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| title = Vows | | title = Vows | ||
| image = vows.png | | image = vows.png | ||
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| titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game? | | titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game? | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
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− | A standard misdirection play involves the | + | This comic deals with misdirection plays in {{w|American Football}}, which are feints, moves intended to misdirect or fool the opponents about what is really happening. A standard misdirection play involves the offence misdirecting the defence into thinking that the play being executed is actually a different play such as that a passing play is a running play, that a ball being run left is actually being run right, or that a field goal or punt end up being attempts to get a first down. |
− | + | Occasionally, especially at the high school level, extreme misdirection plays are attempted where teams try to misdirect the opposing team into thinking that a play is not even being run. Good examples of that can be found on YouTube, such as this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkA3nxuMJoM "wrong ball" trick], or that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIdI8khMkw "five more yards" trick]. These are considered to be dirty tricks and usually only work in little league football. | |
− | [[ | + | In this comic, a couple is about to get married, but the bride defects at the last minute, answering "no" to the ritual and mostly ceremonial question whether she agrees to it. It turns out that [[Cueball]], the groom, has been tricked into thinking that he is at his own wedding rather than playing in a high school football game, in what must have been an extremely elaborated misdirection play designed to make him believe a succession of events leading him to wed "Amy"... But "Amy" turns out to be a player for the opposing team and runs the ball in for a touchdown. That clearly constitutes the ''greatest high school football misdirection play of all time''. |
− | + | [[Randall]] really takes here the deception in a misdirection play to the next level; and actually to an improbable one, in that it is unlikely that a relationship could develop to the point of marriage within the timeframe of a football game, with Cueball not noticing that Amy was in fact a football player, or that he was standing on the football field. See also {{w|The Matrix}}. | |
− | + | The title text is apparently what Cueball wants to say to "Amy", which could mean that he did not realize the complete trick, and amazed by "Amy" still wants to date "her". Or it could more simply be Cueball suggesting a drink to his opponent; or the opponent to Cueball. | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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