Saturday’s Iowa – Northwestern game wasn’t exactly a great day for touchdowns as the punt-heavy football contest only produced 17 total points.
It harkened back to the days of old, when slopfest football was the norm and teams got far more defensive stops than they did offensive gains.
Well, Twitter (or X, whatever you prefer) user “@MrMatthew_CFB” found the perfect way to pay homage to this old-timey football game.
The account took clips from the broadcast and filtered them in black-and-white to give the game a silent film vibe, complete with Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” playing in the background.
This was just a hilarious way to have some fun with one of the ugliest football games we’ve seen this season.
Iowa vs Northwestern but it’s a Silent Film pic.twitter.com/tmEGbSMyrY
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) November 4, 2023
It’s not hard to imagine highlights of this football game playing in this style in movie houses way back when, and we’re betting Iowa fans would be thrilled sometime within the week or so after the game to hear how this one went.
Y’know, because it was back in the day, they didn’t have smart phones to tell them the score.
