Comments on: Clan ritual http://www.thebigvoyage.com/united-states/clan-ritual/ All about our round-the-world trip. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Marc Garlasco http://www.thebigvoyage.com/united-states/clan-ritual/#comment-139 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:35:52 +0000 http://www.thebigvoyage.com/?p=1450#comment-139 WOW – it is great that you took part in a real part of American culture! The Sunday ritual of football is an important one – and with only 8 home games each year you can see why they have to seat so many people.

The decibel level actually has a reason beyond cheering! The home team supporters try to make a lot of noise so the opposing team can’t communicate. When the opposing offense lines up to start play they often change the play on the fly and call what is known as an “audible.” It is called this because they have to relay the new play by voice. If it is too loud they might fail to get the new play in and even use one of their precious time-outs. So the crowd is an active participant!

I am glad you had such an exciting game to watch! The reason they eneded with one minute left is that it was pysically impossible for Tampa to get the ball back at that point.

Anyway, great stuff – and that camera of yours has an amazing zoom!!!
Marc

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