btownmeggy wrote:heavycola wrote:AF looks like nothing more than a bunch of padded pituitary retards running into one another
Yes! Because this is so, I had a natural aversion to football for most of my life, despite growing up in honest-to-goodness football country. The first time I ever actually sat down and watched an entire football game was when my partner's family took me to an Oregon v. Cal game. It was very very cold and rainy. I had on a very charming green and yellow skirt suit with yellow stockings and green shoes that I had to cover up with a blanket because of the inclemency!, so I was from the start ill-disposed to the occasion. For about the first half of the game, my partner simply tried to explain to me what a "down" was. But when it finally clicked, everything changed. Every play became a gamble, a bet, a dare! I was smitten by the quarterback, a wee boy with skinny minnie legs, struggling in one of his first major games. Finally, the game went into overtime, and tell the glory Oregon, the Ducks won!
I'm still no football fan, but I understand the game and can enjoy it, at least when played at the college level.
The wee boy, of course, is my darling Dennis Dixon.
I would say that the fact that your darling suffered a catastrophic knee injury during normal play should be another strike against 'Murican footbaw.
I went to college in US and I live in UK for quite a few years now. Being equally knowledgable and fond of both games, I repeat (european) football is more interesting, both to play and to watch. Look up my post above...
As far as I understand, in the last two years US team is training properly as a national team... So you have no more excuses for Beijing olympics.
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