Geriatrics, LT and Tecmo

Wildcat File Photo Arizona Daily Wildcat Bryan Rosenbaum

Being Homecoming Weekend, geriatric alumni got their hands on primo 50-yard line seats in the student section. How that happened, I don't know, but how they managed to sit down the entire game and bark at students for standing is beyond me.

Kudos to Wilbur the Wildcat, for writing "Student section" on a piece of paper and showing it to the old people. Apparently, one of them told Wilbur to stop leaning on the flagpole on the fence, making our proud mascot growl. The crowd then attempted to pass Wilbur up the stands, but the mascot was left hanging when the old alumni didn't do anything, and told everybody to drop him.

What's going on here? What's wrong with everybody?

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I recently went to see Adam Sandler's new flick, "The Waterboy," and was amused by ex-New York Giant Lawrence Taylor's cameo appearance.

For those of you who haven't seen the movie yet (wait for it to come out on video), Sandler's character speaks at LT's football camp. Sandler, using his trademark Cajun accent, stutters and stumbles on his way to talking about why he's such a good football player. LT says this brings up his next point to the kids, which is why you shouldn't smoke crack.

The timeliness of this quote could not have come at a better time. LT, Nintendo's Tecmo Bowl god, was recently arrested for cocaine possession. He was nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and declared bankruptcy in that same week, as well.

That line still makes me laugh.

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Speaking of Tecmo Bowl, even after more than a decade, it is still the champion of all football video games. John Madden, Joe Montana, Deion Sanders, John Elway and various Playstation and Nintendo 64 games have tried to dethrone it, but have come up short.

Why? They're too realistic.

I want a game where I can be LT or Mike Singletary, camp back in the secondary and pick off any pass. I want to be John Elway and go all the way to the back of the endzone, and heave it 120 yards to the opposite endzone for a touchdown to Vance Johnson. I want to run Bo Jackson in "Run 1" and not be stopped. And do I even need to mention Walter Payton?

You can't run the ball in today's pass-happy games. And what a waste it is to have backs like Terrell Davis and Barry Sanders, when their talents can't be exploited for 450-yard outbursts. Oh well, we just have to watch them do it in real life.

Bryan Rosenbaum is a sophomore majoring in journalism. He can be reached via e-mail at Bryan.Rosenbaum@wildcat.arizona.edu.