SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

JONJO THE MISER

Roll up Roll up SuperBowl Sunday is upon us.
About to hit the supermarket to stock up on hotdogs, popcorn and beer.
Anyone else having a American themed party for tonight?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i watched a superbowl once with 2 other people

towards the end the other 2 lads had fallen asleep in their chairs and I decided to just turn the tv off and go upstairs to bed


it's almost as boring as baseball

TheZohanS

Is it only on Sky?

JONJO THE MISER

TheZohan wrote: »

Is it only on Sky?

BBC 1 as well.

mikemac1

It's on BBC

edit, beaten to it above

Rabies

Have watched for the past few years.

haven't a clue what is going on.

Perfect excuse to beer it up on the deck for a monday afternoon.

telekon

Looking forward to it, love American Football. Its a bit of a marmite sport to be fair.

Will give the old woman attempting to entertain at half time a miss though...

hdowney

sad to say this, but nope no hotdogs or the like for me this year, just a bowl of popcorn (stupid diet) but there will be drink taken, canni watch the superbowl sober!

come on the GIANTS

DarkJager

It's rugby for pussies. The real game is on at 3pm.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I think you'll find the real game is on at 4pm
Mun V Che

Renn

Hotdogs ffs

JONJO THE MISER

Having a wee punt on New England:cool:
Wont see me for a week if they win.

Biggins

An hours game at most, turned into a boring long dragged out farce!
Give me real rugby with without the wussies shoulder-pads and jockstraps!
American garbage!

Handsome Bob

DarkJager wrote: »

It's rugby for pussies.

It is!? Rugby must be the sport for uber pussies so.

DarkJager

Handsome Bob wrote: »

DarkJager wrote: »

It's rugby for pussies.

It is!? Rugby must be the sport for uber pussies so.

Yes it is, just look at the full body armor these guys wear just to play it. There's none of that crap in rugby, just full contact. That's why American football is rugby for pussies.

mikemac1

Biggins wrote: »

Give me real rugby with without the wussies shoulder-pads and jockstraps!

DarkJager wrote: »

It's rugby for pussies.

Both of you are needlessly picking an argument
Two different sports and both has good and bad points.

You may as well be comparing baseball and hurling


And people would die if they tackled like they do without the pads
Do they hit like this in rugby? So which is the wimps game?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erggOU-rXB4

Robdude

DarkJager wrote: »

It's rugby for pussies. The real game is on at 3pm.

It's odd, that's exactly how Rugby was explained to me (only in reverse)

'Rugby is like Football, but for pussies'

Richard Hillman

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I think you'll find the real game is on at 4pm
Mun V Che

Munster v the Cheetahs?

Chuck Stone

I'll watch it over the top of me netbook. Wouldn't be a bad sport if they didn't have so many breaks.

I think BBC show it the following night without all the breaks - or at least they did once a couple of years ago.


Rugby is the best team sport in the world by far imo.

Handsome Bob

DarkJager wrote: »

Yes it is, just look at the full body armor these guys wear just to play it. There's none of that crap in rugby, just full contact. That's why American football is rugby for pussies.

My Irish teacher used to say "Rugby: a game for doctors and solicitors who like to act like hardmen."

She was a tyrant but she was spot on with the above statement. :pac:

hdowney

DarkJager wrote: »

It's rugby for pussies. The real game is on at 3pm.

the real game was on yesterday

El Horseboxo

If they played American football without the pads there would be nothing but paraplegics in the NFL. There would most likely be deaths too considering the amount of concussions even with the helmets.

You don't see tackles have as bad in rugby.

The Aussie

telekon wrote: »

Will give the old woman attempting to entertain at half time a miss though...

Who is the Mutton???

TheZohanS

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I think you'll find the real game is on at 4pm
Mun V Che

United match on the laptop and the rugby on the tv. Win win.

Robdude

DarkJager wrote: »

Yes it is, just look at the full body armor these guys wear just to play it. There's none of that crap in rugby, just full contact. That's why American football is rugby for pussies.

I'm going to try and stop this thread from turning into a American Football verse Rugby debate. Let's all take a breath and think about this reasonably....

Both sports allow the use of padding, but the requirements are different and have impacted the way the sports are played. In the NFL, rather than limit the effectiveness of pads, they'll allowed them to advance and get better. The result is that players can hit each other harder, with less concern for form or safety.

I've played both football and rugby (at very amateur levels, naturally) and I can tell you, neither are for pussies (let's reserve that title for 'soccer' players, shall we?). The style of play is very different. And for each difference you can name, there are people on each side arguing that difference makes their sport better.

In either case, without an understanding of the sport; it's unlikely you'll appreciate it or find it interesting. Nobody ever says, 'I'd never seen Rugby/Football/X before but it was on at the pub and I really thought it was awesome!'

