Brits? ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! Real football. Not that wussy, chase a ball around and get penalized if someone bumps someone else football. No, we are talking Monday Night, hard hitting, hail mary football and it’s about to hit via Sky HD. Plus, the network is going to show Super Bowl XLIII along with the Chargers vs the Saints from London’s own Wembley Stadium in glorious high definition. This is all part of an agreement between the NFL and Sky with the first showing at 12 am on Monday, September 8th — Minnesota Vikings vs the Green Bay Packers.
Can you feel it? The ‘08 football season is almost here.
via HDTV UK
At least now I can watch the Bears play at 1am. After I didn’t win the SlingBox set in the CrunchGear birthday giveaway, I thought I wouldn’t get the chance this year. Now I just need to get a decent DVR over here and I’ll be happy.
I would rather never watch tv again then watch american football, and Im american.
always wondered how can you call this sport football, since, most of the time, you use your hands to play it ???
Yay! Now we can watch stop-start rugby at 3am in the monring, but with pre-madonna pussies who need over-sized protective gear and multi-million dollar contracts to throw a ball several yards. Damn soft, egg chasers.
Americans? ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! Real football. Not that wussy, body-armour wearing, stop for a break every 10seconds football. Try a sport for REAL men, try rugby.
Look, I have to break it to you guys: Rugby sucks. There are way too many guys grabbing asses, hugging, and cauliflower ears to ever make it cool.
Oh man, you call this “real” football??? Lets see – 3 hours to watch 1 hour of actual “play” – most of which is watching the clock wind down. No flow, no improvisation, everything a set play. More officials than players on the field (it seems). Loads of body armour because they can’t take the hits. Most players standing around mugging for Mom on the camera instead of actually doing something to help win.
Now rugby – there’s a real man’s game. 80 minutes of non-stop action (apart from one halftime break). Most players on the field and in action the whole time. Everyone has to be able to catch, run, kick (the ball), pass, tackle – no exceptions.
How is there ANY comparison?
Great post. To all you rugby propping guys, how about an honest comparison of the size of guys playing the two sports. Given the way Football is played, people would die if they weren’t wearing that protection — because of the size of the guys and because they’re lined up facing each other. Its not like Rugby where you can manuever with far more ease in a relatively open field.
The fact you see Football players continue playing when their helmets get knocked off should be a pretty good indication these aren’t a bunch of soccer players out there running around. Say what you want about padding, but when other people are wearing helmets and pads, and your head isn’t protected, its a pretty good sign your going to take some serious damage in any contact you make. And they still do it.