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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Furball on December 01, 2004, 01:55:29 PM
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Yes, football at its very best.
http://www.soccerpulse.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t306.html
Couple of my favourites.
Marco Van Basten (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~dlau/cool/vanbasten.mpeg)
Thierry Henry (http://www.soccerclips.net/clips/062.zip)
Bergkamp Wonder goal vs. Newcastle Utd (http://www.tiscali.be/cmsimages/video/bergkamp.mpeg)
What foreigners who pretend to be injured deserve
http://www.punchbaby.com/media/gitfakt/clips/ouch/jonhartson.avi
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i dont recognize ANY of those names.... and i follow FOOTBALL rather closely.
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Originally posted by JB73
i dont recognize ANY of those names.... and i follow FOOTBALL rather closely.
pah...
How many times does a foot actually come in contact with the ball during an American football game? A few, I suppose...kick off, punts, field goals...but that is about it.
Why did you guys steal the name football? Why not just call it Handball?
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handball is that sissy game played on playgrounds with a baby racketball, and little sissy gloves.
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Okay...what about Passball?
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Why do yall call it cricket ? No crickets are tossed around.
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what about the '5minutegapbetweencrappyentertainmentball'?
or Runintoeachotherknuckleheadba ll ?
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Why do yall call it cricket ? No crickets are tossed around.
because its played with a cricket bat and cricket ball, duh!
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Well Furball. We play using a ball called a football. HENSE its called football.
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Runintoeachotherknuckleheadball
I think this would be better for rugby.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Why do yall call it cricket ? No crickets are tossed around.
Good question...not sure of the answer, but at least it is ORIGINAL and not stolen.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
I think this would be better for rugby.
nah, most rugby players are suprisingly clever, so not knuckleheads.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Well Furball. We play using a ball called a football. HENSE its called football.
American football....not the real football.
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football is a sissy sport. for years i thought the football guys were huge powerfull peole but after they "undress" its only skinny sissys underneath.
even I could play football thats how sissy the sport is :p
handball on the other hand is a contact sport.
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Its plenty origanal in my opinion. Its a almost completly different game besides a few simularities. Its just a differnece of opinions. Two different games with the same name. Oh well...
I enjoy both sports and could really care less what they are called, with a few esceptions like "purple fuzzy game".
IMO its not the name that matters but the content.
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And now Nilsen opens a new can of worms. Might as well break out the lawn chair and and break out the plastic sheild to protect myself from the mud.
:rolleyes:
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so.... a game that is worshipped like a religion in every country other than in north america for hundreds of years, played by hundreds of millions - called football...
should change name because Americans call a game - which is just entertainment in between saggy tit shows and commercials in which they throw a ball around.... football.
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and did anyone actually look at the link i posted? :)
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Originally posted by Furball
so.... a game that is worshipped like a religion in every country other than in north america for hundreds of years, played by hundreds of millions - called football...
should change name because Americans call a game - which is just entertainment in between saggy tit shows and commercials in which they throw a ball around.... football.
lol
:aok
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Who said the name should change ?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
football is a sissy sport. for years i thought the football guys were huge powerfull peole but after they "undress" its only skinny sissys underneath.
even I could play football thats how sissy the sport is :p
handball on the other hand is a contact sport.
Come hang out with me when you get to the US. Then you can see how small we football guys are. Yes I know you are joking about the body size.
In fact I would like to get you to come on over for a while next year and see a few games up close and personal. Hell we could even catch a few major games if you timed it right for a couple of weeks. And while here in the heart of college football land...Alabama...well at least to all of us who live here its the heart...the beer and at least one game is my treat along with the BBQ ribs and pregame meals.
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Originally posted by Furball
and did anyone actually look at the link i posted? :)
Will do when at home mate..can't at work.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
You all suck, you should change the name of football to soccer to stop confusing us....
WTF?! football?! soccer?! football?! soccer?!
AAAAAHHHH!!!
you did!! :D
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You know what I find funny though....normally (and I haven't seen it in this thread YET) the real football is called a sissy game, whereas American Football is a manly game.
Why did such a manly game adopt a sissy game's name?
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and did anyone actually look at the link i posted?
I did, pretty cool.
Marco van Basten has a pretty good shot.
