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[thejman93]

Yeah baby, Eyeshield 21 football knowledge is being displayed here.
I prefer the Devil pass though, forgot the exact name tbh. Sounds cooler and is the complete opposite of a Hail Mary pass, right?

I never really thought about it like that but, yeah, I guess so.

[Automatic]

I never really thought about it like that but, yeah, I guess so.

A Hail Devil pass. That was the name.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

A Hail Devil pass. That was the name.

A Hail Devil pass? Wouldn't that just be taking a knee? If throwing a ball as far as possible (Hail Mary) to give your team a chance for a fluke win at the end of the game, then the exact opposite would be taking your teams chances and crushing them by kneeling the ball with 4 seconds left in the game and you're down by 2 on your opponents 20 yard line. The Hail Devil Knee...

akbar - The regular NFL refs are in a lockout state. They have replacement refs that the majority of are from Division 3 or below schools.

Basic Hierarchy for you:
NFL - Top
CFL/Arena/EFL - 2nd (though this is just my opinion on it)
Division 1 College (This is your Major Universities like Florida, USC, Texas, LSU) - 3rd rank
Division 2 College (This is your pre-cursor to D-1 schools. The education systems are still good, but athletics are not so much although D-1 and even the NFL have pulled athletes from these schools) - 4th
Division 3 (This is the smallest colleges that still have enough people to carry an athletic division... Barely) - 5th
High School UIL 5A down through 1A schools - 6th through 11th

and this can be carried down until the first year, 6 year old flag football for kids. They still have refs too


Basically, the best guys for the job were getting what they felt as unfair treatment and the NFL was trying to call their bluff by saying "we'll just play with the backup refs because they're just as good!" but instead of getting the 2nd tier refs, they ended up with refs from the 4th tier.

[jelle1809]

Does anybodu know when this is finally gonna come out?

[Awesome Bomb]

"Unavoidable" Global Bacon Shortage Expected Next Year

[akbar]

"Unavoidable" Global Bacon Shortage Expected Next Year

Praise the Lord.

Can I get a Hallelujah!

[Shaz11]

Praise the Lord.

Can I get a Hallelujah!

[Dennis]

Clueless Brit trying to read up on what you lot's are talking about and I got 2 questions.

What' this thing about ref's, where are the regulars gone?

and What's throwing a Hail Mary?

the nfl refs are negotiating with the nfl for better pay and in the mean time we get bad calls in pretty much every game. we have something called the lingerie football league in america, seriously one of the refs from that league has officiated real nfl games haha.
and a hail mary is a pass where you send all your players in a straight(ish) route down the field typically to the end-zone so that the qb can throw the ball in hopes for a fluke play... it works to often.

[VanHooliganX]

"Unavoidable" Global Bacon Shortage Expected Next Year

I was worried until I realised the link takes you to The Escapist.

The Suns probably more accurate :P

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

the nfl refs are negotiating with the nfl for better pay and in the mean time we get bad calls in pretty much every game. we have something called the lingerie football league in america, seriously one of the refs from that league has officiated real nfl games haha.
and a hail mary is a pass where you send all your players in a straight(ish) route down the field typically to the end-zone so that the qb can throw the ball in hopes for a fluke play... it works to often.

You were ninja'd hours ago, Dennis