Super Bowl Week - Seahawks vs Patriots!
Super Bowl Sunday is finally here! Not only is it a time to watch football, but it's also a time to communally stuff your face with snacks, laugh at commercials, and dance during halftime. The Seahawks vs. the Patriots matchup has everyone debating who deserves to win.
These teams have played each other many times over the years and have had some close games. They first met back in the late 1970s, and overall, the Seahawks have a slight edge in their head-to-head record. Most importantly, they last met on the biggest stage in Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, where the Patriots won a tight game 28-24 and sealed it with a goal-line interception that Seahawks fans still talk about today.
While you are getting ready for Sunday, it is also a great time to revisit a show that understood the chaos of football long before sports TV became what it is today.
Long before Hard Knocks, HBO’s 1st & Ten originally aired in the 1980s and early 1990s and focused on the California Bulls, a struggling professional football team with just as many problems off the field as on it.
The show stars O.J. Simpson as T.D. Parker, an aging running back who transitions into a coaching role. That setup alone leads to many jokes, missteps, and appearances by real football players of the era. If you know HBO from the 80s, you already know what to expect. Big personalities, over-the-top storylines, and more than a little chaos.
Delta Burke plays Diane Barrow, the owner of the team after a divorce settlement. She is left to deal with crooked agents, ego-driven players, cheerleaders, and politicians. This shows that football has never been solely about what happens on the field; there is much that happens behind the scenes.
If you are a fan of shows like Ted Lasso, you may notice some familiar ideas here. Team ownership drama, player egos, and workplace comedy all show up in 1st & Ten years earlier, just with a very 80s HBO tone.
Football can also be a backdrop for much darker stories. For My Daughter’s Honor explores the abuse of power within a high school football culture. The film follows a fourteen-year-old student who becomes involved with her football coach, leading to devastating consequences.
If you want to go even further into football stories that focus on culture and conflict, watch Backfield in Motion, where a widowed real estate agent played by Roseanne Barr moves to a small town where football rules everything. When her teenage son joins the junior varsity team, she shakes things up by organizing a mothers-versus-sons football game. What starts as a lighthearted idea quickly challenges the town’s traditions and expectations.
No matter how the Seahawks and Patriots game plays out, there are 80 episodes of 1st & Ten ready to stream. It is an easy, fun watch, whether you want something football-related before the game, after the game, or anytime during the season.
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