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LMAO Furball ! :rofl
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Originally posted by Reschke
In fact I would like to get you to come on over for a while next year and see a few games up close and personal. Hell we could even catch a few major games if you timed it right for a couple of weeks. And while here in the heart of college football land...Alabama...well at least to all of us who live here its the heart...the beer and at least one game is my treat along with the BBQ ribs and pregame meals.
I would LOVE to watch a real american football game, in the crowd or american bar to experience how it should be watched.
I have tried to watch the superbowl here and its probably the worst 'sport' i have ever seen in my life.
To be there and experience it is how you should judge a sport.
im guessing college american football is the best to watch as they are trying to make a name for themselves and do not have all the commercial influence like the POS superbowl has.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Marco van Basten has a pretty good shot.
he scored a better goal than the one i posted, he volleyed it from an unbelievable angle into the top corner, in i think the 1988? european championships. The video clip will probably be in there somewhere, although i havent seen it in there yet.
He would have been up there with the best players ever, had he not got injured.
Check out Ronaldinho and Zidane if you like watching outrageous skills and stuff.
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It "is" great fun to go to American Football games. College games are better than pro games IMHO though...more fun. More hotties too.
:aok
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College football is better.
Actual being at a game is also hundreds of times better then watching it on tv. Just like golf. Nap time on tv, and fun on the greens.
Greed runs the world. And it does run the NFL. The NHL is feeling the effects of that this year. But kudos to the players that can bring in millions of dollars to play a sport they love. Wish I could get paid that to play AH.
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Originally posted by Furball
because its played with a cricket bat and cricket ball, duh!
Tell me Furby what do cricket balls smell like and how do you get their lil legs apart?
:rofl :D
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Originally posted by AWMac
Tell me Furby what do cricket balls smell like and how do you get their lil legs apart?
:rofl :D
lol...
:rofl :aok
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Originally posted by Curval
pah...
How many times does a foot actually come in contact with the ball during an American football game? A few, I suppose...kick off, punts, field goals...but that is about it.
Why did you guys steal the name football? Why not just call it Handball?
The reason its called a "Football is not because the foot comes in contact with it but because its length is 1 foot long.
If we were to be accurate about Soccer it would be called "Kick ball"
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
If we were to be accurate about Soccer it would be called "Kick ball"
not at all!
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Originally posted by Nilsen
football is a sissy sport. for years i thought the football guys were huge powerfull peole but after they "undress" its only skinny sissys underneath.
even I could play football thats how sissy the sport is :p
handball on the other hand is a contact sport.
Average wieght of an american football player without equipment is rapidly approching 300 + Pounds.
You must be one lardass mofo
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There are a few college teams worth watching but I would not say that for all.....
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Originally posted by Furball
I would LOVE to watch a real american football game, in the crowd or american bar to experience how it should be watched.
I have tried to watch the superbowl here and its probably the worst 'sport' i have ever seen in my life.
To be there and experience it is how you should judge a sport.
im guessing college american football is the best to watch as they are trying to make a name for themselves and do not have all the commercial influence like the POS superbowl has.
Bring it on over Furball. In fact the best football is youth and high school football. I have coached American football from college down to youth and love the youth and high school side. You get to work with kids and teach them much more than you get to do in college. If you could swing it we might be able to get in several different types of games to let you experience many different levels.
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Originally posted by Furball
not at all!
Yes at all
What is primarily done with it?
Its "kicked"
Kickball by far is easily the most accurate discription.
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Originally posted by Furball
I would LOVE to watch a real american football game, in the crowd or american bar to experience how it should be watched.
I have tried to watch the superbowl here and its probably the worst 'sport' i have ever seen in my life.
To be there and experience it is how you should judge a sport.
im guessing college american football is the best to watch as they are trying to make a name for themselves and do not have all the commercial influence like the POS superbowl has.
that is the real deal.. that and college mentioned elsewhere.
college is total drunken abandon by co-eds, and tons of yelling / partying.
pro football, well most rabid fans have grown up with a team and hold a "personal" connection with it.
here in wisconsin the packers ar "We" or "us" like everyone in the state is on the team.
watching the local game in a super crowded sports bar drinking at noon on a sunday is awsome too.
the fact there are almost NO riots and stuff leads me tobelieve a soccer game might be a bit more "rowdy" in the stands. here at a football game like the packers for example, all the tickets are season ticket holders, with a 60,000+ person waiting list (approx 65 years or more wait for tickets).
there are very few opposing fans at a game. if there are then the local team is not really popular, and the "fans" are just sticking it out.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Yes at all
What is primarily done with it?
