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March 20th, 2009
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| Primus Pilus | HIER REGIERT DER HSV!
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March 20th, 2009
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| Milforum Otaku | Quote:
What's not to love about American Football???
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March 21st, 2009
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
Oh and lets not forget a bowel of chips, and pretzels on the coffee table. THAT.....is why I watch Baseball, Rugby, and football (soccer)
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March 21st, 2009
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Love Soccer. Don't love the price I gotta pay Direct TV to get MLS.........So I watch Mexican League on Univision.
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March 21st, 2009
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
 that and teh fact that i live a little too close to Oceana Naval Air sataion to use sat tv | |
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March 21st, 2009
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Yeah. I should get cable.....but I gotta let my Sat contract run out first.
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March 21st, 2009
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| Centurion | Quote:
American football is really simple, there are 2 sides, each with at least 3 teams - the defence, the offence and a "special" team. The defence defends, the offecne offends, sorry attacks & the special team gets trotted out when they want to try something different. Within each team there are 2 batlles going on, 1 is basically a wrestling match, between people trying to get the ball and people trying to stop them; The other is an athletics race between someone who has the ball and someone who wants it. I'm sure that I'll be corrected by my American comrades. However the thing that I j=have never understood is - WHY IS IT CALLED FOOTBALL? There are only 2 times when a foot will touch the ball, to kick off & to try for a field goal / penalty goal!! Apart from that the best way to understand is to drink beer, argue with the ref & wonder what would happen if they had to play rugby! | |
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March 21st, 2009
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
In American Football they don't kick the ball; In Soccer they kick the man when they can't kick the ball; In Rugby they kick the ball when they can't kick the man.
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March 22nd, 2009
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| Primus Pilus |
1st: Sorry if i used the wrong term, but I still don't think the Germans called the American Soldiers Yanks... or did they? Well doesn't matter. 2nd: I didn't say I don't like it- actually I watched Super Bowl, which was amazing and additionally I recently got Madden NFL 09 for PS3 to play and learn the game a bit, still think It's the most complicated game after cricket  . Don't know why that is...
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March 23rd, 2009
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I will admit there are a lot of rules to American football, but European football isn't exactly a cut and dry system either... Try explaining the offside rule to a Yankee.
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