Im trying to understand the SuperBowl

Or do I owe him an apology?

craigb


(And, I wish they would just STOP saying the winning team is a "World" Champion...  *Sigh* )

Yes,  It doesnt make a lick of sense when it is only held in the US huh?  Must be one of the jockies running around in his nice little suit that came up with that.  They tend to never think before running their mouths    IMO

57Gregy


If a play is ongoing, it doesn't matter if the time runs out; the game will end when the play does.

Didnt they end it when he was running down the field, or did he get tackled and thats what ended it even though the clock ran out?  I was trying to catch that part.


I know if the ball is in the air on a pass they are covered until its caught 

The ravens played a game of fakes and fakeouts..    Its so obvious that the NFL Teams have become so stuck in their routine, that if you just come at them with high-school football gimmicks, you can win the superbowl...

Well, I enjoyed the game..  especially when the 49s got back into it..  The last 4 minutes, "seeing if the 49s could pull it off," were very interesting..

This is the kind of thing that gets people excited about soccer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8OPLHcIvJE

Was there some kind of important sporting event today?

I tend to catch at least part of the super bowl ... as it tends to be a somewhat important game.

I got up and did some other things during the halftime show and the 30 minutes or so when the lights were out.  Seriously? You can't play a game with only half the lights? Both teams are at the same advantage/disadvantage.... it's easier than playing in a snow storm or the rain.... neither of which seem to stop the game as I recall. 

The return kick out of the halftime was very cool... 108 yards returned... it seemed like the 49ers had finally come to play.... to bad they didn't play that way in the 1st half.... not that I rooted for either team, however, it would have made for a much more interesting first half. 

The last few seconds of the game is all about strategy (for what little I do understand about this game) and the hope that somehow the team that is behind, but still within reach of a possible win, can some how pull that victory out of it's posterior regions, while the team that is ahead is planning to prevent that by running the clock out. 

The commercials were for the most part lame..... by super bowl standards.  The Bud commercials were the worst I've ever seen....  

As I've mentioned earlier, American football should be called Pit Ball , 'cause it's the armpit where the "ball"  is most of the time. In soccer you control the ball with your feet, so football is the correct name. :o)

Or is the name due to the lenght of the ball?? :o)

However, it's a fine sport (even though I prefer rugby to it). My brother and son are passionate about it, and have tought me lots about it. IMO, American football is too expensive and complicated, requires too much referees and equipment, that's why it'll never spread like, say, basket ball, volley ball or hand ball. It's like the Formula 1 of team sports, only for the selected, too expensive/hard to arrange for most. The world domination of soccer is simply due to the fact that all you need is the ball.

Not for the first time, I actually tried to watch it to see if I could figure out why Americans find it so captivating. There must be something to it I thought, they can't all be stupid, surely?
 
I'm sorry Americans, I really tried, but lost the will to live after 30 minutes which mostly consisted of people talking about the 10 seconds of actual play that happened a few minutes ago. Just don't get how that could possibly hold anyone's attention for four freaking hours.
 
The only thing I could think of was that American men don't actually watch it either and  just put it on the TV to make the womenfolk leave the room, so they can get a few hours of p&q. Am I right ?  ;)

digi2ns


OK, Im not a sports type person so Im trying to understand that last 4 seconds.  Why did he not catch it and kneel down so they could do the only option which was a Hail Mary Pass. There was NO way he could have ran it that far in 4 seconds. Idiot threw the game away for his team.  I dont mind cause I won either way :D


Any ideas on what they were thinking?

Mike, I'm not sure if this was answered......but, if he knelt down with 4 seconds left, they'd have to call a timeout immediately (otherwise the clock will run out).....OR with 4 seconds left, he'd have to step out of bounds to stop the clock from running out. If one of those tactics were used, then they might have had an opportunity for one last play.
 

If you fair catch the ball on a punt (the kind of kick where they drop the ball on their foot - not from those little stands), the clock stops on possession.  However, I'm not sure what the rule is after a safety.  But even if you could fair catch the kick, you are still 60+ yards (that's 55 meters for you metric fans out there).  Few quarterbacks can throw the ball that far - and not without just heaving it high.  and the defence will have more players in the end zone.

Teams have special plays for such returns where they toss the ball to players next to them.  The trick is - the pass has to be behind the player w/ the ball.  You can't pass it forward.  It works every couple of years.

As for only watching the end of the game - that is true for all sports.  If you like a sport, you want to see how they got there, tho.  Kinda like listening to the solo in song and skipping the rest.  I'll TV the Dallas Mavericks (there are 82 games in an NBA season before the playoffs, which is another 20-30 games.  That is a lot of watching.) and try to pick up the game in progress.  I seldom watch the earlier part of the game, tho.

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This drawing was made a few miles up the road about 450 years ago:





from: http://www.pbchistoryonli...es/005-Apalachees1.htm


"The Apalachees played a ball game that was a religious exercise as well as a sport. One village would challenge another to a match, and the two teams would have up to 100 players each. They used a hard clay ball (about the size of a golf ball) covered with buckskin. Players propelled the ball with their feet toward the goal post which was a pole topped with a stuffed eagle in a nest. They played the ball game in the spring and summer, and dedicated it to the gods of rain and thunder to ensure rain for their crops."






best regards,
mike

Ah yes... the Super Bore.

This drawing was made a few miles up the road about 450 years ago:

 
Ballground, GA is just down the road from me. An old Cherokee or Creek ballfield.
 
J