Its "kicked"
Kickball by far is easily the most accurate discription.
How about "Round Ball"??
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Originally posted by Furball
so.... a game that is worshipped like a religion in every country other than in north america for hundreds of years, played by hundreds of millions - called football...
should change name because Americans call a game - which is just entertainment in between saggy tit shows and commercials in which they throw a ball around.... football.
You are right about one thing. Soccer is worshiped like a religeon.
Fans die in the stands over it and everything.
Riots break out.
Your right it is alot like relegion.
Haveta hand it another one.
Soccer is the only game in existance where the fans are rougher and tougher then the players
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Like I said in another thread.
Soccer is great if your under 7 years old (at which point you can start playing pop warner football)
OR if you wear a dress.
Or if your mommy wont let you play football (american style)
OR Rugby for you euros
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Yes at all
What is primarily done with it?
Its "kicked"
Kickball by far is easily the most accurate discription.
What is it kicked WITH?
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Yes at all
What is primarily done with it?
Its "kicked"
no, its controlled by the foot. hence football.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Like I said in another thread.
Soccer is great if your under 7 years old (at which point you can start playing pop warner football)
That is the false attitude which is why it is not popular in america.
The fact that it is a "sissy" sport.
If you have ever actually played it to a decent level, watched a decent game, you will realise it is not.
Funny how you can call it a "sissy" sport when it is a contact sport, and 2 of the most popular sports in america are non contact sports.
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Originally posted by Reschke
Come hang out with me when you get to the US. Then you can see how small we football guys are. Yes I know you are joking about the body size.
In fact I would like to get you to come on over for a while next year and see a few games up close and personal. Hell we could even catch a few major games if you timed it right for a couple of weeks. And while here in the heart of college football land...Alabama...well at least to all of us who live here its the heart...the beer and at least one game is my treat along with the BBQ ribs and pregame meals.
That would actually be alot of fun ! :)
We could have a few beers and toss some footballers around. Invite a few of those famous cheerleaders and its a date!
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Average wieght of an american football player without equipment is rapidly approching 300 + Pounds.
You must be one lardass mofo
Dunno.. im 93 kg now and will prolly be very close to 100 when christmas is over :D
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Originally posted by Furball
That is the false attitude which is why it is not popular in america.
The fact that it is a "sissy" sport.
If you have ever actually played it to a decent level, watched a decent game, you will realise it is not.
Funny how you can call it a "sissy" sport when it is a contact sport, and 2 of the most popular sports in america are non contact sports.
Admitedly I''ve only played it in grade school. As part of the curriculum.
But I've seen it.
Nephews was a star at it in HS ( yes because his mom wouldnt let him play football)
Saw him play several times.
Seen it played on TV several times.
I have neither experianced nor have I seen anything in that game at any level that would lead me to beleive it was anything less, then a sissy sport.
Bout the only other "sports" I can think of that is more sissy is Badminton and Golf. And unfortunately I dont view Golf as being a real sport but rather an activity or that would win top honors.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Dunno.. im 93 kg now and will prolly be very close to 100 when christmas is over :D
Wait,, which "football" are you referring to? Euro? or American style?
At around 200 lbs you MIGHT be able to take a feild goal kicker.
OR the waterboy
Whichever weighed less :D
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Wait,, which "football" are you referring to? Euro? or American style?
At around 200 lbs you MIGHT be able to take a feild goal kicker.
OR the waterboy
Whichever weighed less :D
Yeah, but im more nimble and i have that kung fu tai chi karate thing going on ! :D
and please dont say 200... it makes me sound fat :o
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Originally posted by Nilsen
and please dont say 200... it makes me sound fat :o
Ok how bout this instead
205.0299038 Pounds :D
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Now you are just beeing plain mean
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.......double post
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Now you are just beeing plain mean
Get over it...
I mean you called football players sissys. SO you should beable to take a sorta verbal comment.
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no need to rub it in by saying it twice..
sadist
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I sit a couple of desks away from a guy who supports a team called Sheffield United, which is a rival team to Sheffield Wednesday. He hasn't said the word Wednesday for 20+ years.
I played football with him a couple of times against another plant. What he did on the pitch would probably land him in jail if he did it off the pitch. He kicked one poor lad into a heap that was carried off the pitch and on into casualty.
