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If the new football season finds you eager with anticipation, check out these tech tools that will help you ramp up your enjoyment of the games. Whether you’re a fan of the NFL, Fantasy Football or European Football (what we in the US call “soccer”), The Wonder of Tech has you covered!
NFL Apps
Watching football games is going to be a lot more exciting this season, even if your team isn’t Super Bowl bound. Apps are available that help you watch games, find out stats and interact with players.
NFL Game Rewind
For true NFL fans who enjoy analyzing games just like the coaches, check out NFL Game Rewind, which gives you on-demand access to NFL games. Choose from following one team for $34.99 or the entire league for $39.99. If you really want to analyze the games, check out the $69.99 Season Plus subscription that brings you coverage from 22 cameras, just like the coaches watch.
NFL Game Rewind lets you watch games in HD with one, two or four videos playing at once. If you’re short on time, you can check out condensed games or just the big plays, marked so you can jump to them quickly.
You can watch from your computer or from your iPad or certain Android tablets using apps. The tablet apps include the Telestrator feature (shown above) if you have the Season Plus subscription.
NFL Game Pass
If you’re outside the US and missing your NFL games, check out NFL Game Pass. This subscription app gives you access to both live streaming and on-demand games outside the US, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Antigua, the Bahamas, and any U.S. territories, possessions and commonwealths. In addition to streaming live NFL games, this app also features stats, scores, condensed games and a play-by-play analysis of every game.
This app is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at iTunes App Stores in countries where available, and for Android devices at Google Play.
NFL ’12
This official app from the NFL brings you live scores, stats, highlights, and news. You can customize this app for your favorite team and get news, features and alerts. With the purchase of a subscription, you can watch Thursday night games and listen to live commentary of all the games.
NFL ’12 is available free for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at the iTunes App Store and for Android devices at Google Play.
NFL Pro Tweets
If you want to get the inside scoop on the NFL players’ tweets, check out NFL Pro Tweets. This free app will show you the Twitter streams from NFL players as well as give you access to the NFLPlayers.com news feed.
This free app is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch in the iTunes App Store.
If you don’t have an iDevice, check out Mashable’s list of 32 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for NFL Fans.
Fantasy Football
If you’re a fan of Fantasy Football, make sure to check out these tech tools to help guide your team!
Thuuz
I first wrote about Thuuz in March in my article, Sweet (16) Sports Apps! This highly-rated app sends you alerts based on your favorite teams and players and lets you share reactions to the game. Thuuz’s “excitement meter” detects when a game is getting exciting then alerts you so you can tune in. You can adjust your settings to be notified if games get exciting based on how much excitement you crave.
Thuuz was updated earlier this week to include integration with Fantasy Football so you can now get alerts for your fantasy players. Your Thuuz real-time sports feed is like having a personal assistant keep track of your fantasy football team.
Thuuz is available for free for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch in the iTunes App Store, for Android devices free at Google Play, and for Google TV at Google Play.
[tip]On September 13, Thuuz will introduce a new free app dedicated specifically to Fantasy Football called Thuuz Fantasy Plus. [/tip]
SportsPicker Challenge
Unlike traditional Fantasy Football leagues where you draft players, SportsPicker lets you play Fantasy Football with teams. You can earn 100 points if you pick a favored team to win and between 125-150 points for an underdog.
SportsPicker is great for fans who don’t have the time to manage a traditional Fantasy Football team and for those who like to win prizes. You can play with friends on Facebook for bragging rights or join sponsored challenges to win prizes from Amazon, Sports Authority, Best Buy and other sponsors.
SportsPicker is free to play on Facebook and with an app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from the iTunes App Store.
Perfect Lineup
Can’t wait an entire season to see how your Fantasy Football team does? Check out Perfect Lineup that lets you play an entire Fantasy Football season in one day. Pick your perfect players and see how they compete against others on game day.
Perfect Lineup, brought to you by DraftDay, even offers you a chance to win money or bragging rights, which ever you prefer. You have to pay to play if you want a chance to win money, but playing for bragging rights is free.
European Football (a/k/a Soccer)
Journey to Real Madrid
If “football” to you means “soccer” in the US, check out an app from the folks at MEDL Mobile called Journey to Real Madrid. This free app takes you on the lifetime journey of three famous footballers, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and Mesut Ozil. The game follows their life stories from childhood to playing for Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
The game includes mini-games and allows you to hone your skills with over 270 possible shots. Play in four different game modes to earn Escudos to level up and unlock features to the game. You can also unlock features through in-app purchases.
Here’s a video giving you a demonstration of the game:
Journey to Real Madrid is available free in the iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Bottom Line
This season use tech to maximize your football fun!
Do you use tech to watch sports? Do you join fantasy leagues? What are your favorite apps? Let us know in the Comments section below!
So, are you going to devote a whole section to college football? I use an ESPN app to check scores and different sports and it also lets me follow real time, but not actually watching the game live.
Interesting stuff; if I had any money maybe my wife would let me purchase one of those apps……what if I talk her out of eating this weekend, maybe that will give me enough……….:).
Thanks for sharing; tech is cool, huh?
