I'll admit that I've never played in the NFL or even been in an NFL locker room before. But I surely doubt that any NFL team is like the Cougars in this show. Apparently, the NFL agreed and forced ESPN to cancel this show.
You have a star running back who can't go ten minutes without drugs and even buys them at halftime. You have an overly sensitive defensive player who can't go ten minutes without punching someone out. You have a moody backup running back who always seems like he is mad at the world. You have a gay player who is trying to hide his sexuality (How original). Do I need to go on?
No team in the history of sports is as colorful as this one. Not even the Yankees of the 1970s which included such volatile personalities like Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, and Thurman Munson. Or even the Cowboys of the 1990s who matched their impressive on-field success with an impressive string of arrests off the field.
Even the football scenes don't look very believable. The quarterback doesn't look like he could even throw the ball more than ten yards. The running scenes look rehearsed.
The dialog and interactions came off as very corny. Sometimes I wasn't sure if this was a serious show or a "Naked Gun"-like spoof of professional football.
Aside from not being very realistic and very corny, the show is pretty entertaining. However, it seems like the writers try way too hard to make it entertaining even if it means creating players who make Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis look like choir boys. As a matter of fact, they even went as far as having an episode which basically re-enacted the whole Ray Lewis night club debacle. What's next? A recreation of the Kobe Bryant trial.
If you want to watch a football series which is well-acted, well-written, and realistic, please check out "Friday Night Lights".
You have a star running back who can't go ten minutes without drugs and even buys them at halftime. You have an overly sensitive defensive player who can't go ten minutes without punching someone out. You have a moody backup running back who always seems like he is mad at the world. You have a gay player who is trying to hide his sexuality (How original). Do I need to go on?
No team in the history of sports is as colorful as this one. Not even the Yankees of the 1970s which included such volatile personalities like Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, and Thurman Munson. Or even the Cowboys of the 1990s who matched their impressive on-field success with an impressive string of arrests off the field.
Even the football scenes don't look very believable. The quarterback doesn't look like he could even throw the ball more than ten yards. The running scenes look rehearsed.
The dialog and interactions came off as very corny. Sometimes I wasn't sure if this was a serious show or a "Naked Gun"-like spoof of professional football.
Aside from not being very realistic and very corny, the show is pretty entertaining. However, it seems like the writers try way too hard to make it entertaining even if it means creating players who make Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis look like choir boys. As a matter of fact, they even went as far as having an episode which basically re-enacted the whole Ray Lewis night club debacle. What's next? A recreation of the Kobe Bryant trial.
If you want to watch a football series which is well-acted, well-written, and realistic, please check out "Friday Night Lights".