NFL Superbowl

[GhostofBolivar]

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You're in for the long haul lex. 3 hours for the game not including 30 minutes for the half time show.

30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen

TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

[greenlex]

Thanks guys. Looking forward to it.

[Just Jimmy]

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Damn straight he was freaking awesome!! Did anyone else see the other wide reciever getting really p!ssedhe was never getting the ball!

I hope he can bust out another awesome offensive display in the superbowl so we don't end up with the damp squib we had last year

Last year was awesome thanks

Giants won, suits me. Was excellent to wipe the grin of the smug faces of the patroits, and the fact everyone who clear knew nothing about anything wrote us off. Excellent...

[Sylar]

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Last year was awesome thanks

Giants won, suits me. Was excellent to wipe the grin of the smug faces of the patroits, and the fact everyone who clear knew nothing about anything wrote us off. Excellent...

Ach, goan just piss aff - I don't think we were smug at all last year - I'll grant that a lot of our fans seemed to think it was a foregone conclusion (after we mauled you during the regular season at Foxborough), but the players continually kept playing the whole "undefeated" and "favourite" tag down whenever it was raised - they almost appeared embarassed by it all!

I don't just say this because you beat us, but last year was bloody brutal to watch. The Giants defense won them the superbowl last year. That's not a criticism - their strength was in defense and they used it well, but it doesn't make for good neutral observation!

I have utterly no investment in either team this year and have classes on Monday morning, so I doubt i'm going to bother watching it this year.

[Houchy]

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30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen

TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

Too much time on your hands (but good, and funny)

That's a full on idiots guide to American football.

[capitals_finest]

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30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen

TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

Very good.

[LamontHFC©]

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30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen

TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

Thanks you kind sir. Very helpful.

[Hanny]

100 yard interception return for a touchdown by the Steelers!!

Play to be reviewed - looks ok to me

Edit - TD stands

[cabbageandribs1875]

was just about to say well done cardinals for coming back from 20-7 down to lead 23-20(with less than 2 mins left) with two superb TD's from fitzgerald, but steelers got a TD in the last minute to win 27-23 cruel on the cardinals

[mickeythehibbee]

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Ach, goan just piss aff - I don't think we were smug at all last year - I'll grant that a lot of our fans seemed to think it was a foregone conclusion (after we mauled you during the regular season at Foxborough), but the players continually kept playing the whole "undefeated" and "favourite" tag down whenever it was raised - they almost appeared embarassed by it all!

I don't just say this because you beat us, but last year was bloody brutal to watch. The Giants defense won them the superbowl last year. That's not a criticism - their strength was in defense and they used it well, but it doesn't make for good neutral observation!

I have utterly no investment in either team this year and have classes on Monday morning, so I doubt i'm going to bother watching it this year.

That certainly wasn't a problem this year!. I wanted the cardinals to win but in spite of the result it was a cracking game. Much more enjoyable than last year and the only downside is Roethlisberger won.

Dear God i hate that smug git!!

[Just Jimmy]

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Ach, goan just piss aff - I don't think we were smug at all last year - I'll grant that a lot of our fans seemed to think it was a foregone conclusion (after we mauled you during the regular season at Foxborough), but the players continually kept playing the whole "undefeated" and "favourite" tag down whenever it was raised - they almost appeared embarassed by it all!

I don't just say this because you beat us, but last year was bloody brutal to watch. The Giants defense won them the superbowl last year. That's not a criticism - their strength was in defense and they used it well, but it doesn't make for good neutral observation!

I have utterly no investment in either team this year and have classes on Monday morning, so I doubt i'm going to bother watching it this year.

I'll be honest with you, when I say smug it was no way directed at the players. It was the fans to an exetent, but more so the neutrals that really hacked me off. I was well aware of the situation, and readily accept it WAS an upset however, it was the fact very few neutrals were ready to say well done. You could see the 'experts' spitting blood after the game.

Last nights game was boring until the last eight minutes. Kurt Warner did it with the Rams, and again last night did it with the Cardinals. They simply scored too early.

[The_Todd]

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30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen

TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

Can you do one of these for Hockey now?

[mickeythehibbee]

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Can you do one of these for Hockey now?

How about chess, i could never get my head around that one?

[The_Horde]

Never supported any of team up until Steelers took the lead.

Then i kind of adopted the Cardinals and i'm still gutted.

[Pheona]

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30 minute half time show with Bruce Springsteen
TV normally has a bright yellow line showing how far a team has to go to get a new set of downs. This is very helpful.

On any given down teams can:

a) give the ball to a running back who plows forward as far as he can go before several enormous defenders pummel him to the ground.
b) Make 1 forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage to a designated receiver - normally one of four or five options.
c) make as many passes as they like as long as the ball travels backwards. In essence, they can play rugby.

If the ball goes out of play, the ball carrier is knocked to the ground or tackled or a forward pass falls incomplete, the play is dead and the attacking team loses a down, unless they have gained enough distance for a first down. For example. 2nd and 7 means it's second down and they need 7 yards to get a new set of downs. 3rd and 20 means they are either very bad or very naughty.

On average a team will gain about 5 yards per play.

Consequently, teams should go for it on 4th down more often.

The attacking team will generally line up with:

1 Quarterback - Who throws the ball.
1 Running back - aka The halfback. Self-explanatory.
1 Fullback - Blocks for the halfback. Gets no credit for halfback's success.
1-2 Tight ends - Receivers whose principal purpose is to be the source of jokes about their job title.
2-4 Wide receivers - Glory boys who pout a lot if they don't get the ball.
5 Linemen - Stop the opposing team from dismembering the quarterback.

