New NFL Season 2011

[RossG]

Anybody else won tickets to go to the Superbash in London for the Superbowl? Just received my email saying I've got two

Yep I'll be there. 4 of us wanted to go, 4 applied and 2 of us got 2 tickers each, so we were very lucky this year. Free beer and food too

 

[Zeroecho99]

Only a few days to go now.

Can't wait - Go Patriots!

 

[chrisxuk]

well seems myself and the titans will be hitting footage in manchester.

should be fun, just hope they dont run out of beer.

Me and a friend are planning on going to Manchester instead, and we were going to go to the footage. Heard that due to the licencing, they'll have to stop serving at 1am

 

[GAC]

they better not as the match will be on till about 3am.

 

[chrisxuk]

they better not as the match will be on till about 3am.

Have a look here - http://forum.nfluk.com/showpost.php?p=1527910&postcount=6

 

[GAC]

yeah just found that. trying to find out from our team what the hells going on, as this is a shambles.

who forgets that they shut at 1am untill 48 hours before !?

 

[GAC]

looks like the teams hitting the walkabout now, see if something happens to screw this veniue up now.

 

[chrisxuk]

looks like the teams hitting the walkabout now, see if something happens to screw this veniue up now.

Found the Facebook Event for Walkabout, seems like a lot more people are going! £5 for tickets on the door though

https://www.facebook.com/events/229644060437278/

 

[GAC]

yeah but its open till 4 at least. and theres girls going

 

[dante6491]

My student union are showing it. Extended licence I think they have. Even dishing out four pint pitchers. Should be a good night.

 

[TurnipHead]

What time is kickoff exactly? 11:30?

edit: is there a super bowl thread somewhere that I'm missing?

 

[_Jimlad_]

i thought there would be a superbowl thread, also trying to find out kick off time

 

[md85]

11.25pm GMT is kick off, they're showing it on BBC1.

Patriots for the win! Gronkowski fit to play as well.

 

[AndyCr15]

Fantastic game.

I want to see an interview with Bradshaw. It really looked like no-one had mentioned to him they might let him through and then he was trying to decide when he got to the 1 if he should go in...

 

[_Jimlad_]

i don't quite get all the rules, why did the guy that got the winning touch down appear not to want to get the touchdown?

 

[AndyCr15]

The Giants were 2 points down, but in a position they were almost guaranteed to score at least 3 points with a kick.

Tom Brady is a great QB with a great offence and 7 times out of ten could get the points back given a minute on the clock.

What the Giants really wanted to do was score with no time for the Patriots left to score back. The Patriots Defence probably intentionally went soft on the play, allowing them to score, so Tom had time to drive down and score himself, leaving no time on the clock.

What the guy scoring should really have done is dropped to his knee on the 1 yard line allowing the Giants to finish the game with the final score as time expires.

It is risky though, ask the Ravens who in the Semi Final missed a 'sure thing' kick and missed out.

 

[_Jimlad_]

cheers Andy, i see. Thanks for explaining its a funny old game, but interests me a fair bit. I was in America for a few weeks at the end of Jan and the hype and build up was immense

 

[DiCe!]

Waiting for it to get to the iplayer

 

[_Jimlad_]

Waiting for it to get to the iplayer

its on the bbc site

 

[md85]

Has anyone been to see a game at Wembley?

Looking at tickets for the Rams - Patriots game and according to their ticket form there are no lower side-line seats left already. There's lower end-zone left which I'll go for otherwise but I'd like to be able to see the field. Is upper side-line any good? I've never been to Wembley (not mainland UK).