Football

Avery

bdsamm The Chiefs play Sunday and I will be looking to have something going if one of my friends is rooting for the Rams. The Pats play the Bills next Thursday and I would not bet on them for that game.

Hope springs eternal in New England. People thought we might beat the 8-2 (going into last night) Vikings because they had been outscored by their opponents even though they were 8-2. Now they are 9-2 and still have only 5 points more than the opponents. We have beaten the Jets twice and the Jets (improbably, perhaps) beat Buffalo so now people figure we can beat Buffalo too. Doubt it.

Chiefs game should be good.

I might buy these cuff bracelets. Could come in handy some time.

https://cuteurges.com/products/cuff-bracelet-set

bdsamm

Avery Those look really nice. And with the accessory "look" I would think they would pass inspection. Good luck at least.
I cannot get a bet on the Chiefs game. Of course I want to bet on the Chiefs and so does everyone else. My usual bet friends are laying low. They do not want to chance the embarassing result..

JackieD

Thought you all meant world cup ☺

Avery

JackieD Thought you all meant world cup ☺

Then we'd have to call it Fußball in deference to all the Germans.

Angelina

JackieD Thought you all meant world cup ☺

in english it would be called soccer if i am informed correctly 😉

bdsamm

Avery I just call it the Football with the pointy ball. Then no confusion.
Welcome JackieD and sorry for the confusion.

JackieD

Angelina

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer

hanna_anders

Angelina it’s called football in the uk.

Avery

bdsamm I just call it the Football with the pointy ball. Then no confusion.
Welcome JackieD and sorry for the confusion.

From what I've read American football was a derivation of rugby which was often called rugby football and so American football was called gridiron football to distinguish from the rugby game and at some point people dropped the word gridiron.

I am fond of rugby players as the second time I was assaulted there was a rugby game in progress nearby which I ran to. Rugby is a club sport at my school, not a full division 1 program but people can now get some scholarship aid to play. Both men's and women's teams.

bdsamm

Avery I don't think I can get a fun bet on the Chiefs. They are favored to win by 15.5 points and I am not comfortable giving someone that kind of a lead. Could leave me in a bit of trouble. LOL! But please cheer for the Chiefs Sunday anyway.

Thanks

hanna_anders

Avery rugby is a bit like American football except the same players are on the pitch (no specialist kickers or whatever) no time outs and no padding or helmets.
Very nicely built men too 🙂

Avery

bdsamm I don't think I can get a fun bet on the Chiefs. They are favored to win by 15.5 points and I am not comfortable giving someone that kind of a lead. Could leave me in a bit of trouble. LOL! But please cheer for the Chiefs Sunday anyway.

Thanks

I just looked at the Rams' Record. 3-7. Had no idea, I never look at the NFC. And they are defending champions? What on earth happened?

Avery

bdsamm I don't think I can get a fun bet on the Chiefs. They are favored to win by 15.5 points and I am not comfortable giving someone that kind of a lead. Could leave me in a bit of trouble. LOL! But please cheer for the Chiefs Sunday anyway.

Thanks

Looks like they have it made.

Angelina

hanna_anders it’s called football in the uk.

which is funny because in our country the american game is called football. 😂

Avery I watched a lot of the seven on sevens in the Olympics for both men and women. Very enjoyable considering I'd never watched a match thru before that. Fiji teams were great,

i saw that too and would like to say that it was nice to see such a refreshing sport, good that olympia picked it up 🙂

Avery

hanna_anders rugby is a bit like American football except the same players are on the pitch (no specialist kickers or whatever) no time outs and no padding or helmets.
Very nicely built men too 🙂

I watched a lot of the seven on sevens in the Olympics for both men and women. Very enjoyable considering I'd never watched a match thru before that. Fiji teams were great,

bdsamm

Avery Yes! They won by 16 points (more than the projected 15.5) so I am free. Unfortunately my friend will be tracked for a week (unless I get benevolent). She was a good sport about it.

bdsamm

Avery: Good luck with your Pats Thursday night. I will be rooting for them but probably cannot watch. Looks like it will not be televised in my area. Good luck. The Bills are pretty tough.

Sam

Avery

bdsamm Avery: Good luck with your Pats Thursday night. I will be rooting for them but probably cannot watch. Looks like it will not be televised in my area. Good luck. The Bills are pretty tough.

Sam

Sam, thanks. May not make it to the end of the game because of the hour but will record it. Hope springs eternal here. Many folks believe, with some good reason, that Belichick can scheme up a way to win. They did win a bad weather game in Buffalo last year 14-10 by slowing things down and attacking the quarterback (and making no dumb mistakes, a problem this year). This is the same strategy teams used to use against us when Brady was here. We'll see.

bdsamm

Avery Their next game will be hard on you cause I am gonna kick your butt. At least I hope so. 😀

Avery

bdsamm Their next game will be hard on you cause I am gonna kick your butt. At least I hope so

Perhaps. But, it is probably literally true that that will be the first time in my lifetime that Arizona could hope to do that.

bdsamm

Avery Yes, and I still do not have a lot of confidence in this match. You would have to give me pretty good odds for me to bet on them, but I hope so. They seem to have a pretty good quarterback now. Maybe that will help.