#190 in Humor & entertainment books
Use arrows to jump to the previous/next product

Reddit mentions of One Knee Equals Two Feet: And Everything Else You Need to Know About Football

Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 8

We found 8 Reddit mentions of One Knee Equals Two Feet: And Everything Else You Need to Know About Football. Here are the top ones.

One Knee Equals Two Feet: And Everything Else You Need to Know About Football
Buying options
View on Amazon.com
or
Specs:
Number of items1
Release dateAugust 1986
Weight1.25 Pounds

idea-bulb Interested in what Redditors like? Check out our Shuffle feature

Shuffle: random products popular on Reddit

Found 8 comments on One Knee Equals Two Feet: And Everything Else You Need to Know About Football:

u/PM_ME_YOUR_RHINO · 206 pointsr/nfl

The Raiders.

They're just so cool. The uniforms, logo, and name are badass. I don't know what it is, but the fact their colours are silver and black just really sticks with me. I remember watching one of the NFL Super Bowl champ rundown and they mentioned Al Davis always checking the uniforms to make sure they were silver, not grey.

On the topic, Al Davis was such a badass.

> He remains the only executive in NFL history to be an assistant coach, head coach, general manager, commissioner and owner.

  • He was also active in civil rights:

    > refusing to allow the Raiders to play in any city where black and white players had to stay in separate hotels. He was the first NFL owner to hire an African American head coach and a female chief executive. He was also the second NFL owner to hire a Latino head coach.

  • His motto, 'Just win, baby'.

  • John Madden coached them and reading his book was really fun.

  • Raider nation.

  • The Black Hole. Talk about intimidating.

  • Howie Long is one of my favourite ever players. Started after I read Maddens book.

  • Bo Jackson. I'm 21 and didn't grow up in the States much, and I had vaguely heard of Bo. Watching his 30 for 30 was beautiful.

  • Seen as working class team with an aggressive play style (historically).

    ---

    ^^I ^^also ^^think ^^the ^^ ^^49ers ^^are ^^cool.

    ---

    EDIT: For those interested, John Maddens book is called 'One Knee Equals Two Feet'. Here's a link for it on Amazon. It's quite old, but still a stonking great read.

    Also that word reminded me of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Buy it as well.

    EDIT 2: "If you're buying any of the books mentioned in these comments, Amazon has a physical book sale today. 30% off, use promo code HOLIDAY30" - thanks to /u/Mandarinez.

    EDIT 3: If you're interested in some Raider history check out Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders by Peter Richmond. - thanks to /u/Imaygetyelledat.
u/jimmyolsenblues · 2 pointsr/news

I hope he does well. My entire childhood was better because of him, BOOM WHAP. I even read his two books, Hey I wrote a book and One Knee equals two feet

u/Duke_Swillbottom · 2 pointsr/nfl

One knee equals two feet by John Madden is probably incredibly outdated but useful breakdown of the rules for the casual fan. He gets a lot of shit (deservedlyish) for being a buffoon in his later years but the man knows and incredible amount about the game and how to pass that along to the uninitiated so to speak.

u/Ledbetterman10 · 1 pointr/nfl

>do you have any recommendations how to get in the sport?

John Madden's book from the 80's called "One Knee Equals Two Feet and Everything Else You Need to Know About Football" is a good resource for beginners.

https://www.amazon.com/One-Knee-Equals-Two-Feet/dp/0394553284

u/Dorkamundo · 1 pointr/nfl

What I don't understand, is why they haven't been able to computerize Madden's voice for the video game. They should have been able to pull all the audio they have of him (which should be thousands of hours) and piece it together to allow them to use it in the current games.

It would be great. I miss him in the game and in real life.

If you get a chance, check out his book"One Knee equals two feet".