Teach me football before superbowl!
I’ll bet all of your assumptions are right on- yes i’m a girl, raised by only a mother (father walked out), all women in my family, and aside from attending all the football games in high school, I don’t know much about it- I’ve really never been interested in it…ok in fact I find it extremely boring and redundant, and I think it lasts waaay too long (i’m a soccer fan and everything I’m used to watching is fast-paced and keeps me intune).
So I’m going to a superbowl house party this weekend and though I wish I could just dip in only for the halftime, I’m stuck watching that sh*t.
Help me out. Give me some pointers. Basics I get the whole touchdown thing… but uh- that’s it. Lol.
Please help me! Please. I really do want to find it exciting- no lie.
Touchdown = 6 point
Field Goal = 3
PAT (after touchdown) = 1
2 point conversation = 2 only after a touchdown if they dont want 1 point
onside kick = so they can keep the ball
kick return = team who led possesion before kicks the ball for their opponent turn to score
Offense vs defense
1 QB, 2WR 1/2 TE 4Offensive line to cover the defense and RB
Come over to my place for dinner. Afterwards I’ll teach you more than enough you need to know. Email me for directions.
football is about 100 times more complicated than soccer. It would take about 10 pages for me to explain the game and all the rules. My suggestion is to find ESPN classic or NFL network on your TV and see if they have any replays on of any previous games. You have over a week so if you just watch a few games will most likely understand it better. When I first started watching football it took me over 3 NFL and 3 college football seasons to fully understand the game. But trust me when you know whats going on its not boring
Read a book you have two weeks
http://www.nfl.com/rulebook
Here is NFL rulebook.
It’s a database of anything you need to know, or any questions, as well as a broad overview of the game.
This should definitely answer any questions you have.
Hope this helps 
Here are some basics to get you by..
- you have 4 plays to get 10 yards (the yellow line on the tv is the 10 yard mark). Every time you make it to that mark its called a “1st down” and you get 4 more tries. almost always the team will punt the ball on their 4th attepmt if they have not reached the 10 yard mark. They do this because if they don’t get to the 10 yard mark(yellow line) on the 4th try, then the other team gets the ball right there. This is why you will punt the ball to the other team so now they have to travel about 50 yards or so further to score. However, If you are about 35 yards away or closer from scoring and you don’t make the first down and its now your 4th down, you can kick a field goal (3 points)
- once a scoring team gets either a Touchdown or Field Goal then they now have to kickoff the ball back to the other team. And then the madness starts all over agian.
- they play 4 quarters and each quarter is 15 mins. Halftime is after the 2nd quarter. There are a lot of rules and a lot more stuff to learn but these are the basics of the game. Im currently working with my wife right now teaching her everything about the game. Stay patient and keep learning because it is a great sport to be involved with. My Wife loves football now that she understands it!
Good Luck!
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If you want to have a better understanding of the game of football, I highly recommend reading the following article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football
