Are you ready for some football?

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-09-12 09:11pm

RedImperator wrote:
Worlds Spanner wrote:Look people, it's really very simple.

All you have to remember is E-A-G-L-E-S!!!!!!!!!
Fuck yeah.

Make that FUCK! YEAH!

E-A-G-L-E-S!!!!!!!!![/quote]

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2004-09-13 12:27am

Straha wrote:
Besides, we all know that the Jets are going to win the AFC East!

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

Sing it on the mountain, brother

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-09-13 12:36am

Well, that was one hell of a ride. KC/Denver. I'm actually happy, even though they lost. KC's defense played just about as well as their offense and that IS something.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-13 12:38am

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Oh my God, the Lions won on the road! EESA MIRACLE!

*does a wee bit o' dancin'*

No kidding. Though it really was a race between them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Absolutely insane sort of game.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-09-13 12:59am

Twins won. Vikings won.

I'm happy.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-09-13 01:47pm

The Giants had better hope Tom Coughln has telekinetic powers to stop the other team's ball carriers, because they're sure as hell not getting it done with that sorry ass tackling.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-09-13 04:19pm

Stormbringer wrote:No kidding. Though it really was a race between them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Absolutely insane sort of game.

No kidding. For those who didn't see it, wrap your heads around this series of plays:

Chicago fumbles the ball, Detroit recovers it, and there's much rejoicing (actually not so much, since they were in Chicago's house, but I digress). The offense sets set up, the balls snaps, the receivers run their routes, and Harrington prompty throws an interception. Then, on the next play, Chicago has their offense ready to go, the ball is fumbled again, and Detroit recovers again, this time actually holding onto the ball.

All this in three consecutive plays. It was madness.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-09-13 04:36pm

*sigh*

Butterbean569 · Post by **Butterbean569** » 2004-09-13 07:40pm

Jalinth wrote:
Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Jalinth wrote:What is so manly about all those pads? Rugby or Aussie rules football have no stinking pads (about 1/10 of an American player)
Because if they didn't, the players would die. When you have 200+ pounds of lump flying at you at max speed every other play, if there weren't as much protection half the teams roster would be out with broken ribs by the end of the game.
This is why other sports have the concept of self-control - an overall good quality for human beings to possess. Leave it to the US sports world to advocate sportsmanship and at the same time have an entire sport devoted to crashing full tilt into your fellow humans.

Also, most sports don't leave you with a very high chance (depending on position) of being crippled for life if you play pro. Accidents do happen, but you need lottery type luck to actually walk without assistance after being a linebacker or certain other positions 5 years after retirement.

Case in point: Just look at Eli Manning's DEVESTATING hit this past weekend. He was knocked so retarded it's not even funny....

I played rugby and football in high school, and have to say that they're about equal in "toughness". You don't have pads in rugby, obviously, so broken collarbones, bruises, and (the worst) random joints to a helmet-less head are painful as hell.

However, in football, people hit much harder because...well...you can get away with it without dying. I've taken/given some big hits in rugby, but most of my biggest hits came in football. Even being on the *dispensing* end of some of my football hits, but with no pads, would have injured me badly (let alone the other guy).

Overall, I think that the hitting in football is more fun, because you don't really have to worry about getting hurt. You can be sprinting, another guy can be sprinting, and you can both get up after you destroy each other...pure destruction! Rugby is fun though

Worlds Spanner · Post by **Worlds Spanner** » 2004-09-16 12:52am

Butterbean569 wrote: Case in point: Just look at Eli Manning's DEVESTATING hit this past weekend. He was knocked so retarded it's not even funny....

Eli's young, and a football player, so he bounced right back up (which some of us thought was a bad thing), but man was that a great hit! And from McDougle no less!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-09-26 03:33pm

Eagles just wrapping up a solid ass-kicking here in Detroit, 27-7 right now in the 4th...