The 92nd Academy Awards are happening on Sunday and there are zero football films nominated.
In fact, the only sports-related movie on the Best Picture docket is about auto racing (Ford v Ferrari), and maybe The Irishman if you consider mafia ‘house painting’ a sport.
Over the years, there have been some worthy gridiron-based movies nominated for Oscar – The Blind Side, Jerry Maguire, The Longest Yard, Heaven Can Wait – but none of those must-see flicks have the same level of suspense mixed with tragedy and dismay as the movie that’s currently being pitched in Cleveland.