How does the game of football (American) work?

February 1, 2010 by admin · 3 Comments
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bmcrowell asked:

I would like to start following football this year. How does the game work? Please be detailed as you like, I will award someone points! Thanks.

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3 Responses to “How does the game of football (American) work?”
  1. crackhead says:
    February 3, 2010 at 12:11 pm

    OMG where to start. how much time do you have ?
    AFB is a more complicated, has more variables (obviously) and more of a stratigized game then that of chess. Throw in the added necessity of conditioning and strength eye body cordination……
    I can explain things one to one messagess between u and I but ……….get a book and play madden. thats my best advice….
    good luck crackhead

  2. Mike Dub says:
    February 3, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    very hard to give a short answer. the best way to lwearn is to watch it w/ some1 who can explain it as it happens. Mike Dub

  3. Admiral Awesome says:
    February 6, 2010 at 5:42 am

    Basically, there are 11 people on each side.

    At the beginning, one team kicks the ball to the opposing team and they get 4 chances to earn 10 yards, after 10 yards, they get 4 more chances to earn 10 yards. The object is to get the ball preferably to the endzone (6 points) or they can kick a fieldgoal (3 points).

    After Team A scores points, they must kick the ball off to Team B who gets to try and score.

    Two other ways to score points are a Point After Touchdown (PAT) which is a field goal from 3 yards away (1 point) or they can run/pass the ball into the endzone again, which is much harder than the field goal, so they would earn 2 points for this maneuver, hence the name “Two-Point Conversion.”

    One other way besides PATs is to get a Safety, which means if Team A were on defense, and Team B was on offense, Team A would have to push Team B all the way back to Team A’s endzone, aka the endzone Team B is defending. If a player who possesses the ball on Team B is tackled inside their endzone, then Team A would receive 2 points AND Team B would have to punt the ball to Team A on top of that.

    Well that’s the ways to score, but there is so so much more to it. Admiral Awesome

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