Happy Belated Birling Day!

[impulsereader]

Yeah, I'm totally late. But of course I taped it! It's England v. Wales and poor Douglas and Arthur are probably scheduled to be tipped a measly five hundred pounds each...(time travel, nostalgia, whatever...) ETA - holy cow, Wales won playing in Cardif - if only there was a fourth Birling Day to be told! Can you imagine the tips

Comments

[aelfgyfu_mead]

A "down" isn't a bad thing; it's a count of how many times the football starts on the ground. First down is the first time it's down; you can't start with zeroith down. You can also think of a down as a go-you get your first go, your second go, your third go, and your fourth go. If you don't make it ten yards in four goes, or four times the ball is down, your turn is up.

If at any point you get ten yards, you get four more goes-you can go from third down or fourth down back to first down.

Does that help? After more than twenty years of marriage and attendance at several actual football games (all college, none pro), I'm beginning to think I'm getting the hang of this.

I wish I'd thought to tape the rugby. I know very little about it and want to see how it looks. Maybe I can find clips on YouTube or somewhere else.

A more appropriate name would be handegg.

[salad_barbarian]

I don't think I'll ever understand how American football got so popular.