I gather he was (is?) an old school 'sissy' - back in the days when lads were a bit naughty with their fists on match days. Not sure I'd like to get on the wrong side of him, and he plays every Sunday in amateur football.
Nice chap otherwise.
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sad thing is in freshman year in High school i was called "mini pele"
i could never get the knee bounce thing down really well, but i could fake out many, and kick with both feet almomst as accurate as each other.
then i joined football and became a punter / D back.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Now you are just beeing plain mean
Well I am a sadist so it comes kinda natural:D
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Originally posted by JB73
sad thing is in freshman year in High school i was called "mini pele"
i could never get the knee bounce thing down really well, but i could fake out many, and kick with both feet almomst as accurate as each other.
then i joined football and became a punter / D back.
the fact that you cant even explain properly what you could do makes me very sceptical you could play football (soccer), and the fact that you are so desperate woman wise makes it hard for me to believe that you played for any type of sports team at all.
Chess club?
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Bergkamp's goal was sweeeeeeeet.:eek:
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Originally posted by Dowding
I sit a couple of desks away from a guy who supports a team called Sheffield United, which is a rival team to Sheffield Wednesday. He hasn't said the word Wednesday for 20+ years.
I played football with him a couple of times against another plant. What he did on the pitch would probably land him in jail if he did it off the pitch. He kicked one poor lad into a heap that was carried off the pitch and on into casualty.
I gather he was (is?) an old school 'sissy' - back in the days when lads were a bit naughty with their fists on match days. Not sure I'd like to get on the wrong side of him, and he plays every Sunday in amateur football.
Nice chap otherwise.
Would I be guessing correctly if I guessed you were a Brit?
OR Female? Or both?
Serious question.
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Originally posted by Furball
the fact that you cant even explain properly what you could do makes me very sceptical you could play football (soccer), and the fact that you are so desperate woman wise makes it hard for me to believe that you played for any type of sports team at all.
Chess club?
to satisfy you d***headness:
i played soccer for the first time in my life gym 1988 freshman year, and was "told" i was good.....
in football i had a 1 1/2 step kick with a 4.1 second average hang time, but only a 22 yard average. with a 2 1/2 step kick (very rare in HS / college because it take more time) i had a 3.8 second hang time average and a 36 yard average.
i kicked lob style with almost no spin on the ball, hence the short distance. the redeeming quality was there was never a return on any of my punts. all were fair catches because of the cover team being right there.
our team (the JV team not the varsity team) was so terrible that 2/3 the time we faked our punts n a attempt to make up the 30 points we were behind. our record was 2-10 for the season.
the start of my junior year in high school i was in the hospital with juvenile rumatory arthritis (later to be diagnosed specifically as still's disease.
i missed 3/4 of my junoir year, and was not active in athletics again in my teenage or adult life.
during my rehab in limited time at school i learned to play chess. i had 4 study halls each my last 1/2 of junoir year and all of my senior year. during that time i did play alot of chess even with the principal, and superintendant of the school.
all this doent disguise the fact soccer is for studmuffingots
the fact i was raised by a single mother through grammer school, and not introduced to organized sports until high school probably is what show my lack of "terminology" for some things, but during those early years i learned respect for the fellow man, and how to be sincere and honest in life. i learned how to be a gentelman, and had to learn on my own when NOT to be. saying **** about me and my upbringing is a time NOT to be.
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So basically you were a studmuffin until you were ill?:D ;)
Joking aside, football is great!:) Sissy sport? maybe the way some countries play it.
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Originally posted by Furball
because its played with a cricket bat and cricket ball, duh!
how long does it take to harvest cricket balls? wouldn't it be easier to use scissors instead of a bat?
:eek:
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who really cares!!! its like this.. football(aka soccer) are guys who run up and down an extremely large field for a really long time trying to out play the defense and score the ball into the net... the everyday joe cant do this for as long as these players do.... so IMO you cant call it a sissy sport.. football (American) you have men who some weigh as much as a small car trying to kill the guy with the ball... same concept as stated above as trying to out play the defense to get the ball into the endzone. wearing all the pads and running play after play isnt an easy feat.... so IMO you cant call it a sissy sport. so all the east vs. west or the north vs. south guys.... find a happy medium already.. geeze.:aok
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Originally posted by 101ABN
.. find a happy medium already.. geeze.:aok
it's called...
rugby.
:D
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Originally posted by Shane
it's called...
rugby.
