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The Super Bowl Thread (pg. 2)
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Paul L
With regards to 4, when running down to the other side is there any option other than touching it??? presuming that the laws of physics stand whilst on the gridiron surely it is obvious that you would touch this, and so it shouldnt need to be spelt out to the public???? why can it just not be called a goal as with other sports ???
Mind you, this is the americans we are talking about..... |
the "Y" shaped thing is called the goal. they call it TOUCHDOWN because it just sounds good that way, because your not shooting a ball into a goal, u are running the ball. i guess its good for describing the action that just occured. the scorer just TOUCHed the score area DOWN the field. the area of the TOUCHDOWN is called the IN-ZONE. its better called that way instead of a goal, because really, it isnt a goal, its a zone. |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nautilus
Are you just bitter that the NHL or as I like to call it "the toothless neanderthal league" is going to cancel the hockey season, so you have to feebly attempt to put down American Football? |
actually he's my lil brother which makes him English (as his flag shows), he doesn't care too much about hockey, and is trying to understand what the sport is about, is it too much trouble to not be an ass all of the time ? |
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| Nautilus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
actually he's my lil brother which makes him English (as his flag shows), he doesn't care too much about hockey, and is trying to understand what the sport is about, is it too much trouble to not be an ass all of the time ? |
My bad. I just picked up a belittling tone from his posts.
BTW
3)How can it take about an hour for a 12 minute quarter?????
The quarters in American Football are 15 minutes in length. |
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| Nautilus |
K, I'm bouncing. Time to go to my friend's Super Bowl party, get some grub, get hammered, and then call in sick tomorrow for work. :D
Have fun y'all. |
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| Azz3D |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
ide thought ide be the lucky one to start it.
im shooting for the Eagles because the lame patriots dont even have a city. they are just new england. thats lamO
and the eagles have tried the last 3 years without success. and theyve never won.
FLY EAGLES FLY |
hey you they have boston ;)
you must not know a th ing about football except who's playing... oh yeah, you live in FL... that explains a lot
eagles will get crushed
you heard it here first |
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| th0m |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
the "Y" shaped thing is called the goal. they call it TOUCHDOWN because it just sounds good that way, because your not shooting a ball into a goal, u are running the ball. i guess its good for describing the action that just occured. the scorer just TOUCHed the score area DOWN the field. the area of the TOUCHDOWN is called the IN-ZONE. its better called that way instead of a goal, because really, it isnt a goal, its a zone. |
It's actually called the END zone, and you dont have to run into the end zone to score a TD, you can also receive a TD pass whilst already being in the end zone ;)
As for the padding, its always interesting to see that comparison, but I think we can all agree that due to the fact that there are fewer moments of action in the NFL due to timeouts, playcalling and all that, that the actual action is way harder. I mean, rugby looks more like they're wrestling with a ball, and a play (or whatever its called) goes on way longer. In football when the ball is snapped the o line and d line literally crash into each other. I don't see that kind of head to head collision as often in rugby really. (I'm not trying to start a rugby-football war here, these are just my observations)
As for 12 minutes taking up to an hour, that's partly due to the fact that a play ends whenever the ball touches the ground. So when the ball touches the ground, all the player line up for the next play etc. That takes time. And there are a lot of TV timeouts along with that.
As for the touchdown, I guess its because you touched the ball down at one end of the field.
I don't know why they call it football either. |
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| Paul L |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nautilus
My bad. I just picked up a belittling tone from his posts.
BTW
3)How can it take about an hour for a 12 minute quarter?????
The quarters in American Football are 15 minutes in length. |
No belittling tone, just an air of confusion mixed with a dash of not knowing what the hells going on...with regards to the quarter length i apologise, i believe candian football is 12 mins per quarter and thought the only difference to be the pitch size and the number of downs...if i am wrong by saying this, then i would like to take a moment to smite all the canadians who have misinformed me in the past
merci pour votre temps :) :) |
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| th0m |
| quote: | Originally posted by Azz3D
hey you they have boston ;)
eagles will get crushed
you heard it here first |
If their stadium would be in Boston, you might have had a point ;) |
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| Geoff |
| i just heard them play galvanize during the pre-game show haha |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
I'm more interested in the episode of The Simpsons that'll be airing afterwards. |
Same here. That, and the commericals; I'm a commercial-whore. |
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| Arbiter |
They wear padding for a few of reasons:
1. Many games are played on astroturf rather than grass which is very hard and also abrasive.
2. The owners who are paying them ridiculous sums of money don't want them to get hurt, so they made it league policy. There is some evidence that the additional padding can actually result in more injuries, but it has been largely disregarded.
15-minute quarters take and hour or more because time management is part of the strategy of the game, if the clock were simply allowed to run it remove an entire dimension of the game. A lot of it is also to allow for TV commercial breaks.
As for the bizarre naming of the game itself as well as many of the terms associated with the game, I believe it's due to the drastic degree with which the sport has evolved from its inception, although I'm not familiar enough with the details of the sport's history to provide any examples. |
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| *~*Angelblue*~* |
| GO PATS!!! I got my Red and Blue on today bitches!!! |
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