American Football Thread (NFL, NCAA)

[Messi 10]

Originally Posted by hoopymo

Yo greendave, what channel can we scots catch the NFL on, i figured it would be setnta NASL but they only have college.

Sky sports 1,2,3 on sunday and monday nights.

and channel 5 also show Monday night football.

[greendave]

Originally Posted by hoopymo

Yo greendave, what channel can we scots catch the NFL on, i figured it would be setnta NASL but they only have college.

Sky Sports have the Sunday games, and Channel 5 show Monday night football.

If you don't have Sky, there are always plenty of good streams to watch online. The Monday night games kick off at 1:30 am our time which can be a bit of a problem for me. Pittsburgh vs Baltimore went into OT on Monday and didn't finish until nearly 5:30am.

[hoopymo]

Wow, now i know how celtics american fans feel.

[greendave]

Originally Posted by hoopymo

Wow, now i know how celtics american fans feel.

Yep. I've said it before I have the utmost respect for our North American supporters not only for sticking with Celtic despite the distraction of their own big sports but also the complete lack of media coverage.

But also the time difference, jaysus I was fecking wrecked on Tuesday after sitting up for that game on Monday. It reallly screws up yer internal clock following a team on the opposite side of the Atlantic.

[Guy Fawkes]

i give up late night weekend drinking so i can watch celtic at 730 am lol :/




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[Messi 10]

Originally Posted by Guy Fawkes

PS

E-A-G-L-E-S
EAGLES

How you liking DeSean so far ?

[wetghirl]

Originally Posted by greendave

Yep. I've said it before I have the utmost respect for our North American supporters not only for sticking with Celtic despite the distraction of their own big sports but also the complete lack of media coverage.

But also the time difference, jaysus I was fecking wrecked on Tuesday after sitting up for that game on Monday. It reallly screws up yer internal clock following a team on the opposite side of the Atlantic.

Easier for us with you being ahead than for you having to do the red-eye.

Maybe you'll have to get in the habit of afternoon naps

[Diegan]

Originally Posted by hoopymo

Yo greendave, what channel can we scots catch the NFL on, i figured it would be setnta NASL but they only have college.

College is much more fun to watch, in my opinion. There's so much more passion there, the crowds are young, fit, yelling, screaming college students instead of old, fat, quiet, nacho-eating 40 year olds who have some kind of mental complex that makes them dress up in weird costumes.

[Messi 10]

Originally Posted by Diegan

College is much more fun to watch, in my opinion. There's so much more passion there, the crowds are young, fit, yelling, screaming college students instead of old, fat, quiet, nacho-eating 40 year olds who have some kind of mental complex that makes them dress up in weird costumes.

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College football is amazing, i like the passion as you say.

Nothing beats watching Peyton Manning and Tony Romo lose though.

Tony Romo just really bugs me, how is this guy Quarterback of arguably the best team in the NFL.

he throws too many interceptions, fumbles too much and he's way too predictable.

It must suck so much ass to be a wide receiver for the cowboys, unless your name is T.O, that's all he does is throw to Owens, and if he's not there then he throws to Witten.

And my beef with Peyton Manning is his face, does he ever smile, In fairness though, in the absence of Tom Brady, he is definitely the best QB in the league.

[Diegan]

Originally Posted by MuttCutts94

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College football is amazing, i like the passion as you say.

Nothing beats watching Peyton Manning and Tony Romo lose though.

Tony Romo just really bugs me, how is this guy Quarterback of arguably the best team in the NFL.

he throws too many interceptions, fumbles too much and he's way too predictable.

It must suck so much ass to be a wide receiver for the cowboys, unless your name is T.O, that's all he does is throw to Owens, and if he's not there then he throws to Witten.

And my beef with Peyton Manning is his face, does he ever smile, In fairness though, in the absence of Tom Brady, he is definitely the best QB in the league.

