NFL season starts tomorrow night so let’s talk some football.
Heard a good interview recently with author Buzz Bissinger who is most famous for having written Friday Night Lights. I rewatched the movie recently and it has held up thru the years. (Check out this ranking of best football movies where Friday Night comes in at #5 behind Remember the Titans, Rudy, the Replacements and the Longest Yard. I know that it is because I don’t particularly care for anything Notre Dame-related, but Rudy would never appear on any of my favorites’ list.) Any Given Sunday (see below) would however.
The interview I heard with Buzz was from the Michael Smerconish show and you can catch that here. In addition to commenting on Friday Night Lights, Buzz also discusses his new book the Mosquito Bowl which is also being made into a movie. This from Wiki explains what the book is about:
Music tune here from Any Given Sunday. (Note Dennis Quaid wearing #19. Those of you who get that know what I’m talking about!)