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ColdFusion Powers Bowl Championship Series Site

This one sent to me by James Edmunds. For all of you college football fans out there, the official Bowl Championship Series site is powered by ColdFusion MX. (I am posting this one even though, as a Brit, I still don’t understand why the name “football” is used for a sport in which feet never come in contact with the ball).

13 responses to “ColdFusion Powers Bowl Championship Series Site”

  1. greenberg Avatar
    greenberg

    You do have a point, but don’t say never.

  2. Scott Stroz Avatar
    Scott Stroz

    There are 3 times when feet come in contact with the ball:
    1. A punt.
    2. A field goal or PAT.
    3. A kickoff.
    In the early years of ‘football’ there used to be a 4th, the drop kick. The details of the rules elude me at the moment.

  3. Ben Forta Avatar
    Ben Forta

    Ok, so I stand corrected. But, think about it, the game that Brits call football really is a ball game played with the feet (and occasionally the head). 🙂

  4. Scott M Avatar
    Scott M

    The question is does Ben support a particular British side?

  5. tony of the weeg clan Avatar
    tony of the weeg clan

    i myself understand both, played both, and am quite fond of both. i myself am a chelsea fan, man u is too cool to like, and i dvr most UEFA games 🙂
    and yes, ben jammin’, scott is right… the drop kick that he mentioned is actually still LEGAL. although since the balls went from rugby-kinda-rounded to a much pointier version (Todays) it made it too hard… you can read more on it here…
    http://www.antiwrap.com/?801
    tw

  6. Ben Forta Avatar
    Ben Forta

    Scott, honestly, I was never into it when I grew up there. But, back in school Liverpool and Manchester United where the most popular. Even though I grew up right near Arsenal.

  7. Sam Farmer Avatar
    Sam Farmer

    Where did you grow up Ben? I grew up in Highbury a five minute walk from Arsenal stadium. And, yes, I am an Arsenal fan.

  8. Ben Forta Avatar
    Ben Forta

    Sam, I grew up in Stamford Hill, somewhere in between Seven Sisters, Tottenham, Stoke Newington, and Manor House. Arsenal was not a 5 minute walk for me, more like a 5 minute drive.

  9. Joshua Dale Avatar
    Joshua Dale

    And rugby has nothing to do with rugs, what’s your point 😉

  10. Ben Forta Avatar
    Ben Forta

    Darn, and I thought "punt" was
    a) a small flat ended flat bottomed boat
    b) the indentation on the bottom of a wine bottle
    c) a bet on a horse
    I guess I should stick to subjects I know, huh?

  11. Al Everett Avatar
    Al Everett

    From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football :
    When the term "foot ball" originated, it referred to a wide variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot — that is, by peasants — as opposed to the games played by horse-riding aristocrats. Therefore the name has always implied a variety of games played by people on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball.

  12. Joshua Dale Avatar
    Joshua Dale

    Makes sense, they didn’t call it "FootToBall" now did they 😉

  13. Scott Stroz Avatar
    Scott Stroz

    For anyone who cares…Doug Flutie actaully converted a drop-kick thsi past weekend. The first time since 1942.

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