American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

I don't have a rooting interest one way or the other but geez, those yellow helmets of the Steelers sure are ugly :bleh:

Giants grind out a win, 21-14, against the Steelers. :woot:

Roethlisberger: four interceptions and five sacks. :victory:

yeah, Steelers' offense did nothing.

Jav_sol wrote:yeah, Steelers' offense did nothing.

Neither did the Giants, for the most part... But Eli never got sacked, while Roethlisberger got pummeled throughout most of the game.

bmwracer wrote:Giants grind out a win, 21-14, against the Steelers. :woot:

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that game was going so good until the end :bleh:

Niners get hammered by the Seahawks, 34-13, but Coach Singletary shows the team who's the boss: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Amp7x7OW4JPK.AffYL5Q3yJDubYF?slug=ap-49ers-singletary&prov=ap&type=lgns

bmwracer wrote:This is a very frustrating team to watch. :grumble:

In London no less!!! What's the deal with the NFL feeling like it has to waste a home game for someone (Saints this case) just to advertise a sport that basically nobody but Americans care about .... :shakehead:

At least those London fans got to see some entertaining "football". :victory:

suzzy wrote: that game was going so good until the end :bleh:

Really?? I thought the ending was the best ... with an unusual safety and a nice Manning drive for a TD.

The earlier parts of the game felt like a field goal kicking marathon and endlessly bad trips to the redzone for both teams. :bleh:

adub2adub wrote:In London no less!!! What's the deal with the NFL feeling like it has to waste a home game for someone (Saints this case) just to advertise a sport that basically nobody but Americans care about .... :shakehead:

That seems to be a faulty generalization: If the Brits didn't care about football, how come the stadium was sold out?

bmwracer wrote:
That seems to be a faulty generalization: If the Brits didn't care about football, how come the stadium was sold out?

Yea, but for the 1 or 2 trips a year that the "real" NFL ever makes a stop to England?? ... one sell-out wouldn't be unusual. It's like occasionally selling out soccer games in the States ... sometimes it'll happen, but it doesn't mean it's popular or a success here.

Why do you think NFL Europe basically was a failure? American football can't sustain itself there. Plus, the league is still screwing over teams of a "homegame" when travel schedules are bad as it is. :shakehead:

adub2adub wrote:Yea, but for the 1 or 2 trips a year that the "real" NFL ever makes a stop to England?? ... one sell-out wouldn't be unusual.

They're only talking about one or two games over there, not an entire season...

bmwracer wrote:
They're only talking about one or two games over there, not an entire season...

Heh, that was kinda my point .... why bother having that one or two games somewhere where the sport generally isn't popular, doesn't have potential of establishing a league, and the short-term negatives outweigh any positives as well.

adub2adub wrote:

Really?? I thought the ending was the best ... with an unusual safety and a nice Manning drive for a TD.

The earlier parts of the game felt like a field goal kicking marathon and endlessly bad trips to the redzone for both teams. :bleh:

Actually, the redzone trips were only for the Giants. The Steelers never had the ball in the redzone. :banghead:

Obviously, I was disappointed by the result, but I am a fan of good defense, and both teams were playing it pretty much all game. I thought it was a great game, with an unfortunate outcome for the Steelers.

pearl jam wrote:

. I thought it was a great game, with an unfortunate outcome for the Steelers.

yea

49er's interim headcoach Mike Singletary's halftime motivational speech reportedly included dropping his pants.... :sweat:


Some things are, perhaps, best kept in the locker room. :notell:

Watching the Plowboys getting served by the Giants, 35-14. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Watching the Plowboys getting served by the Giants, 35-14. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

They need Romo back. I feel the pain of losing your starting QB, I just hope the Pats' Defense shows up tonight. :sweat:

Raiders get a donut, care of the Falcons, 24-0. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

Da Raiders offensive (literally) machine cranks out an impressive 77 total yards for the entire game. :hehe: :rofl:

"Just lose, baby." :mrgreen:

Last two Pats' offensive drives = pathetic. :grumble:

Colts grind out a win against the Pats, 18-15. :victory: