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    Goodell hints at a 4 team European Division for the NFL in the near future...and wasn't joking.

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    Dude!  Yes, Gaelic Football!  (Known as the GAA).   My 14 year old Son plays, has played since he was 4; LOVES it.  I love it too - actually coached for a while.  Its every bit as popular in Ireland as the NFL is in the States.  And the interesting thing is it's amateur.  Nobody get paid.  And you have to be from the county you play for.  There are local teams, and County teams, if you're good enough.   There's actually one team - Mayo - who has been to the final several times, sometimes two years in a row and they NEVER have won the Big one.   Not since the 1940s.  I try to describe being a Bills fan as similar to being a Mayo Fan.  Then they get it!

     

    Rules: Basically it's soccer, but you can pick the ball up.  The goal post is an "H".  If you kick or punch it over the top and through the uprights it's 1 point.  But there's also a goalie who guards the bottom part of the "H".  If you get it past the the goalie it's 3 points.  To move the ball you can take 4 steps before you have to either A-bounce/dribble (but can't do two in a row), or B-"Solo", which is dropping the ball onto your foot and kicking it back up to yourself - While Running Full stride (it's hard!).  You can't throw the ball to your team mate, you either kick it to him, or punch it to him - like the underhanded Volleyball serve.    We live in County Donegal and they won the whole thing in 2012 - I was at the game -80,000 fans - every bit as rabid as Bills fans I gotta say.   And it was the FIRST TIME I ever felt proud of "My Team" winning a championship of any kind....(But it wa actually MAYO that Donegal Beat!)

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqexj6u954

     

     

      

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    Goodell hints at a 4 team European Division for the NFL in the near future...and wasn't joking.

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    1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

     

    I would bet the popularity is probably higher in London and maybe Manchester where they have played games and a good number of locals have gone to them over the years.

     

    Germany is pretty football rabid too apparently, in comparison to Ireland...NFL Europe had 5 teams there and Ticketmaster said they could have sold over 3 million tickets to the 4 games coming up in Germany.

     

    It's a slow build but it's definitely starting to gain momentum.

     

    Still obviously plenty of places will not like it or will not accept it I am sure...

     

    Kyle Brandt from GMFB said they were over in London and watching the Bills Dolphins game at a local bar and said the people there were loving it and super into the game...

     

     

    Also...I have to say that I watched Gaelic Football once on like ESPN 2 at 2am and I was totally hooked...I freaking cannot get enough of that and will watch it every time I can find it on. Super fun and interesting sport with some crazy rules that make it almost a cross between rugby, soccer and basketball.

     

    Goodell hints at a 4 team European Division for the NFL in the near future...and wasn't joking.

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    1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

     

    I would bet the popularity is probably higher in London and maybe Manchester where they have played games and a good number of locals have gone to them over the years.

     

    Germany is pretty football rabid too apparently, in comparison to Ireland...NFL Europe had 5 teams there and Ticketmaster said they could have sold over 3 million tickets to the 4 games coming up in Germany.

     

    It's a slow build but it's definitely starting to gain momentum.

     

    Still obviously plenty of places will not like it or will not accept it I am sure...

     

    Kyle Brandt from GMFB said they were over in London and watching the Bills Dolphins game at a local bar and said the people there were loving it and super into the game...

     

     

    Also...I have to say that I watched Gaelic Football once on like ESPN 2 at 2am and I was totally hooked...I freaking cannot get enough of that and will watch it every time I can find it on. Super fun and interesting sport with some crazy rules that make it almost a cross between rugby, soccer and basketball.

     

    Goodell hints at a 4 team European Division for the NFL in the near future...and wasn't joking.

    in The Stadium Wall

    Posted · Edited by Irish Dave

    I grew up in Amherst, life long Bills fan.  But now I live in Europe. (Ireland).  I gotta tell  you guys,  "American Football" as it's known here is seen as a silly little sport.  They make fun of the padding (compared to Rugby which has no padding).   Also people here see it as having WAY too many commercials.  It's actually ridicouls the amount of commercials there are, when you compare it with a Premiere League  Soccer match - and soccer is by far the biggest sport in Europe.   Games have NO commercials, except at halftime.  Imagine that.  The clock runs continuously.  So - as much as we love it, grew up with it and love the Bills, for people here it's  nothing more than a passing fancing; a silly game, with silly helmets.  Despite my trying to convince them otherwise!

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    Cowherd killing Bills coaching in his monologue

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    14 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

    He’s at least right about is not being able to run the ball.

     

    We’ve used two 3rd round picks and a 2nd round pick on RBs in the last 3 years and we still don’t have a guy that can consistently carry the load for 15 or so rushes a game.

    Asking Allen to throw it over 60 times is not a recipe for sustained success. 
     

    Just commit to Singletary as your lead back and treat him like one. 

     

    And Singletary, Moss, Cook are all the same size!!!!    Need a Jerome Bettis type.  Give it to a BIG guy

     

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    NFL Week #3 - Bills at the Dolphins - 2nd half game thread

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    I'm sorry, I've been Bills Fan for 45 years and with the exception of the Greatest Comeback vs Oilers we ALWAYS choke and lose close games in the final seconds.  Always.  The Hail Murray and :13 seconds were basically the same thing.  We seemingly win the game with a great last minute TD drive with almost no time remaining - and our Defense chokes and we lose.   Our Defense always seems to have teams on the ropes; 3rd and 22 today - and somehow teams ALWYAS get a first down.  On offense Allen falls apart when you rattle him.  Today is a perfrect example.   I'm tired of everyone thinking he's so clutch; sometimes he is - but just as often he's not.    I hope he proves me wrong....

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    Irish Dave

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    Oh man, this is funny - I totally didn't mean to name the thread after myself!  It's the first time I ever started a thread.  Woops.  Anyway, hopefully we'll get some actualy opinions on the Fitz-Keenum Conundrum....

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    #1 Defense, #8 Offense, 7-6

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    1 hour ago, BuffaloRebound said:

    What are we ranked in red zone offense and defense?  

    Exactly.  Red zone has been key.   We had a chance to win in the last minute down near the goal line at least 3 times (Titans, NE, Tampa) and couldn't score TDs.  That was the difference. 

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