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NFL THREAD: Long Arms? Fills The Hole? Either it's porn or the DRAFT IS HERE

Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited April 2013 in Social Entropy++
LIGHTS OUT, MOTHERFUCKERS!

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Look

    All I'm saying

    is the power wouldn't have gone out if Alex Smith had been playing

  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    CBS just tweeted, asking who the MVP of the super bowl is so far.

    My answer? "Whoever knows how to turn the lights back on."

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    I PANICKED.

    OH THANK YOU NEW THREAD.

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Lights out
    guerilla radio
    turn that shit up

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  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    That's because Smith cut the power.

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    At the start of the game, there's a coin toss. The visiting team gets to call it. The team that wins gets to choose whether to kick, receive, or defer. If they choose anything but defer, the other team gets to choose which end of the field they want to start at. If they choose defer (which means they'll decide at the start of the 3rd quarter), the other team gets to pick to kick or receive. Then they have the kickoff (and all of the cameras flashing for the start of Super Bowl XLVII). The ball is spotted on the 35 yard line and the kicker gets a running start and kicks the ball to the opposing team, who fields it. If he's deep in his own end zone, he'll usually kneel on it and the ball will get placed on the 20 yard line. Otherwise, he'll run it out and try to advance it as far as possible until he's tackled.

    Then that team's offense has, as you mentioned, 4 downs to get 10 yards closer to the end zone (or touch down area). As Mulletude mentioned, 98% of the time they'll try to do that in 3 downs and if they cannot, they'll either punt on 4th down or (if they're close enough to the goal posts at the back of the end zone) kick a Field Goal, which is worth 3 points.

    Each position has his own objective

    Quarterback: Drive the ball down the field using the coach's playcalling and your preparation, skill, tape review, and judgment. Passes the ball

    Running Back: Run the ball with the help of his blockers. Block for his Quarterback on passing plays where he's not running a receiving pattern (special ways they move to get open)

    Wide Receiver: Run receiving patterns on passing plays to get open and catch the ball thrown by the Quarterback. Block for the running back on rushing plays.

    Tight End: Can either block on run or pass plays, and also run receiving routes on pass plays. Has evolved into a 3rd receiver role on most modern NFL teams.

    Offensive Line (the big guys up front): The center hikes the ball to the Quarterback, between his legs, then all 5 men have to stop the defensive players in their area from disrupting the play. Will move up the field with the running back on rushing plays, but can only do this once the ball is out of the QB's hands.

    Defensive Line: Fill the gaps the O Line is trying to create and prevent the running back from advancing the ball. On passing plays, try to break through the line and tackle the QB (for a sack) and failing that, try to deflect the football as it's thrown with their hands

    Linebackers: Work the middle of the defensive backfield (called the secondary or second level by announcers). Sometimes rush the QB, sometimes fill gaps to stop the running back, cover a tight end or running back on a passing pattern. On most teams, the Middle Linebacker (or one of the Middle Linebackers) is the "Quarterback" of the defense.

    Defensive Backs: They're the guys that are some times 10 or more yards away from the ball before it's snapped (the place where the ball is set is called the line of scrimmage, btw) Their job is to cover the wide receivers and tight ends (and sometimes running backs) that come into their area, or that they are assigned to, depending on the play called by the coaches. They can "jam" a receiver within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage to disrupt their receiving pattern, but are not allowed to impede them beyond that. They are allowed to, and have every right a receiver does, to play the ball in the air and try to catch it for an interception. They also come up in run support and can even come after a Quarterback now and then (corner blitz).

    The term blitz is used for when you send more than 4 players (usually using other players and your defensive line) with the objective of sacking the QB.

    Touchdowns are 6 points, extra point kicks are 1 point, or you can go for a 2 point conversion, where you run 1 play to try to get in the end zone again. So the maximum scoring play in this scenario is 8 points.

