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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:19 am

And what do you know, truth be told, it isnt just "gay rugby" as I previously thought. Now that I understand the rules a bit more, it's actually quite entertaining.

Now, the important part- picking a team to follow. Any suggestions?

At the moment, Im totally impartial. Im a bit of a glory seeker, but will choose a team based purely on what Im told on this website.

So, if you would care to leave a few suggestions, i'll go with whatever one of you has the best reason Very Happy

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:00 pm

Hi Gaz, Lidl!

Anyway, i have been watching NFL since the Superbowl Finals (eighteen) i think and try and watch it as often as possible. Monday night Football is shown in UK at about midnight Monday night - Tuesday morning. I am a fan of Washington Redskins because all those years ago they had a QuarterBack called Joe Theismann who was a legend similar to the more broadly known Dan Marino. i agree that it is a little soft with all the Bodyarmour and Helmets, which ironically are the cause of most injuries on the pitch. Its also weird to see some of the huge players running for 30nseconds during a play and then staggering back to the bench to get Oxygen from a bottle tank....

i think that you should just watch it and slowly you will get a fav team. A few of the Claymores play in the NFL so that might spark your interest. cheers sid

EDIT - Redskins are terrible at the mo so would'nt go for them!
EDIT 2 - Ex Claymore, Lawrence Tynes plays for the New York Giants.

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:20 pm

I'm no expert but NFL is rule obsessed to a remarkable degree, but that said, I still find it enjoyable to watch and enjoy. However, this also extends to the 'draft pick' which I believe is some way designed to try to equalise the spread of college talent among the NFL teams.

The one drawback/advantage to this is that you are unlikely to get domination by any one team in the way you do in English Football or Rugby. I think it also makes it hard to have a team regular you support. I always pick my favourite team out of whichever two I see playing, generally based on what I think of the quarterbacks involved.

I recall once having been fouled and lined myself up to tackle the offender by running at him as he ran at me, and taking him down with a neck high tackle. It was a beauty - outlawed nowadays. Very Happy

One guy got me by running straight at me as I set to tackle and he high stepped. That got me a dislocated jaw and stud marks over my body where he ran over me. Laughing

There are a lot of injuries in the NFL but that's the mix of men mountain with whippets. Strangely there doesn't appear to be much violence, but I still enjoy it. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:07 pm

Funnily enough, my mate who got me into it follows the Redskins. And in regards to football, I live in Scotland where it's constantly a two-horse race for any trophy (and sadly being a Rangers fan, Ive been one the losing side for the last few years) so it'd be good to see a sport where all the teams are challenging.

Ive started watching the NFL here in the UK, as you said though its always shown quite late which is a hassle, but it makes good viewing. I dont really remember much about the Claymores, though I did once play golf with Gavin Hastings (ex-Scotland rugby international and Claymores player) and he spoke very highly of the sport, and said it was a shame it didnt carry as much support in Europe.

Cheers lads

***EDIT: Jeezo...Lawrence Tynes is from the same town as me! Nobody round here has ever heard of him!!!****

Very Happy

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:48 pm

GomerPyle wrote:

I think it also makes it hard to have a team regular you support.

Oh how not so true!! Please don't tell any die-hard fan that! Laughing

Dominate or not, my team is my team, rain, shine, or crappy players/owners/coaching!

And you want to know how to pick a team? Honestly, it doesn't matter. Some fans pick cause of the hometown, a player, the team colors, whatever. Really, the only thing that is important is that they mean something to you.

My team is the Tennessee Titans. They rule!

Why are they my team? Well, they are here in Nashville, TN. But the #1 reason? Above all others?

Jeff Fisher. Fisher has the longest tenure as head coach with one team among active head coaches in the league, currently. (15th season, maybe?)

And he is just so hot. He is a babe. I love him. :sigh:

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 94

Go Patriots!

(Ducks from inevitable anti-Patriots barrage)

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:43 pm

new fans, may I suggest: the New York Giants. Classiest franchise in the league. Upset those undefeated Patriots two super bowls ago. Tickets to see them live are on a 30 year waiting list.

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:13 pm

The Philadelphia Eagles. For one, they have the best worst fans in the whole NFL. As a rowdy blue collar group, the fans will boo anybody and everybody. They even booed Santa Claus. Secondly, as a long term franchise they have had many great seasons but have never won a Super Bowl. They've been to a couple, but have never won one. They are the perennial underachievers.

Watch the movie 'Invincible' and you'll get the flavor of the team and the fans. Though the movie was set a few years back, it still rings true to this day!

One more thing: real fans pronounce their name as 'the Iggles'! Laughing

Juan's stalker Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 1423

Wow Dora he is hot and I too like the Tennessee Titans but my favorite team is the Indianapolis Colts.

I have watched them for many many years and I love them.

They have fantastic team spirit and know how to kick arse...

Peyton Manning makes me **swoon**......

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:41 pm

DQ could not be more correct about the obvious choice. Go Colts!

Juan's stalker Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 1423

^^^ I knew I liked you for some reason darlin. Wink

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:36 am

Always root for the underdog...right?

Although, it's getting tough these past few years...but we got T.O. now! Not convinced he's the ultimate answer to our problems but he'll sure help spread the field.

Quote:

My team is the Tennessee Titans. They rule!

