Who's staying up to watch the "Greatest Show on Turf"?
Where's your money going?
I of course being an ardent Steelers fan will be rooting for the Black (well white on this occasion) n Gold!!
Chili dogs at the ready, . . . . Go Steelers!
Steelers 27 Packers 24
Well I cant abide Ben Roethlisberger so going for the Packers.
Can someone please explain why there are only two teams that play the Supebowl?
I like the steelers and the packers so not too fussed, as long as its a decent game!
31-17 to the steelers
I'be only been watching since the play offs started and I'm really into it now. It has meant alot of late nights though when I probably should have been doing work (student). But all the work is done for now so I will definitely be watching the superbowl. I think the Steelers will win but it'll be pretty close. Missed the probowl though.
Come on the terrible towels.
All nighter for me!
How can anyone hate Roethlisburger anyway? He's 9 and 2 in his play off career. There was one game this season where he was all but broken in two and still won the game for them.
Close call but the Steelers have the experience.
Can someone please explain why there are only two teams that play the Supebowl?
Same reason for the FA cup.
GO PACK GO!
Not sure I'll be able to stay up tho...
Watching the superbowl is like watching rugby; a bunch of big blokes thumping the crxp out of each other. Skill level:1 Brawn level:5
Most types of football are pretty boring to watch IMO. If your team are winning, it's all good. If they are loosing, the whole event is depressing.
I witnessed this and people watched at a large gathering when England were playing someone or other last summer. Everyone was [u]really[/u] stressed then pixxed off after the final whistle blew. Why bother? It's just a game! Why pick a passtime that has only two, or perhaps three outcomes? Chances are you will have a bad experience week after week. And that's supposed to be fun?
Spectating is a passtime of little complexity, or one where you can have any interaction. If you enjoy being part of a rowdy rabble and get some sense of "belonging" when in a group who have whipped themselves up into a frenzy, good luck to you.
I really don't understand the widespread fascination with these sports. It's a complete and utter mystery to me!
Proper old school match up, lots of running ... none of that nancy passing rubbish.... least turn overs/controlling the line of scrimmage... wins it.
I hope Steelers.... because of the Steel Curtain... I used to play cornerback
"I really don't understand the widespread fascination with these sports. It's a complete and utter mystery to me!"
Go away then and comment on something that does interest you.....rather than boring us
Well I cant abide Ben Roethlisberger so going for the Packers.
He's a reformed character, 😉 don't you know . . .
Skill level:1 Brawn level:5
Epic fail 😉
Proper old school match up, lots of running ... none of that nancy passing rubbish
Not sure about that, . . . . both teams are going to try and run it, in theory the Packers will be giving up on it first, as they haven't got much of a ground game to talk of and the Steelers can't be run on.
Rodgers and the Pack will have to try and win it through the air.
If we have success running Mendy and Red, and can keep it 50 pass/50 run we should win.
Epic fail
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Epic troll fail from Sponge 😆
Hahaha, so funny - The passion people have about something of no significance whatsoever!
something of no significance whatsoever!
Excellent self-description there.
Apologies for getting your name wrong. Remiss of me.
I'd say Superbowl XLV is just a but significant.
Now if I was passionate about Spongey, then you could accuse me of wasting it on something insignificant.
Go and piss on someone else's thread son.
I would like the see the Cheesehead's win. But I think the Steelers will be to strong for them .
gonna have to be a packer backer due to the inlaws coming from those parts!
Speaking of Epic Fails...the Black Eyed Peas are the half time entertainment this year 🙄
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I say, . . . . . they'll be none of that, . . . . .
actually there won't, . . neither the Steelers or Packers have cheerleaders! 😐
Genuine question, Why on the ring that the winners get does it say World Champions?
Why on the ring that the winners get does it say World Champions?
I'm guessing they're the best in the world at the sport? Unless you can think of any real rival?
Not National or Superbowl champions?
