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"NFL Season starts again"

Anyone catch the Colts vs Patriots game to kick off the start of the 85th NFL season? Was a great way to start the season and i hope all the games are as entertaining. Was in a strange situation where i couldn't care who actually won this as i find New England to be horribly boring and Ty Law to be very annoying (he takes arrogance to a whole new level, he makes Jose Mourinho look like the most modest man in the world) and Indianapolis aren't much better with Peyton 'Most over-hyped player ever' Manning leading the charge.

Was good to hear the greatest commentating duo in all of sports Al Michaels and the legend John Madden back once again, no one can beat them.

But anyway the game, few interceptions thrown by Manning showing just how average he is and proving once more New England is not his favourite place (Vick and McNabb are far better) and Ty Law spending most of the game on the bench and when he did come on he got schooled by Marvin Harrison (and why Manning wasn't throwing to him more often i've no idea, he's your best reciever you muppet, use him) Great ending as well with McGuinness sacking him and leaving VanDerJagt with a hard field goal which he missed when he should have only had about a 35 yard attempt to knock threw the sticks.


Bring on the rest of the season

Except the play stops when the knee/shoulder hits the ground. So meh to that idea. You still have oh so much to learn, munn.

I'd love to see a game where it's rained the night before and all frozen over to make it sort of like an ice rink.

"And he's running for the end zone, the 20, he dives! The 15, the 10, the 5, TOUCHDOWN!!"

Would be the greatest thing ever.

gerrid wrote:
> Can't you just tell the cable people and they'll come and fix it?
> And snowy NFL is better than no NFL. In fact weather beaten games are
> ALWAYS the best - that's why I don't like domes - no weather.

Yeah, but it's not actually snowing, it just looks like it.
And I can't tell the cable people to come and fix it it's an evil black not technically legal cable box....

I agree with gerrid.

Can't you just tell the cable people and they'll come and fix it?
And snowy NFL is better than no NFL. In fact weather beaten games are ALWAYS the best - that's why I don't like domes - no weather.

gerrid wrote:
> It's on at 5 in the evening why is it bright outside? Do you NOT live
> in scotland or something?

It's on at 5?
Damn, I thought it was only on at 12pm.

I don't get a good feed from cable anyway. It's like watching it in winter.

I only see the Monday Night games, munn, so hush with your complaining. Just tape them, also, then you can watch them whenever you can/want to.

It's on at 5 in the evening why is it bright outside? Do you NOT live in scotland or something?

gerrid wrote:
> OK I'll explain it for you.
>
> There are 2 Conferences - The national football conference (NFC_ and
> the american football conference (AFC). Each contains 16 teams, split
> into 4 divisions - North South East and West.
>
> Teams in the same Division (NFC West - Seahawks - for instance), play
> each other twice a year every year - home and away. But that only
> gives 6 of the 16 games played each year, so the other 10 games are
> against random opponents from both divisions, and these 10 fixtures
> change every year.

So, the divisions are the same every year?

> The superbowl is the AFC champion and the NFC champion playing each
> other.

That I understand

Makes sense, but, is flawed - for example, one year all of the best teams could be in teh NFC, or in the AFC, so the superbowl final could be between one very good team and one bad.
Doesn't look like it ever is though, so no worries.

Interceptions and fumbles are the best, yes, I had a fumble in Madden earlier, and all of the Eagles players piled into the wrong play, but I was stuck and couldn't run, that's the kind of thing I like to see.
Field goals attempts I like too, and passing plays, short runs are a bit boring unless it's 3rd and inches, or even a 4th and inches running play.

Seattle play one Monday night game this year, against the Jets, that'll probably be the only game I see, as we don't have Sky Sports extra, and I don't like watching it on Sky Sports 3 the next day, I hate watching TV when it's bright outside.

:-(

I do love a good bit of passing and hard tackling but then i was a tight end when i used to play :-D

Nothing quite like seeing a defender burst through an offensive line and sack the poor quarterback for a big old loss