I've only gotten into football in the last few years. Originally I was more into CFL because, well, the BC Lions are a local team that I can root for and go see live. Two years ago the Lions won the Grey Cup and my Dad and I saw the semi-final game that was the last home game of the year live. It was a great moment to be there for.
But I'm a bad Canadian because over time I've realized I like the American game more. The difference is the amount of downs. In Canadian football you only get three. That results in more emphasis on passing which makes for exciting football when it works. The problem is passing is risky so when I watch a CFL game there appears to be more changes in posession. There's less room for error so that means less first downs, less drives, less last second magic. I like how with four downs in American football you can eat away at the yards a bit by rushing. In the CFL you pretty much go for 10 yards every play because you need that second down as a back up.
I was planning on watching three games yesterday. But unfortunately the cable company screwed me out the middle game. In Canada there's a rule where if a Canadian and American station are showing the same thing it automatically switches to the Canadian feed so you watch the local commercials. So even if my TV was set to Fox I got CTV. The Seahawks were playing and they're kind of like Vancouver's local NFL team so that made sense. CTV however was not airing the second game. Now the feed should have then switched from CTV back to Fox but it didn't. ARRRGH!!! I called the cable company but whoever I got on the other end had no understanding of my problem at all. She thought I was trying to watch a PPV game or that I wanted them to magically change what shows Fox broadcasts. I just wanted them to push the stupid button that makes Fox go back to Fox again!
Though things actually worked for the best. I went on MSN during the time the game should have been on and by fluke ran into a girl I know and managed to score a date out of it.
Had the cable company not goofed then I never would have bumped into her. Ha ha!
My brother doesn't watch any sports and knows very little about them but he got a real kick out of Tom Brady getting injured. I know we shouldn't cheer a guy getting hurt but this is like karma for Spygate and running up the score last season and acting like the perfect season was a sure thing. I hope Tom suffers no permanent injury and plays again but come on. The bastards cheat but still get to go into the Superbowl undefeated only to be upset by a team people questioned would even make the playoffs and then lose their star player to injury in the first game of the next season? This is like a storybook ending for the ultimate "bad guy" team. Perhaps this is the begining of a Curse of Spygate?
Am I being immature? Maybe but come one. It's sports and it's not like Brady will never walk again. The commentators act like this is a sad day for football fans but I'm pretty sure most fans of contenders are drooling at the possibility of this allowing their team to go all the way. Supporting a bottom dweller is frustrating but what's even more frustrating is when your team seems to have the talent to challenge for a title but some dynasty team keeps getting in the way. You get the feeling that if that stupid team wasn't so good your team would be a shoe-in for the title. And it feels like your wasting the elite players your team has. Think of how San Diego Chargers fans are feeling. This is probably the best the franchise has ever been but they have no Superbowl to show for it. So with the Pats, who have already won three Superbowls for their fans, out of the way maybe they have a shot now. They'll still have to beat other talented teams (Colts, Steelers, Cowboys) to get there so it's not like they won't earn it.
Topic: Official 2008 NFL Football Season Discussion Thread (Read 40063 times)