Man, I'm telling you, I've been to countless Jacksonville Jaguars games and a fair few Chargers games... but the most fun I've had at an american football game (outside of my high school) was last year's homecoming game. We played New Mexico or some shit and we got kicked out of basically all of our seats because we were being loud/drunk. My roommate almost got in a fight with this 50 year old who went to a rival high school, and we ended up stealing a 30 foot sign from the midfield line that we had no idea what to do with once we got back to our room. The stadium was like 1/3 full but it was fun as hell. There's a lot more to that game night, but I don't want to stretch this post out too long.

[daschoo]

Originally Posted by greendave

Sky Sports have the Sunday games, and Channel 5 show Monday night football.

If you don't have Sky, there are always plenty of good streams to watch online. The Monday night games kick off at 1:30 am our time which can be a bit of a problem for me. Pittsburgh vs Baltimore went into OT on Monday and didn't finish until nearly 5:30am.

any recomendations for streams mate? tried to get the cowboys on sunday but to no avail

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by eire4

Well no surprsie today the Raiders fired their latest lackey coach. This one had the termerity it seems to forget his job was contingent on kissing Al Davis's arse. Another sad day for a once great team. Lane Kiffin may not have been a very good coach but it's Al davis who is 100% the reason the Raiders keep losing. Sadly not only did the meglomaniac not fire himself but he insisted he will continue on thus ensuring the Raiders will continue to lose for the forseeable future.

you are spot on mate.

check this out:

Sapp says Kiffin treated unfairly, blames Davis for Raiders' mess

How dysfunctional are the Oakland Raiders? So dysfunctional that Warren Sapp warns anybody who asks him about signing there to stay far away.

"Nobody tells you how bad it is," Sapp said on Showtime's "Inside the NFL." " ... any person that calls me on the telephone, [I tell them] do not go anywhere near Oakland."
Sapp said that Lane Kiffin, fired this week by owner Al Davis, never got a fair chance in Oakland.
"He came in there with a change of mentality. The whole system," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL." "He changed how the locker room looked because it was going to take that kind of overhaul for Oakland to become the proud franchise we all knew it was."


Sapp said Oakland won't change for the better until Al Davis doesn't own the team anymore.

"[Davis] is the common equation," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL." "You take him out, put him at home watching film or whatever he is doing -- you have a functioning football organization. But once he comes over the top, he goes and starts moving it around.
"Al Davis knows football -- it's just '60s and '70s football. That's what it is. He's thinking that Cliff Branch is outside and [Jim] Plunkett is dropping back and you can throw it 80 yards down the field -- deep ball, deep ball, deep ball."
Sapp even said that Davis would call in plays when Sapp was playing for the Raiders.
"I remember the first two weeks I was there, we played a preseason game. Somebody came up one time and said, 'We're going deep right here, dog.' I said, how do you know? He said, 'The phone just rang.'
"All the preparation that goes into a week of work is there, the practicing that you have to put in order to do these things, sometimes [Al Davis] messed with that part of it and that's what kills you," Sapp said on "Inside the NFL."


ESPN - Sapp says Kiffin treated unfairly, blames Davis for Raiders' mess - NFL

[greendave]

Originally Posted by daschoo

any recomendations for streams mate? tried to get the cowboys on sunday but to no avail

I'll post up any good ones I find on Sunday night.

[eire4]

[quote=Immortal;727517]you are spot on mate.

check this out:

Sapp says Kiffin treated unfairly, blames Davis for Raiders' mess


Sapp said Oakland won't change for the better until Al Davis doesn't own the team anymore

Thanks. I actually saw parts of that interview earlier today. Nothing shocking from Sapp but he is sadly confirming from the inside what we all know to be true. Al Davis is 100% the reason the Raiders are the laughting stock of the NFL and until he leaves and an owner comes in and lets a real GM and a real coach run the team the Raiders will likely continue to be one of the worst teams in the league.

[Messi 10]

Pretty brave words from Sapp.