catcheryea Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 hours ago, stillgoing said: yes, seeing a fair bit of this on PR TDs but so far only seen the formation not repelling many tackles. will keep looking. do US audiences think a long TD return is the best thing to happen in a game or is there something better? yes i would say that pretty much everybody agrees this is the best play in college football history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 auburn victory - amazing set of events but i have seen better returns (maybe at nfl level). are they high school kids playing at city / state level? 16-18yrs? when US fans follow the game do they closely follow teams in both conferences as well as their own team from the start of the season or do they wait till late in the season for that? as a generalisation that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 does play stop for tv advert breaks or do the adverts get fitted around the play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcheryea Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, stillgoing said: auburn victory - amazing set of events but i have seen better returns (maybe at nfl level). are they high school kids playing at city / state level? 16-18yrs? when US fans follow the game do they closely follow teams in both conferences as well as their own team from the start of the season or do they wait till late in the season for that? as a generalisation that is this is from a college game between two teams from the best conference in the country, the SEC, where football just means more than in other places. alabama, arguably the most successful college football program of all time, and their biggest rival, auburn, who most would consider a top 15-20 program of all time. at the time, alabama was the top ranked team in the country and auburn was #4. the winner of this game would pretty much be guaranteed to play in the national championship which is basically the super bowl of college football. the players are mostly 18-22 and from all over the country (and sometimes the world). i feel like most big college football fans pretty much know whats is happening with every major team to some extent. this is partially due to self interest because you often need other teams across the country to lose so that your team will benefit, but also so that we can make fun of another team's fans. so even though this game was happening between two teams from alabama, the fans know whats going in california, michigan, and oklahoma, even though all four of those states are in different conferences. for examples, i'm an auburn fan, but i know that the university of texas (in a different conference than auburn), is not in fact back. 19 minutes ago, stillgoing said: does play stop for tv advert breaks or do the adverts get fitted around the play? its pretty much both. if a player gets hurt or there's a timeout or a video review, there will probably be a commercial. but there are also commercials that happen when a team gets the ball back or score. one really popular and common thing that happens is a team will score a touchdown and kick the extra point, then there will be a commercial before the kickoff, then the kickoff, and then another commercial before the other team gets the ball back. in other words: touchdown-commercial-kickoff-commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 have college players been taking a knee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 in england we have a national stadium for football cup finals and international games. wd americans like to see a national stadium where superbowl finals were held every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, stillgoing said: in england we have a national stadium for football cup finals and international games. wd americans like to see a national stadium where superbowl finals were held every year? No. It needs to be spread around to each stadium so each city has a chance to prosper from the millions it brings those cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDawg Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, stillgoing said: in england we have a national stadium for football cup finals and international games. wd americans like to see a national stadium where superbowl finals were held every year? Championship game should be played at the Roman Coliseum. Winners keep their scholarships for the following year. Losers get fed to the lions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Quote No. It needs to be spread around to each stadium so each city has a chance to prosper from the millions it brings those cities. with 32 teams that cd be an awfully long wait especially when you consider the same city has had more than 1 superbowl in the last 32 years - atlanta in 93, 2000 and 2020 - other teams have doubled up same meaning some teams will have to wait 40+ years for prosperity. with a national stadium you cd share the profits of each superbaowl 32 ways, sending money to each city government for social programmes. hypothetically speaking where wd such a stadium be? kansas looks pretty central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillgoing Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 if college players are 18-22 yrs does that mean the 22yr old players have been rejected at the draft for several years? why are no 18, 19 or 20 yr olds drafted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, stillgoing said: if college players are 18-22 yrs does that mean the 22yr old players have been rejected at the draft for several years? why are no 18, 19 or 20 yr olds drafted? It depends. Since the NCAA is an amateur/non professional affiliation, college players are technically student athletes. The NFL has a "3 year removed from high school" rule, meaning that a player cannot enter the draft until those 3 years are up. Many of your 21 year old players who are Redshirt sophomores or true juniors will go pro if they're going to be a high pick, but others who either want to stay and get their degree (Andrew Luck), come back for a national title run (Matt Leinart, Baker Mayfield), or won't get drafted high (Jason White) come back. Occasionally you will get a 20 year old draft if they're 3 years removed from high school (Edmunds, Darnold, Amobi Okoye). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 3:40 PM, stillgoing said: right, but a running back can score the winning TD in the last minute by dodging half a dozen tackles for 80yds then somersaulting into the endzone before doing some crazy celebration... which position gets paid the most? At the highschool level, QBs often run as much as the RB. In the NFL QBs get paid massively more than RBs. The Highest Paid QBs get paid about 4x as much as the Highest Paid RBs. In the median it's even moreso with average QBs making 20+ and RBs making like 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 On 9/12/2018 at 4:37 AM, stillgoing said: with 32 teams that cd be an awfully long wait especially when you consider the same city has had more than 1 superbowl in the last 32 years - atlanta in 93, 2000 and 2020 - other teams have doubled up same meaning some teams will have to wait 40+ years for prosperity. with a national stadium you cd share the profits of each superbaowl 32 ways, sending money to each city government for social programmes. hypothetically speaking where wd such a stadium be? kansas looks pretty central Edinburgh to London is 400 miles. New York to LA is 2800 miles. There's nowhere in the United States you could put a centralized stadium where you could drive there, watch a game and go home anywhere in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmart128 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 7:26 PM, catcheryea said: yes i would say that pretty much everybody agrees this is the best play in college football history Remember watching this and telling my dad what is Nick Saban doing... If this doesn't make it then Auburn could return it for a TD. Then it actually happened. Easily one of Sabans most questionable decisions. Especially with the performers of his kickers in that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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