Football, Football, Football, Football and Football...

[Crown]

All sport bores me to tears in general.

The only sport I watch is World Cup Soccer- purely because of the stakes involved it's just so much more exciting.

Most BORING SPORT EVER: cricket.

This is true, still I can't believe that England actually won against us!

[InnerBrat]

Ummm, what?

[Crown]

Sorry I was repling to Vympel, edited it to show it

[InnerBrat]

Edited it to make me look liuke a dumb blonde <sigh>

[The Dark]

You'll NEVER walk alone....

Should I continue?

We used that as our marching band's song, which we would perform after the end of each game before the alma mater. Our director died my senior year of a brain aneurysm, and another director talked his college (the only one with a concert band version of that) into giving us the music. While the band played, we percussionists and the guard learned to sing it (I learned both, since I played bassoon for concert band, where we also used it).

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the storm
Though your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

[Crown]

Oh and innerbrat;

When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown..
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...

EDIT: Doh! I was beaten to it!

Oh well....

O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Anfield
Come and behold them
They're the Kings of Europe
O come let us adore them
O come let us adore them
O come let us adore them LIVERPOOL !!!!

And...
We hate Nottingham Forest,
We hate Everton too (they're shit!)
We hate Man United,
But Liverpool we love you ...

[irishmick79]

Back in '93 I watched one of the greatest games of American pro football I've ever seen. In the wild card game of the playoffs, the Houston Oilers met up with the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo. The Oilers, led by future hall of famer Warren Moon, mounted a 28-3 half time lead and despite the bitter cold temps looked unstoppable. Jim Kelly, the HoF quarterback for the Bills had been knocked out, and an unknown backup named Frank Riech came in to salvage the unfolding disaster. Bit by bit, Riech drives the bills down the field, and engineers one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history. In a wild second half, the Bills put up 35 unanswered points, tie the ballgame, and send it into overtime. They manage to pull off the win in OT, sending up-state New York into a state of pandimonium. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[RedImperator]

And it all went for shit in the Super Bowl. Same thing happened here in '80-'81. Eagles upset the Cowboys at the Vet only to get stomped by the Raiders in Super Bowl XV. Of course, they lost that game three months before I was born, so it's not like I suffered too much.

[Admiral Valdemar]

Oh and innerbrat;

When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown..
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...

EDIT: Doh! I was beaten to it!

Oh well....

O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Anfield
Come and behold them
They're the Kings of Europe
O come let us adore them
O come let us adore them
O come let us adore them LIVERPOOL !!!!

And...
We hate Nottingham Forest,
We hate Everton too (they're shit!)
We hate Man United,
But Liverpool we love you ...

Lol, so long as no-one is an Everton fan I'm happy with that.

[Andrew J.]

...

Sports in Europe are weeeird.

[Dirty Harry]

OK, if you want, coz I may hate football, but I don't hate Liverpool [/quote]

Nice of you to say so and I hate football to.

[Lord Pounder]

I chose Gaelic even though i'd be barred from playing for 2 reasons. I don't speak fluent gaelic, I'd get shot if i visited the area that offer to teach gaelic. And second i have been a member of a Protestant matching organisation.

But it is a game really get your teath into. It's is gloriously violent and i like a good battering match. Plus it's so easy to score. If you plant one over the net you get a point. You can score from the halfway line.

[Durandal]

The only sport which can call itself football is played with the feet, with 2 goals on either side of a field, shin guards and a clock that never fucking stops except at the half. American football is more like a pussified version of rugby. Too many pads, too many breaks, too much commercial time.

[Slartibartfast]

My foot in yer balls is the best sport.

[Vympel]

My foot in yer balls is the best sport.

But ... what about

FRUNGY

[Slartibartfast]

My foot in yer balls is the best sport.

But ... what about

FRUNGY

Good point.

[Captain Kruger]

None.

I hate sports (except for ping pong and pool).

American football is the most mind-numbingly boring sport to watch. Especially if you have a really good team against one that totally sucks. In my opinion, if you're going to end with like 47-0 in the fourth, you might as well end the game at half time and tell everyone to go home.

There's also the fact that it takes fucking forever to go 15 minutes...

Except that there's this thing called a "comeback" wherein an NFL team gets a second wind in the second half. A perfect example is the San Francisco-New York playoff game last weekend. SF was down by 24 points in the middle of the third quarter and ended up winning by ONE point in the nail-biting last few seconds. Most exciting game of any sport I've seen in years. (And of course, a welcome ending for us Californians. )

With your suggestion, such phenomenal games would not and could not exist.

[Captain Kruger]

VICKS GOES DOWN HARD! MCNAB AND THE EAGLES WIN! AGAIN!

American football all the way.

Damn straight. I was amazed at how the Philly defense shut down the most slippery, elusive quarterback in the entire league.

As awesome as Philly is this year, I think we're going to see an AFC Super Bowl win. I think they can take Tampa Bay, but not Oakland or Tennessee.

[Captain Kruger]

Back in '93 I watched one of the greatest games of American pro football I've ever seen. In the wild card game of the playoffs, the Houston Oilers met up with the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo. The Oilers, led by future hall of famer Warren Moon, mounted a 28-3 half time lead and despite the bitter cold temps looked unstoppable. Jim Kelly, the HoF quarterback for the Bills had been knocked out, and an unknown backup named Frank Riech came in to salvage the unfolding disaster. Bit by bit, Riech drives the bills down the field, and engineers one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history. In a wild second half, the Bills put up 35 unanswered points, tie the ballgame, and send it into overtime. They manage to pull off the win in OT, sending up-state New York into a state of pandimonium. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

I remember that game. Absolutely incredible. For the record, that game is the greatest comeback in playoff history. Last week's NY-SF game was the second-greatest.

Poor Buffalo. 4 straight Super Bowl visits, 4 straight losses. If they ever make it back, I'll be cheering for 'em.

[Captain Kruger]

And no, I wasn't just saying that to brown-nose the site owner.

[phongn]

VICKS GOES DOWN HARD! MCNAB AND THE EAGLES WIN! AGAIN!

American football all the way.

Damn straight. I was amazed at how the Philly defense shut down the most slippery, elusive quarterback in the entire league.

If TB can do it (twice), no reason that the Philly defense couldn't either.

[phongn]

(And of course, a welcome ending for us Californians. )

Yuo got 0wnzed!

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Soccer (DAMMIT, It's the REAL Football, so call it FOOTBALL, not "Soccer"!!!): Insanely fun to play, insanely boring to watch (in other words: Quake 3 CTF minus the Railguns and Rocket Launchers!)
American Football: Like Rugby but..... American. Fun to watch, really phun to play (Boner Bonus: Tight Spandex pants on big muscular guys, plus the QB and the kicker are fun for hot gay 3some sex the night after the Big Game. Trust me, I know from first.. ummm.. hand experience!)
Canadian Football: I believe thatt's called Hockey...
Gaelic Football: MMM Blood, Guts, and Cute Irish Laddies!
Aussie Footie: See Gaelic and replace "Irish" with "Aussie."

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

My foot in yer balls is the best sport.

But ... what about

FRUNGY

Was ist Das "Frungy"?

[Captain Kruger]

(And of course, a welcome ending for us Californians. )

Yuo got 0wnzed!

Yes, and congrads to former Raider coach Jonnie "Chuckie" Gruden! Actually, I don't give a shit about SF — I just wanted them to go the distance so us Raider fans could brag about bitch-slapping their sorry asses in an all-Bay Area Super Bowl. Oh well…I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with us bringing home a fourth ring while the Boys in Red cry about their Florida-style spanking.