For those of you who are football fans, sports fans, or just a fan of anything pretty much insane, check out this video. The Driscoll Middle School football team showed YouTube viewers one of the most popular videos of this past week when their quarterback seemingly paused play, walked through the defensive line unquestioned, and ran all the way down the field for a touchdown. This, needless to say, left the opposing team aggravated, confused, and dumbfounded, while the home team cheered their quarterback to the end-zone.
I would definitely say that this video has journalism qualities to it. Not only did YouTube aggregate about 10.7 million viewers, but the video also showed a situation that was most likely written about in local newspaper, and talked about through the halls of the Driscoll Middle School for days after the game. Evidently, this video has gone viral because the trick play was one that sports fans don't see often. Also, it is amazing that the move worked, as in higher level football organizations, coaches would most likely train their athletes to follow the officials' calls and not be fooled by the players of the other team.
As far as comments, the video had lots of them. Most of the comments were ones showing laughing and disbelief, while some of them were more negative and sarcastically humored. As I was reading through the comments, it seemed like many people who actually saw the game commented on the video. Apparently the other team won, despite being tricked with this play. Also, there were some racial jokes made about players of the team, I am guessing not by people who personally knew them.
Overall, I love how the video became viral because I think something like this is a fun little thing to see perhaps when you're having a bad day or just taking some down time. It's a short n' sweet way to be reminded that anything is possible.
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