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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Not much of a sports fan

Current Mood:
CC is listening to: 101 Eastbound--Fourplay (The Best of Fourplay)

I've lived in the States for 2 years and I *still* don't know much about football. The only things I know are:

One team needs to stop another from getting the football to the other end of the field
The teams start in the middle of the field, kind of like a...what's it called... a jump ball in basketball (also pronounced "jambol" by many Filipinos ;-))
Each team gets 4 chances to move toward their goal by 10 yard increments (I once thought, "Just 10 yards? That's a piece of cake." But then I didn't take into account 300 pound guys rushing towards you :-))
If the team is successful at moving at least 10 yards by the fourth try, they get to go again--having 4 new chances to move 10 more yards, etc. If they're *not* successful, the ball goes to the other team.
You're not allowed to stop another player by grabbing the front of his helmet and using it as a handlebar (yup, that's the only penalty I remember)

I probably have some of these rules wrong. Steve'll probably correct me when he sees this blog entry :-)...

Anyway, the Superbowl--the major football finals where the best team from the AFC competes with the best team from the NFC for the title of best football team of 2007--is on February 4. I figured it'd be cool to put some football-related commercials on my sidebar.

Peyton Manning's the... [looks it up]... quarterback for... [looks it up]... the Indiana Colts... sorry, the *Indianapolis* Colts.

[giggles] Steve's going to shake his head sadly when he reads this entry, I know it :-). He'll probably even pinch the bridge of his nose and mutter something like, "Yep, that's my wife."

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