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For the first time I am going to watch one of the biggest events in the whole world. Super Bowl or as I like to call it, Supa Bowl 
For the first time it is casted on the main TV channel in my country, and since I have never seen a match of American football I thought this might be a nice start. The little I have seen of that sport is from a peak at some movies like Any Given Sunday and some TV shows like Friday Night light, and I have just watched at most 15 min of those combined.
So now I am looking forward to see if this is anything spectacular or is it a waste of my time? Find out, in the next episode of...... Supa Bowl American football, worth it or desert it?
Also can anyone give me a short introduction to the sport? I have almost no idea about the basics just that u have to get the ball to either of the sides and get a "touch down".
 
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Oh, it should be spectacular. It will be spectacular.
A short intro into Football would take so long that the game would have already been over..... Typically American - crazy long rulebook, long overrated history, and macho-ism at its finest.
The game is similar to rugby in the sense that it is a turf war. You are fighting for position. The better position, the better chance to score points, as well as deprive your opponent of points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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I went to a live football game once, and it sucked ass. Basically, nothing much happens. A play lasts a few seconds, then the game clock is paused and the players plan their next move for minutes. It takes an eternity for anything to happen. I understand that there's probably some strategic dimension to be found in football, but it just isn't exciting to watch at all for me.
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If you understand how the downs work, then its VERY simple to follow
Every time a team gets the ball you have 4 plays to make 10 yards, so if it's "1st and 10" that's your first play out of 4, and if you make 10yards within 4 plays you get a new set of downs, so it goes back to "1st and 10" and it keeps going until there's a turnover or a score. If you fail on 4th down then the ball gets turned-over to the other team, so nearly all teams punt the ball on 4th down to get better field position for their defense(or kick a field-goal if you're close enough)
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just watch the commercials
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On February 08 2010 02:58 lokiM wrote:
If you understand how the downs work, then its VERY simple to follow
Every time a team gets the ball you have 4 plays to make 10 yards, so if it's "1st and 10" that's your first play out of 4, and if you make 10yards within 4 plays you get a new set of downs, so it goes back to "1st and 10" and it keeps going until there's a turnover or a score. If you fail on 4th down then the ball gets turned-over to the other team, so nearly all teams punt the ball on 4th down to get better field position for their defense(or kick a field-goal if you're close enough)
How long is the field? and what exactly do you mean by punt the ball? I always wanted to know how this game works so any more explanation is much appreciated, especially since you write in a way that makes it understandable for a total newb, at least I think so
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Is there any way to watch it live on some kind of stream?
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On February 08 2010 02:58 hyst.eric.al wrote:
just watch the commercials
QFT
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On February 08 2010 03:12 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2010 02:58 lokiM wrote:
If you understand how the downs work, then its VERY simple to follow
Every time a team gets the ball you have 4 plays to make 10 yards, so if it's "1st and 10" that's your first play out of 4, and if you make 10yards within 4 plays you get a new set of downs, so it goes back to "1st and 10" and it keeps going until there's a turnover or a score. If you fail on 4th down then the ball gets turned-over to the other team, so nearly all teams punt the ball on 4th down to get better field position for their defense(or kick a field-goal if you're close enough)
How long is the field? and what exactly do you mean by punt the ball? I always wanted to know how this game works so any more explanation is much appreciated, especially since you write in a way that makes it understandable for a total newb, at least I think so
The field is a 100 yards. (about 92 meters) The team that is punting the ball block the opposing team from blocking the kicker. The kicker holds the ball in 1 hands and kicks it as far as he can.
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On February 08 2010 03:12 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2010 02:58 lokiM wrote:
If you understand how the downs work, then its VERY simple to follow
Every time a team gets the ball you have 4 plays to make 10 yards, so if it's "1st and 10" that's your first play out of 4, and if you make 10yards within 4 plays you get a new set of downs, so it goes back to "1st and 10" and it keeps going until there's a turnover or a score. If you fail on 4th down then the ball gets turned-over to the other team, so nearly all teams punt the ball on 4th down to get better field position for their defense(or kick a field-goal if you're close enough)
How long is the field? and what exactly do you mean by punt the ball? I always wanted to know how this game works so any more explanation is much appreciated, especially since you write in a way that makes it understandable for a total newb, at least I think so
It's 100 yards, but if you include both end zones it's about 110-120? Punting is just when you kick the ball without it hitting the ground, if you're close enough for a fieldgoal though then some1 holds it.
basically you only want to punt if you know it will be too hard to make it on 4th down, or if you aren't close enough to make a field goal
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On February 08 2010 03:12 InFiNitY[pG] wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2010 02:58 lokiM wrote:
If you understand how the downs work, then its VERY simple to follow
Every time a team gets the ball you have 4 plays to make 10 yards, so if it's "1st and 10" that's your first play out of 4, and if you make 10yards within 4 plays you get a new set of downs, so it goes back to "1st and 10" and it keeps going until there's a turnover or a score. If you fail on 4th down then the ball gets turned-over to the other team, so nearly all teams punt the ball on 4th down to get better field position for their defense(or kick a field-goal if you're close enough)
How long is the field? and what exactly do you mean by punt the ball? I always wanted to know how this game works so any more explanation is much appreciated, especially since you write in a way that makes it understandable for a total newb, at least I think so
Basically, 4th down is your last chance at getting your "first down" (by travelling 10 yards and resetting the play count). If you fail to get it on 4th down, the ball switches to the other team's offense at the same spot. Since that would give your opponents very good position on the field, in most situations teams will opt to "punt", or kick the ball farther down the field on 4th down. This way, the other team still gets the ball, but has worse position on the field, deeper into their own territory.
