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[labellementeuse]

I acquired the Friday Night Lights pilot last night (like, a week before it starts airing on NZ tv, sigh) and as I finished the episode - which didn't really get me until the last five minutes or so - I thought, gee, I really can't start watching this show, because I'll have to learn stuff about american football. Like what a quarterback is.

People have previously attempted to explain this shit to me in terms of rugby, which is kind of wasted effort, since I know how rugby is played and I can follow a game but I don't know a flank from a hooker.

So of course I downloaded the second episode, and then the third, and now, well, now I am wiki-ing american football.

ETA: forward passes? I am blown away! And "lateral"/ "side" real passes are uncommon? Freakish.

ETA again: Oh, but this is hilarious: all that ridiculous padding they wear is designed to protect them from injury, which is fine, but since it was introduced, players actually tackle harder and more violently, resulting in more dangerous injuries. *snort* Job well done, then!

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[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

aw, I dunno, most sports seem like stylised rituals to me.

um-hmm. the quarterback is apparently the one that gets the ball out of... I don't know, it's what we'd call a ruck, except they don't lock their shoulders together... I think... um. in re: sporting significance, yeah, very true. Plus they have all this weird shit, like a team is 46 people but 11 on the field at one time and they can swap em on and off, but you can, like, mix and match, so if you want more than one... fullback or something... in your play you can. it's all very like ritualised with plays and stuff, very strange.

The funniest thing though? their tries, they call them touchdowns, BUT they don't actually have to touch the ball down, AND if someone goes and stands behind the goalposts and someone throws the ball to them, that's a touchdown? but they can only do a forward pass once in a... something. it's funny.

And what do you mean you can't tell a flanker from a hooker? The hooker has a big 2 on his back, the flankers have either 6 or 7! They're numbered for your convenience!

Oh, of course, how silly of me, and there are eleven players on a team too, right? (Kidding. Kidding!)

[chattycheese.livejournal.com]

What's craziest is when they run a play with TWO Quarterbacks and confuse the hell out of the other team. Bwahahaha.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

*points* see! that! crazy!