LOL that's funny. I can see I guess why they have that rule though. What do you think about pink locker rooms by the way? Apparently the University of Iowa did that to the opposing team's locker room


I think it is hilarious that they do that to guest teams, but I'm not so sure it bothers the other teams.


I know right. I wonder if they check their win-loss record before and after they did that, in terms of how different it would be LOL or if it made no difference at all. I do think it's funny to that Bowlers used to make more than football players back in the 60s


I wonder how popular bowling was way back in the day.


Yes I wonder, especially because shows like The Flintstones would use it, maybe it was super popular? Also, they didn't have things like the superimposed yellow line, I know that the ESPN came out with that and won an Emmy, I don't think that was back in the 60s though


They deserve the emmy for that. It is pretty cool. I wonder if any football players became bowlers in the 60s?


That's a good question, I wonder how many good football players we lost to Bowlers because they would be paid more LOL, what do you think about dogs by the way? Do you have one?


I heard that dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.


Isn't that interesting question mark you'd think that would include other animals like gorillas or dolphins or something, but apparently yes only dogs and elephants, I also like that Google prefers dogs over cats lol they put it in their code of conduct, I agree with them


I like the NFL, but I think 16 games is not enough to build rivalries.


Yes, i completely agree!  What do you think would be a good number of games for an NFL team to play in a season?


I don't know, there are 32 teams, so a least 32 games so they have played against each other at least once before the playoffs.


I think that would be a bit much, you wouldn't have any players left because of all the injuries.


It is quite a rough sport, maybe if they had 2 roosters, but I don't see the point of having 2 different lineup for 1 team. Just make 2 different teams.


Exactly!  Did you know that there is only 11 minutes of live gameplay in a game?


Yeah, I think you need really good commentators with good replays to fill the rest. That why I prefer watching other things on TV.


Oh yeah... what other things do you watch on television?


I like funny cartoons like "The Simpsons", but I never saw the episode where Bart never appears or is referenced.


Oh i love the simpsons... yeah i wonder what episode that is?


Wish I knew.. but there are also really boring stuff on TV, like the UK remake of 70s show that only had 10 episodes, it must have been dreadful.


Yeah... well the UKs sense of humor is different than ours.  Watch the UK version of "The Office" and you will see


Did you liked it ? Some foreign shows have success in the States, like Pokemon, they have over 750 episodes.


It's ok, not a big fan of the office.  That's a lot of episodes.  where do they find the time?


I think it is more a standardized system like how the built car than an artistic process fueled by inspiration. Do you like South Park ? They produce a lot of episodes too.


South Park is really funny!  Did you see the Simpsons crew sent the south park crew flowers on the final episode of Family Guy!


Yeah, they criticized their humor as totally random and could be done by manatees. It was somewhat justified, but I also like this kind of humor.


Never really watched family guy!  you ever seen thomas the tank?


I saw it from time to time when I scan the channels, I did not know that they hired stars, like Ringo Stars,  to narrate it.


Hi there. I think our phones are taken for granted. Back in the day they didn't even have wireless phones.


have you ever used a rotary phone? i have. i am very old. two days older than dirt. LOL


Yes I have! Kind of slow but not for New Yorkers who had the most efficient area code!


Yeah, the new yorkers got lucky. i bet folks in alaska and hawaii got the slow ones.


Yeah good guess! Did you know the iPhone has more computing power then the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent?


Yes, and the iPhone is much better at text messaging too.


Yes it is. Much better than the old rotary phones. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your phone. But I'm not sure how to enroll in this program.


neither am I. i figure that there is a web site, but people really are addicted to their phones. i wonder how much water gets donated.


Yes people really are. Hopefully a lot of water. The cables carrying phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter. That is hard to believe.


i think it is a bundle of fiberoptic cables. each thread carries a ton of signals. i wonder how they fix it when there is a problem.


Yes I would not want to be the electrical engineer on duty. They simply just lay across the ocean floor.


I guess they have to send down a probe, or something like that. probably not a lot of life dont there though.


Yeah that's probably a good guess. Apparently it is impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together. I don't plan on trying.


Phone books? does anyone have those things any more? Do you watch TV these days?


I definitely don't. I enjoy TV. I can't believe TV only used to be available in black-and-white.


Yes, that was the TV i had many years ago. you get used to it. of course, color is much better.


Yes and now they even have 3-D television. I used to watch Thomas the Tank Engine. Did you know that celebrities narrate that show?


