<p>You americans are so annoying. Why do you think you must be different? What are you trying to prove?
Let's break it down-
Football(Foot&Ball)
Ball Played with the foot; is this really that hard to understand
You all came from Britain; you must respect your colonial powers and stop saying soccer; stay football
We still own you
Your hat above(canada) still sings our anthem; why do you think you are so special?
Bloody Yanks</p>
<p>I used to think like you do. Growing up a fan of real football and being a rabid fan of Les Bleus (the world’s greatest football team), the thought of American football really did not appeal to me. But once I enrolled in a US campus, I had the chance of attending a couple of American football games at my school and my respect and love to the game rapidely grew to match my love for the beautiful game. </p>
<p>I still have no idea why they call it “football”. Americans are definitely weird!!! ;)</p>
<p>lool no way man
france blows…spain ftw</p>
<p>Hehe! Spain is alright I suppose! 
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<p>Point being, American Football is a great sport too, but you have to give it a chance.</p>
<p>I’ve never played American Football and I have played a LOT of football. Sure, football> american football</p>
<p>But American football is a very exciting game too. I imagine I’d enjoy playing it very much.</p>
<p>I enjoy watching it. baseball makes wanna yawn.</p>
<p>One major between American Football and traditional footbal is that the former is a major sport at the University level. Some colleges (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Tennessee to name a few) have well over 100,000 fans in attendance for every game. The big rivalries in college football, such as Michigan vs Ohio State or Alabama vs Auburn are more intense than any professional sport rivalry. But like I said, you have to be a part of it to really understand it.</p>
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<p>Really? How can you be sure about that? </p>
<p>Football (soccer) rivalries can be very nasty and intense too.</p>
<p>omg are you really homeless</p>
<p>debarghya, I am very familiar with both European football clubs, including Real vs Barca, Man U vs Arsenal, AC vs Inter, Tottenham vs Arsneal etc… None of them are quite as intense the Michigan vs OSU rivalry. I think fans do not generally connect to a professional team the way they connect to a college team. Both football and American football have their fair share of wackos to be sure, but I think on average, college fans tend to be more passionate and loyal.</p>
<p>I can adapt. Football in America is one sport, football elsewhere is another. If abroad, you can say “American football” to avoid confusion with the football Americans call soccer.</p>
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Hardly. Have you seen the US demographics breakdown?</p>
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I refuse to respect a monarchy that oppressed my ancestral land and religion.</p>
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If the US wanted to take over Britain, it could have done so handily after WWII. But really, who would want it?</p>
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Revolution. Kicking you out again in 1812. Saving your ass in WWI. Saving your ass in WWII. Keeping the USSR from taking over Europe.</p>
<p>Britain has been America’s ***** lately anyway. Especially the whole Bush-Blair thing, unfortunately. Calling yourself a “colonial power” in the 21st century is pretty laughable. The Sun has set on the Union Jack. Get over it.</p>
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Damn Limeys.</p>
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<p>Most of the colonies were founded by brits; could care less 'bout today’s demographics, but we started it all. show some respect man</p>
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your central bank is controlled by europeans; two of which i believe are british; we really do own you…let’s get that straight</p>
<p>well atleast your hat still has the decency to still show some respect; just you yanks and the mexicans have forgotten your roots—dont forget your roots; we own you</p>
<p>AND IT’S NOT CALLED SOCCER; IT’S FOOTBALL!!!</p>
<p>alexandre, have you seen a lazio v roma, celtic v roma, madrid v barca
this games have real passion; not contrived bull**** because i thiink my college is better than yours
these games often have political roots, some even have anthems
passion is wayyy more evident in europe
and i find american football very repugnant; its like the game stops every thirty minutes</p>
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On the East Coast… Most states overall, however, were either Spanish or French possessions. However, all the lands were controlled by the Natives first. I mean, until you massacred them in a giant genocide.</p>
<p>Okay, the Celts were on the island of Britain far before the German Angles and Saxons invaded. How about you stop oppressing them and start taking orders from them? Sound good?</p>
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Yes, I’m sure the leaders of the US economy are taking orders from Britain, that’s totally reasonable.</p>