    If an offense is backed up to their own goal line (by a good punter, who's objective is to punt the ball inside of the other team's 20 yard line), they can be takcled in their own end zone (if their own movement brings them into it) for a safety, which is worth 2 points. There's also penalties that can result in a safety, which happened last year in the Super Bowl.

    I think I've covered all the basics, as I understand them. Enjoy the game!

    For the OP

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I blame Kaepernick's devil tattoos.

  • SliderSlider Registered User regular
    ...and that's why you shouldn't purchase a Mercedes.

  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Sucks that they had to pull Dan Marino off an intern for this emergency studio bit.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    Kaepernicking the lights

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    Power Underwhelming

    Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Lincoln
  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    Wow, his hands are really big

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    This is a fucking nightmare.

  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited February 2013
    No lights at the Super Bowl

    THANKS OBAMA!

    Hunter on
  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    God a Ravens win means so much Ray Lewis storybook ending crap for the next six months.

  • cabsycabsy the fattest rainbow unicorn Registered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »
    snip

    For the OP

    Coincidentally this is what they're reduced to repeating while we wait for power to come back on

  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    Cowher needs to ditch the beard.

    It's not working for him.

  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Now it's a 20-minute wait

    Yeah, they're never going to this stadium for a Super Bowl, ever again

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    luckily for everyone ray lewis has done jack shit this entire game

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm not adding anything to the OP. It's perfect as is.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    Congratulations New Orleans on your new football stadium!

  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    Now it's a 20-minute wait

    Yeah, they're never going to this stadium for a Super Bowl, ever again
    Too much partying to be had in New Orleans.

    They'll be back.

  • cabsycabsy the fattest rainbow unicorn Registered User regular
    Should be using this break to write the paper I've been putting off, but this is more interesting and that's sad! 15 more minutes really

  • PellaeonPellaeon Registered User regular
    Docshifty wrote: »
    God a Ravens win means so much Ray Lewis storybook ending crap for the next six months.


    It will be amazing when he somehow beats out flacco and Jacoby Jones for MVP

  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    "I had a feeling this game was getting away from the 49'ers"

    Oh, realllly?

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    What if the other half of the lights go out

    Stadium's in full darkness for about a minute

    Bright light appears on the field, the stage has been set back up

    ALL OF THE LIGHTS

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDdGKBhTuo

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  • SliderSlider Registered User regular
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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    This is definitely a New Orleans "fuck you" to Roger Goodell.

  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    And now they talk of putting in Smith

  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Now it's a 20-minute wait

    Yeah, they're never going to this stadium for a Super Bowl, ever again

    I'd love to know if it was just a circuit breaker tripping and causing a cascade, or if a transformer blew up. I'd love to see the power intake for a building that big.

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  • ronzoronzo Registered User regular
    Man, it sounds like whatever their equivalent of breakers are were tripped

    would explain why they have to turn stuff back on in stages, otherwise they'll just blow out the system again

  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    alex


    smith

    SHUT THE FUCKA HFJKLADFASGDKLSD UP

  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited February 2013
    Let's check in with the game
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    ...DAMNIT

    Kana on
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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    Reminds me of race stops in F1.

    Except since the outage is effecting the BBC studio there's no pundits desperately trying to fill the time

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    Maximum wrote: »
    This is definitely a New Orleans "fuck you" to Roger Goodell.

    I hadn't even considered that angle. Plausible.

  • ToxTox I kill threads he/himRegistered User regular
    Thread Title: 109 Yards to Disney Land: The Jacoby Jones Story

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  • SarcasmoBlasterSarcasmoBlaster Austin, TXRegistered User regular
    When the announcers start asking if you should go to Alex Smith, you're fucked.

  • simosimo Registered User regular
    "i'm not insinuating they should go to alex smith, but let me do exactly that"

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    luckily for everyone ray lewis has done jack shit this entire game

    He was gifted a sack on Kaepernick falling down.

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