Harrison's 100 yard interception was epic. Too bad he went and messed it up later.
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Steelers or Cardinals
- Thread starter Tom Allen
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steelers have won but to be honest the cardinals were the underdogs having quite a light hearted regular season to make the superbowl - Just a though , they mention the steelers being barack Obamas personal team and I know that the cardinals are john mccains personal team so in a way it was a second presidential war...
and barack won.....again
and barack won.....again
Hang on a cotton-picking! Is it me - or do American Footballers have the cushiest job in the world?
You play for 30 seconds, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 5 mins (advert break). Repeat to fade...
That's not taking in to account the time you spend off the field - because you actually have at least 2 different teams - one for attacking and one for defending.
So, in a 1 hour game you actually only play about 10 minutes. In real terms - out of a 40-hour week - you only work around 6.5 of them! Explain that to your boss.
American Football? Pah! Rugby for girls!
You play for 30 seconds, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 60, play for 30, stop for 5 mins (advert break). Repeat to fade...
That's not taking in to account the time you spend off the field - because you actually have at least 2 different teams - one for attacking and one for defending.
So, in a 1 hour game you actually only play about 10 minutes. In real terms - out of a 40-hour week - you only work around 6.5 of them! Explain that to your boss.
American Football? Pah! Rugby for girls!
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I see your point though. there is a lot of stopping and starting. But even if your wearing pads, your still getting hit with a guy wearing pads so it negates itself really. Your still gonna take a hit.
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I played both
Rugby to county level and American football to junior/U21 international level.
The American football was alot more physically demanding that the rugby.
Rugby to county level and American football to junior/U21 international level.
The American football was alot more physically demanding that the rugby.
It would be. You are carrying the equivalent of a MissyQ on your back every time you do manage to get on the field!
Oh, Pid - you've obviously never played rugby then (assuming you are not a girl
).
Oh, Pid - you've obviously never played rugby then (assuming you are not a girl
).
no girl mate. and yes. i have played. to club level till i was 18. don't actually like the sport to be fair. but got offered to play it so did. (glutten for punishment)It would be. You are carrying the equivalent of a MissyQ on your back every time you do manage to get on the field!
Oh, Pid - you've obviously never played rugby then (assuming you are not a girl
Hang on. You said "rugby is for girls" yet you played until you reached 18 (and discovered what girls actually are).
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A play does not last 30 seconds. If it takes 5, it's a long one. Also, you don't pause for 60 seconds. There is a playclock that gives you only about 30 seconds between plays... (differs depending on the situation and what league you play)
Now, even though a play only lasts a few seconds, it has been measured that the avarage lineman (the big dudes) burns about as much energy as somebody doing a 100 meter dash. Try doing that every 30 seconds...
As for rugby being so hardass....puhlease.... There is a reason there is a women's rugby league.
Seriously though, you can't compare the two. I've heard the argument about the football players wearing pads too often, so suffice to say that the things you do in rugby to tackle somebody will get you nowhere in football. The reason for the padding is simple: You'd die without it. In football you are allowed to do things you'd never be allowed to do in rugby.
The two sports are totally different. A rugby player will have a far batter shape endurance-wise, as they run around the field pretty much all through the game. Footballplayers sure don't, but what they do is similar to getting into a car and running into a brick wall at 50 mph 60 times in a row.
The avarage rugby player will easily outdistance the avarage footballplayer when it comes to running long distances, but the avarage footballplayer is far stronger explosively, and so will beat the rugby player in sprints and will recover faster from a sprint. Arm strength and upper leg strength of linemen in football has no equal in sports, with the exception of powerlifters and the like (yes, they push harder than Sumo wrestlers).
All that doesn't make football players better or harder, just different. You just can't compare the two. Even the ball in American football is as different from a rugby ball, as a rugby ball is different from a regular football.
Jay, 7 times Dutch national American football champion, 2 times European champion.