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On February 08 2010 02:32 Neivler wrote:For the first time I am going to watch one of the biggest events in the whole world. Super Bowl or as I like to call it, Supa Bowl For the first time it is casted on the main TV channel in my country, and since I have never seen a match of American football I thought this might be a nice start. The little I have seen of that sport is from a peak at some movies like Any Given Sunday and some TV shows like Friday Night light, and I have just watched at most 15 min of those combined. So now I am looking forward to see if this is anything spectacular or is it a waste of my time? Find out, in the next episode of...... Supa Bowl American football, worth it or desert it? Also can anyone give me a short introduction to the sport? I have almost no idea about the basics just that u have to get the ball to either of the sides and get a "touch down".
Both teams try to get to the opposing teams end-zone. If you get to the end-zone with the ball you get 6 points and a chance to get 1 more by kicking the ball into the goal. (teams almost always make it) The quaterback starts off with the ball and chooses the play. He can hand it off to a player (almost always the running back) or throw the ball to a player (wide-receiver).
The supa-bowl is pretty bad because most of the time you spend watching you're seeing commercials and plays being stopped.
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Football is a lot of fun to watch. Live games have the potential to be great, too. But I've only been to one, and it's probably one of the worst games in history. (Lions at Cardinals a few years back, when both teams were absolutely awful).
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On February 08 2010 02:52 Scorch wrote:
I went to a live football game once, and it sucked ass. Basically, nothing much happens. A play lasts a few seconds, then the game clock is paused and the players plan their next move for minutes. It takes an eternity for anything to happen. I understand that there's probably some strategic dimension to be found in football, but it just isn't exciting to watch at all for me.
you obviously were not drunk enough.
i never really liked football, but i understand the game, i watched the last super bowl at a friends house with a few guys who were really explaining the plays to me as it went along, it really made me appreciate the game alot more. now one of my roommates is a huge football fan, so everyone once and a while ill watch a game with him, but not too often haha. basically once i started understanding the more strategic elements of the game i started to appreciate it more. like starcraft.
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On February 08 2010 02:58 hyst.eric.al wrote:
just watch the commercials
But the station I use is owned by the government, and they do not show commercials 
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Ok, the game is played in "turns". The goal is the move the ball as far as you can each "turn". One team plays offense, and they will have the ball. The goal of the defense is to not let the offense move the ball.
Now, once the offense comes on the field. They have 4 "turns" to move the ball 10 yards. So when you see things like "1st and 10", it means its the team's first turn, and there is 10 yards for them to get before getting a new set of turns. In football, they call these turns "downs".
During each down, the ball starts in the middle and the offense have control. They can chose to run the football, which means they hand the ball to a runner, and the runner tries to run as far as he can before his knees touch the ground. In which case that "down" is over. The offense can also chose to pass the football, they do this by throwing the football to one of the receivers. You generally can move the ball farther by passing but if the ball hits the ground before its caught, then you don't gain any yards.
But either way, you get 4 chances to move the ball 10 yards. And you SHOULD see where the offense is trying to reach on TV, american TV will have computer generated yellow line for TV viewers to see how far the offense has to go. Once you get pass that line you will start at 1st and 10 again.
During an offensive series, the defense (the side without the ball) will try to tackle anyone with the football, or intercept a pass, or force a fumble. A normal tackle is where the defensive player hits the ball carrier and force him on the ground, in which case the play is over. Interception is when a pass is caught by a defensive player before it lands on the ground, in which case the offensive series is over and the team that intercepted the ball will send their offensive squad. Fumble is when the offensive player with the ball drops the football while running, and before he is tackled. When there is a fumble, the lose ball is up for anyone to grab. Which ever team gets it, will go on offense.
However, if you fail to move the ball 10 yards after 4th down, then ball is turned over to the other team, and they start where the offense was. However, rather than trying to get the 10 yards in 4 tries, the offense has the option to "punt" the ball on 4th down. Because if the offense choose to make another offensive play on 4th down, and fails, the other team will have the ball at a very good position usually. So punting, is where the offense kick the ball as far as possible, and the opposing team will have to start their offense at where the punt ends up. This way, there is more ground for the opposing team to cover. This is called having "field position". you want the opposing offense to be as far from as your endzone as possible.
When the ball does reach the endzone through running or passing, then the team scores a touchdown, and thats 6 points. They then get to kick a fieldgoal to get an extra point.
The offense can also score by kicking a field goal on 4th down, if they are close to the opposing endzone. Kicking a fieldgoal without a touchdown gives the team 3 points.
Its pretty lengthy but should be pretty helpful. And there are a lot of commercials, like any football game... because the game gets paused VERY often.
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It's basically the worst sport ever.
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I would enjoy football more if I knew the sport at all... really I have such little understanding of whats going on its just unfortunate.
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How long will the Super Bowl last? Or approximately. It is aired around midnight and I have school tomorrow. I hate to be super tired the entire day 
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On February 08 2010 03:54 Zurles wrote:
It's basically the worst sport ever.
Have you seen Curling, lol?
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