It’s so loud, so bewildering and so dazzling in Croke Park just before the NFL teams take the field that it’s like waking up in an arcade game from the 1980s.
“It’s go time. Here we go. We are locked in,” booms a voice over the PA to a soundtrack of Fatboy Slim’s Right Here Right Now. First, the Minnesota Vikings spill onto a smoke-filled pitch. They are quickly followed by Pittsburgh Steelers. The pitch seems to be almost reeling from the over-stimulation.
Tis far from all this Croker was reared.
The hallowed turf is festooned with the trappings of the NFL as Robert Mizzell – the Westmeath-based Louisiana-born country singer – sings the Star Spangled Banner and Lyra sings Amhrán na bhFiann and AC/DC sing Thunderstruck. Obviously.
Then we’re off.
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