American Football
Nov. 30th, 2010 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dakegraI've no idea who this guy is, only that he appears to be very, very good at what he does.
I remember watching american football with my dad back in the eighties - Channel 4 did a weekly (iirc) programme covering the goings on in the NFL. We followed the Redskins, the Cowboys, the Raiders, the Dolpins, all these cool-sounding teams with armoured giants clashing against each other.
I remember the time that quarterback got tackled so hard his knee went completely the wrong way. I remember The Refrigerator, who was built like a, well, refridgerator.
Happy days. I wish our TV showed more american football. I'd love to go see a game sometime. Maybe some of my Minneapolis Posse will take me one day?
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Date: 2010-11-30 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-01 03:05 am (UTC)Unfortunately, the team as a whole was not up to his caliber, and they are now (with him gone) arguably the worst team in the country.
He retired suddenly in the late 90s, while still healthy and with several years left in his contract, causing a lot of controversy (and a few lawsuits).
I just checked wikipedia, and it says he admitted later than losing so much just sapped his competitive spirit.
Since he left, the Lions have become arguably the worst team in the league. The 2008 Detroit Lions became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games, and at one point they had a 19 game losing streak (including parts of the seasons before and after that one). A couple of weeks ago, they broke the NFL record by losing their 25th road game in a row (and the streak now stands at 26).
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:31 pm (UTC):-)
Apparently college football is HUGE over there, I hear. Over here the only people who would know about it would be the players!
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:38 pm (UTC)If you want to run errands on a home game day, you need to plan your route and/or timing around the game traffic.
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:43 pm (UTC)*googles*
Take for instance Newcastle United, 'my' football team - they played Manchester United in August, a very big game and attendance was c. 75k.
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:44 am (UTC)They usually show the Superbowl on the Beeb... You could catch that on a late night in early Feb :D
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Date: 2010-12-01 04:35 pm (UTC)Channel 5 used to show NFL games (until last year), but it's all on Sky or ESPN (except the SuperBowl) now.
- Sloopjonb, snowed in.
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Date: 2010-12-04 07:36 am (UTC)I just went to my first game a couple weeks ago. It was fun actually being there but the Vikes sucked BIG TIME and lost horrendously.
I'd guess American Football makes about as much sense to you as Cricket does to me. *grin*
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Date: 2010-12-04 08:52 pm (UTC)We have a similar game over here, we call it 'rugby', but we tend not to use the sissy helmets and armour. :-P