People's first reaction is to associate the new sport with the sport they deem it most familiar to and than assume it's a lessor form. Show an American a rugby match and he says, 'Looks like pussies playing Football'. Show an Irishman American football and he says, 'Looks like pussies playing Rugby'.

That is, until they've watched enough to understand it.

To be perfectly honest, I don't see how you could enjoy one and not the other; if you actually follow them both any sufficiently long length of time.

cena

DarkJager wrote: »

Yes it is, just look at the full body armor these guys wear just to play it. There's none of that crap in rugby, just full contact. That's why American football is rugby for pussies.

The nfl is a thinking game. They plan there next move careful.

I would wear the gear so I wouldn't be hurt when been taken down by a bigger than me.

Also its the first time the nfl are streaming the superbowl for free

telekon

The Aussie wrote: »

Who is the Mutton???

Madonna.


*sigh*

mikemac1

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

it's almost as boring as baseball

Several hundred or even over a thousand plays in a playbook

Trick plays, play action, run, pass, flea flicker, bubble screen, wild cat and a gazilion different formations

Coordinators whose job it is to design all this and outwit the coach on the opposite sideline.
It's chess on a field :cool:

There's a lot more to football then action for five seconds and then mutiple ad breaks which is the attitude of many here

Give it a chance, you may get hooked
Rugby is a bit simpler and will suit some others, ah bless

df1985

My mates are all into it, american wannabes to be honest.

ImpossibleDuck

I've got an exam tomorrow morning at 10am.
I'm gonna be wrecked

hdowney

The Aussie wrote: »

Who is the Mutton???

telekon wrote: »

Madonna.


*sigh*

THIS ^^ although i had heard that Nicki Minaj was doing it, before madonna was confirmed!

Fiii

I wondered how long the 'rugby for pussies' response would be rolled out :rolleyes:
The only people who think that, have NO clue what American Football is - the two are nothing alike. Only thing in common is the same shaped ball pretty much.
American Football is all about strategy. It's like watching a live action chess match...when you know the rules, and it's a thing of beauty! (I'm female, for the record)

Patriots are my team (not a band wagon jumper) so I'll be watching tonight through gritted teeth!

Chardee MacDennis

it's also being streamed for free on Freecast.com for those without Sky Sports or the Beeb!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

First superbowl I ever say was the Patriots (sorry, Fiii, they got trounced by Chicago) so will watch this one as well.

Will try to get a US stream so I can watch the superbowl ads as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkDdayA4iA

telekon

hdowney wrote: »

THIS ^^ although i had heard that Nicki Minaj was doing it, before madonna was confirmed!

Jesus, am I that out of touch? Never heard of her so I had to google her there. She's quite famous apparently...:o

Bigcheeze

El Horseboxo wrote: »

You don't see tackles have as bad in rugby.

Most of the tackles in the video are charges, basically crashing into someone with your shoulder. Charges are not tackles in Rugby.

Chardee MacDennis

DarkJager wrote: »

Yes it is, just look at the full body armor these guys wear just to play it. There's none of that crap in rugby, just full contact. That's why American football is rugby for pussies.

Life expectancy of an All-Black is 78 - the same as the male population of New Zealand
Life expectancy of an NFL player is 58 - compared to the US life expectancy of 76

Yup pussies alright!!

EDIT: oh and the average NFL player plays for 3 years...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

BastardPrince wrote: »

Life expectancy of an All-Black is 80 - the same as the general population of New Zealand
Life expectancy of an NFL player is 58 - compared to the US life expectancy of 76

Yup pussies alright!!

Isn't there a rugby forum where you guys can go and masturbate...?

Chardee MacDennis

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Isn't there a rugby forum where you guys can go and masturbate...?

problem?

mikemac1

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Isn't there a rugby forum where you guys can go and masturbate...?

I think you've completely misread that

Bastardprince was just responding to the clowns on page one

Read it again

Chuck Stone

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Most of the tackles in the video are charges, basically crashing into someone with your shoulder. Charges are not tackles in Rugby.

This.

There's no comparison to charging an opponent like a senseless buffalo and a good tackle like a cheetah bringing down it's prey.

Logical Fallacy

This thread is going to be a long drawn out example of how little most sports fans know about sports.

Nice to see a few people in here talking sense though...wasn't expecting that!

The Aussie

BastardPrince wrote: »

Life expectancy of an All-Black is 78 - the same as the male population of New Zealand
Life expectancy of an NFL player is 58 - compared to the US life expectancy of 76

Dont do drugs Dude, they kill.

Duckworth_Luas

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Most of the tackles in the video are charges, basically crashing into someone with your shoulder. Charges are not tackles in Rugby.

It's not rugby.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

BastardPrince wrote: »

problem?

It's the insecurity. "I have to show them that MY sport is better than THEIR sport."

If it had been a rugby hread and people started in sayign American Football was REAL MAN'S game, I'd have had the exact same opinion (as would most of the rugby fans, I assume).

biko

There is a forum for "handegg"