ESPN's SC Featured: "Going Home"

[RollWave35]

With tomorrow being the 4th, I thought this was a great video to post. It's played on ESPN a few times the last couple of days, so some of you may have already seen it. But if not, enjoy.

 

[Jeff Fatt]

That is a great video

 

[CDeacMan]

Yeah get out the tissues, nobody can get through soldier coming home videos and not sob.

 

[tsywake]

No matter how many times I've seen that before, it'll never get old.

 

[Go]

Yeah impossible to get through this video w/out crying.

 

[CHillDeac]

Yeah get out the tissues, nobody can get through soldier coming home videos and not sob.

I can. Not a fan of this whole weird merger of military and sports, keep them separate unless your team happens to be playing one of the Service Academies. And what was with the staged 'mom blowing bubbles in the yard' scene at the 5:10 mark?



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-astore/the-militarization-of-sports_b_912004.html

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175423

 

[doubledeac]

I was at the USC-UGA game...pretty incredible

 

[deacdiggler]

Lebron enjoyed it apparently.

 

[bmoneydeac]

I can. Not a fan of this whole weird merger of military and sports, keep them separate unless your team happens to be playing one of the Service Academies. And what was with the staged 'mom blowing bubbles in the yard' scene at the 5:10 mark?



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-astore/the-militarization-of-sports_b_912004.html

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175423

I kinda get where you are coming from but that feeling is trumped by the real, raw emotions obviously felt by the folks being reunited.

 

[Deacfreak07]

I kinda get where you are coming from but that feeling is trumped by the real, raw emotions obviously felt by the folks being reunited.

"Meh"

-CHillDeac

 

[tvcigar]

I've shot at least a dozen of these, and they still get me every time.

 

[timdunkandthefunk]

I held it together until the guy dropped to his knees with the definition of joy/relief on his face. This video almost offsets First Take for the worldwide sports network.

 

[Milhouse]

I kinda get where you are coming from but that feeling is trumped by the real, raw emotions obviously felt by the folks being reunited.

which should be in private not in football stadiums

 

[Kent]

There's a lot of shitty stuff going on in the world. It's totally cool and appropriate to see some good stuff once in a while.

 

[PhDeac]

There's a lot of shitty stuff going on in the world. It's totally cool and appropriate to see some good stuff once in a while.

Yeah. Problem is this good stuff is a by product of the shitty stuff.

 

[TownieDeac]

I think juxtaposing military service and sport is a nice reminder, at least to people like me who can take sports far too seriously sometimes, that it's just a game. The perspective is a really nice touch.

I get where CHill is coming from, and Milhouse too. It's strange to make so public and spectacular what is so obviously bittersweet and private. I just enjoy the reminder and appreciate the perspective shift every now and again.

 

[Deacsfan27]

Yeah. Problem is this good stuff is a by product of the shitty stuff.

Without evil there can be no good.

 

[TheTwinAndreBen]

No matter how many times I've seen that before, it'll never get old.

And if you watched ESPN at all in the last week, youve probably seen it 5x.

Nice vid and all but they are really hamming it up for ratings with this one.

 

[TARDAWG]

Should not have watched at work. HArd to avoid tears in the eyes with this one.

 

[qcdeac]

Cool video. Love that they started the video with Kodaline's All I Want.