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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 5:27:40 GMT
Good Lord no.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jan 25, 2020 6:50:19 GMT
My answer is choice 1. I really love American football so I will watch Super Bowl. Good thing is that I am going to fine with either team winning it and so I can enjoy it even more. American posters, please do not vote but you are more than welcome to post comments in this thread. Is superbowl the game where players wear armour and stop every two minutes for an advertising break? Watch rugby league instead. It has the big hits without armour and is 80 non stop minutes of superfit athletes running, pummeling each other and with superb kicking and ball handling skills,
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 25, 2020 7:07:55 GMT
4th option- yes if I'm not at work and actually give a shit about one or both of the teams playing.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jan 25, 2020 7:18:03 GMT
My answer is choice 1. I really love American football so I will watch Super Bowl. Good thing is that I am going to fine with either team winning it and so I can enjoy it even more. American posters, please do not vote but you are more than welcome to post comments in this thread. Is superbowl the game where players wear armour and stop every two minutes for an advertising break? Watch rugby league instead. It has the big hits without armour and is 80 non stop minutes of superfit athletes running, pummeling each other and with superb kicking and ball handling skills, Well to be fair, it's actually 2 40 minute blocks of "non-stop action" that has a surprisingly large amount of stopping. The big difference in Australian codes is that the coaches, particularly in league, are responsible for training players during the week and coming up with strategies and set pieces there that it's up to the players to remember and execute on game day. Coaches are more or less helpless in most Australian sports on game day. In the US though coaches call pretty much every play in NFL, every pitch and every fielding shift or batting tactic in baseball, which is the main reason why I'd rather watch basketball or ice hockey of the US sports,
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jan 25, 2020 11:14:03 GMT
The only exception was maybe 2/3 years ago - didn't one team make an amazing second half comeback? Can't remember who it was nor who they were playing but that was the only time I made it through! Yeah, that was Brady and the Patriots. Yeah! That was it - just looked it up, it was v Atlanta Falcons. Lucky break that - I guess that'd be a bit like an American stumbling into watching the Miracle of Istanbul Champions League final! |
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Post by WullieFort on Jan 25, 2020 11:34:49 GMT
I have watched many SuperBowls in the past but the problem here (UK) is the time difference. It doesn't get started until 11 pm (GMT) and consequently doesn't finish until 3/4 am on a Monday. Be easier if it was played on a Saturday
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 25, 2020 13:22:44 GMT
I used to go by the name Corto Maltese, but no, I am not from Malta, nor have I ever been to Malta. I live in Montreal, Canada. Corto Maltese is a fictional character that I like.
I did go to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup and for the 2016 Olympics. Those are the only two big sporting events I ever traveled to.
Interesting. I guess Olympics can have exciting or not so exciting events/games but football world cup do be always exciting for the occasion itself. It seems interruptions/time-outs in NFL games may be the biggest reason why many people don't get into it. Otherwise, it's a top-class sport in my opinion and I wish it becomes more famous in markets where football and cricket lead the popularity charts. Sorry about getting your previous name mixed up with your identity. No worries. I enjoy watching highlights of American football games - a long pass for a touchdown can be a thing of beauty - but yeah, I have no patience for all the interruptions and the start/stop nature of the game.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 25, 2020 13:35:54 GMT
Aren't you the same poster who would attend big sporting events (like Olympics) and mention that on the board (old IMDB)? From Malta or somewhere?
I used to go by the name Corto Maltese, but no, I am not from Malta, nor have I ever been to Malta. I live in Montreal, Canada. Corto Maltese is a fictional character that I like.
I did go to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup and for the 2016 Olympics. Those are the only two big sporting events I ever traveled to.
I thought Corto Maltese was a fictional location. It's name checked as a war zone in The Dark Knight Returns comics and in the first Batman movie. Never realized they were referencing a character with that. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 26, 2020 15:35:53 GMT
Is superbowl the game where players wear armour and stop every two minutes for an advertising break? Watch rugby league instead. It has the big hits without armour and is 80 non stop minutes of superfit athletes running, pummeling each other and with superb kicking and ball handling skills, Well to be fair, it's actually 2 40 minute blocks of "non-stop action" that has a surprisingly large amount of stopping. The big difference in Australian codes is that the coaches, particularly in league, are responsible for training players during the week and coming up with strategies and set pieces there that it's up to the players to remember and execute on game day. Coaches are more or less helpless in most Australian sports on game day. In the US though coaches call pretty much every play in NFL, every pitch and every fielding shift or batting tactic in baseball, which is the main reason why I'd rather watch basketball or ice hockey of the US sports, I can't claim to know a whole lot about Rugby, but I do enjoy the occasional game when I catch it, and I watched a lot of it when I was in Australia. But I appreciate you saying that there is a lot of stopping. It's the lame cliche complaint you hear all the time about American football from international viewers, but in Rugby they do stop and in soccer there's quite a bit of stoppage even if the clock keeps running. And there's quite a bit of just jogging and standing around. Calling soccer nonstop action is just ignoring all the time when there isn't much of anything actually going on. And in Rugby there's a lot of hitting and tackling, but not anything like in American football. It's just not same. Hard for some to believe but these aren't the same games and some people like them for different reasons. |
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Jan 26, 2020 16:12:45 GMT
No, and I never will.
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