NFL Week 1: The Official 1st Thread of NFL Week MegaThreads

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Syt

#75
September 05, 2013, 10:48:50 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 05, 2013, 07:45:23 PM
:D

QuoteWith the predictable image that American football is a guy obsession, come these unpredictable stats: 40% of the National Football League's (NFL) fan base is women, making it one of the largest and fastest growing female fan bases in all of sports in the US. Each weekend 45 million women watch NFL games and 375,000 attend games in person. They also spend more than $150 million on fan apparel including handbags and interior wear. For an illuminating story by a die-hard female fan on what is it about the NFL that attracts women, see Queens of Sunday in American Way magazine.

My two oldest sisters are both passionate Steelers fans. And my middle sister's mother in law, a prim and proper Catholic lady in her late 70s, got completely shitfaced when the Steelers won the Super Bowl in 2005, drunk calling her whole family from her retirement place in Florida.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

CountDeMoney

#76
September 05, 2013, 10:50:59 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 05, 2013, 10:48:50 PM
My two oldest sisters are both passionate Steelers fans. And my middle sister's mother in law, a prim and proper Catholic lady in her late 70s, got completely shitfaced when the Steelers won the Super Bowl in 2005, drunk calling her whole family from her retirement place in Florida.

Did she call the refs to thank them as well?

derspiess

#77
September 05, 2013, 10:51:29 PM
Bruce Gradkowski's "little" brother just got flagged for losing his shit :lol:  #BlueHens
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#78
September 05, 2013, 10:52:41 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2013, 10:47:39 PM
You got your own problems, pal.

Where?

I know the correct answer, but I want to hear you say it  :cool:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#79
September 05, 2013, 10:57:02 PM
HD cameras for team video is really paying off for the NFL. They're using their shots more & more for replays, and they're not grainy as shit like when they used betacams.  4K cameras are just around the corner.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Syt

#80
September 05, 2013, 10:58:51 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2013, 10:50:59 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 05, 2013, 10:48:50 PM
My two oldest sisters are both passionate Steelers fans. And my middle sister's mother in law, a prim and proper Catholic lady in her late 70s, got completely shitfaced when the Steelers won the Super Bowl in 2005, drunk calling her whole family from her retirement place in Florida.

Did she call the refs to thank them as well?
I'm not going to feed into your irrational Ref/NFL Conspiracy Paranoia.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

CountDeMoney

#81
September 05, 2013, 11:00:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 05, 2013, 10:57:02 PM
HD cameras for team video is really paying off for the NFL. They're using their shots more & more for replays, and they're not grainy as shit like when they used betacams.  4K cameras are just around the corner.

Thing is, they're still not evenly distributed across all league games.  Primetime broadcasts like this and MNF will have more in place than, say, Seattle-Arizona.

CountDeMoney

#82
September 05, 2013, 11:03:58 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 05, 2013, 10:58:51 PM
I'm not going to feed into your irrational Ref/NFL Conspiracy Paranoia.

You don't have to.  The world watched the Seahawks get hosed.  And it's still waiting for Santonio Holmes' other foot to come down against Arizona as well.

NFL Properties gets what NFL Properties wants.

derspiess

#83
September 05, 2013, 11:05:02 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2013, 11:00:16 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 05, 2013, 10:57:02 PM
HD cameras for team video is really paying off for the NFL. They're using their shots more & more for replays, and they're not grainy as shit like when they used betacams.  4K cameras are just around the corner.

Thing is, they're still not evenly distributed across all league games.  Primetime broadcasts like this and MNF will have more in place than, say, Seattle-Arizona.

I'm actually talking about the team video cameras, which are in end zone and sideline (way up high) for every game.  The network has a feed from those cameras, and will occasionally use it for replays, particularly wide-angle stuff. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#84
September 05, 2013, 11:07:00 PM
Cheap league bastards.

CountDeMoney

#85
September 05, 2013, 11:11:33 PM
That's it, Ed Dickson is officially a bust.  Man can't catch a cold.

derspiess

#86
September 05, 2013, 11:13:49 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2013, 11:07:00 PM
Cheap league bastards.

Either that, or they value the work of true video professionals, the unsung heroes of the NFL  :showoff:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#87
September 05, 2013, 11:14:52 PM
Ravens receivers are too tired to even fully complain about supposed missed calls.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

katmai

#88
September 05, 2013, 11:16:11 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 05, 2013, 08:17:13 AM
The Ravens should win.   I expect a hard-fought win for the Ravens.

:bwahahahaha

Stick to CFL buddy.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

derspiess

#89
September 05, 2013, 11:18:58 PM
Ho Lee Fuk.

edit: Whoops, touchback.  Dumbass.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall
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