John Madden retires....

Today is a sad day in the world of football and video games. The legendary broadcaster John Madden has announced his retirement from broadcasting. You are all probably wondering the same thing I am, is there still going to be "Madden" video games. No one really ever understood what Madden was trying to say during his broadcasts, with words such as "BOOM" among others he'd invent Madden was a great character. But, one thing that Madden did manage to do, was making his video game legendary. There is no way you can talk video games with avid sports fans and the "Madden" football games not be in his top 3 choices. ESPN held a "Madden" tournament that was televised, it became a phenomenon.

Every kid, teenager, adolescent and adult played "Madden" into the wee hours of the night. Yes, I'm one of those people. I've been playing "Madden" for as long as I can remember. While in college "Madden" was played daily with friends, and we even managed to turn it into a drinking game. Yes that's six drinks for every touchdown you give up, and take a drink for giving up a first down. The creativity just flows in college. So Mr. Madden I hope you continue the line of video games and you get in the booth and record some more lines for the game. As John Madden would say;

"90 percent of the game is half mental..."