:D
i quit!! haa haa haa:D
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American football, known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed, agility, skill, tactics, and brute strength as they run and throw a ball, and block, tackle, and outrun each other, trying to force the ball further into their opponent's territory and ultimately into the endzone.
It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on every play as players often weighing 300 pounds (~135 kg) or more shove each other with all of their strength, and with a clearly defined front line, moving up and down the field, separating the offensive and defensive squads.
American football does not much resemble soccer, the sport which most people outside the U.S. call "football". Consequently, American Football is best known internationally as "American Football". However, both of these games have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, and American football is directly descended from rugby football, usually known simply as "Rugby". According to an apocryphal story rugby football began with a football game at Rugby School in England in 1823 when a player named William Webb Ellis suddenly ran with the ball only to be tackled by an opponent. Contrary to popular belief rugby football had always permitted handling the ball but had banned running with the ball. Rule breaking gradually became increasingly common until it became the accepted norm. Thus was born the game of Rugby Football.
The game progressed from that point and was introduced to North America from Canada, by the British Army garrison in Montreal, which played a series of games with McGill University. In 1874, McGill arranged to play a few games in the United States, at Harvard, which liked the new game so much that it became a feature of the Ivy League. Both Canadian and American football evolved from this point. The U.S. game still has some things in common with the two varieties of rugby, especially rugby league
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What I cant understand about football is how anyone can enjoy it with all those breaks for adds and stuff. That actually goes for all programs shown on american TV. Nothing but commercial breaks all the time.
How long is a game really if you didnt have all those commercial breaks?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
What I cant understand about football is how anyone can enjoy it with all those breaks for adds and stuff. That actually goes for all programs shown on american TV. Nothing but commercial breaks all the time.
How long is a game really if you didnt have all those commercial breaks?
Five minutes
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Thats not much at all. I think a soccer match is over in 90 but there is a 15 or 20 min break after 45.
If I had to choose between american football and soccer I would take the american variant (- all the breaks).
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Originally posted by Nilsen
What I cant understand about football is how anyone can enjoy it with all those breaks for adds and stuff. That actually goes for all programs shown on american TV. Nothing but commercial breaks all the time.
How long is a game really if you didnt have all those commercial breaks?
There have been a few superbowls, where the commercials have been more entertaining...
One of my favorites was budbowl I :)
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Originally posted by Nilsen
What I cant understand about football is how anyone can enjoy it with all those breaks for adds and stuff. That actually goes for all programs shown on american TV. Nothing but commercial breaks all the time.
How long is a game really if you didnt have all those commercial breaks?
They never delay the game for the TV ads. American Professional Football is played in quarters of 15 minutes each with a 15 minute halftime break. The clock only ticks off actual in play time. A game typically lasts about 3 hours.
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The average time of each play in American football is probably between 3-8 seconds once the ball is put in play. However if you haven't played it that may seem like a short amount of time. There are times in my past college football career when 5-7 seconds seemed like a lifetime while I was blocking a guy waiting on my quarterback to decide who to throw the ball to on a pass play.
Not only that but its terribly complicated once you look at it from a players perspective. In soccer (football everywhere else) the object is fairly simple although athletically it can be challenging as I can only imagine. However in football with the way the game has changed in the last 20-25 years it has become increasingly more difficult because of the way offensive and defensive alignments have started being used.
For example when I played football as an offensive lineman we had to be able to "read" (based on watching film and practicing against possible setups) what the defense was preparing to do for each situation. In having that knowledge of the situation and what the defense could do we adjusted our blocking schemes on the field to hopefully contain what the defense was trying to do.
Its hard to put that into words instead of being able to explain it using diagrams and all the other visual aids. From what I can gather there are several American football clubs that have started in Germany and England that have begun building interest over there and have come here to recruit coaches to spend time over there in Europe to teach these guys how to play football. I keep hoping that one day my phone will ring with an offer like that. It would be an experience of a lifetime I think to teach to a true virgin audience and to watch them prepare and play for the first time.
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So there is 5 x 15 mins followed by 30 min break and then another 5 x 15?
That is 180 mins total.
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If you take the time frame I used of 3-8 seconds and average that you get 5.5 seconds. On average in college there are roughly 65-75 snaps (plays) run by one teams offense or maybe by both teams offense. Just using the 65 plays as the time you probably only average 357.5 seconds of game time which is 5.96 minutes of game time plays on an average game day.
