If you're getting tired of football...
 

I present to you my new favorite sport, the Japanese game of Bo Taoshi.

Two teams of 150 face each other. Each team has 75 attackers and 75 defenders. The winner is the first team to get the other team's pole down to an angle of 30 degrees off the ground. Here's a clip of half of one game, and presumably the same thing is happening in reverse at the other end of the field.

I think I could really enjoy this sport.

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Oh **** YES that looks great

Wonder why it took them so long to rush.

I bet it's not going on on both ends simultaneously. I bet they take turns

That was awesome.

Looks like the head gear doesn't fit real well....most came off on the attack.....

How do people not suffer horrible injuries doing this?

I'd watch that in lieu of about 75% of NFL games.

That's what makes it awesome.

Oh they most certainly do. Which is what makes it awesome.

I've seen another vid of this sport, in that one you could see two of these going on at once.

That was awesome !

No Smiff??

Count me in.

Man, you would miss so much action that way.

Yeah, but the drama (in part) comes from seeing which pole goes down first. You could use a timer and do them separately, I guess, but that wouldn't be as exciting.

It would be impossible to appreciate both pileups, though.

I'm a dumbass.

That is totally right

Looks like Asian buck-buck.