Super Bowl
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I'm about to sit down and watch the SuperBowl! :) :) American football at its best! ;) American hype at its worst! X| So do any of you "non-American types" even pay attention to this game??
Mike Mullikin "Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life." - Michael Sinz
For the rest of the world that play handball with the hands and football with the feet, the European Championship final in Handball last night was amazing! Germany lead 26 to 25 when 11 seconds remained of the 2x30 minute match. Sweden had taken out the goalkeeper for an extra field player and Staffan Ohlsson used the 7 to 5 man advantage and took a shot and scored with 6 seconds to go. The Germans rush up to the middle line and throws the ball into the empty Swedish net 1 second before the end, but the referee had not started the game after the goal and it was disallowed! So, the match goes into 10 minute overtime where Sweden dominated and finally won 33 to 31 to become European champions. Now, can someone explain why americans insist on calling their rugby/handball game football, any real football player knows it is in violation to the original rules to touch the ball with their hands? :-)
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I'm about to sit down and watch the SuperBowl! :) :) American football at its best! ;) American hype at its worst! X| So do any of you "non-American types" even pay attention to this game??
Mike Mullikin "Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life." - Michael Sinz
I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems . And after we got stuffed by the Irish yesterday its about the only thing we Welsh do better than most other rugby playing countries.
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I'm about to sit down and watch the SuperBowl! :) :) American football at its best! ;) American hype at its worst! X| So do any of you "non-American types" even pay attention to this game??
Mike Mullikin "Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life." - Michael Sinz
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I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems . And after we got stuffed by the Irish yesterday its about the only thing we Welsh do better than most other rugby playing countries.
Andrew Torrance wrote: I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems Strange, you would think what with the September 11th events that the national anthem would take an upswing in support. All other signs of increased patriotism are there*. It is always hilarious watching the lips of the Rugby players as the national anthem plays. Some have no clue while others belt it out like they live by it every day. *I heard they had to ask people to STOP hanging the Stars and Stripes from bridges leading into New York as a couple of accidents had been caused by people looking at them instead of the road. Funny yanks. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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For the rest of the world that play handball with the hands and football with the feet, the European Championship final in Handball last night was amazing! Germany lead 26 to 25 when 11 seconds remained of the 2x30 minute match. Sweden had taken out the goalkeeper for an extra field player and Staffan Ohlsson used the 7 to 5 man advantage and took a shot and scored with 6 seconds to go. The Germans rush up to the middle line and throws the ball into the empty Swedish net 1 second before the end, but the referee had not started the game after the goal and it was disallowed! So, the match goes into 10 minute overtime where Sweden dominated and finally won 33 to 31 to become European champions. Now, can someone explain why americans insist on calling their rugby/handball game football, any real football player knows it is in violation to the original rules to touch the ball with their hands? :-)
Peter SJöström wrote: Now, can someone explain why americans insist on calling their rugby/handball game football, any real football player knows it is in violation to the original rules to touch the ball with their hands? Actually, in the 1820's the lack of clarity in of that rule forced "Football" to split into Football and Rugby Football (where the ball could be handled, but only passed backwards - kicking forward was still permitted). Just to be a spanner in the works, don't forget about Gaelic Football and Aussie Rules Football too! Regards, Ray
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Not soccer/rugby??? You don't know what American Football is? Have you ever watched the movie Jerry McGuire? If not then American Football is a game a bit like Rugby except that you are allowed to pass forward. The aim is the same, get the ball over the end line to recieve points. There are "poles" to kick the ball through as well. Some other differences are that you can basically tackle anyone, even if they do not have the ball. There are no scrums or line outs. Also the players all wear protective gear (padding and a helmet.) One of the keys to American Football is the number of yards you run. I do not know how that works, but just remember "yardage" and any yank will pat you on the back for being a clever foreinger. Introduction to American College Football Rules regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
I find it very difficult to get 'into' American football. It seems so boring especially when you compare it to rugby. Rugby doesn't allow tackling of persons who are not in possession of the ball which allows the game to flow. Rugby was a lot slower when I started playing in 1992. However, rule changes and the professional game have brought it on strides. Southern Hemisphere rugby is played with a different attitude to what we are used to in the UK. That's changing too with Ireland's resurgence... -Brian
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I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems . And after we got stuffed by the Irish yesterday its about the only thing we Welsh do better than most other rugby playing countries.
hehe.... It's funny though how Ireland have 2 pre-match anthems... -Brian
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I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems . And after we got stuffed by the Irish yesterday its about the only thing we Welsh do better than most other rugby playing countries.
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no, people don't usually sing/belt out words along with the national anthem at sports games in north america. don't know why, but that's how it goes.
probably because they don't know the words :-D I can't remember the words to the English National Anthem. "God save our something Queen, erm, Long live our something Queen" "God Save the Queen, send her victorious, something and glorious" "God Save the Queen" Michael :-)
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I was quite shocked when the national anthem was played , I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? At rugby matches it is quite normal to have 80 000 people singing along to the national anthems . And after we got stuffed by the Irish yesterday its about the only thing we Welsh do better than most other rugby playing countries.
Andrew Torrance wrote: I could not hear the crowd singing . Is this normal in the USA ? Yes, that's normal. It's respectful to the person singing over the PA to not drown him/her out. It's ok to just mouth the words, though. If you see shots on TV of players singing along with the anthem, they're probably not using their voice. --Mike-- "Everyone has figured out what 'service pack' really means, so they had to go and change the language. Perhaps this is what Bill was talking about in the 'security is top priority' letter." -- Daniel Ferguson, 1/31/2002 My really out-of-date homepage Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
