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Giants vs. Dolphins @ London
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| prezbedard 2007-10-28, 12:41 pm |
| Whats your take? Englanders in Specific?
I'm watching now. for those who don't know the NFL over there the Giants should spank the Dolphins. too bad they couldn't give you a better matchup though in the NFL "any team can win any week" | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 8:39 am |
| twas a bit wet and you ruined our lovely pitch. | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 9:41 am |
| it was also a bit more of a game then I figured it would be. | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 10:40 am |
| The throw for the Dolphins touch down was pretty precise, I like that kind of thing.
Sort of pass I do at Football(American translation: soccer) but with my foot, hence foot-ball. Not throwball  | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 11:11 am |
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Originally posted by enforcer
The throw for the Dolphins touch down was pretty precise, I like that kind of thing.
Sort of pass I do at Football(American translation: soccer) but with my foot, hence foot-ball. Not throwball
a good but lucky play that quarterback isn't very good
well 1/3 the game is kicking ..... | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 11:14 am |
| from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_name_'football'_come_from
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How Football Got Its Name
I'll just give you the short version. Basically, football has been around in some form or another for 100s of years. The British are the people who really embraced the sport. At the time, the game was played with a round ball and only feet were used. Then, in the 1800s (I think, it might have been earlier) a school in England (or thereabouts) named Rugby changed the rules and started carrying the ball and running with it. This split the sport into two games that they called Rugby Football and Association Football. The word Soccer is derived from the word "asSOCiation". When the game migrated to the US, the Rugby version became the more popular sport. People started playing it in college, sort of like an intramural sport. Then, some colleges wanted to play each other. When they got together they realized that they all had slightly different rules. So the officials sat down to write down rules everyone could agree on. Thus, our Gridiron Football was evolved! From Football (or Soccer) -> Rugby -> Gridiron. You can say that Soccer is Gridiron's grandpa!
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| enforcer 2007-11-08, 12:13 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by prezbedard
a good but lucky play that quarterback isn't very good
well 1/3 the game is kicking .....
1/3 ??
Normally you have 4 attempts to make 10 yards. if you fail you punt (kick) if you succeed in getting a touchdown you kick for a field goal. And there is a kick after each field goal.
I would at the most is a 1/4 probably less if a team has a series of plays where they get the 10 yards for a first down.
so I would probably say the kicking is as low as 1/8 on average probably even as low as 1/10.  | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 12:28 pm |
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Originally posted by enforcer
1/3 ??
Normally you have 4 attempts to make 10 yards. if you fail you punt (kick) if you succeed in getting a touchdown you kick for a field goal. And there is a kick after each field goal.
I would at the most is a 1/4 probably less if a team has a series of plays where they get the 10 yards for a first down.
so I would probably say the kicking is as low as 1/8 on average probably even as low as 1/10.
actually kicking is much important then you might think in football
you have offense, defense, special teams (kicking)so 1/3 the team plays where kicking is involved
kickoff to start each half of the game
extra point after a touch down,
kickoff after a score
field goals
punt if you don't get 10 or out of field goal range
defending against plays involving the above
so kicking is involved in pretty much ever facet of the game | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 1:27 pm |
| Rugby involves more kicking than Gridiron. | |
| bearing 2007-11-08, 2:27 pm |
| I like the comment by Crowder that he didn't realise they spoke English in London!!
Another Crowder pearl of wisdom
“I couldn’t find London on a map if they didn’t have the names of the countries,” Crowder said. “I swear to God. I don’t know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I learned that."
“I know (Washington Redskins linebacker) London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him. That’s the closest thing I know to London. He’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London. I’m sure that’s a coincidental name.”
What will he think when he see's a black man in London. | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 2:45 pm |
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What will he think when he see's a black man in London.
Where's the nearest hospital? | |
| bearing 2007-11-08, 2:50 pm |
| Kings Cross,no hang on that's a Station.
Can I have a clue please? | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 3:22 pm |
| It's first is in Disarm but not in loadup | |
| bearing 2007-11-08, 3:25 pm |
| Oh, Barts then! | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 3:42 pm |
| No, that would have been 'A king abdicated because of a relationship with his mother' | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 5:21 pm |
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Originally posted by enforcer
Rugby involves more kicking than Gridiron.
ya but Gridiron players could kick rugby players asses  | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 5:49 pm |
| Let them remove all their padding first, then try | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 5:52 pm |
| still quite doable
6'+ 300lbs for an avg lineman | |
| enforcer 2007-11-08, 6:17 pm |
| 270lb for a front row man, but a lot more mobile. | |
| prezbedard 2007-11-08, 6:31 pm |
| quote:
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270lb for a front row man, but a lot more mobile.
LB on a steroid rage |
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