And the Wait Begins

Last Sunday I joyfully watched as Peyton Manning threw a Pick-6 ending the Colts' chance at winning the Super Bowl. As I watched the game clock tick away I knew to savor the last moments of football for a few months. Now that the season is over, all that us football fans can do is wait until August to fill our fix for the sport. No, I'm not referring to the pre-season, that excuse for football the NFL calls its exhibition, I speak of Madden NFL 11.

While my other contributors may not give sports games the time of day (although Kevin did just post a review of the Vancouver Winter Olympics game which I could've told him would most likely suck considering the Torino installment sucked), I greatly enjoy the thrill of sports games. It gives un-athletic gamers like myself the chance to throw a football 60 yards, run a 4.2-40, and give Peyton Manning a shoulder injury.

The Madden franchise has proven time and time again to be among the year's best games and has only gotten better since the people at EA realized no one wanted to listen to John Madden. And if you are like me, you consider the release of Madden to be the unofficial start to football. There is a lot of hype about the upcoming edition, what changes will we see, who will be on the cover, and the like.

What I am waiting for is there to finally be trick plays thrown into the mix. It seems odd that such a large component of any team's play book would be absent from the game. I hope the creators have given the idea some thought and they finally add in some. I would also like to see the default game time be switched back from the 7 minute quarter time it has now; it's just way too long. Oh, and give kickers enough leg to make a field goal over 45 yards; they shouldn't be easy, but come on kickers make them all the time. For now, though, all we can do is wait and hope EA does something awesome like putting big ol' Vince Wilfork on the cover because it's about time D-line gets some respect.