Are you ready for some football!

[TigerShark808]

Its that special time of the year here in America.


THE NFL BABY!

GO NINERS!

I'm sorry for this lame post..but im excited!

[Aramike]

You should check out the pinned NFL thread pinned above.

[Dowly]

NFL's not football...

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Dowly

NFL's not football...

Compared to what you call "football", perhaps you're right...

...American "football" should be renamed "Manball".

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Dowly

NFL's not football...

Nasty Ferret Luv?

[TigerShark808]

Yeah it should be named THE GREATEST SPORT EVER or at least SMASH MOUTH!

Don't let the pads and helmets fool yaa. There not there to protect anyone as much as they are used to spear and or crush your opponent.Players wouldn't be running at and hitting the other guy as hard if they were not wearing gear.

[August]

George Carlins take on Football:

Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:


Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.


Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!

Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.


Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.


In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.


Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?


In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.


In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.


Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.


Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.


Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.


Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.


In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.


And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:


In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.


In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!

[TigerShark808]

Beautiful :d

[ABBAFAN]

Rip off Rugby, that's all it is.

Snooker is the greatest sport ever...after polo, cricket and chav hunting.

I know very little about this sport outside of ogling at the cheerleaders.

However, I will support a team called...(chooses blindly)


Miami Dolphins. Are they any good? Well, we'll see.

[TigerShark808]

Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Rip off Rugby, that's all it is.

Snooker is the greatest sport ever...after polo, cricket and chav hunting.

Except that rugby does not allow a "FORWARD PASS" and rugby is not in any way as complicated as the NFL nor is soccer. As great as these games are to many around the world, the rules are very primitive and there's a reason why both are so popular. All you need is a ball and a open field (from first world to third world this is available to every child) and in a short time you can learn these games.

NFL "Football" is more like war then any game could possibly be or at least has been. And from a forum were WARFARE seems to be loved so very much by so many, I would think the NFL would be appreciated.

" In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense in spite of the blitz. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line."