Good morning! Well, that was the scene going on this past weekend at the NFL Pro Bowl Game, held in Las Vegas this year, at least as far as members of the Kansas City Chiefs were concerned. Lots of hand shaking and kissing of babies going on!
No one saw this one coming, especially after the triumphant start the team had in the AFC Championship game held last Sunday night, January 30, when they led 21-3 going into the third quarter. But, shortly before halftime, when the Chiefs football team suddenly developed scoring-itis, the team struggled to do much of anything for the remainder of the game. Suddenly, Patrick Mahomes looked like Patrick from Super Bowl LV, running and scrambling around to save his life. Seems like the Chiefs forgot that they had running backs who had been successful in the first half. Pass, pass, pass.
The 180° turnaround was so stark, so highway billboard-ish, so blatant, that Twitter was pretty much in agreement on fans' befuddlement.
**Language Warning! ** [This is Twitter after all and many of these tweets were during the game, so fans are emotional, lol.]
After the fans vented their frustrations, they began to actually question what was happening on the field. And the scrutiny was widespread, not just amongst the large Chiefs Kingdom fan base, but across the nation. The use of the word "choking" was rampant.
"stopped playing"
Then, "choking" gave way to the words "sold or sold out", "fixed", "rigged", and "scripted" and "thrown". This kind of language wasn't just found in a smattering of cases or a few mentions either.
And no, Patrick did not have a head injury during this game.
This particular fan was quite angry and vented against the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (LANGUAGE WARNING!):
Not believing their eyes, some fans tried to pacify themselves by describing the game as just a total head-scratcher.
Nah, more fans than naught didn't doubt what they were seeing. Back to ranting:
Then, as like in many other fandoms (the NFL and MLB are not any different than Twilight, Supernatural, One Direction, or Jake Gyllenhaal/Austin Nichols/Brokeback Mountain fandoms, they really are not), there was internet policing and finger pointing/shaking going on. We'll look at a few and you will see, they sound very familiar.
Collaboration: Prairie Girl and Methodical Muser
pic sources: Comic Sands
our playlist: I Don't Wanna Know - Phil Collins
Convince Me Otherwise - Maroon 5
Pretty Vegas - INXS
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Live) - Bob Seger
Lost - Kris Allen
I Wanna Go Back - Eddie Money
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