London Ninja

I didn’t really watch last year’s game between the Giants and the Dolphins. Mainly because those teams sucked and the weather was bollocks. I did, however, watch the Chargers-Saints game from home on the BBC. It was actually a good game, except for the fact that my home team Chargers lost and played like arse. It was also very cool that I got to watch it on my tele instead of over Slingbox like I normally do.

Here are two main differences on watching the NFL in the UK vs what is shown on my Slingbox:

1. There are no James Brown newsbreaks. As in…every time something happens in the league, like a TD, American channels cut to it to see the 77 yard Touchdown that was just thrown. Well, they announce it, and then we just watch the players huddling. WTF.

2. There are no commercials. Before you start thinking this is great, I think it’s almost worst than having commercials. Basically, every time the commentators say, “We’ll be back after these messages”, the BBC cuts over to Jerry Rice, some Brit, and some other American dude. Jerry Rice was a great wide receiver. Let me repeat…Jerry Rice was a great wide receiver. That’s all I have to say about that. I would have preferred Bud commercials.

3. It’s clear nobody knows WTF is going on…including the BBC host, who you have to listen to every 10 minutes because there are no commercials. I think it’s because there’s no tea break like in cricket.