Fantasy (NFL) Football anyone?

Zem YN3B · Really Bored Matress

Fantasy (NFL) Football anyone?

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

So, football with a rectangular ball? Which doesn't go near your feet? Fantasy indeed!

bonniepirateanne · Date: Aug 14, 2006

sha76jam wrote:

So, football with a rectangular ball? Which doesn't go near your feet? Fantasy indeed!

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

I'm probably out...

Fantasy indeed!

Feet come into contact with the Football, in Football, many, many, many times during any give match!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_(football)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placekicker

Kicking is one of many critical aspects of American Football!

And, the ball's an oval, not a rectangle:

-- Edited by NateO at 23:19, 2006-08-14

bonniepirateanne · Date: Aug 15, 2006

that link didnt make any sense.. kind of like american football

(.. were you going to say that shaz?.. maybe i didnt try hard enough.. or too hard?)

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Poor Zem and Nate. All they did was try and enrich are lives with a game and a bit of education and what did they get for their trouble? Ridicule.

Be more respectul people. Nate is the king of cool and Zem's like a soldier who could kill you with his little finger, which is actually a WMD. Be afraid people. Be very afraid.

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Well I say big up to them both -

I did get into American Football when I was in my teens (watching it) I knew what 3 down and 10 meant and everything...

To be fair I think it has more going for it than our nancy boy football which is just a bunch of men running around kissing each other.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

NateO wrote:

Kicking is one of many critical aspects of American Football!

And, the ball's an oval, not a rectangle

Ah, but you see I was reponding to Zem YN3B's "Football as in the kind with the oblong ball you throw, not the spheroid ball you kick."

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

JonnyStead wrote:

Well I say big up to them both

You say what? Why would you say that?

bonniepirateanne · Date: Aug 15, 2006

JonnyStead wrote:

Well I say big up to them both -

I did get into American Football when I was in my teens (watching it) I knew what 3 down and 10 meant and everything...

To be fair I think it has more going for it than our nancy boy football which is just a bunch of men running around kissing each other.

i married into a family of carolina panthers fans (and actually our church had one preach the other day..) so i have watched a few and am starting to grasp what goes on - obviously you werent watching close enough stead, if our football is an excuse for the guys to kiss - american football is definitely an excuse for them to smack each other on the butt

(the only reason they dont kiss is cause of the helmets

)

Zem YN3B · Really Bored Matress

ddvmor wrote:

Poor Zem and Nate. All they did was try and enrich are lives with a game and a bit of education and what did they get for their trouble? Ridicule.

Be more respectul people. Nate is the king of cool and Zem's like a soldier who could kill you with his little finger, which is actually a WMD. Be afraid people. Be very afraid.

I actually have to walk around with a sock on my hand, just to make sure I don't smite someone with a careless gesture. And also because my glowing WMD finger attracts moths, but it's more about the not killing people part.

I've been trying to explain football to my poor father (Cuban parents) for several years now. Still can't get him to understand the concept of first down.

Granted, football is pretty complicated compared to many sports. And I would insert a jab at soccer players writhing around after being brushed by another player's jersey, but I'm a soccer fan, too, so I can't do that.

On a related note, I watched the Real Madrid v. D.C. United match here in Seattle last week. Majority of the crowd was cheering for Real, which would have made me happy except it was balanced out by several people wearing Barcelona paraphenalia. What kind of moron wears a Barcenola jersey to a Real match? Do you have the faintest notion of how much those two teams hate each other? Wanted to punch someone in the nose (I was raised in Madrid, and a Real fan. Ask me about the time the family I stayed with while visiting in 97 almost wouldn't let me in his house).

And finally ... I was profoundly amused by Freddy Adu's quote in the local paper about how the match made a statement about U.S. soccer being able to compete with the rest of the world. Yes Freddy, the best MLS team's players in mid-season form earning a draw against Real's second and third stringersis quite a statement. Both teams started with their starters, more or less (three Real players, including Ronaldo, didn't even make the trip). Subs at halftime: D.C. United - 0, Real Madrid - 5. Beckham didn't even come out of the locker room after halftime.

Note to American soccer: You are about a century behind the world soccer powers. You will not be winning a world cup anytime soon.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Zem YN3B wrote:

Ask me about the time the family I stayed with while visiting in 97 almost wouldn't let me in his house

So, Zem. Tell us about the time the family your stayed with while visiting in '97 almost wouldn't let you into the house...

Zem YN3B wrote:

Beckham didn't even come out of the locker room after halftime.

Oh yeah. You've got Beckham. Lucky you! He is a great role model and can teach your younglings how to be chavs! Bling, anyone?

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Could someone write to Beckham telling him I'm a mortally wounded 12yr old who just wants to meet his idol before he shuffles off? Then we he turns up to see me I can jump out of bed and punch him repeatedly in the face while screaming "Sign an ad campaign now you complete basserd!"

Blimey - I dont know where the rage comes from...

Zem YN3B · Really Bored Matress

Thank you for giving the link to the definition of chav ... although I think I can top Becks in the chav category ...

I give you, the Uncle Sam's own Kevin Federline.

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

He's certainly right up there with the best of em!