Superbowl Readings
January 30th, 2008 by Rose Rosetree
Blog-Buddies, here are excerpts from today’s interview in Link, a newspaper in Hampton Roads, Virginia. My comments are in the Friday issue, available locally through the weekend.
This Superbowl season, don’t be an armchair quarterback. You could be a face reader instead! Physiognomy, or reading faces for character, is even more ancient than kicking around a pigskin.
You look for distinctive face data and analyze it according to a system. Here, I use my system of Face Reading Secrets (R) to summarize the strengths and challenges of two quarterbacks and two coaches.
New York Giants’ Eli Manning
He is pictured at the start of this post. Two rare facial characteristics score points with this face reader. Eli’s prominent, far-set cheeks correspond to long-term courage. He will tackle projects others won’t, and keep at them relentlessly, long after others give up.
Then notice the long canine teeth, the strongest facial indicator of them all about the will to win. Biggest potential challenge: Eli has a long fuse, so if the man doesn’t win, might he explode?
New England Patriot’s Tom Brady
Omigosh, Brady also has long canines, something you’ll find on 1 in 5,000 normal people. Maybe it’s a job requirement for quarterback? To get a good view of those chompers use the following photo instead of this cute glamour shot. Copy onto a document, click and pull on the corners to get the full toothy effect. (Guess the clothes in the photo on our left are pre-scrimmage, you think?) But his cheeks are the opposite of Eli’s. Long canines plus close-set cheeks add up to extra
short-term oomph, a short fuse. Biggest potential challenge: More a sprinter, how will he hold up against the long-distance quarterback on the other team?
New York’s Coach Tom Coughlin
High, bony cheekbones suggest that Coughlin doesn’t just coach. He fights for a cause, bringing all the enthusiasm of a true believer. Add that large nose thrust and you have a super-ambitious man who will stop at nothing to win… except that he’s also highly ethical. (And see that nose better in the next photo.)
Patriot’s Coach Bill Belichick
His prominent Macho Knob (the doorknob-like structure at the base of his chin) suggests intense pride, strong competitiveness and a temper to match.
With those muscular jaws, short nose, and huge nose thrust, he’s also a strong-willed man who works uncommonly hard and could gain notoriety even if he didn’t work that hard.
Biggest potential challenge: How will he contain that drive? Living inside that soul is like trying to ride a bucking bronco.
Incidentally, I have blogged before about the Belichick. If you find him as fascinating as I do, click and comment here. And football fans of all persuasions, don’t be shy about posting your comments below. You know, touch down!
When I copy the pictures and enlarge them, they are too blurry to see any features clearly. So I went online and found other pictures of these macho guys. I saw Tom Brady’s long canines and all the other features.
Not sure if it’s the picture angle or what, but Eli Manning’s nose seems to angle towards the left, which would be unusual for a high profile quarterback.
It’s interesting that the coaches are both so intense and strategic (large priority area I). How common are macho knobs like Belichick’s?
Lisa, Macho Knobs are moderately common, maybe 1 in 100 people. But Belichick has a really extreme variety.
I can’t comment offhand about the left-angled nose of Eli Manning, but that goes pretty well with all the comments on the other Superbowl post at this blog.
Enjoy the game if you watch. And congratulations on doing really well as a face reader, Lisa.
It’s remarkable to see a QB who is as refreshing as Eli Manning, esp in this day and age. Very unusual but wonderful.
I have both long canine teeth and a macho knob, but I would hardly describe myself as having “intense pride, strong competitiveness and a temper to match” or a “short fuse”, nor would I say I am aggressive.
I do however lack patience for people who do not take responsibility for themselves, and I have developed, as I have grown emotionally and spiritually, a certain sense of pride and confidence I did not have a few years ago.
Perhaps I harness the energy of these facial features other ways. For example, when I do something (e.g. write a guest post), I give it my all, and when I want something I find [ethical and moral] ways to get it.
I have long canines, and it is nice to finally know that they mean something. It used to be that little kids would just ask, “Why do you have vampire teeth?” And I would mumble, “I don’t know… I don’t bite people.” Now I explain to them that I am very competitive. They smile and run off, disappointed that I don’t have a vampire story.
But I have always been super competitive, always amazing even myself with how I would play like it was life or death. This intensity was also amplified by being an empath.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t an NFL quarterback or even male. People would be very confused by how a prissy, soft-spoken female could turn into an “animal” on the playing field. I eventually ran away from competition altogether, but my teeth are still there.
In a way I am glad of this because there are other battles in life, other things to fight through. I think they bring a balance to me.
Tom Brady lost in the Super Bowl, but I bet that his long canines will help him fight through any emotional battles. He will find other things to win.
Ryan, that is neat that we both turned a potential challenge, being too competitive, into a strength in other areas besides sports.
I decided that I wouldn’t want to be an NFL quarterback after watching the Super Bowl, even for the money. Some of those guys who were sacking them were so enormous. Ouch! Plus my other facial data are about not taking physical risks or embracing conflict. I wouldn’t be able to “take it on the chin.” And there are no diplomats in football.
I have a very short chin, and it is hard for me to imagine what it would be like to have a long chin. Being that fearless physically would be such a different way of being. But then would I be less apt to take emotional risks?