NFL Pre-Game Flyovers

Thanks for sharing Bruce

i always tell my international friends to come stateside for a playoff game (preferably in Baltimore). the tailgate, the anthem, the flyover, its all just sick. you have to experience a fall sunday in the US before you die!

compared to the feeling of being there and actually “feeling” the emotion.

One day, we are able to do this in our own stadiums here in the U.S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTYlw9xPIo&feature=related

Talk about some serious home-field advantage and intimidation against the away team. I’ve been to many Ravens home games and have seen the amazing pre-game flyovers, but it could never compare to what I have experienced by being at a sporting event like this one. Still love Ravens home games though, the all-around experience is so fucking sweet. A million times better then Skins game, which sucks major balls by the way.

as a european, it feels really awkward right now that you guys actually appreciate soccer fans and their enthusiasm :) and you are completely right. I hate to compare the two sports as such, as the game of football is one of the (if not the) best in the world, and the NFL is the best championship. it’s got everything a fan could want.
Soccer, however, is different in so many ways, i’m not going to go into it. Everyone is a fan of a team around here, much like people in the US are with baseball, or football (or basketball or hockey for that matter), but while you guys over have this somewhat peaceful attitude towards your sport and team, here it’s so serious that it’s scary. No wonder that soccer fans literally kill each other at a game… they have separate sections in the stadium where nobody else can enter but the completely f*cked up superfans (they call themselves ultras) and they are insane, man. I have a couple of friends who do that shit, and holy crap, those people are sick. It doesn’t matter if the player for the other team is actually from your city or something, they would kill him in a heartbeat. Why? noone knows. It’s just the ‘pack’ mentality i guess.
But this is the extreme, of course. What is indeed amazing about soccer fans though (and i think this is also missing from US stadiums) are the choreographies they do.. youknow, huge-ass banners, flags, sending messages to the other team and their own, and singing songs and chanting names and shit. Unbelievable.

Hey guys, sorry for interrupting – I need your help – I’m writing a piece on the ages of offensive linemen in the NFL.

What is the most likely starting 5 along your OL for the upcoming season? For the best accuracy, I’d prefer to hear from you guys rather than trust my own opinions or an ESPN depth chart.

Thanks!

I went boating on the Severn River when the Blue Angels were practicing and they fly about 200 feet off the water at half speed, or around ONLY 700 MPH. The sound is deafening and the tricks they do are amazing. You can only experience it to understand the magnitude of what they can do with those jets.

that and whenever i hear the national anthem. i served in the air force and got to see the thunderbirds out in texas and they are phenominal. does anyone remember last year when the timing was off between the guy singing the national anthem and the flyover? he had to draw out that last line of the anthem and i didnt realize why he was doing it until the jets flew past.

in Super Bowl 35, when the Ravens played, the flyover was by a Stealth bomber (jet?) and it barely made a sound and looked like bat, which was so amazingly cool!