Posted on 01/30/2006 6:01:15 AM PST by serendepitylives
Motor City hospitality will bowl over Pittsburghers By Marisol Bello FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIE Monday, January 30, 2006
DETROIT - Steelers fans taking a road trip to Detroit for Super Bowl XL can expect a pedestrian's paradise: a downtown buzzing with excitement, busy stores and restaurants, a street scene full of festivals, parties, ice sculptures and -- weather permitting -- even dog sledding.
OK, it ain't the real Detroit. Any other time, a pedestrian in the Motor City is about as rare as a Cowboys fan in Pittsburgh. But it is representative of the changes in place this week for guests coming downtown. They're closing off streets, for crying out loud. They're encouraging people to walk.
Next thing you know they'll be telling people to root for Ohio State.
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Actually, Catholic Central, when it was on Outer Drive, and my brother went to UD High. I'm not directly related to any of the GP or Macomb County Lucidos, but I should probably get to know the Lucido's Jewelers folks a little better. :-)
Until a Lindell AC closed, we would meet/park there, then take people mover over to Comerica or Joe Louis. Never a problem....
ROTFL. You must be kidding. That stadium consistently sells out every single home game.
What areas of downriver are you referring to?
I like tradition as much as the next guy, but I also don't want to see these modern kickers scoring three points from their own territory. Personally, I'd move the posts back another 10 yards if I could. If an offense can't get the ball inside the opponent's 30 yard line, they don't deserve to score.
I also hate the NFLs sudden death overtime rule. Sixty minutes of good head butting football settled by a coin flip and a 50 yard kick from some pencil neck soccer player without the other team even getting a chance to touch the ball. That sucks. They should adopt the NCAA overtime rules.
>>What areas of downriver are you referring to?<<
You know, I may well be mistaken with the Downriver area. Someone once told me that Inkster was downriver. I am not so familiar with the area, so I retract.
I love Gibraltar! I would live there if it wasn't so far from dad's work.
Alternatively, you could raise the bar and/or narrow the posts and still have 'em on the goal line. That would make it more challenging for the kickers no matter where they were.
(While we're at it, let's raise the NBA hoop to 11 or 12 feet.
It just isn't very impressive when almost everybody in the league can bump their head on it.)
They should adopt the NCAA overtime rules.
Can't argue with that.
NFL overtime sucks.
Works for me.
While we're at it, let's raise the NBA hoop to 11 or 12 feet. It just isn't very impressive when almost everybody in the league can bump their head on it.)
At least that includes both shot makers AND shot blockers. It kind of evens out in basketball.
I just don't like watching the hotdogs grabbing and hanging onto the thing.
Heck, I could do that when I was a freshman in HS.
(I couldn't "slam" or "dunk" the ball,
but I COULD jump up and grab the rim,
so it AIN'T very impressive to see the pros do it all the time.
Low class... verrrrry low class IMHO.)
Actually Willie, I never got interested in the NBA (I think it is that they are just too damn good and make scoring look easy -- I know it's not, but that's the way it seems.)
But I do watch a lot of NCAA B-ball and enjoy it, and they hang on the basket there too. But it is not always, or even usually, about hot dogging. Watch closer. It generally happens when they go up to the basket in such a way that their landing would be dangerous to either themselves or someone else. They grab the basket to allow them to come down without injury which is why the NCAA stopped penalizing it years ago.
I have no problem with the basket hang.
The last time I visted Detroit, what I experienced could in no way be classified as 'hospitality.' I won't go back there again.
The NCAA overtime is exciting, but it penalizes the defenses. I'm all for playing football, not extra innings. If your defense has been playing well all day, keeping the other team from moving the ball downfield, why all of a sudden give them the ball in scoring territory?
I do like the idea of making sure each team gets at least one possesion, but let's play football. If the first team to get the ball fails to score, it's sudden death like normal. If the first team does score, the other team gets its chance, from the kickoff like normal.
This would, perhaps, keep coaches from playing for the "sure thing" OT field goal, knowing the other team would have a chance. And it wouldn't penalize the defense. In fact, you would see some games ending on desperation 4th down plays, much like in college.
SD
Hey when I bother to watch, I see it through the same competitive eyes I had when I was a player. THAT is what I find so disgusting. I fully concede that they have much more talent then I was ever blessed with. Yet except for some hotdog razzle-dazzle, you don't really get a chance to see it because the refs let 'em get away with "sloppy" ball. IMHO, the refs should hold the pros to a higher standard and really crack down on the infractions. Make 'em earn their money by putting their REAL talent on display. I know they have it, I want to SEE it.
I know Cowher has brought the idea up before in the competition committee. He doesn't particularly like losing without even getting one posession.
SD
You Buchanan types just can't stand change, can you? ;~))
Don't forget the outsourcing to those 7 foot Chinese guys either.
Inkster isn't anywhere near Downriver, it's west of Dearborn Heights. Downriver is comprised of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Trenton, Southgate, Taylor, Wyandotte, Riverview, Woodhaven and Melvindale, River Rouge and Ecorse. The last three are definitely not so hot but even they are nowhere comparable to Detroit.
Nah... but I would get rid of the three-point line to make 'em work the ball into the hoop.
Maybe get rid of the 1-1 foul shots too.
Instead of the bonus shot, let's "borrow" a hocky rule and make a guy sit in a penalty box for a minute or two. The teams would then have to play shorthanded 5 on 4 for a while. (or 5-3, or 4-4 or 4-3, whatever the situation calls for) Should make for some interesting strategies, don't ya think?
You Buchanan types just can't stand change, can you? ;~))
Hey, us American Firsters are "creative conservatives"... we're the ones who think outside the box!
Don't forget the outsourcing to those 7 foot Chinese guys either.
Wilt Chamberlain woulda kicked that dude's dupa.
You have got to be kidding me. The 3-point play makes the game. It's a risk/reward play and opens the game up for talented players who aren't 7-foot tall. Your game would look like P.T. Barnums freak show.
Besides that, the 3 point it is exciting as hell and can allow for great late game comebacks.
Appealing to your paleo side. How about we get rid of the net and go back to the peach basket nailed to the wall and have a guy there with a ladder to get the ball out after each basket --- the way Mr. Naismith intended? (No jump shots either.)
And screwed all his sisters too!
Truthfully, I doubt Wilt could have kept up with the guy. These 7 footers today are quick as hell and have moves like balet dancers. As good as The Stilt was in his day, he would never be confused with graceful. What he was was the only 7 footer on the floor playing with a bunch of guys who were 6 inches shorter than him.
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