It should definitely be a good game. The Giants played them tough the first go around.
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It should definitely be a good game. The Giants played them tough the first go around.
There is also no blocking in rugby, and you're not allowed to leave your feet on tackles. Along with the fact that you're offsides if you're behind the ball, and you get a game where there are essentially no blindsides, no random killshot blocks 30 yards away from the play for no reason, no spears, none of that crappy "tackle a guy by diving straight at his ankles," etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
I wouldn't even say it's widely accepted that football is more dangerous everywhere but the nations that play rugby. Most Americans I talk to, for instance, watch a rugby game and just see regular football with no pads on and no stoppage between plays.
your allowed to pick up and drop plays, but their entire body cant go past horizontal and parallel with the ground (so like an = sign not // to = to \\ )Quote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
there are blindsides, but your a dope if you get one (and deserve one ya dope lol) there are ankle diver :D lol just we're trained to be effective not show-lookers like most morons (eg. TO) that may be fun but theres not alot of spirit (i remember him doing something to that dallas star a few years back? :O )
haha the point of rugby union (which there s league version of also) is for fluent flowing rugby thats good looking (the new zealanders and south africans best illstrate this)
however no world cup comes close to a australia-new zealand test match - ive been lucky to play 4 years in high school for the australian schoolboys, most nfl players are still dwarfed by some islanders (like tonga, fiji, maouri's etc)
ive been hit harder in gridiron tbh, but ive had worse injuries in union (fractured neck worst one, spent 1 night in hospital b4 i refused meds and walked out and play 2 weeks later) gridiron here, they just fling their bodies around, i (yes im a assitant lb coach - i help my neighbour) teach them to play smart and tackle effective...yet they see LT (the real one...Taylor) make bone crunchers and they wanna emulate that...
oh well....
When I said blindsides, I meant on people OTHER than the ballcarrier, as in people getting blocked. No blocking in rugby.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajwest
I can't recall seeing any ankle divers in the games I've watched or played in. Isn't there some kind of rule against leaving your feet going into a tackle? (I haven't played in almost a year, and hadn't played for too long before then)
the only main rule with leaving your feet, is that u make "Considerable" effort to use your entire arms to make a tackle, i once broke a guys sternum with a semi-tackle where one arm moved to tackle the complete playerQuote:
Originally Posted by monroeski
blindsides off the ball? LOL...youve never seen a all black - wallabies game..WOW, once stated i had 65 touches and i could barely have less than 65 broken tackles bc i was half a step from alot of pain lol
its a general rule, if the # on his shirt is lower than yours? dont mess with him lol, though; im a fly-half/five-eight (#10) and ive had good punch ons with some #1-8's who are mean grunts from my day
haha, tell your club i'll come over and train you guys :D maybe even play lol...nothing like a little bit more help lol?
We have foreign players come over all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajwest
Note that I'm still the new guy and don't know remotely as much as most of the others.
this game has been called ever since the pats signed randy moss, I probably won't even watch.....the pats will easily win unfortunately, and with that everyone will forget about belicheat and he will be enamoured as the best football coach to ever walk on a field.
The Super Bowl is no longer all about the game, though. I personally am more interested in the football being played, but it has turned into such an event between the parties and the commercials and the etc. etc. etc. that it's not really something you should miss anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by vairox
People I know that hate football still love Super Bowl parties.
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Originally Posted by monroeski
haha thats alright, ive been hit and hit some of the toughest men to walk the field (Butch James, Ole le Roux and John Roe) but being the new guy just means that you wont the one they aim for haha,just look tough..its 50% looks lol....
you should see some of the youtube stuff, the most painful looking hits were placed by the smallest looking guys...still, the greatest tackle ever was done on the field in the game that they play in heavan :D
I'm looking forward to free agency more than the Bowl. We have a lineman or two to steal from the Colts. ;)
That said, good luck today Primate. It must feel awesome to see your boys in the Bowl, and they deserve to be there after an impressive win at GB.
Finaly superbowl day.
Please giants, rape the patriots, i am tired of hearing how great they are.
I hate rooting for the Giants, especially after the GB game, but I just dont want a perfect season.
So go G-Men, i guess.
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Originally Posted by monroeski
it's a joke now, the game is just an inconvenience of sorts.
that is why there is 2 weeks between the championship games and the SB, so they have 2 weeks to milk people in the super bowl city, it's a massively large business and the game is just a small part, the commercials the last couple years sucked....they were either completely retarded or just plain stupid, like trying way too hard to be funny stupid, the most awesome part of the SB is that the streets are pretty empty so if you have somewhere to go you get there pretty quick, I'm gonna head back up north for work at halftime.... 2 hour drive will now take an hour and 20-30 :D
I just want to see the commercials and how companies blow away millions
18 - 1
edit: Does the girlfriend-at-the-game jinx extend to Brady too now?
I take my hat off to you.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfNoob
Nice call ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
Great game. Goes down as one of the best superbowls in recent history, right up there with the Titans Rams superbowl.
So..............how's everybody doin'? :D
Im freaking excited. I hate the Pats so much that I actually rooted for the Giants, who I also hate with a passion.
I was tired of hearing Pats are so good, Pats this, Tom Brady that.
Seeing him get drilled to the ground on that 3rd down made my day perfect.
That and the Rangers comeback made this a perfect sunday
great game, easily a top 5 super bowl
was so glad the Pats got knocked off their high horse
Damn was I wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
Ha, no worries. Most of the country probably predicted a lopsided win for the Pats.Quote:
Originally Posted by WolfNoob
That was definitely a good game as SB's go. Both defenses were a treat to watch. The Giants just a bit more so, they have great DE's and they played their asses off today. Kinda cool to see the fifth seed in the NFC beat a perennial AFC powerhouse that was also undefeated!
What's really weird is that Eli didn't bug me for once.
thanks r'ag. It was awesome seeing the giants in the bowl and then them winning it. This was the best win ever. I got to watch it with a bunch of my friends and giants fans and my throat is pretty damn sore. The greatest thing was when tyree caught that pass and then plax finished the game with the td. I nearly died a couple of times during the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
The giants straight up game planned well too. Smith did some serious damage and tyree had such a huge game. He's usually not even part of the offense at all, just a special teams stud. What a job they both did among the other players, there's no reason to list out players because I'd just be naming everyone. It was just a great win by the entire team and an incredbile game for a giants fan. They really earned it, the pats had their chances. Again it was such an amazing game and it's the best win the giants have ever had.
I'll never get tired of the highlights, the post game interviews, or seeing the guys on espn blowing the giants. Seeing peyton there by himself rooting on the giants was cool too, it was like he was one of us. What a great day!!!!!!!!
edit: one more thing, the pats (including belichick) were nice about losing giving props to the giants in their post game interviews from what I saw, even rodney harrison. That was cool of them.
Incredible game that went down to the wire. I never thought the Giants' D would be that good and Eli stepping up to for their final drive but they proved a lot of people wrong. B2B Super Bowls for the Mannings, now that's amazing. On a side note that Bridgestone commercial was too funny.