WORLD CUP

I wasn't a huge Futbol fan growing up. Actually, I loved Futbol. However, Futbol to me was always played with helmets and a pigskin. That being said, when you think about it, Futbol when referring to Soccer, does make more sense considering you use, well, your foot. I guess in that respect football as we know it should be called Handbol? After all, it is mostly played with the hands. Anyway, I did play soccer as a young pup. It didn't take me long to realize how pointless this game is. Eleven guys running all over a field after one little ball? No matter how silly the idea of Soccer seems to us, it is the most popular sport in the world. Why? Why do S.Americans and Europeans flock to this sport like this the second coming of Christ or something? Can they not play baseball or football? Seriously. When was the last time you heard a Dutchman running for 1500 yards and scoring 10 TD's in some football league? When was the last time Mbombo Bombo from Nigeria was touted for hitting 30 HR's in a season somewhere? It doesn't happen and I'm not sure why. I do know that hundreds of thousands of inebriated, obsessed fans will flock to stadiums all over the world in droves to watch this silliness, which is beyond me. The one good thing about Soccer, which no other sport can claim, is the continuity of the game. Soccer is the only sport where the clock and the action NEVER stop. Kind of nice considering I can grow a full beard between pitches during a baseball game. Can you imagine, if in the NBA, the ball goes out of bounds and you can just pick it up and throw it back inbounds without the refs touching it? Or the ref in an NFL game never blowing the whistle? These games would be like a half hour! Anyway, this refreshing statistic still doesn't take away from the fact that the game makes no sense. Oh, and whats with the shock and exuberance these guys exude when they score a goal? Like is humanly impossible to do and they just pulled off a feat unmatched anywhere else in the world. These freaks run around the field, drop to their knees, and remove their shirts? Really? Whatever. That's like Peyton Manning taking his jersey and pads off after he threw a TD. Chill out dude, theres one guy guarding a 20foot net behind him. Frankly if you cant get it in you should be playing Chess or whatever else those silly foreigners do. I'm gonna go watch the USA stick it to Algeria now. Isn't Algeria a terrorist nation anyway? Probably. Infidels. Lets get em!