NFL/NCAA (American Football)

[HibsMax]

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That didn't take too long did it .

I didn't go to school over here so I don't really have a team. But my wife went to BC so I am defaulted to them. Couple of good players have come out of BC over the last few years but obviously BC is not one of the big names.

[DH1875]

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Just checked the tv guide and the NFL isn't on the BBC tonight, its on the red button, so can't be recorded! Really annoying. I guess it will be on iPlayer, but we can't watch that up here with our dark ages internet. I hope its not going to be like this all season....

Bad news IS that it's red button all the way this year. Good news IS that they are re-running the games the next day on it .

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I didn't go to school over here so I don't really have a team. But my wife went to BC so I am defaulted to them. Couple of good players have come out of BC over the last few years but obviously BC is not one of the big names.

If you really like football then you should get into it. Beats the NFL hands down as a spectator sport and is great to watch. Course that probably only works when following a good team. You'll have to speak to Scott about what it's like following dross. There's also the bonus that there's plenty of eye candy on show although again, it's a different story when the wolverines are involved .

[Sylar]

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Bad news IS that it's red button all the way this year. Good news IS that they are re-running the games the next day on it .

If you really like football then you should get into it. Beats the NFL hands down as a spectator sport and is great to watch. Course that probably only works when following a good team. You'll have to speak to Scott about what it's like following dross. There's also the bonus that there's plenty of eye candy on show although again, it's a different story when the wolverines are involved .

I didn't realise it was red button - bit of a poor show from the BBC as there's **** all else on worth showing at that time of night!

It helps (Max) if you actually have a justifiable reason for following a college, rather than just grabbing on to the coat tails of whoever is having the best run at that given time. Doing that could result in you supporting a team who are latterly stripped of titles, banned from bowls and face criminal charges. Just ask DH or anyone who follows Penn State .

I'd spent time at both Michigan and Connecticut and sadly, all joking aside, DH is correct - there's been very little to cheer about from either school on a regular basis. However, it's about so much more than winning at College level. There's a degree of connectedness amongst college fanbases which you just don't get in many other sports. A school pride, regional pride, where more often than not, the NCAA side are more important than an NFL team, owing to the geographical disparity of the teams at the top level.

DH kids himself on with the standard of cheerleaders in Ann Arbor though - don't make me dig out your complimentary post from last year now sir

[Sylar]

Michigan-cheerleaders.jpg

Exhibit A.

[Haymaker]

I love watching football and it not being 3.30am!

[hibsbollah]

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I love watching football and it not being 3.30am!

Enjoying the Chargers- Raiders now, 10-6 SD.

[Sylar]

Baltimore 44-13 Cincinnati
San Diego 22-14 Oakland

AFC North

Baltimore 1-0
Cincinnati 0-1
Cleveland 0-1
Pittsburgh 0-1

AFC West

San Diego 1-0
Denver 1-0
Kansas City 0-1
Oakland 0-1

[NOLA]

Enjoyed the Ravens / Bengals game last night, Flacco is progressing more and more, Ray Rice carried on where he left off last season, Ray Lewis still has it 1 question ive been meaning to ask for years now, why cant the kicker do the punters job aswell?? seems daft to me to have a separate position or am i missing something?

[hibsbollah]

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Enjoyed the Ravens / Bengals game last night, Flacco is progressing more and more, Ray Rice carried on where he left off last season, Ray Lewis still has it 1 question ive been meaning to ask for years now, why cant the kicker do the punters job aswell?? seems daft to me to have a separate position or am i missing something?

Theyre just different skills. The kicker especially has evolved into such a high specialty skill and they are so accurate these days. (in my youth while mucking about ive kicked a 50 yard fg, but to do it over 50% of the time like the pros do must take amazing accuracy and practice. The leg strength isnt the thing, its the technique. Punting (i think) has more to do with elevation, having the power to get a good hang time.

There was a guy as recently as the 80s who punted AND kicked i think, but i cant remember his name.

another thing, why do we never see barefoot kickers anymore? used to be loads of em.

[Gatecrasher]

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Enjoyed the Ravens / Bengals game last night, Flacco is progressing more and more, Ray Rice carried on where he left off last season, Ray Lewis still has it 1 question ive been meaning to ask for years now, why cant the kicker do the punters job aswell?? seems daft to me to have a separate position or am i missing something?

Do you think the Ravens are superbowl contenders or is it too early to tell?

