aussiesaint

Hi Guys,

An Aussie who is a big NO Saints fan here. ( A few of us down under, believe it or not).

No the question isn't on the game itself, I understand the basics of American Football (the plays have me a bit bewildered though ).

My question is on something i saw in the replay i just watched of the Saints v Cowboys game. The Saints were on about 1st and goal with 3 minutes to play and instead of going for a score the QB kneeled down and ate up the clock.
Now i understand why a team would do this, I also understand that the Saints coach was the assistant to the Cowboys coach and looked like he was showing respect, but why wouldn't he want to score another TD to really rub it into the home team?

The Australian way of playing all sports is to go in hard from start to finish, and when your foot is on the opponents throat you grind in the heel. Never ever do you go easy on the opponent. We have no mercy rules in any game we play (except Baseball which is your game after all). In our football if my team (the Saints - nice nicname hey? )is up by 15 goals, you want to win by twenty. We have a new coach for 2007 who is the assistant to the head coach of Sydney who won the championship in 2005 and lost by one point in 2006. Our new coach would never go easy on his old boss no matter how much he respects him.

Was this a one off type thing by the Saints, or does this happen as a matter of course throughout the NFL?

Oh fantastic win BTW. Watched from start to finish and enjoyed every second.

Even know what Who Dat? means now. Might have to start that chant at our games next year.

Cheers guys.