Well, the Super Bowl is over, and with it, the 2014-15 football season. Now begins the long haul to August…
If you look hard enough, there are still plenty of things going on in the world of football, including the upcoming NFL draft, college recruiting and more. Our staff is hard at work preparing regulation footballs for next season, as coaches and players from around the country are busy charting their course for the year ahead.
However, you may only be interested in watching the game itself, and not care too much about all of this behind-the-scenes stuff. If you fall into this category, the next few months almost feel like a jail term – no games*, no Cinderella plays, no arguing over which team should be ranked #1 in the country.
(* This isn’t quite true – many colleges will have a spring practice game at some point in the next 2-3 months, but these games are typically not televised.)
Don’t despair our football aficionado friend. To quench your thirst of the game, there are dozens of football-themed movies out there for your enjoyment.
Below are 5 classic football-themed movies from before the year 2000. Each of the following appears in order of their initial release.
- Horse Feathers (1932) – A classic Marx brother’s comedy about a fictional college football game. The climax of the film shows the slapstick brothers cruising into the end-zone in a horse-drawn garbage wagon for the game winning touchdown. ESPN considers this “…the greatest football-related scene in movie history.”
- Knute Rockne, All American (1940) – Starring Pat O’Brien and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Knute Rockne, All American is a biography about the former Notre Dame head coach. The film is famous for Reagan’s character George Gipp, a freshman-star player who sadly came down with a fatal illness, but who courageously encourages his teammates to go out and “win one for the Gipper”. The movie quote became one of President Reagan’s signature slogans during his 2 terms in office.
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This of course barely scratches the surface when it comes to famous football movies, and doesn’t include more recent classics like We Are Marshall, The Blind Side and Any Given Sunday to name a few.
When you’re dreaming football and want a good movie to watch, we certainly recommend these classics as well as other fine movies that tell the story of America’s favorite game.
We’d love to hear what your favorite football movies are. Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter, or tell us in the comments section below.
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