Whathaveisaidnow - MemberI say, . . . . . they'll be none of that, . . . . .
actually there won't, . . neither the Steelers or Packers have cheerleaders!
D'oh! Well, I will still watch it hopefully ...
Spectating is a passtime of little complexity,
You seem well suited to it then
Why on the ring that the winners get does it say World Champions?
No one else used to play it so they were????
Why do they call it football when only 1 player out of the entire team kicks the ball?
Perhaps Americans are not that great at describing things?
I wont watch it. The highlights are ok but just too stop start for me when it is live
GO GO PACKERS !!!
I'll be staying up to watch the Pack take the Lombardi trophy back home
whateverhaveisaidnow
I honestly dont know that much about the current teams... a young family see me to bed way before the football kicks off on a sunday night... I was just hoping it would be a nice close, edgy, defensive game.
What I do know is...this game should have been played outside in freezing conditions with snow piled up around the out field... lord knows they have enough snow in those northern parts at the moment.
Developed from Rugby football . . .
American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football. Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line.
American football resulted from several major divergences from rugby, most notably the rule changes instituted by Walter Camp, considered the "Father of American Football". Among these important changes were the introduction of the line of scrimmage and of down-and-distance rules.
2 players normally kick the ball, the punter and the kicker, even Ben Roethlisberger a QB has punted the ball this season.
Oh the Pack has cheerleaders!... they just sit in the stands and drink lots of beer [wink]
or rather 😉
Quite a few of them have beards tho...
How can I hate Big Ben well three alleged sexual assaults is top of the list. That and he is a cock in IMHO 🙂
Pack to edge it. Rodgers will step it up after last week.
Really looking forward to it. I have a selection of salted snacks already, and i've booked Monday off work.
+1 CaptJon
I've got a few mates coming round. Should be good. Its annoying the beeb aren't showing it in HD though 🙁
Go Cheeseheads - hate Pittsburgh as I'm a Dallas fan so I'll stick with my NFC side of the coin.
I'm a Dallas fan
Well a big fat LMFAO at you then.
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I've got a few mates coming round. Should be good. Its annoying the beeb aren't showing it in HD though
I thought they were. I'm sure they mentioned it on the play off highlights shows. But then if this wind continues I won't be getting any tv let alone HD.
I thought they were.
Me too
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[i] Well I cant abide Ben Roethlisberger so going for the Packers.[/i]
I'll agree with that the blokes a muppet.
Couldn't agree more Kuco - the blokes a total muppet.
i'm hoping for a classic game of smash mouth football, big hits on defense and a close game, could just get it with these too teams. i will be up all night, buying suoerbowl snacks tomorrow and booked monday off work to recover!
How is everyone watching it? On the BBC or sky? I've been watching on the latter since I started watching it so I feel like I should have som loyalty towards them but I do love Jake and the beeb.
BBC in glorious HD for me.
Rocketdog, what's your stay-awake strategy? I have a reasonably busy day ahead - the kind after which I'm bound to want to sleep.
Espresso? Pre-match snooze?
I love to watch it when it's edited down to the hour or so of playing time. Pound for pound, surely the greatest athletes in world sport ?
Tiny attention span means that I can't watch a live game.
Let me know who wins tomorrow a.m.
Anyone recommend a handy, beginners guide to rules and strategy?
Fancy giving it a go as not working 'till late tomorrow, but not up on the finer points of tactics, infringements etc.
Sure I'd enjoy more it if I was a bit more up to speed.
You've got 4 goes to move the ball 10 yards. If you do, you get another 4 goes to move another 10 yards. If you don't, you hand the ball over.
The aim is to get the ball into the opposition's end zone ( behind the try line )and score a touch down.
To move the ball you can run with it or pass it forward once ( you can pass it back more if you want to ).
All the chaos that you see is one team trying to get to the ball and the other team trying to stop them.
There are also field goals which are like pens in rugby.
