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help need understand rules of american football basically i havent a clue!

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  1. JONATHAN P ACWORTH

    JONATHAN P ACWORTH New Member

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    tried watching this sport last weekend it looked exciting but i am basically lost on the points system so im hoping someone can help me out
     
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    JONATHAN P ACWORTH, Jan 19, 2012
  2. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

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    Wikipedia <ok>

    I know the rules and points system but I don't want to waste my time explaining it.
     
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    SaintsForTheWin, Jan 19, 2012
  3. Bhoy From Brum

    Bhoy From Brum Well-Known Member

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    5 points for a touchdown, 2 points for the conversion or field goal & 1 bonus point for a good dance after a touchdown <ok>
     
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  4. JONATHAN P ACWORTH

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    it looks so complicated
     
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  5. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Well-Known Member

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    Man carry ball. Man wait for ad break to finish. Man avoid tackle and score. Crowd wait for ad break to finish and go wild as cheerleaders shake their assets. Ad break.
     
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    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jan 19, 2012
  6. jenthesaint1990

    jenthesaint1990 Well-Known Member

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    dont bother <ok>
     
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  7. Go G YellowScreen

    Go G YellowScreen Well-Known Member

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    It's basically rugby for fat Americans <ok>
     
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  8. jenthesaint1990

    jenthesaint1990 Well-Known Member

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    this
     
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    jenthesaint1990, Jan 19, 2012
  9. JONATHAN P ACWORTH

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    so basically it will go on for about half a fecking day because of ad breaks **** this **** stick to english footy
     
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  10. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    10 players bend over with their arses in the air. The eleventh player, known as 'Lucky Pierre', lines up behind them and decides which arse he likes best. When the ref blows the whistle, Lucky Pierre has to insert his cock into his favourite anus before the players from the other team manage to grab Pierre's scrotum (known as a 'sacking'). If Pierre successfully bums a team mate, this is called a 'touch up' (or 'touchdown' depending on the angle of penetration) and his team get the opportunity of an extra point from a conversion. This is similar to a rugby conversion, but is so close to the posts that no one ever misses.

    That's my understanding of the rules, anyway.
     
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  11. alwaysright

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    To you the mechanics of an on / off switch would be complicated.
     
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  12. thefanwithnoname

    thefanwithnoname Well-Known Member

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    american football is like golf

    basically a waste of land that could be used to house the homeless
     
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  13. Sam Axe

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    How the **** is it exciting? They have stoppages for everything and they aren't short stoppages either. My advice is stick with football and rugby league.
     
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  14. OSP

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    Are you saying that neither of those games have stoppages? Football for example, has a team getting roughly 25 throw ins and about 5 corners per match. And in a 90 minute game, the ball is in play on average for about 50 minutes of that.

    To be fair, NFL is much much less than that, at about 12 minutes for a 60 minute game. But to make out that its the only sport that does so is wrong.
     
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