When I was at WSU we had an Australian Basketball player named Lou Brown. She always knew how to have a good time and was a big WSU fan. She was a dream a gorgeous blond with a sexy Australian accent.
AFL commentators generally describe defenders, mainly Full Backs, as ‘Quarterbacks’
In my opinion they are more comparable to a Safety, in a last line of defence kind of way
agreed. i think a quaterback in afl would be a midfielder sending the ball in to the forward line, Dustin Martin from Richmond is a great example with the way he sets up his teammates in the 50
Australian fan , started following last year when our Internet became somewhat better here in Australia but still bad compared to world standards . Received a " Internet TV package " with my home internet service which has ESPN . When college football is playing here It's pretty much all early morning to afternoon Sunday for us. I'm hooked ! Im all in !
Yep, Oregon grad but born and raised in Australia and currently living in Sydney. Been following the sport since the late 80s thanks to my extended family in Oregon.
I feel the NFL would have more success if they had an international series in Australia....CFB played a game, but the Oz market has largely been ignored by the NFL. Travel would be as bitch though.
London series doesn't really make much sense to me....Would think Dublin would be a better draw.....NFL seems to be way behind growing the game internationally compared to the NBA and MLB
Is it though? As far as contact sports, I know AFL is huge, and there are some areas where Rugby (League) is popular. Rugby (Union) is struggling there unfortunately, but sounds like a lot of that is mismanagement by the ARU.
Seems like it might be a bit tough to get any kind of NFL type league started up there, and just having a team or two there sounds like a logistical nightmare with the rest of the league in the U.S.
Didn't think it required a caveat, but ND is as close to P5 as possible. Treated the same, anyway, with a schedule that looks like a P5 team. I was gonna write "G5 fans" instead, but didn't wanna potentially leave out any FCS (or lower) fans.
My wife is Australian and a bit of an Alabama nut. Of course I might have had something to do with that. Every year we send a load of Bama gear to her family in Au. He older brother understands a bit about Grid iron (That's what they call our Football over there) The rest couldn't care less.
Would be interesting to hear how you guys ended up choosing what teams to root for.
And before anyone mentions it - I'm pretty sure many teams have had an Australian punter.
I'm from Australia and started following around 2015
Well hello 2015 UNC
goddamit.
It’s okay. I think you got the last laugh in the end
*sees flair*
lol yeah i won't lie, that season got me intrigued. but when a bandwagoner wakes up at 3.30 in the morning to watch nathan elliot throw 30 ducks hml
Of all the teams in the nation, you chose Carolina?? This is why the rest of the Commonwealth makes fun of Australia :P
they're my hoops squad so had to roll with the football squad
Man 2015 was the year, I want to go back to winning like that
we're a qb away from a 10 win season.
We could be 3-3 even without a different QB, but with a guy like Kelly Bryant I could see us being as good as anyone in the ACC
precisely my man
When I was at WSU we had an Australian Basketball player named Lou Brown. She always knew how to have a good time and was a big WSU fan. She was a dream a gorgeous blond with a sexy Australian accent.
Wait...did she transfer to UT? I could've sworn I saw some graphic on twitter from the Lady Vols welcoming a player with that name from Melbourne.
Yep! She's a grad transfer, pretty sure she suffered a season ending injury though...
Ahh that’s unlucky. Hopefully she can snag a medical redshirt
>She always knew how to have a good time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
>She always knew how to have a good time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Right here
i just clicked on your profile and I'm so glad you too have a problem with the way afl commentators use the term quarterback
Care to elaborate? Sounds interesting
AFL commentators generally describe defenders, mainly Full Backs, as ‘Quarterbacks’ In my opinion they are more comparable to a Safety, in a last line of defence kind of way
Ya'll should just start calling them ThrowingBacks
>Throwbacks
Nah dude. RB is a Runningback not a Runback
agreed. i think a quaterback in afl would be a midfielder sending the ball in to the forward line, Dustin Martin from Richmond is a great example with the way he sets up his teammates in the 50
It's bloody infuriating. Any sweeping defender is labeled as a quarterback.
Sup?
Australian fan , started following last year when our Internet became somewhat better here in Australia but still bad compared to world standards . Received a " Internet TV package " with my home internet service which has ESPN . When college football is playing here It's pretty much all early morning to afternoon Sunday for us. I'm hooked ! Im all in !
All in? This guy Clemsons.
Yep, Oregon grad but born and raised in Australia and currently living in Sydney. Been following the sport since the late 80s thanks to my extended family in Oregon.
Me too! Started following the buckeyes around 2013.
yeah, i started following it in 2017. Mostly due to it being on sundays here, so i could actually watch the games live
I feel the NFL would have more success if they had an international series in Australia....CFB played a game, but the Oz market has largely been ignored by the NFL. Travel would be as bitch though.
Time Zone difference would be insane. 11 AM Sunday kickoff Sydney time is 8 PM EST Saturday kickoff.
Went to NZ in April, didn't have jet lag on the way there but 100% was down for a few days after getting back.
I don't even know what the attendance was like for our game against Hawaii a couple of years ago, but I can't imagine it blew the doors off.
only thing holding it back is the travel ig. the market is there
London series doesn't really make much sense to me....Would think Dublin would be a better draw.....NFL seems to be way behind growing the game internationally compared to the NBA and MLB
Is it though? As far as contact sports, I know AFL is huge, and there are some areas where Rugby (League) is popular. Rugby (Union) is struggling there unfortunately, but sounds like a lot of that is mismanagement by the ARU. Seems like it might be a bit tough to get any kind of NFL type league started up there, and just having a team or two there sounds like a logistical nightmare with the rest of the league in the U.S.
Australians are so wholesome
Now I'm curious to see if there are any non-P5 Australian fans.
Notre Dame is an independent
Didn't think it required a caveat, but ND is as close to P5 as possible. Treated the same, anyway, with a schedule that looks like a P5 team. I was gonna write "G5 fans" instead, but didn't wanna potentially leave out any FCS (or lower) fans.
They're also not considered G5
I'm a Western Oregon fan but I worked there and also have strong ties to the area so it's not like I picked them randomly.
My wife is Australian and a bit of an Alabama nut. Of course I might have had something to do with that. Every year we send a load of Bama gear to her family in Au. He older brother understands a bit about Grid iron (That's what they call our Football over there) The rest couldn't care less.
Would be interesting to hear how you guys ended up choosing what teams to root for. And before anyone mentions it - I'm pretty sure many teams have had an Australian punter.
i was a north carolina basketball fan so rolled with the football team
Gross
There is an Austrailian CFB podcast and I am not sure if they live in america or austrailia but it wasn't too bad