Booty, Booty, Flutie and Green sounds like the worlds most fabulous legal firm.


Sounds more like a boy band lineup to me.

Doug Flutie... When I was a kid growing up in Canada and learning to like football (something I never acheived), Flutie was a hero of mine. Him and Warren Moon actually. This is when the CFL still mattered. A little, at least.

Flutie is 50 years old. Older than any knuckleballer ever, or any MLB pitcher period except for Satchel.

A discussion in the NFL thread turned to bad weather games, so I took a stroll down memory lane watching clips of the 1996 Grey Cup on youtube.

This is when the CFL still mattered. A little, at least.

Am I missing something here? The show debuts as pitchers and catchers report or later. Doesn't that mean we'll know who won before it even starts because they'll be in DBacks spring training?

HIMYM just had an episode revolving around the 1996 Grey Cup halftime show. No snow though.

I'm guessing you can't actually do that, but he had certainly practiced drop kicks to the point where I'm not surprised he talked a head coach into letting him do it.

Now if you recruited an Aussie rules player -- well some of them are pretty effective on the run. Though all of the really long kicks happen on dead ball plays.

The drop kick was not eliminated. It is a legal play. Section 8.

HIMYM just had an episode revolving around the 1996 Grey Cup halftime show. No snow though.

Weird, considering it's generally known as "The Snow Bowl". I seem to recall they're usually good on attention to detail for stuff like that.

Was it at least in Hamilton?

I was referring to Greg's question about the drop kick being able to be taken from anywhere on the field.

Take some guys on the verge of being out of pro baseball completely, train them to use the knuckler, and see if any can achieve success.

The drop kick was not eliminated. It is a legal play. Section 8.

I didn't say the drop kick was eliminated. I was referring to Greg's question about the drop kick being able to be taken from anywhere on the field. That once was the rule, up until the late 90s/early 00s. The NFL changed that rule to require it be taken from behind the line of scrimmage, as is the case with other kicks.

up until that rule change, you could legally punt from anywhere on the field --though, for the life of me, I can't think of a situation where you would punt once you were beyond the line of scrimmage

though it's hard to imagine having enough room to get the punt off but not enough room to try to get the first down

I don't know, it seems possible, or would be if anyone ever practiced kicking on the run. That or bicycle punt.

To paraphrase Bubba Sparxxx:

To paraphrase Bubba Sparxxx:


Don't ever do that again.

The end zone refs in Aussie rules football have the best combination of sartorial splendor and hand gesture I have ever seem. Remind me of some bizarro version of Inspector Gadget crossed with Pee-wee Herman.

The only example I could think of is a soon-to-be-failed fourth and long try, though it's hard to imagine having enough room to get the punt off but not enough room to try to get the first down.