American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

Geezer wrote:Has anyone else ever heard of the World Bowl of American Football?

Not me... But it sounds interesting... And with Japan winning the title the last two years, I'm even more interested. ;)

Alas, I have no cable/satellite/etc... :sweat:

Geezer wrote:Has anyone else ever heard of the World Bowl of American Football?

I read about this in the on-line Japan Times. I was wondering where they got the American players.

I do know a number of Japanese colleges and high schools play American football and have for a while (a cousin of mine played football for his high school in the early 80's while living in Japan).

While the cost would be prohibitive, it would be interesting to see a top Japanese high school football team play an American high school team.

shin2 wrote:While the cost would be prohibitive, it would be interesting to see a top Japanese high school football team play an American high school team.

I'd bet the American HS team would be pretty smug and uppity...

bmwracer wrote:
I'd bet the American HS team would be pretty smug and uppity...

I don't think so. The pressure to play well and win, along with the perceived notion that they would be representing the U.S. against a foreign team, would certainly cause them to not take their opponents lightly.

shin2 wrote:I don't think so. The pressure to play well and win, along with the perceived notion that they would be representing the U.S. against a foreign team, would certainly cause them to not take their opponents lightly.

I suppose....

The "Ugly American" stereotype seems to prevail in my mind when it comes to (most) sports... :sweat:

I see where Todd Marinovich got busted for possession. I thought about starting a thread "Incredibly Stupid Athletes" but I don't think the server can handle the load.

With the start of a new college football season, it's time to revive this thread.

A terrific opening weekend. Appalachian St.'s upset of Michigan at Ann Arbor was huge. It's analogous to having a team of second stringers beating a team of first stringers, albeit those second stringers were certainly talented.

The Cal/Tennessee game was very entertaining. Cal might be the most fun team to watch this year; their quality of offensive skilled position players is impressive. Football fans in the Bay area will be in for a treat this season.

My local newspaper listed 27 college football games that were broadcast over the weekend. . .no, I did not view all 27 games, but I caught parts or much of a number of them. . .I was one happy camper.

shin2 wrote:A terrific opening weekend. Appalachian St.'s upset of Michigan at Ann Arbor was huge. It's analogous to having a team of second stringers beating a team of first stringers, albeit those second stringers were certainly talented.

To see Michigan get humbled was very satisfying... Let's hope another involving a SoCal school *USC, cough* is in the very near future... :)

The Cal/Tennessee game was very entertaining. Cal might be the most fun team to watch this year; their quality of offensive skilled position players is impressive. Football fans in the Bay area will be in for a treat this season.

It was a revenge game for Cal, so the Bears were more than motivated... But their D didn't put up much of a fight, either, and that'll be a problem in the long run...

bmwracer wrote:
It was a revenge game for Cal, so the Bears were more than motivated... But their D didn't put up much of a fight, either, and that'll be a problem in the long run...

Cal's defense or lackthereof is yet another reason why I think the Bears will be such a fun team to watch. The more points they give up, the more their offense will have to put out to keep them in the game. That's a marvelously entertaining group of players they've got running, catching, and throwing the football with an offensive line good enough to give those skilled guys lots of opportunites to showcase their talents.

Honestly, I don't care if Cal wins one more game or 11 more games; I just want to see that offense operate, and DeSean Jackson return punts.

NFL season starts today!!! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

Colts putting the hurt on the Saints, 34-10, in the 4th quarter. :victory:

Yeah, the GameCast things where you watch the plays updated on a replica field are not working on ESPN or NFL.com though. Hope they will be working better for Sunday's games.

pearl jam wrote:Yeah, the GameCast things where you watch the plays updated on a replica field are not working on ESPN or NFL.com though. Hope they will be working better for Sunday's games.

You're not watching it on NBC?

Al Michaels and John Madden are one of the very best broadcasting tandems. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
You're not watching it on NBC?

Al Michaels and John Madden are one of the very best broadcasting tandems. :victory:

Well, I don't think I'll find NBC on the dial here in Tokyo. :beaten:

Also, I'm at work. :mrgreen:

pearl jam wrote:Well, I don't think I'll find NBC on the dial here in Tokyo. :beaten:

Also, I'm at work. :mrgreen:

I shoulda known from your location. :doh:

LOL, Drew Brees picked off for a TD... 41-10.

"Turn out the lights... The party's over....." :hehe:

An impressive start for the Colts. :thumbsup:

jesus christ. :shakehead:

Maybe, but the Saints are weak defensively, especially against the pass, and being weak against the pass is obviously a problem when you're facing Peyton Manning... :nut:

It appears that the Colts' league-worst rush defense has improved considerably this season: they completely contained Reggie Bush and Deuce McAllister...

Well, they did well in the playoffs, too. They still gave up over 100 yards rushing, but if they could keep this average they would probably end up around number 10 or 11, which would be a big improvement, as you said...

What a relief!

After the egg the Saints laid tonight there's no way my Niners can look any worse on Monday. As bad, maybe. But not worse.

That sort of thing is important to me.

BMW

Re: Al Michaels and John Madden. I love listening to Madden. But I can't stand Michaels. Which makes it frustrating as all hell for me. I'd love to just turn off the sound and watch the game, but then I'd miss the Coach. So I have to put up with Michaels for as long as I can stand it.

The_Lyrics wrote:jesus christ. :shakehead:

Which team was he on?