American Football

[dakegra]

I'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?

Comments

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yup, you come to Minneapolis & I'll take you to a Vikings game!
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*

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

nah, american football is easy. 4 chances to move the ball 10+ yards down the field then the other guys have a go. Points for touchdown, points for conversions, lots of HUGE guys in vast amounts of armour.

We have a similar game over here, we call it 'rugby', but we tend not to use the sissy helmets and armour. :-P