How's OT's football team doing?

Our team is undefeated. We played 3 games and never lost one. One more game and we go to the championships. How bout you OT?

Our team is undefeated. We played 3 games and never lost one. One more game and we go to the championships. How bout you OT?

JarOfGunz

Mediocre. The Cowboys are 3-3.

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

Arthur96

Oh look, it's this post again.

Bears. 4-3 with a somewhat difficult schedule left. I'm expecting them to go 8-8.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

JML897

Oh look, it's this post again.

Bears. 4-3 with a somewhat difficult schedule left. I'm expecting them to go 8-8.

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

Arthur96

Oh look, it's this post again.

Bears. 4-3 with a somewhat difficult schedule left. I'm expecting them to go 8-8.

Not too bad. We just upset the Sooners in their home stadium this weekend. It's always good to beat a #1 ranked team on their own turf.

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

Arthur96

I've posted this in OT on many occasions and have yet to get a decent reponse, but the term football originated to differentiate sports that were played on horseback from those played on foot. Technically you could consider basketball football. Normally the most popular sport in a given region has retained the term football, in the U.S. it's a rugby variant. I have no problem with soccer being called football, but it doesn't own a copyright on the term. It's a type of football, specifically association football, hence soccer.

49ers are 5-1 so Im happy. happy for the first time with this team in years and years.

My football team (soccer to some) just got through to the next round of the Carling Cup but not doing brilliantly in the league.

My football team (soccer to some) just got through to the next round of the Carling Cup but not doing brilliantly in the league.

Big_Bad_Sad

Chelsea are barely scraping it against Everton right now, down to ten men.

Extremely dramatic. Extra time is starting in 5 mins.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

theone86

I've posted this in OT on many occasions and have yet to get a decent reponse, but the term football originated to differentiate sports that were played on horseback from those played on foot. Technically you could consider basketball football. Normally the most popular sport in a given region has retained the term football, in the U.S. it's a rugby variant. I have no problem with soccer being called football, but it doesn't own a copyright on the term. It's a type of football, specifically association football, hence soccer.

Anyway, bottom of the table so far - not that I'm that bothered.

[QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"]

My football team (soccer to some) just got through to the next round of the Carling Cup but not doing brilliantly in the league.

Arthur96

Chelsea are barely scraping it against Everton right now, down to ten men.

Extremely dramatic. Extra time is starting in 5 mins.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"]

My football team (soccer to some) just got through to the next round of the Carling Cup but not doing brilliantly in the league.

Big_Bad_Sad

Chelsea are barely scraping it against Everton right now, down to ten men.

Extremely dramatic. Extra time is starting in 5 mins.

Yes they did.

Hoping that Boas will work his magic at the break.

Loved the way we played against QPR with 9 men on Sunday.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

*Wonders why American Football is called football*

You run around with the ball in your hands :|

Now FOOTBALL, the awesome football, where you actually use your foot to move the ball, is truly football.

jimmyjammer69

I've posted this in OT on many occasions and have yet to get a decent reponse, but the term football originated to differentiate sports that were played on horseback from those played on foot. Technically you could consider basketball football. Normally the most popular sport in a given region has retained the term football, in the U.S. it's a rugby variant. I have no problem with soccer being called football, but it doesn't own a copyright on the term. It's a type of football, specifically association football, hence soccer.

Anyway, bottom of the table so far - not that I'm that bothered.

It's not a hypothesis, it's documented. And your "hypothesis" isn't logical, it's a common-sense (i.e. fallacious) argument come up with by self-righteous soccer fans who think only they have the right to call their sport football.

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

I've posted this in OT on many occasions and have yet to get a decent reponse, but the term football originated to differentiate sports that were played on horseback from those played on foot. Technically you could consider basketball football. Normally the most popular sport in a given region has retained the term football, in the U.S. it's a rugby variant. I have no problem with soccer being called football, but it doesn't own a copyright on the term. It's a type of football, specifically association football, hence soccer.

theone86

Anyway, bottom of the table so far - not that I'm that bothered.

It's not a hypothesis, it's documented. And your "hypothesis" isn't logical, it's a common-sense (i.e. fallacious) argument come up with by self-righteous soccer fans who think only they have the right to call their sport football.

Also, common sense =/= fallacious, I advanced no argument, and I'd say your judgement about non-American sports fans irrationally trusting the OED over some random Wikipedia commentor was groundless and makes you guilty of the same fallacious thinking you're wrongly accusing others of.

:P

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"] That's one hypothesis. I prefer the more popular and logical one.

Anyway, bottom of the table so far - not that I'm that bothered.

jimmyjammer69

It's not a hypothesis, it's documented. And your "hypothesis" isn't logical, it's a common-sense (i.e. fallacious) argument come up with by self-righteous soccer fans who think only they have the right to call their sport football.

Also, common sense =/= fallacious, I advanced no argument, and I'd say your judgement about non-American sports fans irrationally trusting the OED over some random Wikipedia commentor was groundless and makes you guilty of the same fallacious thinking you're wrongly accusing others of.

:P

Common sense does mean fallacious, it's an emotional argument based on a subjective viewpoint. To posit something as correct based on merit of common sense is fallacious.

And OED specifically says the first reference to football was the one I referenced, in 1424 when it was banned by edict of the king. Get over yourself, you and other soccer fans don't own the term football.

Im a vikings fan, how do you think my team is doing?hardyfan8

Not too bad after last week's game, and a lot better if they could've figured out a way to stop Detroit from coming back from a 24-point halftime defecit.

[QUOTE="JarOfGunz"]

Our team is undefeated. We played 3 games and never lost one. One more game and we go to the championships. How bout you OT?

