Helsinki Wolverines are Finnish National Champions
Here are some brief highlights of the final. My friend plays for them and is number LB - 54. He says 'It's great to be a Wolverine!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6SSSCrubf0
Edit - Highlights from the season upto the final
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTFGf1ezJA&feature=share
August 29th, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
Those cheerleaders are really, really pale. I'm Snooki compared to them.
August 29th, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
Blue Voix-
A/S/L?
I think the four people in the audience appreciated the Hi Def Big screen.
August 29th, 2011 at 5:09 PM ^
The sun literally disappears for months at a time. Quite frankly, I thought they are rather tan considering...
August 29th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
I'm not sure, but I think she fucked up the National Anthem.
August 29th, 2011 at 3:52 PM ^
#1) Your buddy made a few nice tackles in there.
#2) Shockingly this sort of passes the eye test. This is clearly not NFL ball but not as bad as I expected when I clicked the link.
#3) EVERYONE is really really pale.
#4) From the stands it is quite clear that very very few people in Finland care about football.
August 29th, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
Thanks! Yes, the standard of ball in Finland is really good and I think the Wolverines QB is an American ex-D2/D3 college star. I actually play with 54 in our University team in England. He will probably be one of the best defensive players in the league in the upcoming season. In the UK we were all really impressed with the funding, attendance, organisation of the whole sport - especially in that video. You can see they have live TV/ camera crew and a screen in the stadium. In our games we are lucky to have 10/20 spectators including family, friends and other teams scouting us. For the National Final last season we had about 200 spectators but a lot of other teams make the trip to support Unviersity Football - and there was no organised camera crew and we were lucky to have a working scoreboard/ sound system!
August 29th, 2011 at 7:19 PM ^
Funny how in one country you get 110,000 people to watch a sport, and in another you get 200 people.
August 29th, 2011 at 6:53 PM ^
Your friend # 54 had a sweet Brandon Graham-esque sack in there.
August 29th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
#3) Nah. I spotted some black guys in there. African-Finnish?
August 29th, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
Wuh-oh double post. Better switch this one to something more entertaining ...
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August 29th, 2011 at 3:59 PM ^
This is 10,000x of EPIC. Thank you for sharing this. I may double the youtube views of it myself.
August 29th, 2011 at 7:25 PM ^
Watch the full-season highlights. Denard sighting at 3:15.
August 29th, 2011 at 4:20 PM ^
As a person with Finnish bloodlines, I'm happy to see that my ancestral home embraces* football and has a football powerhouse nicknamed the Wolverines. Double win.
Finland is rated as one of the highest standards of living, and they aren't passionate about American Football. Go figure. I thought the two would go hand-in-hand, as my college football addiction definitely enhances my standard of living. I guess DirecTV probably doesn't sell a lot "Sunday Ticket" packages in Helsinki.
*After watching the video, though, I realize that using the term "embraces" is probably not the word choice. But I see some a$$es in the seats, so there is at least minimal embracing by local Finn football fans.
August 29th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
The attendence didn't seem that bad (how many people showed up for the US Wife Carrying National Championship, huh?). And the crowd seemed passionate and knowledgeable, they didn't just cheer for punts.
August 29th, 2011 at 9:22 PM ^
at a football game in Finalnd than there were Sparties at Ford Field last season.
August 29th, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^
Some serious MANBALL in parts of that video!
August 29th, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^
No. 28 made a nasty catch in that clip
August 29th, 2011 at 6:16 PM ^
I like the pyrotechnics at 1:34. Send this vid to the UP, we've got a lot of Finns up there. Finnish Wolverines!
August 29th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
Was that flame coming out of the pylon when he scored the TD at 1:36?
Dave Brandon: You must make this happen.
August 29th, 2011 at 6:36 PM ^
It's great, to be, a Helsinki Wolverine!
It works. Hopefully it brings us good tidings.
August 29th, 2011 at 7:29 PM ^
Did you see at the end when one of the Wolverines made a gator chomp to mock the Seinajoki Gators, er Crocodiles? Awesome.
Beating the Gators, er Crocodiles, is a Wolverine thing that knows no cultural or international bounds.
August 29th, 2011 at 7:30 PM ^
Finally. No longer playing second fiddle in Helsinki to crosstown rival Roosters. The Maple Bowl is ours!!!!
August 29th, 2011 at 8:30 PM ^
On hienoa olla Wolverine dawg