I can't talk to you anymore, Dora. Those dirty cheaters! Music City Miracle my *** Razz

Oh, yeah, you want a reason to cheer for the Bills? I've heard opposing players over and over say that they hate playing in Buffalo the most. Why you ask? Because of the FANS! The fans make so much noise that the opposing offense can't hear the calls and screw up the plays giving the Bills' defense a better chance. You want to be part of the NFL's best and most loyal fan base don't you???

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:30 am

someone other than me has to like AMERICA'S TEAM

GO COWBOYS

Master Baiter Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 114

Choose carefully Gaz, it's not like getting married, you can always divorce a wife, but not a team. Once they're your team there's no going back.
Through thick and thin, good times and bad

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Master of Master Baiters Joined: 25 Sep 2008 Posts: 785

Go Bucs!

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 5727

Welcome to the world of the NFL! Since you are a newbie to this brutal sport, I'll offer a few suggestions.....

1) I know who Lawrence Tynes is! He kicked for the Kansas City Chiefs for a brief bit.

2) If you want to have some fun, go to Youtube and do a search on "Joe Theisman broken leg." The video of Theisman getting his leg snapped on a tackle is legendary.

3) While Phillie phan is bad, he's still better than Oakland Raider Fan. In Phillie they have (or at least they used to have) a courtroom right in the Stadium. This way those arrested for rowdy behavior could be tried and conviced immediately. I think in Oakland they've got an electric chair in the stadium, so those committing capital murder can be tried, convicted and executed before the end of the game. Oakland Raider fan is Phillie fan hopped up on roids.

4) The NFL is all about parody. You've got to be really pathetic to stink for an extended period of time, mainly due to the fact that there's a salary cap. That's what makes the Detroit Lions all the more amazing. You would think that just with Blind Luck you would have a season every once in awhile where you flirt with .500. Not the Lions. Egyptian pyramids were built faster than the Lions franchise. Hell, even the Arizona Cardinals managed to put a good season together and make it to the Super Bowl.

5) As far as which team to root for, I guess it depends on what you're into. Some suggestions:

- If you love defensive battles and 2-0 final scores the Baltimore Ravens are your team.
- If you like the eye candy you would root for either the Indy Colts (Payton Manning), the NY Jets (Bret Favre), or, to a lesser extent, the NY Giants (Eli Manning)
- If felonies committed in the stands are your thing you want either the Phillies or the Raiders.
- If you want a team that will consistently be good and considered a threat to win it all you want either the Steelers or the Patriots.
- If you're a fan of freezing your unmentionables off at a game you want either the Green Bay Packers or the Buffalo Bills.
- The Dallas Cowboys are always in the news for one thing or another, so if you're a media whore they're your team!
- Kansas City has the best tailgating around. Their teams have sucked the past couple of years, but with a new General Manager that could change.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:59 pm

One of my life's sweetest memories:

John Riggins of the Redskins breaking away from the Miami secondary late in Super Bowl XVII.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:16 pm

Jayhawk is trying to confuse you. Maybe it's intentionally, maybe not Laughing

, but the Phillies are Philadelphia's baseball team. The Phillies just happen to be the World Champions right now. The Eagles are the NFL football team. Although the Eagles staged a huge comeback late last season to become a contender, they failed to reach the Superbowl.....again. Crying or Very sad

But Jayhawk was right about this...there was an on-site courtroom in the old Veteran's Stadium. I don't think they still have it since they moved to the new stadium a couple years back. I dunno why but maybe it's because they designed this new stadium to have more bathrooms Wink

I remember years ago when we had season tickets, they stopped selling beer at halftime in an attempt to keep the crowds from getting too crazy. All it did was to force people to be more creative about smuggling their own booze in. Ah, those were the good old days!

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:36 pm

Living in Florida from 1966 to 1973, my favorite team was the Miami Dolphins. Later on it was the Dallas Cowboys, back when Tom Landry was coaching the team. Tom Landry was a class act and so were his players. When he was fired, I stopped rooting for them.

I'm without a favorite team. I could adopt the nearest one but I don't want to give away my approximate location.

It's an interesting game once you have it all figured out (I say the same thing about craps Laughing

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:38 pm

Tuco wrote:

John Riggins of the Redskins breaking away from the Miami secondary late in Super Bowl XVII.

Riggins was something else off the field. There was an incident some 20 years ago (maybe more) where he was plastered drunk at some reception in Washington DC. He told a then Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, to "loosen up baby!".

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:03 pm

Cardinals or Eagles. Very Happy

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Here's a college pic of John Riggins, University of Kansas, Class of 1970:

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:12 pm

whatever you do, DO NOT for one second believe in the Minnesota Vikings!! they'll romance you, give you hope and then when you think they are going to finally do something worth while, they F it up. Wink

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:28 pm

@Jayhawk - Favre is retired (for now). You also forgot to add that if you'd like to root for a team that is always brimming with talent but for whatever reason never makes it to a Superbowl you could follow the Chargers.

@Gaz - The Colts are more than eye candy. This decade they consistently win games and make the playoffs. They have also won a Superbowl. Can't go wrong with Peyton Manning...

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:06 pm

mewing_ghecko wrote:

whatever you do, DO NOT for one second believe in the Minnesota Vikings!!

I'm sure that some Buffalo Bills fans feel the same way. They say that OJ Simpson was exonerated for the Nicole Brown/Ron Goldman murders on the basis that they found a Super Bowl ring at the site.

Also, the Bills don't stab.....they "choke".

I think that if the Bills and the Vikings were ever to meet in the Super Bowl, both teams would end up losing.

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