[HibsMax]

I've long known that college football was bigger than the nfl, from what friends told me. I think it's Michigan state that gets, or used to get, 100,000 at games. That's amazing. People say that the college game is purer because the majority of the players will never make the nfl so they're playing for different reasons. This league is getting me more interested in football so who knows what's next...

[Sylar]

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I've long known that college football was bigger than the nfl, from what friends told me. I think it's Michigan state that gets, or used to get, 100,000 at games. That's amazing. People say that the college game is purer because the majority of the players will never make the nfl so they're playing for different reasons. This league is getting me more interested in football so who knows what's next...

Michigan State wish they got 100k at games!

Michigan are the team you're thinking of and it's still the same. They made the stadium even bigger last year and still sell it out without hassle.

Think it's the 4th or 5th biggest stadium in the world and is one hell of a sight when it sells out and the record attendance is something in the order of 114k.

[NOLA]

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Do you think the Ravens are superbowl contenders or is it too early to tell?

defo afc championship contenders again, but too early to say about the SB, it was only the bengals they beat after all strength in depth might be theyre weakness, lost another Olineman and the rookie who replaced him needed alot of help causing some problems which a better team would exploit, Offense looked good though, team sees rice and aims to stop the run leaving big gaps middle field, worked well last night for Super Joe Flacco

[HibsMax]

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Michigan State wish they got 100k at games!

Michigan are the team you're thinking of and it's still the same. They made the stadium even bigger last year and still sell it out without hassle.

Think it's the 4th or 5th biggest stadium in the world and is one hell of a sight when it sells out and the record attendance is something in the order of 114k.

LOL. So I f'ed up? Michigan and Michigan State are two different schools? Rhetorical question really since I already found out using google. Michigan State (Spartans) vs University of Michigan (Wolverines). Got it.

Must be a real treat getting out the parking lot. LOL.

[DH1875]

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Michigan-cheerleaders.jpg

Exhibit A.

Don't let him kid you on. These are more accurate.

[HibsMax]

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Don't let him kid you on. These are more accurate.

Any pictures of women?

[DH1875]

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I didn't realise it was red button - bit of a poor show from the BBC as there's **** all else on worth showing at that time of night!

It helps (Max) if you actually have a justifiable reason for following a college, rather than just grabbing on to the coat tails of whoever is having the best run at that given time. Doing that could result in you supporting a team who are latterly stripped of titles, banned from bowls and face criminal charges. Just ask DH or anyone who follows Penn State .

I'd spent time at both Michigan and Connecticut and sadly, all joking aside, DH is correct - there's been very little to cheer about from either school on a regular basis. However, it's about so much more than winning at College level. There's a degree of connectedness amongst college fanbases which you just don't get in many other sports. A school pride, regional pride, where more often than not, the NCAA side are more important than an NFL team, owing to the geographical disparity of the teams at the top level.

DH kids himself on with the standard of cheerleaders in Ann Arbor though - don't make me dig out your complimentary post from last year now sir

Where to start, where to start. Did any of you watch the game on the red button last night? I gave it till midway through the 3rd quarter and had to give up. If that's how the BBC are going to package the games every week they will turn a lot of fans off. Talking of turning fans off, what has the babestation type music like they had playing over THE SAME BLOODY GRAPHICS every time the US cut to an ad break . It honestly got to the stage I had to turn the volume down every time. Who'd have thought you'd ever miss adverts during a game. Then there was the little 5 min programme on the Bengals at half time, WTF was that all about? It was so out of date it was untrue. Also got me thinking about how ridiculous it was that they have an ESPN broadcast with their commentators and yet its on the BBC and not ESPN over here. The money they wasted on it would have been enough to get me to present it and I'd even have Scott on as the side kick .
Talking about Scott, don't listen to him. Of course it would be easier if you had some sort of affinity with a school or town/city but then you can say that for just about any sports team. How many of the guy's that post on here have actually gone to the US and seen their NFL team play? Doubt it's even half and yet their just as big a fan of their teams than a guy born and bread in that teams city. People can judge all they want but I honestly had NO idea how big the Buckeyes where when they picked me and given that most of my other teams suck, I was due a break. Course, then it all went a bit Pete Tong but we are on the road back to where we belong.

College ball is awesome and you should all get into it. Even on the PS3, NCAA Football is better than Madden.

[HibsMax]

Is there any way for you guys to watch online? Would probably be better AND you would get your much-missed ads too. ;)

As for BBC vs ESPN....it wouldn't shock me if ESPN in the UK has very little to do with ESPN over here.

