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re: Watching the Big Game I realized something
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:22 pm to cwil177
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:22 pm to cwil177
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I don't need twitter to make soccer watchable
That has nothing to do with my post, but okay.
I didn't say "watchable," I said "worthwhile." To me, 99 percent of soccer matches and football games are "watchable." Doesn't mean all of them are enjoyable.
This post was edited on 2/2/14 at 11:27 pm
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Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:24 pm to Dandy Lion
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I understand, but with NCAA football having the smell of pro football, as of the last five years or so......
I mean, when you grow up in Alabama, it's hard not to love college football.
But, on the other hand, I've never played a down of organized football in my life. I've played soccer all my life. College football by a hair, but it has a lot to do with the Auburn season I just got to cover.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:28 pm to Dandy Lion
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Tonight´s shitshow undermined all the marketing dollars spent on promoting the game to Europeans.
I said the exact same thing to someone I was watching the game with tonight.
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On the continent, the general feeling is, ´I guess you have to be from there (USA), to get that shite´. The English may get it, but I don´t think so.
It's growing in the UK, but it's much smaller than soccer is here.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:30 pm to Dandy Lion
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The English may get it, but I don´t think so
I think that at least a few of them do
Personally:
Soccer
LSU football
Saints
But, I've never really been a huge football fan, so it's not some kind of revelation.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:34 pm to WarSlamEagle
When you watch American football with a European, the first thing they say is, ´they´ve got the advantage, they´re on the march, why do they stop?´.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:43 pm to Dandy Lion
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:45 pm to WarSlamEagle
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It's growing in the UK, but it's much smaller than soccer is here.
It's funny to look at the Sky Sports fb page when they promote the NFL. Looks just like some of the comments the More Sports board make about soccer.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:50 pm to WarSlamEagle
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I didn't say "watchable," I said "worthwhile." To me, 99 percent of soccer matches and football games are "watchable." Doesn't mean all of them are enjoyable.
Ok. My bad.
I don't need twitter to make soccer WORTHWHILE.
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The English may get it, but I don´t think so.
I have a Scottish friend who loves the NFL. Plays fantasy and has Super Bowl parties. It was funny seeing the Madden game at his house, with Drew Brees on the cover, when I got to visit him this summer.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:54 pm to cwil177
quote:I´ll answer like any American would.
I have a Scottish friend who loves the NFL. Plays fantasy and has Super Bowl parties. It was funny seeing the Madden game at his house, with Drew Brees on the cover, when I got to visit him this summer.
Beats taking heroin.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:56 pm to Dandy Lion
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Tonight´s shitshow undermined all the marketing dollars spent on promoting the game to Europeans.
On the continent, the general feeling is, ´I guess you have to be from there (USA), to get that shite´.
The English may get it, but I don´t think so.
It was a fricking dreadful game. I think only Seahawks fans and Manning haters enjoyed it.
However, if the world was watching the Colts-Chiefs playoff game, then I think Europe would have understood our love for the game.
Then again, I feel like the converse is true. What sports fan would not be taken in by the amazing 2005 UCL Final between Milan and Liverpool?
This post was edited on 2/2/14 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 2/2/14 at 11:58 pm to cwil177
I had a friend that was in Glasgow back a couple of summers ago and said he met some Scots at a bar there that were into techno and coke
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:06 am to Dandy Lion
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I´ll answer like any American would.
Beats taking heroin.
Americans don't know enough about Europeans to generalize in that way. It would probably be like, well, it beats playing the bag pipes.
I didn't realize heroin was an issue in Glasgow, but then again the life expectancy there is one of the lowest in any first world country so I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:09 am to cwil177
Posted on 2/3/14 at 12:20 am to cwil177
Big difference.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 12:22 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 1:05 am to joey barton
Thanks JB, that was an interesting read.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 2:53 am to Dandy Lion
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On the continent, the general feeling is, ´I guess you have to be from there (USA), to get that shite´.
I can understand that. We've grown up with it, so it's all pretty normal for us. From an outsiders perspective, it must be very hard to grasp the concept and all of the little intricacies of the game. But I think it mostly comes down to bitterness from Euros that, for the most part, Americans don't give a shite about their game. Which is an absolute shame because, IMO, in purely sporting terms, there isn't a more entertaining and beautiful sport to watch on tv or in person than soccer. I follow both sports almost religiously, but I have to say that soccer has surpassed American football for me. Damn proud to call myself a soccer fig to the fullest.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 2:58 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 3:35 am to mynamebowl
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Damn proud to call myself a soccer fig to the fullest.
**fig fist bump**
Posted on 2/3/14 at 4:07 am to WarSlamEagle
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I hope no one actually disagrees with that statement.
if MLS is to become the major soccer league in the world.....
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:15 am to MLSter
1. LSU
2. rugby
3. soccer
Massive gap between those and everything else
2. rugby
3. soccer
Massive gap between those and everything else
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:18 am to Dandy Lion
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Tonight´s shitshow undermined all the marketing dollars spent on promoting the game to Europeans.
On the continent, the general feeling is, ´I guess you have to be from there (USA), to get that shite´.
The English may get it, but I don´t think so.
It doesn't help that the NFL coverage in the UK is Channel 4 for SNF and the Super Bowl (with a Bill Gates lookalike talking about Twitter during commercial breaks), Eurosport 2 for MNF, and Sky Sports for the playoffs and random regular season games.
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