<p>Britain is the little dog of the US nowadays. It hid behind the superpower during the 20th century, as all the oppressed peoples around the world threw off the chains of British rule, and now it’s a self-important island with laughable delusions and an old woman for head of state that only got there because of legacy, so to speak.</p>
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Mexico was controlled by Spain, not Britain. Learn some history. And no, you don’t own us. We have the full capability to invade you at any point if we so chose. But why should we? Better off ignoring you.</p>
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Hey, we’ll settle this the British way; we’ll fight a war over it. I wonder who would win…</p>
<p>I think you’re thinking about it wayy to hard. Complaining about small things like this are just distractions… And don’t stereotype Americans to think they’re “cool”. A large population of the US can care less about this topic and are just trying to put food on their plates. -___-</p>
<p>saynotoharvard, the US is as much made up of British territories as it is made up of French (Louisiana purchase is equal to 1/3rd the size of the US) and Mexican territories (Texas all the way to California). And Alaska (which is pretty hefty) was purchased from the Russian.</p>
<p>[File:U.S</a>. Territorial Acquisitions.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Territorial_Acquisitions.png]File:U.S”>File:U.S. Territorial Acquisitions.png - Wikipedia)</p>
![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Territorial_Acquisitions.png]File:U.S](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Territorial_Acquisitions.png%5DFile:U.S){kind=link}
<p>Also, the most well-represented European group in the US today is not British, it is German, closely followed by the Irish (THE Ireland, not the occupied territories of Northern Ireland that rightfully belong to the Catholic South). Africans are third.</p>
<p>[Race</a> and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_demographics_of_the_United_States]Race”>Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>You really should brush up on your history saynotoharvard. Ignorance is not a virtue. Americans today are not connected to Europe. Most European Americans moved to the US a century or more ago.</p>
<p>And yes, I am familiar with all of football. I grew up and remain an avid football fan. Ever since the days of Platini, (I was 9 years old when I first watched France make it to the semi finals in Spain back in 1982), I have followed the sport very closely. Rivalries such as Barca and Madrid or or the two London teams or the two Milan teams are certainly very nice, but they are not that intense. The majority of their fans aren’t even literate actually. There is nothing that can match the intensity and passion of college football.</p>
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*Tiocfaidh </p>
<p>The OP is right…we shouldn’t call the American game “football.” We should call it “The game in which you CAN’T fall down and roll around on the ground like you’ve been shot, then get carried off and get sprayed with some miracle chemical that seems to make your booboo go away.”</p>
<p>Also, I love how soccer players can do all sorts of wild and tricky things with the ball while they are goofing around, but once the game starts they are lucky to even once get the ball into a goal that’s the size of a house.</p>
<p>"Tiocfaidh </p>
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I think soccer (aka football) is pretty cool, but this is hilarious.</p>
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The VIII? Bah, fat chance. Though Oliver Cromwell is the worst. And, of course, *T</p>
<p>i said brits started the coming of europeans to the us
we started it all; we stole the lands; you 'exceptions"-germans, italians,etc are living off our thievery. get that right…i really could care less about current demographics…soon hispanics would be the majority according to stats so today’s stats dont matter to me
And either ways, out of all those countries on that map, we still had the highest share of land so suck it and accept…We are your Masters</p>
<p>say what you want about football but its played by more than a billion people worldwide; a statistic you yanks could only dream of for your stupid sport</p>
<p>actually if you think about it, american football is a wussy sport as well; your colonial powers gave you rugby, where you play like men without any stupid gear
but no, you wusses had to turn it into american football to protect your fragile bodies.WUSS!!!</p>
<p>and finally, there is a difference between head of state and head of govt. the queen doesnt do jack; all she does is shake people’s hand and blah blah</p>
<p>more proof britain owns america:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Did Obama Bow To the Queen Of England?](<a href=“Did Obama Bow To the Queen Of England? - YouTube”>Did Obama Bow To the Queen Of England? - YouTube)</p>
<p>your own"president" bows down to her; that says it all really
So never forget it; you may have a higher gdp,higher ummm…basically only a higher gdp and oh yeah kill more ppl overseas but in every other aspect we OWN you</p>
<p>So you better start saying Football</p>