ExoticAnimal

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

It's not a hypothesis, it's documented. And your "hypothesis" isn't logical, it's a common-sense (i.e. fallacious) argument come up with by self-righteous soccer fans who think only they have the right to call their sport football.

theone86

Also, common sense =/= fallacious, I advanced no argument, and I'd say your judgement about non-American sports fans irrationally trusting the OED over some random Wikipedia commentor was groundless and makes you guilty of the same fallacious thinking you're wrongly accusing others of.

:P

Common sense does mean fallacious, it's an emotional argument based on a subjective viewpoint. To posit something as correct based on merit of common sense is fallacious.

And OED specifically says the first reference to football was the one I referenced, in 1424 when it was banned by edict of the king. Get over yourself, you and other soccer fans don't own the term football.

2)The (IMO utterly unconvincing) etymology you referenced was from "William Hone, writing in 1825 or 1826", not the OED. "For the etymology, the OED just indicates it is a compound of foot and ball." - Wikipedia.

3)Calm down. I don't consider myself a "soccer fan" and I'm not trying to stake or dipsute a "claim" to the term.

I'd also like to say that I find your xenophobia a little... troubling (and not for the first time). I'd advise you in future to take a deep breath and count to 1000 before you post anything silly.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"] And "Your" "hypothesis" is taken from Wikipedia - one gentried mans reference to what he called Foot-Ball in the nineteenth century, over 200 years after the OED has the first use referring to the sport.

Also, common sense =/= fallacious, I advanced no argument, and I'd say your judgement about non-American sports fans irrationally trusting the OED over some random Wikipedia commentor was groundless and makes you guilty of the same fallacious thinking you're wrongly accusing others of.

:P

jimmyjammer69

Common sense does mean fallacious, it's an emotional argument based on a subjective viewpoint. To posit something as correct based on merit of common sense is fallacious.

And OED specifically says the first reference to football was the one I referenced, in 1424 when it was banned by edict of the king. Get over yourself, you and other soccer fans don't own the term football.

2)The (IMO utterly unconvincing) etymology you referenced was from "William Hone, writing in 1825 or 1826", not the OED. "For the etymology, the OED just indicates it is a compound of foot and ball." - Wikipedia.

3)Calm down. I don't consider myself a "soccer fan" and I'm not trying to stake or dipsute a "claim" to the term.

I'd also like to say that I find your xenophobia a little... troubling (and not for the first time). I'd advise you in future to take a deep breath and count to 1000 before you post anything silly.

I'm looking at OED right now, "1424 Sc. Act Jas. I c. 18 The king forbiddes þt na man play at þe fut ball vnder þe payne of iiijd."

I'm perfectly calm, I just don't like people going around acting like they have some inherent right to be the only ones who can use the term football and talking down to people who use it for another sport. I don't care that people use football to describe soccer, doesn't bother me one bit and I don't try to put people down because I call American rugby football.

And xenophobia? What is your problem dude? I have not said one xenophobic thing this entire time.

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

Common sense does mean fallacious, it's an emotional argument based on a subjective viewpoint. To posit something as correct based on merit of common sense is fallacious.

And OED specifically says the first reference to football was the one I referenced, in 1424 when it was banned by edict of the king. Get over yourself, you and other soccer fans don't own the term football.

theone86

2)The (IMO utterly unconvincing) etymology you referenced was from "William Hone, writing in 1825 or 1826", not the OED. "For the etymology, the OED just indicates it is a compound of foot and ball." - Wikipedia.

3)Calm down. I don't consider myself a "soccer fan" and I'm not trying to stake or dipsute a "claim" to the term.

I'd also like to say that I find your xenophobia a little... troubling (and not for the first time). I'd advise you in future to take a deep breath and count to 1000 before you post anything silly.

I'm looking at OED right now, "1424 Sc. Act Jas. I c. 18 The king forbiddes þt na man play at þe fut ball vnder þe payne of iiijd."

I'm perfectly calm, I just don't like people going around acting like they have some inherent right to be the only ones who can use the term football and talking down to people who use it for another sport. I don't care that people use football to describe soccer, doesn't bother me one bit and I don't try to put people down because I call American rugby football.

And xenophobia? What is your problem dude? I have not said one xenophobic thing this entire time.

Browns 3 -3 (worse than their record)

Lions 5 -2

Yes, I've had some very crappy seasons.

Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester City

Not very good. :P

Actually all of you guys are wrong about your derivation for the term football. Amercian football was originally called "foosball" as in fool's ball because it was from the devil. Eventually the s got erroneously dropped and replaced by a t and that became part of the standard lexicon. Here's a link showing the proper term.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQiiKb_lLa0&feature=related

By Football meaning Association Football, mine are doing pretty badly.

My Patriots are doing great.....I think Tom Brady has a shot at MVP again this year depending how him and Aaron Rodgers finish out the season.

The Gamecocks are 6-1.Travo_basic

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"]The Gamecocks are 6-1.bleehum

My Patriots are doing great.....I think Tom Brady has a shot at MVP again this year depending how him and Aaron Rodgers finish out the season.

Paco8byu

Florida Gators have been what I expected. Not enough talent on the team. If they can at least beat Georgia this weekend and Florida State at the end of the year, I'll be okay. As for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the offense and coaching is atrocious. At least the defense has vastly improved from last year, and they upsetted the Ravens on Monday Night.

[QUOTE="Paco8byu"]

My Patriots are doing great.....I think Tom Brady has a shot at MVP again this year depending how him and Aaron Rodgers finish out the season.

sherman-tank1

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[QUOTE="Paco8byu"]

My Patriots are doing great.....I think Tom Brady has a shot at MVP again this year depending how him and Aaron Rodgers finish out the season.

Travo_basic

How many games has Peytonplayed this year?

Travo_basic