Revisit Don DeLillo’s short story, from 1971, about a dazzling college football game. NewYorkerArchive
Of the game itself, a spectacle of high-shouldered men panting in the grass, I remember little or nothing. We played well that night or didn’t play well; we won or lost. What I do recall are the names of plays and of players. Our opponent was West Centrex Biotechnical Institute. They were bigger than we were, a bit faster, possibly better trained, but as far as I could tell our plays had the better names.
“On the 32-break I want you to catapult out of there. I want you to really bulldoze. I want to see you cascade into the secondary.”“Get fetal, get fetal.”Our defense rolled into a gut 4-3 with variable off-picks. Down at the end of the bench, Raymond Toon seemed to be talking into his right fist. I got up and went over there. When he saw me coming, he covered the fist with his other hand.“Broadcasting the game,” he admitted.
Centrex called time because they had only seven men on the field. We assembled near our own forty-five while they got straightened out. Ed Jessup, our tight end, was bleeding from his mouth.“A tough area to bandage, Ed. Looks like it’s just under the skin-bridge running to the upper gum.”“Maybe if you rinsed with warm water, Eddie.”
“That is affirm, Robomat. You are looking real super on the inset retro deployment thing. We read three one niner five niner. Twelve seconds to adapter vent circuit cutoff.” Slowly I swing my arms over my head. I see Jerry Fallon and approach him. He is standing in front of his cubicle, hands at his sides, headgear on the floor between his feet.George Owen, a line coach, stands on a chair. His gaze moves slowly across the room, then back again. He holds his clenched fists against the sides his head. Slowly his knees begin to bend. “Footbawl!” he shouts. “This is footbawl. You thow it, you ketch it, you kick it.
Hobbs said, “Zone set, triple tex, delta-3 series, jumbo trap delay, cable blocking, double-D to right, shallow hinge reverse.”
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