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Arena Football -- Shutout
NY is presently being shutout, losing 47-0 to Dallas with 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. How impressive is this compared to shutting a team out in the NFL? It is shocking that a team has not scored once on a 50-yard field in 41 minutes.
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
Apparently, this would have been only the 2nd shutout in league history. Too bad NY managed to get a TD.
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
I think a shutout for a half in arena ball is 10 times more impressive than an NFL game shutout.
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
I don't think anything in Arena football is impressive as anything in real football.
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
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I think a shutout for a half in arena ball is 10 times more impressive than an NFL game shutout. [/ QUOTE ] I think Nomo's no-hitter at Coors is even more amazing than AFL shutout. He should be in the HoF for that alone. |
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
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NY is presently being shutout, losing 47-0 to Dallas with 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. How impressive is this compared to shutting a team out in the NFL? It is shocking that a team has not scored once on a 50-yard field in 41 minutes. [/ QUOTE ] It's not just the shorter field. Arena football has severe restrictions on how defence can be played. One linebacker must stay in the box. There is a limit on the number of players that can blitz and they must be declared ahead of time. The offence can have a man moving toward the line of scrimage at the snap, but the defence can't. And they require 6 (out of 8) players to play both offence and defence. These rules make arena football almost unwatchable, but they do make a shutout extremely impressive. |
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And they require 6 (out of 8) players to play both offence and defence. [/ QUOTE ] I watched a little of Chi-KC today, at one point they were talking about different offensive packages teams can use this year implying this rule no longer exists. |
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
Free substitution is allowed now.
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Free substitution is allowed now. [/ QUOTE ] This is the only Arena football rule I liked. They need to allow more defensive freedom. That would make the sport watchable. |
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Re: Arena Football -- Shutout
You need to post more about how much you dislike Arena football. Maybe in every thread about it or something close is doable.
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