Thread: Oh the Misery

Quote: Originally Posted by Pauldohert I watched a little of Virginia V Virginia TEch the other day - but it clashed with a much simpler sports major local derby. Virginia's a beautiful state. UVA’s (University of Virginia) located in Charlottesville, VT is in Blacksburg. Both are highly rated schools with Tech being obviously more towards engineering. But there is no comparison in football, Tech rules. Nothing but a bunch of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thales750 Yeah if the soccer fans might watch. I watched a little of Virginia V Virginia TEch the other day - but it clashed with a much simpler sports major local derby.

2 unbeaten teams in the SB would be cool.

Quote: Originally Posted by Thales750 I watched a good football game tonight. With an eye on looking for strategy. First as outlined earlier, there are five major offensive methods for advancing the ball. The Kick Off The Pass The Run The Punt And the Field Goal Within these there are hundreds of variations, both major and minor. There are five methods of scoring; all have a different strategic value. The Touchdown - 6 points The Extra Point...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thales750 No, not so much, I own a van and it's rather flat on the front. More room on the roof then

Field goal range is different in college. Kickers don't have the range or the consistency of the NFL guys. Perhaps that is why they went for the first. I don't know, because I wasn't watching that game. edit- If they were truly in the kicker's range, I think going for the first is a bad call too. With six minutes left you have to put points on the board. They are bound to get the ball back, and could then potentially taken...

We had the Canadian pro football championship last Sunday - the Grey Cup. With no time left on the clock and down by 2 points, Montreal tried a field goal. It was wide. The Saskatchewan faithful began to celebrate but someone pointed out the flag on the field. Sask had too many players on the field. Montreal got a second try and this time it was good. I understand the extra Sask. player is still in hiding.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pauldohert You have yet to describe really what strategy is as opposed to tactics - except that its the ability to call plays on the field. Most sports have plays called dont they? AF is hardly unique. ie Soccer has set pieces, where previuosly rehearsed plays will be performed - . (Beckhams Othello being one of my favourites) The game doesn't solely consist of this however, cos open play then resumes...

When I mentioned the tiddleywinks team, I'm sure should have qualified that as the "intramural" teams. I don't believe tiddleywinks is yet ready for olympic status. On the other hand, both the USA and England seem to have a pretty good tiddleywanks team. East of the pond, Parliament. West of the pond, Congress. Both a bunch of tiddleywankers. Mark Twain once said it and I'll paraphrase: Nobody's life,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thales750 I am easy though. LOL So we've heard