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"Bigger than super bowl....."

Well watched some of it last night it kept on stopping and restarting i was like 'Wtf is happening' after they restarted they start to jump at each other with helmets and pads er okay....
Well something bigger than the 'Super bowl' i reckon is the big titan game between Man Utd and Arsenal ... oh yes!

Oh no, once I get interested in something, I wanna know everything about it.

Like a few years ago I watched an F1 race, I knew nothing, now I know quite a considerable amount about the sport and its history.

I just like learning about new things.

Its fun to watch, as long as you don't even attempt to understand the rules.
What I get is:

Bend over, through the ball between your legs.
Get to the other end with all limbs intact
Go 'Huh huh huh' and be an exited american bloke
Slap some tight-panted bum
Take a nakee shower with everyone

I've seen superbowl a few times, i can't be bothered to learn the rules and like it properly, though.

Hey Gerrid, you seem to know a lot about American Football. Im gettin quite interested myself but I dont know much about it.

Could I contact you on MSN?

If you dont wanna give your addy out, mines is:

[email protected]

Much appreciated if you could tell me more about the sport.

Unbeliever wrote:
> Apparently for an american football game lasting around 4 hours, the
> ball is in play for only around 20 minutes - how rubbish is that?

60 minutes.
There are 4 quaters with 15 minutes in each.
The clock stops when the ball goes out of bounds, a pass is incomplete, someone calls a time out, possession changes, a fair catch is called, there is an injury time out, a play is challenged, and on a two point conversion, after a touchdown.
The rest of the time the clock runs down.

And when you think about football, it takes roughly twenty seconds to score a goal, and matches last for 90 minutes.
What is happening for the other 89 minutes of the match? Build up. And teams score much more frequently in the NFL.
This years Superbowl was fantastic, and it was almost a shame the raiders couldn't play more effectively, as the game would have been more competetive.
Here's hoping for a Packers - Eagles Final next year.
You should all watch the Pro Bowl as well. It's usually great.

maddmun wrote:
> Who won anyway? I turned it off RIGHT after Tampa Bay went 12 - 3 up.

Tampa Bay.

48 to 21

Who won anyway? I turned it off RIGHT after Tampa Bay went 12 - 3 up.

It was eletric... shame the FA cup final isnt too much like that nor the european cup final but if your team wins either it feels good either way.

I didn't get to see the Superbowl, but I'd think it'd be pretty electric.
DC, did you watch it????

Ant wrote:
> Man Utd are gonna whoop Arsenal.
>
> Although, I'm more interested in the Liverpool game against
> Leeds/Gillingham...we need to beat Palace first though.

i think we'll be more up for it this time........
and u know what happens when we're on fire.