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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

Pffft, if you'd watched any of that you'd know it was nothing like Rugby.

The ball isn't even the same shape.
It's thinner, pointier and longer.

Rugby's jsut a scramble for a ball and then run up the other end of the park with it.
American Football is a tactical game that just doesn't work if players don't learn their playbooks first.

It's teh same with football.

No "strategy" - just get the ball up the park and in the net.

Thus NFL > Football

Football > American Rugby

rah wrote:
> That bored the complete and utter daylights out of me.

ditto

Watched about half an hour or so and just switched on a DVD instead.

Pffft.

I'd rather watch every one of those plays than half an hour of two teams kicking a ball around and not scoring.

The only problem wth it is teh adverts.

Last quarter or so was alright, pity about the other 3.

That bored the complete and utter daylights out of me.

But, then again, there ARE 9 seconds left.

We could be up another hour...

All over, maaan.

Why did they call a time out before the punt?

Alos: stupid Americans. you see English cricketers exercising their minds in various ways and then 5 Americans can't co-ordinate to leave the ball alone for a couple of seconds.



END OF GAME!!!

American football is the only game where 2 minutes can take half an hour.