I have never seen the show. i know that kids love it. who has been on it?


Some celebrity narrators have been Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin. They did at least 52 episodes each.


That is great of them to lend their talents to the show. I should check it out. Anyway, great chat!


I wish they never remade that 70s show in the UK. Great chatting with you as wellI hope you have a great day.


Yes there is no rule against them as long as they qualify


Yeah. THe game only lasts for 11 minutes, active game at least


Yes. DId you know engineers make more money over their lifetime though?


Yes but they also have longer careers than the football players


True, good point. Did you hear about that rule for New Orleans cheerleaders?


Yes they cannot eat in the same place as the players


Yes and they also have to leave mid meal if they walk in


Yes it is absurd and sexist and it needs to go


I agree. THey are using tracking chips on the players now


Yes they are collecting stuff like velocity and rotation and such


Yeah. DO you know much about the presidents?


Some stuff. DO you know who the three wealthiest ones in the US are?


Yeah. Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


Yes. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Cool. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes. Did you know they offered myspace to but it and they turned it down


Yesh for $75 million they could have made billions now


Hello,  just watched my favorite NFL team, the Ravens, get eliminated from the playoffs.


Couldn't have happened to a better team, lol. I live in Baker Mayfield territory. Do the Ravens have the same weird rule as the Saints, that prohibits its cheerleaders from eating at the same restaurant as the players?


I think so.  Similar that if an nfl player comes in the cheerleader has to leave.


That's an asinine rule. Are there any female NFL players yet?


No, not to my knowledge.  But there is no rule preventing them if the meet the eligibility requirements.


I was curious if there were, as many high schools have girls on the team. With all of the replays, it's no wonder that viewers are only gettin 11 minutes of live gameplay.


Yeah, that is an interesting fact.  I thought it was also interesting that the nfl has tracking chips in the players shoulder pads.


Along with tracking chips in the ball. To think there is that much research and development being spent on sports is a little nauseating.


Lots of money involved in the sport.  The first Sunday in February is coming soon for the Superbowl.


I won't be watching, as there will be documentaries on the history of the Presidents. I hope they show the inside of the presidential guest house, it's larger than the white house.


I wonder if the vice president ever stays in that house.  Until 1805 the vice president was the runner up in the election.


I think we should go back to that system, maybe then there would be less infighting. No, there is a Vice President's mansion. It's nice too. I'm still surprise that JFK is the richest president. I would have thought the Bush family was wealthier.


I would have well.  I guess JFK had his hands in everything.  At least he wasn't called the president banana like the president of Zimbabwe


That's hilarious, I wonder if it was a mix up in the translation? I think it's cool that the Indonesian president is a recording artist. I'm going to look on YouTube and see if he's there.


Or you could check on Facebook which was launched on February 4, 2004.


I still can't believe that Myspace turned down the offer to buy Facebook. Maybe they wouldn't have had all of these problems if they would have bought it.


Maybe.  Mark Zuckerberg is a smart gut though.  His did graduate from Harvard.


Iceland is rewriting their constitution, and allowing the public to make suggestions via facebook. I can't see that working here.


No, me neither, especially with the recent Facebook backlash.  Burger King will even give a free Whopper if you unfriend 10 people.


I'm not on Facebook to take advantage of that promotion. I don't like all of the ads, I know that's how it makes most of it's money, but still.


Agreed.  It's been a pleasure chatting with you.


Hello,  do you watch football?  I read there is a running back who used to play for the patriots then never fumbled!  That is crazy!  This guy should be more popular,  I never heard of him,  Benjarvus Green- Ellis.


Watching the Eagles now!  Hope they win:)  If they win with a score of 223 or higher, they'll beat the record for the highest scoring football game over the old record of Georgia Tech in 1916


I saw that somewhere,  amazing!  Good job Georgia Tech!  I can;t believe bowlers use to make twice as much as football players in the sixties!  Thats insane,  bowling must have been super popular at that time!


That is crazy.  Do you ever see the yellow line?  ESPN Created it


Do you like baseball?  A married couple scheduled all the games up until 2005.  In fact they scheduled 2430 games.


That is a lot of time dedicated to baseball lol I hope they got paid!  It is nice when couples have a hobby that they are so passionate about though.


Sure is!  If you like to watch football as a couple, then you really only need 11 minutes to watch live gameplay.  But, you probably spend a few hours.


lol but you have to spend like 3 hours to watch that 11 minutes of gameplay though....


