The American Football Thread

[Walker]

Okay, so the Olympics are cool and all, but really, let's get our priorities straight. The NFL preseason starts tonight so far as I'm concerned, 1900 EST, 'Skins vs. the Buffalo Bills.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS, bitches.

Anybody else got any hopes and dreams for this season?

 

[Tsuyu]

Since I like you a lot, I'll cheer for your handegg team.

Go Walker's team!

 

[TRA Rotid]

Yeah, sure, 'Skins for the win...

 

[Necromancer]

Dear America,

Please get rid of football and embrace soccer.

Sincerely,

That one guy who lives in you (me)

 

[Tsuyu]

What the heck is "soccer"? Some sort of artificial sweetener?

 

[Hermit]

Bandits of Borgo are the best football team son
so pimp are these ones

also soccer is boring as heeeeeeeeyull.

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

I already know someone's gonna strike me but STEELERS NATION FOR LIFE! Y'ALL AINT GOT NOTHIN' ON US! And Roethlisberger Rape Jokes are pointless because it never went to court. HA!

 

[Quistrix]

Keep misreading that as 'foreskins'. God damn.

 

[ScareCrowReturn]

What's with the yanks and their 'football' - it's ridiculous, they play a game called football with their hands.

Wasen't it called Gridiron? Or something?

Basically football was the firs ball sport really, then rugby came off that and then gridiron, or american football.. something like that anyway..

 

[Walker]

I already know someone's gonna strike me but STEELERS NATION FOR LIFE! Y'ALL AINT GOT NOTHIN' ON US! And Roethlisberger Rape Jokes are pointless because it never went to court. HA!

RAVENS GUNNA **** YOU UP.*

(I'm a 'Skins fan, yeah, but as a Marylander I know where I fall on the Ravens-Steelers spectrum.)

*Specifically, we're sending Ray Lewis after your attempted-rapist QB.

Wasen't it called Gridiron? Or something?

Basically football was the firs ball sport really, then rugby came off that and then gridiron, or american football.. something like that anyway..

No. First ball sport was probably the mesoamerican ball game.

Aussies call it gridiron, and call their own version of football, football. I think. Or something like that. Dammit, I can never remember, ask Arse.

And no. Association Football, the one you all call football and we call soccer because we like ripping off defunct British slang; and the assorted varieties of rugby football, were codified at roughly the same time in the UK. American Football and Canadian Football (which are damn near identical) were codified slightly later in North America and evolved from there. I think our versions are supposed to have split off from rugby, which makes sense considering how much time the ball spends in the hand.

[cue balls-in-hand joke]

 

[Necromancer]

Keep misreading that as 'foreskins'. God damn.

There are times when my curiosity about what goes on in your mind is just incredibly overwhelming.

What the heck is "soccer"? Some sort of artificial sweetener?

*sigh*

I thought we were past this.

I'm American. I'm going to call it soccer even though football is more fitting. Get over it.

 

[Tsuyu]

We'll never get past that, and you know it. :shifty:

 

[Quistrix]

There are times when my curiosity about what goes on in your mind is just incredibly overwhelming.

What goes on in my mind:

Yup, that's about right.

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

Ray Lewis is gonna dominate Big Ben as always to be honest. Hopefully our O-line renovations will help to delay it a bit.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

Ray Lewis is gonna dominate Big Ben as always to be honest. Hopefully our O-line renovations will help to delay it a bit.

GO EAGLES!

Our dog fighter will destroy your would-be rapist FOR THE WIN

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

GO EAGLES!

Our dog fighter will destroy your would-be rapist FOR THE WIN

Speakin' of the Eagles, congrats on that pre-season win. Twas close but once the season gets rollin' we're gonna dominate the competition

 

[Walker]

'Skins won, too... though I did go to sleep before it was over, because I'm a failure as a football fan.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Apparently we play the Steelers early in the season, too, Craps. I'll be sure to heckle you when we do.

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

'Skins won, too... though I did go to sleep before it was over, because I'm a failure as a football fan.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Apparently we play the Steelers early in the season, too, Craps. I'll be sure to heckle you when we do.

I'll be sure to take the heckling like the woman I am and then laugh as we conquer the newcomin' RG-III (Luck is better IMO).

 

[Gikoku]

Please, the NY Giants will destroy everyone once again, as is tradition.

I'd love to root for my home team, but the Cleveland Browns are crappier than a turd.

 

[Tsuyu]

Brown is the colour of poo, also. Nice double-whammy, Giki.