We live in Colorado now, therefore we cheer for the Broncos....it's in the rules, I believe it's part of the Colorado residency exam.
Being as I'm a Brit I don't have a home team as far as American Football goes, in the past when forced to choose, I'd choose the Packers for very obvious reasons
Green Bay Packers = GB Packers = GB = Great Britain = Me
obvious I tell you....
But now Colorado is home so GO BRONCOS!
Alas choosing a team to root for and watching said team does not automatically mean you have any clue as to whats going on....I think, and lets emphasize the THINK there that I have the whole downs and yards thing figured out, Cal is our teacher, I have no idea how he knows this stuff....
Me: Ok, so the Seahawks go first and they have to try and go 10 yards without the Broncos getting the ball from them?
Cal: Basically...
Me: And if they don't go that far then the Broncos take a turn?
Cal: Well, they're not exactly taking turns...
Me: Ok, I think.....
Finn is a HUGE Colorado fan, he's very specific that they they are just known as the Colorado Broncos and not the Denver Broncos...
It's also not the SuperBOWL, it's the Super BALL..
Finn: It's called the SuperBALL not they Superbowl, the play footBALL not foot BOWL and they use a BALL not a BOWL....
Duh!
(He didn't say duh, but you could tell he was thinking it along with what a bunch of morons we are for saying Superbowl!)
I was surprised Finn hung in for the whole game....Mai asked if she could switch which team she was cheering for after the first touchdown, in accordance with Colorado law she was banished to her room from that point on!
The games first highlight for myself came in the shape of this fine specimen of a man
Finns highlight was of course THE TOUCHDOWN!!!! aka known as "the goal"
Doing his touchdown dance!!!
However the REAL highlight, the one that resulted in manic screaming, hyperventilating & the sheer joy that even if Mr. Beckham had streaked across that football field he couldn't have got me more excited was this....
OH MY GOD!!!!!!
JACK IS BACK!!!!!!!!
Cal thought I was having some sort of seizure I'm sure....
Cal: Ummm, who is Jack ?
Me: He's Jack Bauer......he's a badass...
Cal: Ok
Me: Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas!
Cal: Ummmmmmmm....
OMG IT'S JACK
I LOVE JACK!!!!!!!!!
So basically, all Superball thoughts were ditched once that commercial aired, calculators were used to figure out how Cal and Mai could get caught up on 192 episodes of 24 before 5/5/2014, Netflix was researched....there's a plan, it may involve a lot of caffeine, bed sores from sitting on the couch for 192 hrs and lots of screaming!
Oh, so the Superball......well, I guess we lost, I think it's more a case of we got completely and utterly SPANKED but real fans don't ditch their team because they lost right, if that were the case I'd have given up on Sheffield Wednesday decades ago...
Our favorite meme was this one....
Lol, Sorry Peyton......
And for any Americans confused as to why the Brits struggle to understand the game, I share with you this...Cal quoted it through the entire game.....so so so funny.
P.s.
JACK IS BACK
(in case you hadn't heard)
Each team gets four chances to go 10 yards (forward). Once they get the 10 yards, they get a new set of four chances. I can't explain a safety for you. Touchdowns are worth 6, field goals are 1 (the kicking bit), and 2-point conversion (where they run the ball in after the touchdown) is worth 2 points. Beyond that, I'm useless.
ReplyDeleteLol, at one point I commented that a Seahawk was pulling on a Broncos shirt a lot, Cal said "Thats ok the Bronco pulled on his shirt earlier, now they're even" I think he may be patronizing me :)
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