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The American Liturgy On Display
Americans have a liturgy.
Matter of fact, today is a major marker in the liturgical calendar of the American story. We call it the Super Bowl. In fact, this is the 50th annual premier football event, holding a most dear place within the American liturgical calendar.
But what is liturgy?
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College Football Begins
This weekend (or this week), American college football kicks off its season. My alma mater, and hometown team, the Memphis Tigers, got routed on Thursday by #20 ranked Mississippi State (my brother-in-law’s team). The score: 59-14. Ouch! I hope we can pull off a better season than last year’s 1-11 record.
I must admit, I love college sports, mainly the two big ones of football and basketball. There is not too much like it in the sporting world (at least the American sporting world). And I miss it dearly living in Belgium, though there are other good trade in’s for it. Still I miss it greatly. Continue reading
Best Ever Trick Play in Football
I saw the link to this video yesterday and, I must say, this is probably the best trick play in football I have ever seen. I don’t know if it would work in college of pro football, though.
The World Cup Begins
Ladies and gentlemen, the World Cup officially starts tomorrow – Friday, 11 June 2010. The kick-off match is between the host country of South Africa and Mexico.
Living in Europe, football (or soccer) is of great importance. And I like that. But, unfortunately, living in Belgium, it is not as important as say in Germany, the Netherlands or Spain, since Belgium has not had a good team in a while. But maybe that is a plus so that we can still enjoy the World Cup but it not become the overwhelming experience that it could be. Of course, visiting England for a few days in mid-June, the climate could easily change.
The teams I will cheer for are in this order:
- America (Of course, my home country.)
- England (Of course, my wife’s home country. And I lived in the UK for 3 years, so I began to like them during that time.)
- Spain (I like Rafael Nadal. He is a tennis player, but that makes me cheer for his football team.)
- Netherlands (The closest country to Belgium. Well, don’t tell the French-speaking Belgians that.)
- Brazil (I have some close Brazilian friends in Belgium. So I will pull for them.)
Who are the teams that I believe have the best chance of winning it?
- Brazil
- Spain
- Argentina
- Germany
- Italy
Who are my favourite players?
- Frank Lampard (He didn’t have such a hot World Cup in 2006 for England. I hope for better.)
- Landon Donovan (Gotta pull for the American.)
- Lionel Messi (He is so smooth and a great man up front for Argentina.)
- Kaká (The soft-footed, intelligent Brazilian. He is supposedly a believer as well.)
- Fernando Torres (Like Messi, a talented wonder-boy up front for Spain.)
Who are my least favourite players?
- Christiano Ronaldo (I mean, doesn’t it go without saying? How could anyone like this guy? I want Portugal to lose every match because he is on their team.)
- I really cannot think of another player in league with Ronaldo. Maybe some mean Italian player that I don’t know there name.
We shall see how it all plays out over these next few weeks. I know I will enjoy the time. It all starts for me on Saturday with a barbeque with my Brazilian friends – picanha steak, sausage and chicken hearts on the grill!
Just for a chuckle, I post this nice little SportsCenter commercial/advert. Enjoy.
The Prodigal Thought 