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Posted January 23, 2012
Personally I prefer to watch and play volleyball. Handball is also a favourite. And perhaps hockey, though I never played it myself. Nogomet (football in Slovenian, as thus it can't be confused with any American sport) comes in fourth place with me. I love the game, but I really hate the penalty actors. They really need a better way of enforcing the rules. Apart from that, I think I know why it's one of the most popular sports in the world. You can't beat that orgasmic feeling when after almost an hour of much tension your team finally scores a goal. Joy just explodes in your body, like you'd actually have an orgasm of happiness. Of course, the emotion can go both ways. A defeat can actually be crushing for the fans of the loosing team, and I don't mean they're just a bit sad, I mean they feel godawful for a week if it was an important match.
Posted January 23, 2012
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MobiusArcher: If I have to watch one sport, then I would go with American Football. Its way more tactical.
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Psyringe: I will have to assume that your experience with soccer is somewhat limited. ;) Few games are tactically as diverse and challenging as soccer. Granted, from what I've seen of US soccer, tactics admittedly do often seem to take a backseat there ... ;)
I take from many comments here that Champions League doesn't have a good coverage in the US, lol
Posted January 23, 2012
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bevinator: If you watch one of the European league games, your faith in pro-level soccer will be restored. Provided you actually LIKE soccer, that is. The gameplay is 1000 times better with an actual team rather than a bunch of huge egos bashing against one another. Is it better than American football, though? That's more a personal preference. Pro and college football can be very interesting and exciting, but it's starting to become more and more of a gladiatorial-style bloodsport than anything else, unfortunately.
And yet, they dive as much as NBA players, if not more.

I don't watch sports where drama coaches get consulted.
Posted January 23, 2012
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hedwards: Unlike Soccer, Football involves actual play, rather than a bunch of men kicking the ball back and forth for hours on end.
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bevinator: This is unfortunately what a lot of Americans think about soccer, largely due to the World Cup. I played soccer as a kid and I used to believe this, too. Basically the problem is that the only real exposure that most Americans have to pro-level soccer, even casual soccer fans, is the World Cup. Which is essentially just an All-Star team that doesn't actually know how to play together. So all they do is pass, pass, pass, pass, for 90 minutes.

If you watch one of the European league games, your faith in pro-level soccer will be restored. Provided you actually LIKE soccer, that is. The gameplay is 1000 times better with an actual team rather than a bunch of huge egos bashing against one another. Is it better than American football, though? That's more a personal preference. Pro and college football can be very interesting and exciting, but it's starting to become more and more of a gladiatorial-style bloodsport than anything else, unfortunately.
And what's WRONG with gladitorial bloodsports? Rollerblade fook yeah! XD

;)
Posted January 23, 2012
My biggest problem with soccer--including the upper echelons--is the terrible acting. It's only started happening more in the NBA (outside of 'taking a charge') because of the mass influx of Europeans coming over. I don't blame them, the same way i don't blame the soccer players--there's too much at stake to not take advantage of every loophole. I still don't like it. Taking a dive really doesn't affect the outcome of calls in football.

As an aside, I was in Barcelona when Barcelona beat Man U in the Final last year. That was my first time in that kind of atmosphere and hooooly shit was it infectious. My interest is now piqued.
Posted January 23, 2012
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HereForTheBeer: I was saying to my wife just before the kick, "It's close enough that any NFL kicker oughta be able to make that, no problem." I think I jinxed him.
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MobiusArcher: But hey, at least your not the only one messing up the Superbowl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjvXxwvg8mc
Oh boy. I tell ya, when my Packers got knocked out early, I couldn't believe all of the griping going on. Geez, folks, they had a really good season, and everyone could see that their defense was going to be the thing that ended their hopes for the year.

My reaction was, "Sooooo, when's preseason start?" There's always next year...

Coupla good games yesterday - close the whole way. This is what post-season football should look like, but with more green and gold. ; )
Posted January 23, 2012
You are all wrong. Here is an internationally recognized and accepted ranking of the watchability of sports*:

1. Football
2. Snooker
3. Darts
4. Curling
The rest is determined on a case-by-case basis.

*Compiled, recognized, and accepted by yours truly.
Posted January 23, 2012
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Zchinque: 2. Snooker
Why only number 2?! Why?
Posted January 23, 2012
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Zchinque: You are all wrong. Here is an internationally recognized and accepted ranking of the watchability of sports*:

1. Football
2. Snooker
3. Darts
4. Curling
The rest is determined on a case-by-case basis.

*Compiled, recognized, and accepted by yours truly.
Curling? Really? Isn't that the sport with the men doing sweeping non the ice with the teapot?
Posted January 23, 2012
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Zchinque: You are all wrong. Here is an internationally recognized and accepted ranking of the watchability of sports*:

1. Football
2. Snooker
3. Darts
4. Curling
The rest is determined on a case-by-case basis.

*Compiled, recognized, and accepted by yours truly.
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GameRager: Curling? Really? Isn't that the sport with the men doing sweeping non the ice with the teapot?
That is an accurate description of curling. Except you made the mistake of calling it a sport. :P

I jest, I jest.

And to the OP, I've got to say, I watched all of yesterday's game and it was a real killer. Back and forth, back and forth, interception to interception, it was a nail-biter all the way. I was sorta rooting for New England (being a Vermont boy as I am) but Baltimore played one hell of a game.
Posted January 23, 2012
Lol kinda offtopic here but why is it people always root for the home team most of all, even if their home teams suck overall? I know my home team sucks and I never root for them if at all.
Posted January 23, 2012
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GameRager: Lol kinda offtopic here but why is it people always root for the home team most of all, even if their home teams suck overall? I know my home team sucks and I never root for them if at all.
Well, probably the same reason most people feel any form of patriotism or attachment to anything. You want to point to your team and yell proudly, "That's my team!" when they win. And you deny their existence when they lose. ;)

Also, though they may not be popular, I'd hardly say the Pats suck. They're kinda in the same boat as the Yankees. No one likes them, but they've got the money and players to make the difference.
Posted January 23, 2012
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hedwards: Unlike Soccer, Football involves actual play, rather than a bunch of men kicking the ball back and forth for hours on end.
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bevinator: This is unfortunately what a lot of Americans think about soccer, largely due to the World Cup. I played soccer as a kid and I used to believe this, too. Basically the problem is that the only real exposure that most Americans have to pro-level soccer, even casual soccer fans, is the World Cup. Which is essentially just an All-Star team that doesn't actually know how to play together. So all they do is pass, pass, pass, pass, for 90 minutes.

If you watch one of the European league games, your faith in pro-level soccer will be restored. Provided you actually LIKE soccer, that is. The gameplay is 1000 times better with an actual team rather than a bunch of huge egos bashing against one another. Is it better than American football, though? That's more a personal preference. Pro and college football can be very interesting and exciting, but it's starting to become more and more of a gladiatorial-style bloodsport than anything else, unfortunately.
I kind of like Australian Rules and apparently we have a team.

At this point it has less to do with the game and more to do with our interest not to get wrapped up in the ridiculous semi-religious status that soccer has assumed elsewhere. We've got it bad enough in pockets that view football as religion, we do not need that getting around.
Posted January 23, 2012
Haha Go Pats!
Posted January 23, 2012
Cundiff whiffed, but if Lee Evans had simply clutched the ball tighter so that Sterling Moore couldn't knock it away, the game's over and Baltimore is going to the Super Bowl. Cundiff's kick only sends it to OT.

Only scoring 6 points off of 3 takeaways was pretty crap, too.
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