All these players are "striking the pose" for the cameras now days. It is the "me, me, me / me first" generation. They call it generation X or something these days. I call it the days of ME and hot dogging. It is even hard to watch a college or pro game these days as all these players, after even stopping a running back for no gain on the 4th play of the game have to jump up and strike his pose to get on camera. More evidence of that is the UTube web site today. Some of those morons are just sickening. You see some of those UTube clips on TV now and they are just morons out for their 15 seconds of fame. It is today's world. All about ME and LOOK AT ME, SEE ME DOING GREAT, AIN'T I GREAT, crowd. I really miss the days when football, baseball, etc. players played the game and acted like they had been there and done that before. Baseball's "stand and watch my long homerun" fly pose is todays other one I am sick of. In 1960s, Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale would have stuck the next pitch into the batters rib cage. I never saw a batter charge the mound with Drysdale on it. Maybe because he was 6 foot 6 and around 250 is the reason.
We are not completely free of this. Remember M. Maze after his TD catch against I believe Kentucky. I don't think he would do it again after Saban got on his tail.
While I agree with most of your post, the majority of Generation X is in their 40's. Basically every 10 or 12 years or so a generation of 15-25 year olds gets a nickname. Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y (Internet Generation), and the current group, The Entitlement Generation.
I think it is wishful thinking to believe it won't ever happen again. I like the business-as-usual attitude too, but now that I think on it, some of 1992's more entertaining and memorable moments were punctuated with a bit of unnecessary celebration. However, this showboating pales compared to the level of trash talking from Miami in the weeks leading up to the game. George Teague high stepping his pick six in the 3rd quarter of the Sugar Bowl. (Link goes to an extremely detailed technical analysis of the play. A must read for Alabama fans who are students of football and appreciate the performance that day. 11 defensive players on the line of scrimmage, quick release, Teague jumps the route)
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