Hi Bill, I almost included the ESPN Watch Live app, but I didn’t want this post to be too long. It’s not easy to get a blog post to be exactly 592 words, you know. 😉
Actually, my husband finds that feeding me well has better results than starving me. Just a thought…
Go ‘Noles!
Hi Carolyn,
These don’t interest me. Watching paint dry sounds more interesting. I do have news that the Kindle Fire is now available in the UK. I’m tempted by that too. The Kindle has been reduced in price by £10. There is a new TV series that I think you will like if it gets to that side of the pond called the Bletchley Circle. It’s about women code breakers at Bletchley in WWII who get bored after the war and try to track down a serial killer. I watched part 1 (of 3) last night. It was very good.
Some details here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/
We have sunshine in England. The kids are back at school and the Olympics are nearly finished, always the way!
I have a night out tonight and will be taking my camera, that might be interesting. I hope the light is OK, I’m not keen on flash photography. I’m going to see a singer. My great niece; that makes me feel old, especially as she has 4 kids…
Hi Mike, Yes, not everyone is into sports, but I appreciate you stopping by and sharing your thoughts anyway.
That Bletchley Circle show sounds great. I will definitely be checking that out. I hope it’s here in the US!
Hey Carolyn – Though I am not much into NFL, I always get pulled into the Fantasy Football league through my work friends. This year also I am having an auto-picked team and my QB did quite well for a change 🙂 Got 30 points from Tony Romo on Wednesday. Let me check what happens on sunday for the rest of my players.
Thuuz sounds interesting and I might actually try that one out. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Praveen, Congratulations on doing so well with Tony Romo. That’s funny that you’re not that into NFL football but still have a Fantasy Football team.
Your should definitely check out Thuuz to help you stay on top of your Fantasy Football team. The app is free and then you wouldn’t have to actually watch the NFL games! 🙂
Hi Carolyn
I love when I can combine two of my favorite hobbies (Tech and sports). I love watching both Soccer and NFL and of cause my phone are stuffed with Sports App 🙂
Hi Thomas, Wow, it’s great to hear from a fan of both tech and football! I hope you find some tech here that you enjoy! 🙂
I am so going to watch NFL on TV tonight. Do you have a favorite team Carolyn?
Yes, I do have a favorite team, Thomas. 😉
What’s your favorite team and how did you get interested in the NFL?
You was supposed to tell me your favorite time not just answer yes Carolyn 😀
I don’t really have a single favorite team myself. I just love to see the big playmakers and the crazy comebacks that sometimes happen. I guess my interest started when we had a Dane (Morten Andersen) in the Super Bowl back in 1999. I have been following the NFL since.
Yes, Thomas, I knew what you were asking. I’m just trying to be diplomatic. I root for teams from where I have lived: New York, Philadelphia, Tampa and Washington. My favorite team is from one of those cities. 🙂
I was so excited when the NFL began playing a game each season in London when I lived there, but tickets were very expensive and difficult to get, so I never went to a game there. It’s great to hear that there are some NFL fans in Denmark!
Hi Carolyn,
These are some interesting apps to download.I am a fan of Football and played many tournaments but none of them has been telecasted Ha Ha Ha 🙂 i guess i am not famous enough that time.
Watching a football match on the go even if i am busy has now become easy.Thanks to these apps.
Hi Aditya, I’m glad you’re a football fan too, though probably more what we here in the US call Soccer instead of American Football. That’s why I included a European football/Soccer app for my international readers!
The apps looks great, but I have never actually understood football. I lived in the US for one year, and still, no matter how much I tried, I had a hard time to understand football and baseball 🙂
Hi Jens, Yes, it’s difficult to come into a country and learn the sports. I ever really got cricket when I lived in the UK. I grew up playing and watching baseball and football, so understanding them comes naturally to me.
Hi Carolyn,
I am not really so much into NFL as my colleagues and friends. Usually, I am at a loss for words when the conversation drifts to football. I don’t know how to thank you enough for sharing these apps. I won’t have to watch the games and yet I’ll be able to participate in the football conversation and not feel left out. Who knows, I might even develop a fondness for the game. Thank you so much for sharing.
Hi Joseph, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m very glad this article was helpful to you. Yes, these apps can help keep you up-to-date with NFL information, even if you don’t watch a single game. Thuuz would be especially handy for you to be in the know efficiently.
Thanks so much for stopping by and letting us know your thoughts, Joseph!
Hi Carolyn
I’ve never really got into baseball or as we would call in the UK, American football.
I enjoy watching football, or in other words soccer, very much though. I use the iPhone app iFooty to keep up to date with everything going on.
I also am in a couple of fantasy football leagues too. It would be nice if they had an app but unfortunately they don’t.
Hi Tim, I found this app for you in the UK iTunes App Store: Fantasy Football Manager for players in the Official Barclay’s Fantasy Premier League. I hope that it helps you with your Fantasy Football team! :-bd
Oh my word Carolyn, you are an absolute star!
Thank you so much 😉
Cool, I’m so glad that app worked for you! 😀
I’ve been trying to install the apps to see the game from my android device but failed to install. Would you tell me what is cause? Please let me know.
Hi William, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Android apps can be tricky based on the individual app and your model of Android phone. If you let me know which app you were trying to download and which model of Android phone you have, I can try to sort it out for you.