FROM THE REAL ART SPORTS DESK
1972 STEELERS VERSUS VIKINGS WEEK 11 GAME SURFACES ON YOUTUBE

Jonsing a little early for some football? I sure am. My older brother dug this up and posted it on facebook, originally sourced from a site called Steelers Depot. So what if it's not your team? This is some classic stuff, with classic players, Terry Bradshaw quarterbacking for Pittsburgh and Fran Tarkenton taking the snaps for Minnesota. I've only watched a bit into the first quarter, and it looks like a good game. And this thing is in its entirety, complete with commercials, which I amazingly recall to some extent from being the tender age of four--well, four going on five in a couple of months. What's fascinating is the slowness of game coverage. That is, everything about today's sports storytelling is extraordinarily fast paced, mirroring today's overall media environment; back in the day, of course, the television people didn't feel like they had to be in such a mad rush to keep viewers' attention.

Whatever. It's football, and it's good football. Take three hours and enjoy.

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