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« on: September 13, 2010, 05:11:02 PM » |
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A good opening weekend on the gridiron, folks. Tonight, the completely inept Washington Redskins somehow managed to beat their long-time rivals, the hated and loathsome Dallas Cowboys. Maybe better to say that the Cowboys beat themselves...they made about as many serious mistakes as the Pigs. Tony Romo actually threw the game-winning touchdown in the last 3 seconds of the game, only to see the play negated by middle-school-level holding by one of his own offensive linemen.  I love seeing football teams from Texas lose. I am SO laughing my ass off right now.  Also, on Saturday the valiant Oklahoma Sooners met the Florida State Seminoles on the field of glory. I am happy to report that the Sooners beat them 'Noles like a rented mule, at 47-17, in the 'Noles opening game. Boy, it sure must suck to be a 'Nole Fan right about now.  Even the perennially underpowered team from my graduate alma mater, the University of Tulsa, managed to win in its 2nd game. Loves dem 'Canes!  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 08:05:02 PM » |
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Go Eagles!
Oh yeah, lost to the Packers .... <sigh> ..... gonna be a long season.
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 10:35:04 PM » |
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I kinda hope so.  As an employee of DirecTV, I get the NFL Sunday Ticket free as part of my package. I can see every game in the NFL every Sunday, in glorious blazing HD. I can even watch 8 games at once, and zap to one if it gets exciting. After Sunday, I can watch any and all the week's NFL games in "short-cut" format...which means the game is cut down to about 30 minutes. No commercials, no standing around...just one play after another. I get another channel that shows nothing but the week's big plays from all the games. So, am I ready for some f**king football? Oh hell yeah. |
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"Vicodin and dumplings...it's a great combination!" (Anthony Bourdain, in Harbin)
"Here in China we aren't just teaching...
we're building the corrupt, incompetent, baijiu-swilling buttheads of tomorrow!" (Raoul F. Duke)
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2010, 06:34:36 AM » |
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Go Eagles!
Oh yeah, lost to the Packers .... <sigh> ..... gonna be a long season.
As a life-long Packers fan I was ecstatic, but having flashbacks to many heart-breaking losses to the Eagles until the final whistle. Maybe they should have put in Michael (puppy chow) Vick earlier. So does he start for the rest of the season? |
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2010, 06:40:04 AM » |
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I love seeing football teams from Texas lose. I am SO laughing my ass off right now. Couldn't agree more. I've hated those arrogant, choking bastards since the days of Dandy Don Merrideth. Don't care that Romo is from my home state, I'd still prefer to see him writhing on the ground in agony with a severed spine than holding our beloved Lomardi Trophy. |
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2010, 09:16:30 AM » |
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Funny thread!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2010, 01:06:41 PM » |
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They got a black eye, but the Cowboys ain't dead yet. We'll see what the future brings. Even the might Peyton lost this week.
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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 06:44:06 PM » |
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They got a black eye, but the Cowboys ain't dead yet. We'll see what the future brings. Even the might Peyton lost this week.
indeed, the boys actually looked better than they did all preseason. it doesn't take away the stupid penalties and how they basically handed the win to the 'skins on a silver platter.. As far as yesterday's game, I loved how the ravens loyed the smackdown on them jets... Rex Ryan has one hell of a big mouth and he is writing checks that his team has to cash My beloved seminoles on the other hand.....   they fired Bowden for this?   |
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« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 02:06:55 AM » |
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Re: American (i.e. REAL) Football A good opening weekend on the gridiron, folks. I am a RUGBY guy but I do not want to start an argument about which code is the "real football." Just find it interesting that every area has a different code in mind when they use the word "football." - in New Zealand "footie" means Rugby - England has Football but countries with a different dominant code are forced to refer to it as Soccer - Rugby League had to come up a name that dodged around both 'football' and 'Rugby.' I am pretty sure that to most Australians 'football' means 'League.' The 'Footy Show' on TV sure gives that impression. - in some areas of Australia (notably Victoria) football is Australian Rules - the USA overcame the problem by calling their football "Gridiron." I walk into a black hole when trying to explain to Chinese students that there is more than one kind of 'football.' If you have ever tried to describe Rugby, without using visual aids, you will know what I mean. I have not seen the term 'gridiron' for years so I find it interesting that Nolefan used it.Later RD refers to 'football.' I was just wondering if someone from the USA can give an idea of which word they use when talking to their mates (friends) back home. PS I like watching any code of football on TV - but, as they say in the advertisements back home, the Name of the Game is Rugby! |
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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 02:23:29 AM » |
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When talking to Chinese people about rugby and North American football (something I strangeley enough have few reasons to do) I simply use the Chinese word, which is the same for both sports-gan lan qiao.
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« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 05:03:11 AM » |
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I'm not gonna rise to the bait  but did anyone hear? Leicester City beat Cardiff last night. We won a game! There's only one Andy King! |
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 03:15:44 PM » |
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When talking to Chinese people about rugby and North American football (something I strangeley enough have few reasons to do) I simply use the Chinese word, which is the same for both sports-gan lan qiao.
Yes - the one word/two sports of China creates another 'black hole' for me. I feel compelled to explain that there is a difference - the main difference being that the guys playing gridiron wear enough body armour to take on a SWAT team ... and rugby players do not. I am reduced to body language in describing the main thing they have in common - body contact    - which requires much smacking of fist into hand. Then I give up. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2010, 12:17:34 PM » |
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Well, I actually referred to "the gridiron" in the very first post of this thread... It doesn't refer to the game itself, though, but rather to the place where the game is played. So you don't play gridiron...you play football ON a gridiron.  Anyway, the topic here is AMERICAN football. Please keep discussions of that boring Commonwealth tat, in all its forms, confined to the 9,838 topics we already have on those alleged "sports". |
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"Vicodin and dumplings...it's a great combination!" (Anthony Bourdain, in Harbin)
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2010, 12:54:50 PM » |
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the topic here is AMERICAN football I see.  |
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« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2010, 04:24:55 AM » |
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Got my game plan up and running. Not missing a game this season. Of course I will be missing a lot of shut eye. All of the live games and the ability to watch every game I missed live. Choices, choices, choices.... |
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