I just hope they let them play rather than flagging everything.
Packers for me as a long time fan (I have family in Wisconsin and have spent quite a lot of time there over the years)
Anyone know how the dolphins did this year?
Crap 7-9
Stage one of super bowl prep in underway. One Texas BBQ pizza has been ordered.
Anyone going for a tactical nap before it kicks off?
[url= http://coachstilo.nfl.com/exp/en/ ]fun way to learn the game[/url]
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[url=http: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/3192002.stm ]American football in a nutshell[/url]
I normally take a pre-game nap, but i'm far too nervous!
Steelers fan since 1984 and counting!
beer-check
chips (crisps 😉 )-check
snooze-after tea check
excited!
is this gonna be the official NFL fans thread for later?
deadlydarcy - Member
BBC in glorious HD for me.Rocketdog, what's your stay-awake strategy? I have a reasonably busy day ahead - the kind after which I'm bound to want to sleep.
snooze, been for a ride, eaten lots of cake as it's my birthday at midnight so should be able to get a few winks
BBC for me hoping carlson is punditing as he did in the playoffs, as a Redskins fan (*waves fist at Dan Snyder*) i'm completely neutral but my dad is a big packers fan and i'd like Aaron Rogers to get a ring and come out of the shadow of Farve so may root for them
I wish sky sports would dump Halling and get Carlson.
is this gonna be the official NFL fans thread for later?
I'll pop in from time to time, won't be going on nfluk, as it's full of Ben/Steel hate!
I even had a ticket for Superbash down at the O2 but the logistics of it beat me this year, cosied up in Dudley, core bait it! lol!
[i] it's full of Ben/[s]Steel [/s]hate![/i]
That be me here 😉
Will there be a half time 'wardrobe malfunction' this year??
only in my house
Been away for the weekend, just got back. Cheers for the heads-up.
I'm torn on this; used to watch it religiously when I was younger but it's on pretty late on a school night and I'm struggling to think of two teams I could be less enthusiastic about seeing. Might watch the first hour or something.
What time is kick off?
I'm going to try to take a nap before the game so I can stay up - after I assemble my road bike.
Mrs grips is not well tho so she might miss it 🙁
Anyway American Football evolved contemporaneously with the other varieties afaik. As you will know every town or village had its own variation of the ancient game known as football, this was also true of those very old public schools (Rugby being one). The FA was formed to create formal rules so that teams could play each other without arguing, but it was not the only set of rules being codified. The same thing was happening at Harvard (I think) and various other places, which is why we have so many variations. They are all pretty much as old as each other and I don't think any one of the modern codes is specifically derived from another.
Rugby League is closed to American football I reckon (not counting Canadian football).
6.30 EST I think.
Question is, BBC or Sky?
That be me here
Yeah, we know, you've had plenty to say. Let it go. 🙄
Chillidogs scoffed t-minus 50 mins
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Oooooo yeah! Here come the Steelers
Oh bugger. Eated all my snacks and it hasn't even started yet.
I guess I suffer from premature snackulation.
Pittsburghs own christina!
I loved her in Married With Children.
I guess I suffer from premature snackulation.
With that (after the "sitar" one earlier) it's time for bed lad. 😛
Christine Aguilera's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner was tortuous - sounded like someone being strangled.
At least she had some clothes on for this TV appearance.
With that (after the "sitar" one earlier) it's time for bed lad.
I'm going out on a high 8)
Anyways, thank gawd Ms Aguilera has shut up.
Woo. I've just seen my name in lights in the tags. I wonder who that might have been?
Ok, I am a neutral, in as much as this is the first American Football game I have ever watched, and the only thing I know about it is Michael Vick likes dogs.
Who should I be backing?
If you're still lovin' me, then the Steelers. I think most neutrals want to see the Packers win. Their QB is slightly more popular. Also Packers have three SBs to Steelers' six.
Green Day Packers (as my gf referred to them earlier) score.