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.
 

 paulo

" 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. "

 Ive always thought that about the game myself.

We always watched it just to check out what the companies are going to pay $4 million dollars for 30 seconds to advertise.  The commercials have mostly been funny over the years and worth seeing.

All of our excitement comes in with the get togethers and small pools we get into to make it interesting which really only makes those last few seconds of each quarter the most exciting.

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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I'm trying to understand America's fascination with balls.

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

On a side note, here is the real answer to the stadium lighting outage. Just a different method...
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIVtwjdfb2M

Ah yes... the Super Bore.

To us, it seems like the game is constantly stopping and starting.

 
You would REALLY hate baseball then...
 
J

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