Campbeltown man wins Superbowl!!!!!

[Martin]

....

[Sweltered]

Tom Petty was superb, best halftime show in years. Last year the stones were boring, and mcCartneys recent outing was awful.

Tom Petty is playin in Tampa later this year, must go !

[Martin]

////

[gillette]

Think Gemma will be pretty shocked Zippy is behind L Tynes

[Jock Strap]

That is a cracker! I've nae shame, although I believe I'm sporting a bit of a what we used to call "helmet" haircut!!

Don't worry - just hope you never sport your father's haircut. I wonder if he recalls a visit to the Gillies household? Surely...

With regards the game perhaps someone could explain to me one rule I didn't get. You have four plays to travel 10 yards. However, right up until the end both teams elected to kick their fourth play (correct term??) but the NYG were 1 yard short after three plays and got their first down electing to run it. It made me wonder why both teams didn't run (or throw) their fourth play more over???? Also, if they kick the ball (they seem to get some auld guy to boot the ball 3000 meters in the sky) can your own players run and catch it???

Must admit it was an excellent game and a great advert for the sport.

Right who is up for a game on Saturday - I've got a couple of auld egg boxes for my shoulders!

[Rabmacd]

Jock,

with so little time left on the clock (about 20 secs) the Giants HAD to go for the touchdown on their fourth "down", a field goal wouldn't have given them enough points to win the game. Kicking and giving possession away with only 25 seconds left would have effectively given the game to the Patriots. By the same token the Patriots were in the same boat, as, at 17-14 down they were so far inside their own half, they had to try to retain possession and get upfield, to try to get within range of the Giants' goal to at least get an effort at a field goal which would have tied the game.

They're happy to kick on fourth down in the early stages of the game as they give possession away much further upfield than they would if they had lost possession, at the point of the "down" or "sacking" or "turnover".

As time marches on tactics click in big style, hence the rush of time -outs to stop the clock.

[general jack o'niell]

firstly, great pic of margo, she hasn't changed a bit, thats me in the good books for another year, secondly, tom petty was really good, only four songs so it ended up as a bit of a medley, i could have picked the four he did in my sleep, us old school petty fans from the days of the original debut album of 1977 "tom petty and the heartbreakers" noticed a lineup change, new drummer, don't know who the guy is that replaced stan lynch, used to think guitarist mike campbell looked like my brother, my brother appears to be ageing better, and of course the keyboard player with a name to rival elton john, Mr. Benmont Tench. there are rumours they were miming, maybe, the stones mimed last year as did macca. you can't beat a bit of tom petty, i watched on the BEEB as i preferred dick stocktons commentary but that mike carlson is an arsehole, his feeble attempts at humour regarding petty falling flat, like most of his stuff usually does on channel 5.

the rules for dummies, you get the four attempts to gain 10yds, mike carlsons comarison with rugby league was good, usually if you haven't got the 10 and with it another "set" of downs, you kick it away, if you go for it on fourth down and don't get the yards you need, the opposing team gets the ball at the spot where your fourth down started, or in the case of a "sack" or tackle behind the line of scrimmage, at the spot of the ball. this might be risked if you are in the opponants half, if you are in your own half the clever thing to do is kick, you don't want to give them good field position if your attempt fails, of course theres "fake punts" and trick plays, but lets not confuse the issue. thats it in a nutshell, you get four attempts to gain ten or more yards, if you do, then you get four more, if you don't, the other team get the ball, its all just a matter of where you want them to be when they get the ball, hence the kick on fourth down, if you are within kicking range you can go for a fieldgoal, worth three points, up steps lawrence tynes. those are further than it might look because the ball is on the spot where the last play stopped, the kicker kicks from about seven yards behind this spot, the uprights are at the back of the endzone, ten yds deep. so if you have the ball on the opposing thirty yd line its a forty seven yd field goal.

as for a game? i have an excellent reciever and a lethal linebacker in my household, i reckon i could still manage at middle linebacker or tight end, i've lost that yard of pace to play cornerback or WR, still got my pads tho!!!!

[Sweltered]

your left handed 6yr old nephew can throw a perfect spiral, 20 yards, with his right hand.

[Tosh]

Whats all this about winning owls? Are they really that superb?

[Sweltered]

Yes those superb owls are magnificent

[jock the boat]

How about the town doing something to honour our most famous son?

Have you never heard of Paul McCartney?
And before you start Lawrence wasn't born here either, he lived here for four years. McCartney's been living here for 30.

So there.

[Tubby the Tuba]

Yeh, that was one of the funniest and unbelievable posts I read for a while, nominating him for citizen of the year!!

[howlsatthemoon]

How about the town doing something to honour our most famous son?

Far more worthy people than him.

[JAACRAIG]

Wish I'd watched it now, didn't know Tom Petty was on or I might have done.

You can still watch on the BBC i Player untill Sun 10th Feb

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/ ... d=b0065vz4

Kenny

[bill]

How about the town doing something to honour our most famous son?

Have you never heard of Paul McCartney?
And before you start Lawrence wasn't born here either, he lived here for four years. McCartney's been living here for 30.

So there.

Certainly would'nt class McCartney as a Campbeltown citizen.There is a big difference between owning a property and actually using it as your home.