Against this, defending teams typically line up:

1-2 Tackles - Fat *******s.
2 Defensive ends - Man mountains who are scarily quick for their size.
3-4 Linebackers - Brick outhouses who are very angry and would like to introduce you to their friend pain.
2 Cornerbacks - Failed wide receivers, now defend against them.
2 Safetys - Human torpedos.

But there are many defensive set ups where they play extra safetys and corners at the expense of other positions. Typically they'll do this when they expect the attacking team to pass the ball.

Popular terminology:

Fumble - The ballcarrier has just dropped the ball. This may or may not be because he's unconscious
Interception - The quarterback is terrible (and/or Troy Polamalu's awesome)
Blitz - The defence sends many of it's players to stomp the quarterback's head into the ground.
Sack - When a blitz works
Meast - Man-Beast aka Larry Fitzgerald
Shotgun - The quarterback is frightened of the defence and wants to stand as far away from them as possible. Or, he has grown tired of fondling his lineman's tight ass. Or, the attacking team is about to pass the ball.
No-huddle - The attacking team is trying to rush the defence in the hope that the D will make a mess of things. The D, being made up of fat men who don't like being forced to move at speed do not like this.
Special Teams - This is an equal opportunities sport. The players who aren't good enough to play all the time get a chance on kick-offs and punts to try to earn a spot with the big boys (see also: Devin Hester)
Two-minute warning - The Russians have gone to war, so the game will stop at the 2-minute mark in each half for some valuable advertising time. This is in addition to the 3 timeouts in each half teams can use to see if the new BMW looks cool.
Challenge - aka The red flag. A coach thinks the referee's wrong. Works on the same principle as challenges in tennis. Obviously impractical in the SPL where every decision made by the referee would be overturned. Note: if San Diego head coach Norv Turner throws the flag, the referee is right.
Unnecessary Roughness; Interference; Holding; False-start; Illegal Motion - Types of foul penalised by a loss of yardage and/or down. Similarities to a variety of sexual offences is purely coincidental.
Fair Catch - On kickoffs, the receiving team can elect to fair catch and prevent the kicking team from decapitating the person that catches the ball. Like this. If they do the play is dead and they take over at the point of the catch.

Thats the only bit of interest

and the only bit of it I watched.

[Haymaker]

Had a great time watching the final, i was kinda hoping for Zona to do it because i like underdogs in games like this but it was still enjoyable. I still cant believe how 'Berger could move so much in the pocket and still throw like a demon. Crazy.

[zander_hfc]

'Berger is insanely strong and good on his feet, there was so many times he should have been down for a sack, but he just brushes off the tackles then releases a rocket downfield. Would have been a nice fairytale for Kurt Warner to win the 'Bowl at 37, but wasn't to be. I particularly enjoyed seeing Larry Fitzgerald's father in the stands, being a typical journalist, when his son scored what could have been a match winning touchdown, and he just keeps calm with a face of stone. It was a really enjoyable match and roll on next season! Much too big a gap for my liking though!

[Haymaker]

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'Berger is insanely strong and good on his feet, there was so many times he should have been down for a sack, but he just brushes off the tackles then releases a rocket downfield. Would have been a nice fairytale for Kurt Warner to win the 'Bowl at 37, but wasn't to be. I particularly enjoyed seeing Larry Fitzgerald's father in the stands, being a typical journalist, when his son scored what could have been a match winning touchdown, and he just keeps calm with a face of stone. It was a really enjoyable match and roll on next season! Much too big a gap for my liking though!

Yeah i hate this long wait...

Anyone following College football draftees? Anyone we should be looking out for?

[zander_hfc]

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Yeah i hate this long wait...

Anyone following College football draftees? Anyone we should be looking out for?

Generally I don't keep up with the College game, but I hear there's a QB coming through called Matthew Stafford from Georgia, set to be the number QB in the draft so hopefully a good talent. Also saw he may be a good choice for the Detroit Lions, a cornerstone for them to start rebuilding

[Sylar]

It pains me to say this as a Michigan fan but Chris "Beanie" Wells (RB from Ohio State) will be a hot prospect in the draft this year - his record was immense last year. Another hot prospect from Ohio State (who is being lined up as a replacement for Plaxico Buress at the Giants) is James Laurenitis. He single-handedly stopped our offense when OSU blew us away this season

Tyson Jackson, Defensive Tackle for LSU will also be one to keep an eye on after a good season with the Tigers.

The 2 obvious "big picks" to watch will be Matt Stafford (Georgia QB) and Andre Smith (Alabama Crimson Tide, OT), after both had HUGE seasons at college level!

[GhostofBolivar]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft

[Fat Stu]

Just heard that Brett Favre has retired. Great career and some great stats and records.

[Haymaker]

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Just heard that Brett Favre has retired. Great career and some great stats and records.

He said that last year didnt he

A great player and an absolute legend in the game... but I still feel he has damaged his reputation by turning out for the Jets this season, he should have walked away instead his last game he left the field to the chorus of boos from the jets fans...

[GhostofBolivar]

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Just heard that Brett Favre has retired. Great career and some great stats and records.

Shame his massive ego got in the way...

[HibsMax]

Just getting my prediction in early.

Pats. ;)

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Just getting my prediction in early.

Pats. ;)

I agree.

Cutler to the Bears? could be a good signing for them...

[Sylar]

I'm going for a Pats vs Bears finally actually - I said that prior to them signing Cutler, but that's reinforced my thoughts!

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I'm going for a Pats vs Bears finally actually - I said that prior to them signing Cutler, but that's reinforced my thoughts!

Now that would be a great final... so long as we keep the kicks away from Hester!