Super Bowl

[cosmicarus]

//Soccer is so much more of a real sport that padded scrimmage-ball.

I don't think so there buddy, I doubt any of your soccer pros would enjoy (or survive) getting hit by any professional linebackers. The pads aren't much protection, trust me, I know.

d-PFRrJQtew

AFL is the game of warrior poets (and mullets). That's where men not only need strength and endurance (as favoured by the American Football players), but also a determined grace and poise (as is required by the soccer crowd). In what other sport must a man smother the kick of an opponent, turn on his heels, push back through the physically daunting opposition and then needle a precise kick through goal from over fifty meters on the run? It's a sport where there are no offensive, defensive or specialist teams - just a bunch of blokes who put everything on the line in the longest game of football in the world. Its a game where, instead of peddling for a free shot at goal when tackled, a player has to get back up onto their feet and chase down the player who tagged them.

It's a sport.

It's a way of life.

It's bloody Australian Rules Football.

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Ok, I'm done. Anyone gagging yet? Apologies if I've posted that video before, just wanted to get into the football argument (I need to thump my chest sometimes... it's a guy thing). Let's get back to the Superbowl!

I don't like either of the teams, but I like the Patriots less right now because they're heavily favored to win, and growing up rooting for Philadelphia sports teams means that I'm conditioned to root for the underdog. We're always the underdog.

Hehe, I like you're reasoning. Even just a cursory glance at talk over the internet seems to imply that the Patriots are in good stead. Normally, I'd be in your camp, Herid. But since I know nothing about the sport, I choose to vote cautiously.

We are planning on having a fun little Super Bowl party tomorrow. Nothing fancy; about 20 people. I almost never follow football. I'm much more of a soccer lover myself.

It can be fun jumping on board things you don't really care about, though. When Australia made it into the World Cup for soccer, the whole country really got behind it, even though a vast majoriy of people didn't follow the aport (including me). Makes for a great atmosphere though. The good thing is, because you don't really care, you just get the fun of supporting and not the pain if your team happens to lose. Hope you have fun!

...plotting my revenge

When you take over the world, just remember that we're buds, ok?

[cosmicarus]

//Soccer is so much more of a real sport that padded scrimmage-ball.

I don't think so there buddy, I doubt any of your soccer pros would enjoy (or survive) getting hit by any professional linebackers. The pads aren't much protection, trust me, I know.

d-PFRrJQtew

AFL is the game of warrior poets (and mullets). That's where men not only need strength and endurance (as favoured by the American Football players), but also a determined grace and poise (as is required by the soccer crowd). In what other sport must a man smother the kick of an opponent, turn on his heels, push back through the physically daunting opposition and then needle a precise kick through goal from over fifty meters on the run? It's a sport where there are no offensive, defensive or specialist teams - just a bunch of blokes who put everything on the line in the longest game of football in the world. Its a game where, instead of peddling for a free shot at goal when tackled, a player has to get back up onto their feet and chase down the player who tagged them.

It's a sport.

It's a way of life.

It's bloody Australian Rules Football.

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Ok, I'm done. Anyone gagging yet? Apologies if I've posted that video before, just wanted to get into the football argument (I need to thump my chest sometimes... it's a guy thing). Let's get back to the Superbowl!

I don't like either of the teams, but I like the Patriots less right now because they're heavily favored to win, and growing up rooting for Philadelphia sports teams means that I'm conditioned to root for the underdog. We're always the underdog.

Hehe, I like you're reasoning. Even just a cursory glance at talk over the internet seems to imply that the Patriots are in good stead. Normally, I'd be in your camp, Herid. But since I know nothing about the sport, I choose to vote cautiously.

We are planning on having a fun little Super Bowl party tomorrow. Nothing fancy; about 20 people. I almost never follow football. I'm much more of a soccer lover myself.

It can be fun jumping on board things you don't really care about, though. When Australia made it into the World Cup for soccer, the whole country really got behind it, even though a vast majoriy of people didn't follow the aport (including me). Makes for a great atmosphere though. The good thing is, because you don't really care, you just get the fun of supporting and not the pain if your team happens to lose. Hope you have fun!

...plotting my revenge

When you take over the world, just remember that we're buds, ok?