[DH1875]

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DH kids himself on with the standard of cheerleaders in Ann Arbor though - don't make me dig out your complimentary post from last year now sir

She was an angel sent from heaven to take my mind of watching you guy's . She wasn't the hottest women I've ever seen but there was just something really beautiful about her. Thinking about her (I sound like a pervert) I can't put into words what it was she had but whatever it was, she had it.

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Any pictures of women?

Hope she do's.

[Sergio sledge]

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Where to start, where to start. Did any of you watch the game on the red button last night? I gave it till midway through the 3rd quarter and had to give up. If that's how the BBC are going to package the games every week they will turn a lot of fans off. Talking of turning fans off, what has the babestation type music like they had playing over THE SAME BLOODY GRAPHICS every time the US cut to an ad break . It honestly got to the stage I had to turn the volume down every time. Who'd have thought you'd ever miss adverts during a game. Then there was the little 5 min programme on the Bengals at half time, WTF was that all about? It was so out of date it was untrue. Also got me thinking about how ridiculous it was that they have an ESPN broadcast with their commentators and yet its on the BBC and not ESPN over here. The money they wasted on it would have been enough to get me to present it and I'd even have Scott on as the side kick .
Talking about Scott, don't listen to him. Of course it would be easier if you had some sort of affinity with a school or town/city but then you can say that for just about any sports team. How many of the guy's that post on here have actually gone to the US and seen their NFL team play? Doubt it's even half and yet their just as big a fan of their teams than a guy born and bread in that teams city. People can judge all they want but I honestly had NO idea how big the Buckeyes where when they picked me and given that most of my other teams suck, I was due a break. Course, then it all went a bit Pete Tong but we are on the road back to where we belong.

College ball is awesome and you should all get into it. Even on the PS3, NCAA Football is better than Madden.

I watched a bit of it and agree it wasn't good. They've basically invested nothing in it at all. I was tempted to see if the game was on 5live to get their commentary and just mute the tv.

[DH1875]

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Is there any way for you guys to watch online? Would probably be better AND you would get your much-missed ads too. ;)

As for BBC vs ESPN....it wouldn't shock me if ESPN in the UK has very little to do with ESPN over here.

You can legally watch the games online with gamepass but they block the games that are on the TV and you don't get the play-offs. Costs about £100 to get it.


Just for you .

[Gatecrasher]

just watching last nights highlights on tv, you dont get as much of a feel of the game when its just the highlights however the GB played quite well but Cutler seemed to have a bit of a shocker.

Donald Drivers TD celebration was class

[NOLA]

Question for the seahawk fans, is your defense stronger against the pass or rush? Or both as good as each other.

[hibsbollah]

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Question for the seahawk fans, is your defense stronger against the pass or rush? Or both as good as each other.

Statistically, we were better against the rush(5th best in league) than the pass (11th) last year. We have some of the best db's in the league though so id say its pretty even.

[NOLA]

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Statistically, we were better against the rush(5th best in league) than the pass (11th) last year. We have some of the best db's in the league though so id say its pretty even.

thanks, i knew you drafted that guy irvin, looks to be a pass rusher im sure, turning into a good D unit

[hibsbollah]

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thanks, i knew you drafted that guy irvin, looks to be a pass rusher im sure, turning into a good D unit

He looks more like a wide receiver than a defensive end, hes small but hes ridiculously fast. If he doesnt get bullied by guys 100 lbs heavier than him he'll get sacks

[Gatecrasher]

Just checked the Schedule for tomorrow night

Cal @ Ohio St
Alabama @ Arkansas
Notre Dame @ Michigan St

Very good line up IMO

they seemed to have stopped showing NFL countdown on a Sunday

[Calvin]

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Question for the seahawk fans, is your defense stronger against the pass or rush? Or both as good as each other.

I would say that our secondary is really capable of a top level of interceptions this year and hopefully our pass rush will improve. I've got the free trial of gamepass this weekend so will be able to watch every snap for once and analyse a bit more.

[Gatecrasher]

Pitt 21 up on Virginia Tech!!

Just started watching the Cal @ Ohio St

Cal taking Ohio St all the way here 28-28 with 8:10 to go in the 4th

finished 35-28 to Ohio

[Gatecrasher]

Alabama have taken Arkansas to bits currently 45-0 with 11 mins left in the 4th