Broke
Ghosts of Ole Miss
You Don't Know Bo
Elway to Marino
Youngstown Boys
Brian and The Boz
Rand University
The U Part 2
Trojan War
The Gospel According to Mac
Four Falls of Buffalo
The '85 Bears
Believeland
Catholics vs. Convicts
This Was the XFL
Year of the Scab
The Two Bills

30 for 30 Shorts
The Irrelevant Giant
The Great Trade Robbery
Student/Athlete
The Sweat Solution
Delaney
Tose: The Movie
We Are
The Throwback

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

I'm reading some NFL Draft stories at the moment, any good NFL reads out there at the moment to pass the off season a bit more? I always find I'm more interested in the NFL in the off-season and post season than I am during the regular season.

Have you read the book 'Friday Night Lights'?
not to be confused with the film or TV show of the same name, the book is a superb read if you've any interest at all in American Football.

Loughc

DvB wrote: »

Have you read the book 'Friday Night Lights'?
not to be confused with the film or TV show of the same name, the book is a superb read if you've any interest at all in American Football.

Haven't read it, I've seen the film and tv series and I always imagined the book was similar focusing on a small Texan town and their Highschool football team.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

Haven't read it, I've seen the film and tv series and I always imagined the book was similar focusing on a small Texan town and their Highschool football team.

A bit grittier than both IMO.
I was a tad surprised having read it after seeing both TV show & film as to how much more 'real' it was.

Either way i'd thoroughly recommend it.

Loughc

DvB wrote: »

A bit grittier than both IMO.
I was a tad surprised having read it after seeing both TV show & film as to how much more 'real' it was.

Either way i'd thoroughly recommend it.

Excellent, thanks for the recommendation.

DvB

Funnily enough theres a reboot of the film being planned, allegedly its not a sequel or a tie in to the tv series but is a meant to be a 'faithful' adaptation of the Permian Panthers High School team season (sometime in the 80's) that the book covers.