[Affliction]

AFL is the game of warrior poets (and mullets).

mullets FTW!

[Affliction]

AFL is the game of warrior poets (and mullets).

mullets FTW!

[Affliction]

AFL is the game of warrior poets (and mullets).

mullets FTW!

[Heridfel]

Commercials weren't very clever, and it was a low-scoring game, but the fourth quarter's excitement made up for any slowness near the start. The fact that the team I was rooting against lost doesn't hurt either. I almost thought I was rooting for the Giants for a moment. :)

[Heridfel]

Commercials weren't very clever, and it was a low-scoring game, but the fourth quarter's excitement made up for any slowness near the start. The fact that the team I was rooting against lost doesn't hurt either. I almost thought I was rooting for the Giants for a moment. :)

[Heridfel]

Commercials weren't very clever, and it was a low-scoring game, but the fourth quarter's excitement made up for any slowness near the start. The fact that the team I was rooting against lost doesn't hurt either. I almost thought I was rooting for the Giants for a moment. :)

[Veiled Malice]

The slowness near the start? How about the slowness throughout three of the four quarters of the game? I thought I was watching a practice match-up there for a while. :roll:

[Veiled Malice]

The slowness near the start? How about the slowness throughout three of the four quarters of the game? I thought I was watching a practice match-up there for a while. :roll:

[Veiled Malice]

The slowness near the start? How about the slowness throughout three of the four quarters of the game? I thought I was watching a practice match-up there for a while. :roll:

[Barnum]

I ate tons of naughty little treats. So . . . it was a good game. :D

[Barnum]

I ate tons of naughty little treats. So . . . it was a good game. :D

[Barnum]

I ate tons of naughty little treats. So . . . it was a good game. :D

[Gaea]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

[Gaea]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

[Gaea]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

[cosmicarus]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

I didn't get to see that one - we only got some of the commercials here. We watched the game while we worked, so I didn't get to see much of the finer points. I did see the Pats guy call for the video replay when the Giants (I think that's around the right way) had too many people on the field for about 0.02 of a second - it was the cheapest 5ft I'd seen anyone sacrifice so much time for - not really cricket, eh?

I'm glad it ended the way it did, giving fans of the game something to talk about.

[cosmicarus]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

I didn't get to see that one - we only got some of the commercials here. We watched the game while we worked, so I didn't get to see much of the finer points. I did see the Pats guy call for the video replay when the Giants (I think that's around the right way) had too many people on the field for about 0.02 of a second - it was the cheapest 5ft I'd seen anyone sacrifice so much time for - not really cricket, eh?

I'm glad it ended the way it did, giving fans of the game something to talk about.

[cosmicarus]

The Coke commercial with the balloons was fantastic.

I didn't get to see that one - we only got some of the commercials here. We watched the game while we worked, so I didn't get to see much of the finer points. I did see the Pats guy call for the video replay when the Giants (I think that's around the right way) had too many people on the field for about 0.02 of a second - it was the cheapest 5ft I'd seen anyone sacrifice so much time for - not really cricket, eh?

I'm glad it ended the way it did, giving fans of the game something to talk about.

[Cyrith]

I just hope that after the game the Patriots all got to line up and kick there coach in the head for that utterly stupid call to go for a TD on 4th and 13. I don't care how good you think you are, when the opposing defense has kept you to 7 points for that long, you don't get cocky. I called right then they would lose by three, and they did. Which stinks, as I hate all New York sports teams and would have liked to have seen a team get a perfect season.

[Cyrith]

I just hope that after the game the Patriots all got to line up and kick there coach in the head for that utterly stupid call to go for a TD on 4th and 13. I don't care how good you think you are, when the opposing defense has kept you to 7 points for that long, you don't get cocky. I called right then they would lose by three, and they did. Which stinks, as I hate all New York sports teams and would have liked to have seen a team get a perfect season.

[Cyrith]

I just hope that after the game the Patriots all got to line up and kick there coach in the head for that utterly stupid call to go for a TD on 4th and 13. I don't care how good you think you are, when the opposing defense has kept you to 7 points for that long, you don't get cocky. I called right then they would lose by three, and they did. Which stinks, as I hate all New York sports teams and would have liked to have seen a team get a perfect season.