As mentioned earlier the real part that makes it so physical is the sheer size and strength levels of the people involved. Hope that helps show a few people about American football.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
So there is 5 x 15 mins followed by 30 min break and then another 5 x 15?
That is 180 mins total.
No Nilsen there are 4 15 minute quarters. The first two are played in sequence and are separated from the last two by a 15 minute halftime for college (same for high school) and I think a 12 minute halftime for professional. The actual play time is what happens in the 15 minute quarters.
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So the 15 mins are not real clock 15 mins?
There is some guy that uses a stopwatch and only counts the seconds of real play and then adds it up until there is a full quarter?
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Found this on Amazon.com. It also has another book by called the Complete Idiots Guide to football there with it. Never used one of these so I have no idea what they are like except maybe very simple in their wording and hopefully not to complicated like this discussion could turn out to be. ;)
Football for Dummies 2nd Edition by Howie Long (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764539361/qid=1102007681/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-9332215-7553623?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
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Originally posted by Nilsen
So the 15 mins are not real clock 15 mins?
There is some guy that uses a stopwatch and only counts the seconds of real play and then adds it up until there is a full quarter?
Sorry I didn't explain that very well. Yes its 15 minutes on a real clock. However in college the clock stops for first downs and between plays. When a player is tackled on a play the clock stops but then is restarted when the ball is set back into play by the referees. There is also a 25 second play clock that means the play has to be run within those 25 seconds and that includes getting the play from the coaches on the sidelines and getting the instructions on the play to the players on the field then getting lined up in the right formations to run the play.
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Ok, i get it... You can't watch the clock on the wall to see if the game is over... its over when there has been 15 x 4 mins of actual movement/gameplaytime + the break however long that may take.
And the average time it takes is about 3 hours but it can be alot more or less?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Ok, i get it... You can't watch the clock on the wall to see if the game is over... its over when there has been 15 x 4 mins of actual movement/gameplaytime + the break however long that may take.
And the average time it takes is about 3 hours but it can be alot more or less?
It can be more but rarely less. All depends on how close the game is and if they play a sudden death quarter in the event of a tie. Close games tend to drag a game out longer.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
What I cant understand about football is how anyone can enjoy it with all those breaks for adds and stuff. That actually goes for all programs shown on american TV. Nothing but commercial breaks all the time.
How long is a game really if you didnt have all those commercial breaks?
60minutes
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Man, I love people bashing sports they haven't played enough to understand :) I'm American, but I've played soccer since I was 4. There's a helluva lot more going on than people realise. Yes, it is a contact sport, if it wasn't, my wonderful English trainers wouldn't have taught me the proper way to try to break the tailbone of a defender, so he'd take a swing at me, and get ejected when I screamed for the referee. Let's not forget the friendly elbows in the ribs, punches to the kidneys, heavily scarred shins & calves, and repeated attempts to break ankles. Pads? You get 2. One for each shin, and cleats with no ankle support because it'll slow you down. Even the fans go hard. There are "Football Hooligans" for a reason... I wanna party with those guys.
American football is just as much fun. Hard hits, trick plays, mentally disturbed linebackers, and backs with lateral moves that make your jaws drop. My only beef is that everybody should be required to do a hurry-up offense, every play. For as much as they get paid, you should get your money's worth out of them. More time in the huddle than actually playing is silly. Their fans riot too, but only sometimes, and really only during the superbowl.
Both sports are great, and you guys that knock them either don't understand, haven't played, or were never good at it :)
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Originally posted by indy007
Both sports are great, and you guys that knock them either don't understand, haven't played, or were never good at it :)
Or just don't like them... i really really dont like soccer but everyone around me does. :D
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Originally posted by JB73
to satisfy you d***headness:
ouch, looks like i struck a nerve.
I was only joking JB, sorry.
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You mean that game where they walk up the field because they are too tired to run?
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oh.. and proof that you should not piss off arrogant french footballers...
(http://www.jimjagger.com/EricCantona/Media/Kick/Cantona_18.jpg)
Video clip : http://www.jimjagger.com/EricCantona/Media/Kick/Cantona.avi
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Originally posted by Furball
ouch, looks like i struck a nerve.
I was only joking JB, sorry.
accepted sir sorry for going off hard.
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I think the reason that countries that have football(soccer)as a national sport like it so much is that the fans get to riot and beat the crap out of each other after a game. Of course, we get that in the U.S. now with the NBA and college football(not soccer).
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