Double Dare Challenges
Okay, I cheated here and instead of taking this final idea from my children, this one comes from my wife and I. We both grew up watching Nickelodeon as children ourselves, and any broadcast on that network has to incorporate some of the physical challenges from Double Dare, the game show that incorporated some disgusting elements along with some hard trivia questions.
Two ideas immediately come to mind. First, instead of using video evidence to determine challenges on the field, the coaches have to instead enter into a physical challenge. I’m envisioning perhaps “Pick It,” a challenge that was usually a part of the final obstacle course. In that game the contestant would have to dive inside of a massive plastic nose to try and find a flag hidden inside. The two coaches would race to find the flag hidden on their sideline, and the first coach to do so wins the challenge for their team.
Or perhaps they race on the “One-Ton Human Hamster Wheel.” First coach to fill all six numbered slots with slime wins the challenge, the coach that loses gets slimed.
Now of course, no Double Dare related aspect would be complete without someone getting slimed. So, for example, while the winning coach of each game gets a Gatorade shower, the loser gets slimed (Owen had that idea). But I think we need to extend things further, as I suggested on Twitter:
When Bill O’Brien burns all his time outs and challenges in the first quarter of next year’s Wild Card Round pic.twitter.com/w3elZEQQQL
— Mark Schofield (@MarkSchofield) March 31, 2020
This would not be the first time that the NFL and Nickelodeon teamed up for something like this. Before Super Bowl LIII Double Dare at the Super Bowl aired on the network, with players like Odell Beckham Jr., DeAndre Hopkins, Christian McCaffrey and Russell Wilson taking part.
Listen, Commissioner Roger Goodell, my children have some solid ideas here. I know we are all hanging around with not much to do, so just give me… well, them a call and we can hammer out the details.