Expert: Brian Jay - 12/11/2009

Question
Brian
I am a 'Big Brother' to a lad that has an xBox 360 and just got this game. Of course he wants me to play against him.
I am game but dont have much knowledge of American football.
It seems very complicated.
I will do some internet research, but was hopefull you could send me to a site where I could do a quick study of the sport/game?
Very much appreciated if you can help. Merry Xmas!

Answer
Hi Terry.

First of all, I have to commend you on the Big Brother status. I did something like that back home and it is well worth the time. Secondly, I was interstate with my motorsport team, hence why this question didnt get answered as quickly as I would have.

Anyways, I do have ~some~ idea on the game.

The basic idea is to get it to your opposition's end zone (for a touch down, worth 6 points). You get 4 chances to move a total of 10 yards. Manage to do that, and you get another chance to move another 10 yards and so on and so forth. During that set (or down) your only allowed one forward throw.

Changeover occurs where you would expect (through failure to make it through the yards, interceptions, fumbles, kicks for touch (or punts)), where here they have seperate teams for offense and defense.

Want to know more? Check the wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football

Again, sorry for the delay, but where this motorsport event was, it was basically in the middle of nowhere >.<

~Brian Jay