Any (American) football fans here?

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Hi

Talking about real Rugby Football we watched England beat France last night in the World Cup to go through to next weeks final against either Argentina or South Africa.

ON ON YOU NOBLEST ENGLISH:teeth_smile:
(With apologies to Will Shakespeare)

Aruthur,

How does it look for England to take the cup? Sorry, but how has England done in the past. We don't get too much news of the sport here. I guess our American Football sensation takes over the airwaves here in the states. We don't hear or I don't hear anything about Rugby Football.

Cheers Hondo

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Tough loss for LSU tonight. 3 overtimes I believe. This really shakes things up in the SEC as well as the BCS. Let's see, South Florida playing for the championship????? What about Boston College or California???? Should be very interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks.
On another note, watched my Dawgs beat Vanderbilt JUST like they beat us last year!!!!!!:teeth_smile: Go Dawgs!!!!!

With three more high-ranked teams losing yesterday, the BCS must be having fits. Who gets into the championship game is anyone's guess.
Cheers - Jay

Need Playoffs in College Football!

I am afraid that we are going to crown a champion who didn't play any kind of tough schedule. That is what will win this year. Sure wish my team played a soft schedule this year like Ohio State. They played two Division Two teams and they will be the champion. Maybe they should be in Division Two.

By the way, Ohio State is #1 in this weeks polls. They got it beating a Division Two Kent State. Do you remember in 2004 that Auburn was denied a chance to play for the national championship because they played a Division Two team in their schedule and everyone on the sports cast kept saying that a division one school should never be able to play in a national championship game under any circumstances. Wow, have things changed since Auburn got burned in that season!

Let's see, my high school team won 52-6 on Friday, my college team won on Saturday 9-7 in a very defensive game, and my pro team just lost in Tampa Bay in the final seconds 13-10. The polls released shows Auburn at 17 (AP) and 18 (USA). A flip flop with Texas. The high school team is #1 in the state and #3 in the USA Today poll from last week.

Cheers

in the world rugby cup england will be playing south africa they will be playing this saturday. of the two teams playing i hope england gets up and win. i think that these two teams have played off before and england won. will have to wait till sunday to find out who wins as i will be working all weekend again.

cheers smokey

Alas - the Cowboys lost to the Patriots yesterday, playing below the spirited way they played in their first four games. They are still 5 - 1 which is nothing to sneeze at.
Cheers - Jay

Hey gt - I'll be rooting for the Falcons tonight when they battle the Giants (the Giants are in the Cowboys' division, so I'm looking for a loss in that department.).
Cheers - Jay

Hi Mike and Smokey

England are the holders of the Webb Ellis World \Cup having beaten Australia in Sydney four years ago. Prior to coming into this years finals England were written off as the worst world champions ever and were beaten in the group stage 36 - 0 by South Africa. But we have improved to the point where the favourites Australia and New Zealand were knocked out, by England and France and after France were beaten we play South Africa in the final, hopefully with a different result. If England win they will be the first team to retain the trophy


Regards

Arthur

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Hi Mike and Smokey

England are the holders of the Webb Ellis World \Cup having beaten Australia in Sydney four years ago. Prior to coming into this years finals England were written off as the worst world champions ever and were beaten in the group stage 36 - 0 by South Africa. But we have improved to the point where the favourites Australia and New Zealand were knocked out, by England and France and after France were beaten we play South Africa in the final, hopefully with a different result. If England win they will be the first team to retain the trophy

Regards

Arthur

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Arthur, Keep us informed on the outcome in the upcoming match. You are our only source, and I'd like England to win. I guess you can say that I am a fan with you. Go England. What is the team mascot?

Cheers Hondo

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Need Playoffs in College Football!

I am afraid that we are going to crown a champion who didn't play any kind of tough schedule. That is what will win this year. Sure wish my team played a soft schedule this year like Ohio State. They played two Division Two teams and they will be the champion. Maybe they should be in Division Two.

By the way, Ohio State is #1 in this weeks polls. They got it beating a Division Two Kent State. Do you remember in 2004 that Auburn was denied a chance to play for the national championship because they played a Division Two team in their schedule and everyone on the sports cast kept saying that a division one school should never be able to play in a national championship game under any circumstances. Wow, have things changed since Auburn got burned in that season!

Sorry Hondo, but Kent State is a division one team, they play in the Mid American Conference.

Really! When did they go Division One?

Cheers

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Really! When did they go Division One?

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I know they've been playing in the MAC for at least the past 10 years.

Hi

Don't really understand why but on Sunday the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10. it was a home match for the Dolphins and it was played at Wembley Stadium watched by 81,176 people. Long way to go to see a home game especially as it was played in pouring rain.

Regards

Arthur

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Don't really understand why but on Sunday the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10. it was a home match for the Dolphins and it was played at Wembley Stadium watched by 81,176 people. Long way to go to see a home game especially as it was played in pouring rain.
Regards
Arthur

I watched that game - didn't realize you folks across the pond were that great of football (U.S. version). It does catch on after awhile.
Cheers - Jay

NFL is trying to expand there fan base. How many people really follow the NFL in England or Europe though??

nice to see that the game had a large crowd. but didn't the NFL have a league in over there and it folded?

Hi

I must admit I have never understood the game,but I believe it did start once but didn't catch on. Saying that however 81,000 people watching on a wintery afternoon is not a crowd viewing a novelty sport.

Regards

Arthur

NFL Europe, yes it did close. I think more than anything they tried to do too much with it. They wanted to attract the European market and then they also tried to make it like the minor leagues in baseball. I understand that in the business world you always have to find ways of growing your consumer base, but do we really need to reach overseas? Heck we have cities like Los Angles that do not have a NFL franchise. I think they need to spend a bit more time growing the home market before they start reaching over seas.