Not boring to me. There is a lot of buildup. You can see them setting up....then it breaks down. Not for the folks who need instant gratification. But it's only 47-50 minutes a half. I enjoy it. I only played soccer as a jit. I think it's much more exciting than golf and definitely baseball where the guy has to put a fresh stick of gum in his mouth, reset his package, knock the dirt of his shoes only to put his shoes back in the dirt, step to the mound....do a rain dance...with no intention of even swinging at the first once...rinse and repeat. And I come from a baseball family. I can watch it at a park....but TV...nope. I'd rather watch them sell Invicta watches on HSN. They are so excited about their products. Soccer isn't for everyone. Neither is cricket...or High-Li or whatever its called....or freaking bowling. I think some people don't give it a chance though. Once the "It's boring" narrative starts....it kinda kills the enthusiasm. I can see chicks loving soccer.
You are merely result driven, not paying attention to the process. The beautiful process might I add. The rest of the world look at American "Football" and likely find it boring because of ; I love both. I don't care really.
They probably couldn't show him as he was sacrificing a live chicken and pinning cow tongues to a 2x4.
Philbin did drop Gator Hoskins' name today saying he "did some good things" when asked about the younger TEs.
My understanding from talking to people is the main problem with American football is lack of understanding.
It's gotten bigger. MLS is expanding more and more. I'm pretty shocked at how much bigger its gotten than when I was growing up. Used to be a ***** to even get one game on tv let alone all of them like we get now.
Now that's not a fair statement to make. That's like if McLovin or CiF told you: "Maybe if you understood pig-****ing better it would be more exciting". Or likewise Maynard with gimp suits. It's not fair. Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk
Soccer is a brilliant sport. Such a great idea to create a sport in which you can't use your hands -- the most coordinated part of the body. Would be even better if they took it a step further and didn't let you use your feet either. Make the players roll around on the grass and nudge the ball with their noses. I guess it is the scarcity of shots that seems to captivate the rest of the world, i.e., they are so scarce that it is a huge deal whenever one happens, even if that excitement lasts only about 2.2 seconds if the ball doesn't go in the goal. The nose nudging game would probably be even better -- I'd think it would be hard to get more than 2-3 shots on goal with that kind of game. And that would probably lead to even more of those coveted 0-0 ties. I guess there'd still be ample opportunity to have a significant percentage of games decided by penalty kicks. Those are fun because it largely lets the officials decide who wins the game. They are even better when they happen in a shootout after a 0-0 tie where it pretty much comes down to whether the goalie guess at the right place to dive. But that could probably be improved if the goalie (or someone else on the team) tried to guess a number between 1 and 10 chosen by a player on the other team. If he guesses wrong it is a point and if he guesses right it is not. Those woudl be about the same odds as a penalty shoot-out kick, but would probably be a bit quicker than the whole shootout process. I also like the way you never really know how long the game is or will be because they keep adding time on as they go.
what about Rugby? When played at the highest level it can be quite something... at the World Cup certainly. if you think it's for *******.. tell that to this guy: or the carrying the ball here: also.. pretty sure this is legal.. and this: and abnormally fast human beings play it:
Or, I have watched it, I have tried....and I don't like it. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I am sheltering away from it and not "accepting" it. **** off your high horse.
Seems like it's only Matthews though, remember the Tampa game last year (I think) when Tannehill sprinted to him at the sideline and grabbed his facemask yelling at him. That was awesome!
As a fan of both I see merits. I like the violence and precision of the nfl. I like the overblown spectacle. I don't even mind the hours of adverts wadded around the game. In soccer I like the fact that sometimes a 0-0 game can be thrilling and tense and hypnotic, I like that it's rarely a complete white wash, I like the skill involved in moving the ball like the best do with their feet alone, while on the run. I can understand all sides of all arguments. I love the tour de france, I'll happily watch 4 hours of sweaty men in lycra struggling up a mountain. I love cricket, 5 days of a test match and it comes down to the last ball. I love the speed of hockey. I love the sound and power of F1. However, baseball. Sheesh. I wonder if it didn't exist and someone came along now and said here you go, I doubt it would make it to tv. I'm sure it's the unfathomable statistical obsession that drives it.
Coming in here to say soccer is awful. No disrespect intended for those who are fans, but zzzzzzzzzzzzz. I also don't understand the extra time. Why do they do that? You basically don't even know when the game is ending! Also, why is the US coach German? Lollll. I know some die hard soccer fans so I get them being crazy about the World Cup and I respect that but all these people who are going crazy when they don't watch it consistently bug me. I rooted for Ghana yesterday. Yeah, I said it.
But yeah, it's good to see Tannehill taking on more of a leadership role this year. We need more of that.
It's injury time, time added on for time wasting by each team as well. at the end of each of the 45 minutes, the official raises a board with how many extra minutes they are adding on. The game will end at that time unless a goal has occurred in extra time or a massive injury. That's where he was born How african american of you.
Ah, the Caveman. Never has there been a more apt nickname, I'm sure he probably has some Neanderthal heritage in his bloodline!
While I have a definite hierarchy, I sort of have a love for most of the sports I watch. Played baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and ran track through my childhood and teen years. A few weeks ago, my son had a lacrosse game at a local high school. While that was going on on the football practice field that had been converted for lacrosse, there was a girl's soccer game and a varsity baseball game going on at the same time in the fields/stadium that were back-to-back-to-back. Perched at the top of the bleachers where I could see them all, I was rubbernecking, watching all three sports. Besides my son in his lacrosse game, I didn't have an affiliation with any team. But when guys were getting hits in baseball or the crowd erupted for a goal in the soccer game and the parents where I was shouting at the boys on the lacrosse field - it was all very cool. Football seems to be the most appealing for television. Both football and baseball have the stat thing now, where Fantasy Sports kind of heighten the allure of both... basketball, too, to some degree, but that hasn't taken off as much. Soccer is exerting to play effectively, and the strategies of different squads vary. Sometimes I agree that matches that go 0-0 can suck, but the Brazil - Mexico match going on right now in its 67th minute has been wide open, and it really does the opposite of suck, and there hasn't been a score yet in that one. Baseball has the American tradition, and isn't defined by time but rather outs. It almost embodies summertime, and in big games, each pitch can bring a higher and higher build-up and ultimately climax that is different from other sports. I really don't see a reason why you can't like them all. All my kids were on their school's chess team, but I agree -- I wouldn't want to watch a couple hours of chess... even with a dog licking peanut butter off my chest while it was going on.
