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Post by Panda on Sept 26, 2013 0:35:22 GMT 1
The NFL comes to Wembley again this Sunday for the first of two regular season games this year. Both games are sold out, which is great for the sport in this country and for the first time in 5 years, they will be shown live on free-to-air TV with Channel 4 broadcasting the games.
I'll be going for the first time this year - it'll be the first time I've seen a regular season game and also the first time I've been to Wembley since it was rebuilt.
September 29th: Pittsburgh Steelers v Minnesota Vikings October 27th: San Francisco 49ers v Jacksonville Jaguars
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Post by Shireblogger on Sept 26, 2013 7:32:08 GMT 1
I know a couple of Germans who are flying over to Wembley for the first game. NFL is huge in Germany, and they're desperate to stage games there too.
I went to a Wembley game a couple of years ago. The atmosphere was fantastic, and much better than the only NFL game I've seen in the USA. Enjoy yourself misterhamster.
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Post by o on Sept 26, 2013 10:24:54 GMT 1
Enjoy Misterh, let us know what you think of the New Wembley!
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Post by Paddy on Sept 26, 2013 11:45:56 GMT 1
Live NFL does drag on a bit, but then I watched it after having played Madden!
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Post by -Big Dan- on Sept 30, 2013 0:32:45 GMT 1
I'm watching the game on Channel 4 right now, and I really wish I had even the vaguest idea what was happening.
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Post by Paddy on Sept 30, 2013 1:19:51 GMT 1
Trying to get the ball from where they are to the touchdown area. Can be achieved by throwing or running. Five times you get chance to make 10 yards. If not accomplished ball is turned over. Throwing is normally done by a quarterback to a wide receiver or palmed off to a half back who runs. Runs have names like sweep and drag and draw. A sack is when a quarterback is taken to the ground with ball still in hands. An interception I think is obvious. A fumble is when a run play drops the ball or wide receiver catches and drops the ball before going down. A play ends when an elbow or knee touches ground. So fumble is loss of ball before this. A spike is a throw into ground. Anything else I've missed?
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Post by -Big Dan- on Sept 30, 2013 1:38:38 GMT 1
Yes, probably.
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