The NFL thread.

[Søren]

If there is already a thread about this, please let me know.
Anyway, this is my new NFL thread. Anybody like professional American football? If you do, sound off here!
By the way, I'm a Pats fan all the way. Elated we won today.

[The Skarzs]

I'm more of a 'fan' when the Superbowl comes; before that, not so much.

[James Gryphon]

I know hardly anything about football, don't follow it, and don't really care, but my 'favorite team' is the Detroit Lions -- I like lions, and they've never had cheerleaders, so I figured it was a good fit for me. Plus, since they've always been terrible, nobody can accuse me of jumping on any bandwagons. I'm closest geographically to the Dallas Cowboys, though.

[CaptainRocktree]

Green Bay Packers all the way!!!!

[Wylder Treejumper]

I don't particularly have a favorite team, I just like a good game. Blowouts are no fun to watch... It's the close games that are good.

I am closest to the Seahawks, though.

[Delthion]

Soren! You are now my eternal enemy!

I am a Colts fan! Let the so-called Patriots burn in their awful franchise! 

[Rusvul]

Geographically I'm closest to the Jaguars. But then, I don't care about football. My mom cares more about the Browns than anything else, though.

[Unimaginative]

My three big teams are the Packers, Ravens, and Patriots, despite living right by Denver.

[Søren]

Soren! You are now my eternal enemy!

I am a Colts fan! Let the so-called Patriots burn in their awful franchise! 

Well, considering that Payton Manning is supposed to be friends with Tom Brady, can't be too much of an enemy, right?
Or are you mad about the Divisional game last year?

[Jetthebinturong]

I dislike all sport but curiosity has led me to come here. This is not supposed to be a dig at America, it's genuine curiosity, why is football called soccer over there? And why invent a game in which your feet barely ever touch the ball and call it football?

[The Skarzs]

Not sure (Just us silly Americans). Of course, why call a game 'Cluedo' when it kind of makes more sense to be called 'Clue'?

[Jetthebinturong]

Pretentiousness? A joy found in making things not make sense? The fact that it is boring to call a game by a real word? We will probably never know

[rachel25]

I like watching the high lights of American Football, but I will never understand why it's called football when you use your hands. That's just weird.   

[CaptainRocktree]

I like watching the high lights of American Football, but I will never understand why it's called football when you use your hands. That's just weird.   

Even though I'm American I still have no clue why its called football Maybe to get attention

[Wylder Treejumper]

No idea. My best guess is that American Football started out as soccer and then the rules were changed to make it more exciting and then we changed the name of the original sport to soccer so it wouldn't be confusing. But that is just a random theory.