American Football in London ZOMG!@!

Molten Prominence · Unread post by **Molten Prominence** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:06 am

http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story. ... y_id=24334

My favorite team is the New York Giants. They should win but u never know when u play with a lopsided pointy ball.

Toucan · Unread post by **Toucan** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:40 am

*packs rucksack full of semtex"
HI-HOOOOO!

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:01 pm

I was asked about this last night, as far as I know there is nothing in the UK media about this.

Parrot · Unread post by **Parrot** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:13 pm

That's all they keep talking about here..Miami is my favorite team but they suck this year.. 0-7 record with o = wins...

Molten Prominence · Unread post by **Molten Prominence** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:40 am

A'Ton Sands wrote:I was asked about this last night, as far as I know there is nothing in the UK media about this.

Doesnt surprise me. Its the equavilant of two pro cricket teams coming to the United States.

Molten Prominence · Unread post by **Molten Prominence** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:13 pm

The game wasnt a flashy high scoring game but I have to give it to the fans there. They were very loud and looked to be having a great time. Someone even ran out onto the field to the delight of the crowd.

The idea to do this where they play 1 game each year international in my opinion is just plain stupid. Its not like basketball which the world really embraced. I dont see this game going international any time soon.

Iakimo · Unread post by **Iakimo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:01 pm

Molten Prominence wrote:
A'Ton Sands wrote:I was asked about this last night, as far as I know there is nothing in the UK media about this.

Doesnt surprise me. Its the equavilant of two pro cricket teams coming to the United States.

Hmm... I don't "get" cricket, but from the boisterousness of the crowd, I would say a better comparison would be if a rugby match were imported to America. I still don't "get" rugby, but it's easy for any guy to dig big groups of men running full-tilt into one another.

Toucan · Unread post by **Toucan** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:00 pm

crickets the poofiest sport ever
it's just so......english

Lores · Unread post by **Lores** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:06 pm

The funniest part...all the news is calling it American Football in Europe

Toucan · Unread post by **Toucan** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:30 pm

thats cause it is american football

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:37 pm

dav4flynn wrote:The funniest part...all the news is calling it American Football in Europe

Thats because its not Football, its American Football

I believe you guys call Football, Soccer

Lores · Unread post by **Lores** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:59 pm

Was talking about the Europe part :shock:

Molten Prominence · Unread post by **Molten Prominence** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:42 am

Toucan wrote:thats cause it is american football

Why we named it football when you use ur hands 95% of the time is beyond me.

Even how we got the name soccer is retarded. (but i do like the name)

Find Etymology here:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/soccer

Iakimo · Unread post by **Iakimo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:54 am

Interesting! So in North America, they shortened the word, "Association" into "Soccer," while in Europe they dropped the "Association" and just focused on calling it "football." Gee, I learned yet another useless tidbit of information today! Thanks!

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:16 am

Molten Prominence wrote:
Toucan wrote:thats cause it is american football

Why we named it football when you use ur hands 95% of the time is beyond me.

Even how we got the name soccer is retarded. (but i do like the name)

Find Etymology here:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/soccer

I can help you there.

From what I understand American Football originates with Rugby, Officialy Rugby is Rugby Football, so it is a simple extention for it to become American Football

eirykhi · Unread post by **eirykhi** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:39 am

Europe not UK but its being played in england where is my England flamers