good old American football!

Myke115 · Post by **Myke115** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:47 am

The Packers can not top our Panthers this season. Did anyone see their stunning win over the Bucaneers this season???? I doubt there's any Carolina fans here but why would there be? They have sucked since there 3rd season as a franchise and no one expected them to do this well this season.

myke

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:45 am

Why did you use all those question marks????? Does that make your question more questiony??????

Myke115 · Post by **Myke115** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 3:38 am

In life, I'm a very visually oriented person. Which is why I sometimes have a hard time conveying my own thoughts as well as reading others accurately from online conversations. I find the lack of tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language at times to be somewhat disconcerting. Therefore, I find myself inserting ?s to convey excitement in questions or ....s to convey a pause in conversation or !!!s to convey, well, exclamations, etc. etc. It's simply a tiny way of conveying emotion in otherwise plain written word. Helps me, personally, to add a little conversational tone to message boards.

I hope this answers your ?????.

myke

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:39 pm

Packers, Bucs and Panthers suck. Want some bad ass action? Check out the Grey Cup this weekend. Tons of passing and big plays. None of this 3 yrad rushing bullshit that the NFL force feeds you and then has the balls to call it 'Smashmouth".

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:42 pm

Oh yeah, Edmonton's QB is a fella by the name of Ricky Rae. You should get a good look at him because he will follow in the footsteps of Warren Moon and Jeff Garcia and head south for the money within two years.

Jack Chiefton · Post by **Jack Chiefton** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 7:54 pm

Ha! That is outrageously laughable Brett. Excuse me while I gain control. You're trying to say that the CFL is superior to the NFL? You do realize that most of the players in the CFL go un-drafted by NFL teams, right? This high powered air attack you talk about is only due to the lack of defensive play by the chronically inferior CFL players. The NFL is like a smash mouth chess game, the CFL like a smashed mouth toothless bum talking shit on the corner...or something like that.

However, Philadelphia defeated Green Bay. I got pretty pissed on PBR and Guiness, and just crawled out of bed, missing my morning class. Where is my mother to cure me of this debauchery when I need her? Seriously though, Green Bay needed that win like Tommy's need to move back to the flowering, sun shine of England.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:01 pm

You miss the point my wee friend. Watching some 250 pound troglodyte rush 3 times for 3.4 yards is as exciting as watching paint dry. Give me some airborne attacks over the vastly overrated crap that is the NFL anyday. The players in the CFL may not be as good as the payers in the NFL, but they still play hard and are a real blast to watch. You should give it a shot sometime.

Jack Chiefton · Post by **Jack Chiefton** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:18 pm

You're right. Often times the NFL is brutishly slow. Perhaps it's the history or culture of the game that fascinates me more. Perhaps it is the notion of 80,000 people gathering, almost religiously, to their chosen stadium on the Sabbath day. It has become religion for sorts. Not me though, if there was not a team in Wisconsin I would hardly take notice.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:33 pm

Secretly? I prefer the NFL as well. Just don't tell anyone.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:57 pm

I've been to a Calgary Stampeders game when they were on top form and it was a lot of fun. But it sure wasn't the Pack.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 6:13 pm

I wish I could get tickets to the outdoor NHL game that is going to be played in Edmonton. That would be sweet.

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:10 pm

I was reading a bit in the guardian the other day about the Canadian wallah in charge of drug testing for the IOC. He was mentioning that a number of sports had decided to come under the same standards of drug testing. He pointed to the recent shenanigans involving Rio Ferdinand (of Manchester United and England) missing a drug test. He was getting a lot of protection from his lawyer,his manager, the team and the sports' own governing body. There was a contrast between athletics where the offenders are normally on their own, and team sports where there are massive money considerations for a host of interested parties. His view was that there is a wake up coming for soccer, which has turned a blind eye to drugs.

Now I'm coming to why I posted this - he also mentioned the huge sense of denial at work in American football. I can't recall the quote exactly but it was along the lines of ....we've got all these guys over three hundred pounds and we think they got like that by eating porridge. I would reallly love it if they got steroids out of football. And then they could get rid of boring time outs. They could throw away special teams (just keep the same eleven guys on the field at all times for offense and defence) and get rid of those daft helmets and pads . Then they could call it rugby and it would be brilliant.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:18 pm

If they made the ball round, kicked it with their feet (it is called football, after all) and wore shorts it would be even better.

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:20 pm

And if they tap danced in mud puddles, threw small dogs in the air and farted, that would be better as well.

Always felt those helmets and pads were just too weird.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 5:25 pm

you and me both buddy.

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good old American football!

Grey Cup?