Pulsar: In american football,a team has 4 downs to get a first down which is usually 10 yards. If you don't get the first down on first/second/or third down-then they have several options. 1)Field goal:they can try a field goal-depends on how strong/accurate their kicker is and what yard line they are at or score of game.You can also kick a field goal on any down,but miss it-ball goes over to the other team. 2)Out of fied goal range,which some college kickers are terrible,then they can punt the ball.This will make it longer for the other team to travel for a score. 3)If it's 4th and a couple yards or game is nearly over,there's many options: Go for it- 4th and 1 is fairly easy unless you're USC- LOL. Fake punt-set up for field goal and kicker runs/throws ball. Fake field goal-same,but holder may flip ball to a runner. Many factors for what to do,when to do it. The desparation time at end of game and a team needs to throw a 50 yrd + pass to win is called a Hail Mary.The game ain't over till the time clock runs down.Doug Flutie and Kordell stewart are a couple players I've seen win games with the hail mary. If you don't score/or get the first down,then ball goes over to the other team. On West virginia's fake punt: Some coaches will risk it all. I've seen games lost in the final seconds when that play wouldn't work.This reason,was to keep the ball away from georgia-run out the clock.They needed 6 yards,and got 10 yards. Now they got 4 more plays-downs- to get the next first down or let the clock run out of time.When a team has a ball,very hard for the other team to score with the exception of fumble/ interseption/block field goal/or blocked punts. I watched part of that game. It was 28-0, a minute and a half into the second quarter and finally georgia scored before I left for work. It surprised me that georgia came back. Pro Football, OK, College Football-Anything can happen.Very exciting.One minute a teams hot,next then they look like crap.It's all about momentum. Edit: Well explained Ashroy!
It will take me a while to digest all of that. With a bit of effort they could have made it virtually impossible to comprehend, without wishing to jump off the nearest viaduct in confusion! And yes, I do have a wooden spoon! Unfortunately, I am now beginning to understand it! Damn you all to Haides! Where is Cerberus when you need him?
I was actually just trying to see if that would get a reaction, but it took awhile. Americans probably named it 'football' because they thought we'd never find out about. What we call soccer is the real football, so it would sound ironic, if I was serious. I'll be careful of my words.
I was like, 'great, we both wrote one.' If I can crop out the play from an .avi, I'll post it on rapidshare.de
Thanks for the better passball (not football for culturally sensitive) defenitions Ashroy and Saugmon. I tried making it basic but for people that hate passball and grew up with football I understand the resistance. As for rugby, I trust you all to watch my back in the scrum mates!!!
@ Saigmon haha it is next year, and I was searchin NFL Draft and this came up. I clicked on the like and was readng it haha u said Reggie Bush would be a flo. That shows how no one can predict the NFL along with sports lol. Quick update Reggie Bush had a great year, and was amazing for a rookie.
