omg, I've been brainwashed. It was a really good game.
Super Bowl!!!
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Yes, this one sounds like it was a great game to watch, lots of excellent plays and surprises...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20090201022
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20090201022
"It was one of the most thrilling finishes to the NFL title game, certainly equaling last year’s upset by the New York Giants that ended with Plaxico Burress’ TD catch—with 35 seconds left, too.
But this one was even wilder.
The Steelers (15-4), winning their second Super Bowl in four seasons, led 20-7 in the fourth quarter, only to see Kurt Warner and the Cardinals stage a remarkable rally to go in front 23-20 with 2:37 remaining.
Warner hit All-Pro receiver Larry Fitzgerald in stride for a 64-yard touchdown with 2:37 left. Already owning a slew of postseason receiving marks this year, Fitzgerald sped down the middle of the field, watching himself outrun the Steelers on the huge video screen.
Fitzgerald could only watch from the sideline as Roethlisberger engineered a 78-yard drive to win it in what resembled Heinz Field South. With waves of twirling Terrible Towels turning Raymond James Stadium into a black-and-gold tableau—Steelers fans supporting their beloved team, the economy be damned— Pittsburgh’s offense rescued the title.
Holmes was selected the game’s MVP."
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This probably has to do with one billion or so fanatical Hindus and Muslims is a country called India. The survey was clearly weighted.retrofuturist wrote:A game so seemingly boring to the uninstructed observer, yet it appears 2nd on that earlier list of the world's favourite sports.... there must be something to it.
Typical Indian cricket fan below:
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Tactics... burning effegies... something for everyone.
Metta,
Retro.
Metta,
Retro.
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I would propose a typical Melbournist. More of his mullet Melbourne mates below.retrofuturist wrote:A typical Sydney Swan, perhaps...
Warwick Capper was born in Victoria. He began playing football for the Oakleigh Youth Club in Victoria, winning the under 11 best and fairest in 1974 playing in the same team as David Rhys Jones. It wasn't long before Capper began to attract the attention of talent scouts and recruited by the Sydney Swans.
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Hi Dhammanando,
Exactly, plus it is the sport of gentlemen not hooligans, or want to be Tacticians
Exactly, plus it is the sport of gentlemen not hooligans, or want to be Tacticians
Dhammanando wrote:Quite so. NFL is the USA's most unexportable commodity. The only way anyone can find it entertaining is if they've been brainwashed into believing so at a very young age (reminiscent of that supposed Jesuit saying: "If we get them by the age of six, they're ours for life"). Anyone not thus brainwashed (i.e. anyone born outside of the US) will find the game either laughable (with its refrigerator-fetish costumes etc.) or else boring to tears (chiefly due to the lack of fluid play and continual breaks).Manapa wrote:NFL is world wide for sure and not just big in america :cookoo:
By contrast, with rugby —and especially rugby union— no childhood exposure is needed. The sport is so intrinsically thrilling that even middle-aged or elderly people, upon seeing a game for the first time become immediate addicts (with the one sad exception of those whose sense of discrimination has been perverted by childhood exposure to NFL).
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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Greetings Element,
Here's some modern day Victorian footballers...
Metta,
Retro.
Ah, now they look like real Victorian footballers (well, before Dermott Brereton moved to Sydney as well and started to wear those ridiculous green boots).Element wrote:
Here's some modern day Victorian footballers...
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Hooligans haha. The sport of gentleman? Haha. What a great game last night! Awesome! Its a shame some here missed a great game. I respect rugby its just not my cup of tea. And as for the brainwashing quote it sounds as if some here have been brainwashed with rugby because no one here in america can see how its entertaining. Hey it goes both ways! And heres a link for anyone who says theres no tactic's in football. Go raiders!!!
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Thank you element! Bunch of sweaty guys layin on each other! Haha!Element wrote:Below are pictures of rugby union, which they call "the game played in heaven". It is called this because unlike Jesus, it is boring on Earth unlike it is imagined in Heaven.TheDhamma wrote:Not sure who said it first, but it has been called, "sporadic violence in between numerous board meetings (huddles)."
The picture is of a ruck. In this rabble, the ball is raked for by the players feet, wearing spiked boots. However, more often than not, the players lose their sati-sampajanna and mistake the opposing player's heads for the ball.
If ever a game was based in upper class mob mentality of hoarding things as a group, it is rugby. One player holds the ball and the rest surround him as the overweight mob slowly plods its way up field.
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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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lol i know brainwashed? lol. Seriously though brainwashed? Maybe i was i dont even care. Whoese to say rugby fans havent been brainwashed. I love football as much as the next guy loves rugby. Where do we draw the line?Jechbi wrote:omg, I've been brainwashed. It was a really good game.
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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Brainwashed? Perverted discriminations? Rather extremist point of view.Dhammanando wrote:Quite so. NFL is the USA's most unexportable commodity. The only way anyone can find it entertaining is if they've been brainwashed into believing so at a very young age (reminiscent of that supposed Jesuit saying: "If we get them by the age of six, they're ours for life"). Anyone not thus brainwashed (i.e. anyone born outside of the US) will find the game either laughable (with its refrigerator-fetish costumes etc.) or else boring to tears (chiefly due to the lack of fluid play and continual breaks).Manapa wrote:NFL is world wide for sure and not just big in america :cookoo:
By contrast, with rugby —and especially rugby union— no childhood exposure is needed. The sport is so intrinsically thrilling that even middle-aged or elderly people, upon seeing a game for the first time become immediate addicts (with the one sad exception of those whose sense of discrimination has been perverted by childhood exposure to NFL).
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
On the one hand:
"NFL is the USA's most unexportable commodity. The only way anyone can find it entertaining is if they've been brainwashed into believing so at a very young age (reminiscent of that supposed Jesuit saying: "If we get them by the age of six, they're ours for life"). Anyone not thus brainwashed (i.e. anyone born outside of the US) will find the game either laughable (with its refrigerator-fetish costumes etc.) or else boring to tears (chiefly due to the lack of fluid play and continual breaks).
on the other:
"By contrast, with rugby —and especially rugby union— no childhood exposure is needed. The sport is so intrinsically thrilling that even middle-aged or elderly people, upon seeing a game for the first time become immediate addicts (with the one sad exception of those whose sense of discrimination has been perverted by childhood exposure to NFL)."
No disrespect but this statement is very questionable. The only thing i believe any of us have been brainwashed by is greed, hatred and delusion. Mods maybe we should close this thread?
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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