Yep that's exactly what I said.  Did you hear about the man who found lots of 1900's baseball cards in his grandfathers attic?  They were hidden since 1940's.  Do you know how much they were worth?


Not really,  you said you only need 11 min to watch the gameplay.  That was confusing.  Yeah I read about that,  I think it was 3 billion.  or around there.


$3 million in fact.  That's a lot of cash!  If you are a cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints, you have to leave a restaurant if an NFL player comes in after you.  That stinks.


That seems really rude.  But I get it,  they aren't suppose to interact with football players.  I think they have a crappy job though,  they have to pay for their own travel expenses and now they have to leave a restaurant if a football player comes in,  what if they are not done eating.  sad.


They should get reimbursed by the NFL for the meal then or have the NFL player pay for it.


They should!  But who knows.  i just learned that women can play in the nfl!  I didn't know that before1


There is no rule against it.  I never thought they couldn't.  I just didn't think anyone made it that far that was female.  Probably there have been more than a share of obstacles to get there.  Nice thing is that if you are an engineer, chances are you will make more average lifetime earnings than that of the average lifetime earnings of an nfl player or mlb player


That's great for the engineer!  Seems a little weird though because football players risk they health and safety all the time.


It is a very dangerous sport.  Did you hear Tim Tebow switched from the NFL to MLB but didn't fare so well getting moved to the Mets' minor leagues


No I actually didn't hear that,  but I do not keep up with football much.  He probably thought that since he was already a pro athlete he would be pro in mlb as well,  but everyone has to start from the bottom.


Tebow had been a Heisman Trophy Winner in the NFL, so he did have a lot of prior success in the majors.


What do you think about the controversy about the name of the Redskins ?


The issue has been around several decades.


Don't the polls show that that the natives are not offended but the name.


Native Americans do not take that in negative.


But at the same time, the Cleveland Indians have changed their mascot because it was offending.


Cleveland decision should finally compel the washington football team to make honorable decision.


You are right, besides that what do you think of football ? I think it is too slow,  there is only 11 minutes of gameplay in a match.


Its need very hardwork and pratice.  Make the nation pride.


What do you think of women playing in the NFL ? there is no rule against it.


They are have equal oppourtunity. We are living in the 21st century.


yet if there is a Saints player enters a restaurant, any cheerleaders already present have to leave it.


Yes, to prevent fraternization.  It's better to avoid cheerleaders.


But should the player just leave the restaurant, that puts the player (male) above the cheerleader (female) ?


Cheerleaders seem to distract players. It's best to avoid it


Don't you see this as a little sexist a rule that only the cheerleaders have to abide for ?


I think it's best not to have players distracted.


I have difficulties understand your point. But football was not as popular as today in the 60s, then bowlers made 2x as much as footballers.


Sorry, in the twentieth century, there were several various kinds of football which grew to most popular team.


OH that is interesting, like soccer-baseball in Canada which is kickball in the US.


Yes, Baseball is so popular in Japan also many fans are surprised to discover its status as America's national pastime.


Baseball is quite popular, baseball players cards can be worth a fortune. Have a nice Christmas.


Hello,  do you watch football?  I didn't know that the nfl could have female players.


Yes, I love football.  I was wondering to myself, when will the NFL get its first female player.  She'll probably be a kicker.


Who knows,  Ive seen women in the gym and those lifting competitions!  Anything could happen!  lol


True that. Did you know the NFL uses tracking chips in the player's shoulder pads to track every move?


I did read that,  pretty amazing what technology has contributed to the sport.  Nowadays on tv,  they can draw plays and the playback and play forward are really clear and precise.


Did you know that the average NFL game has only 11 minutes of actual live gameplay?  Crazy isn't it?


That is crazy!  It takes much longer to watch the entire event though lol like 3 hours or something.


Will you be watching the superbowl, you know it's the first Sunday in February.


I am not sure yet.  I dont even know who is in the playoffs.  It is a big event and a lot of my friends and family will be watching it.  Are you going to watch it?


I'll watch, but mainly for the commercials..LOl My team, didn't make the playoffs, so I'm not really interested.


The losing Jaguars.  I keep having hope they'll have a good season, but at this point I've lost all hope.  My passion right now is baseball, though.


Just have faith,  maybe next season!  My team is the 49ers hahaha,  I have no clue if they will do better next season.


I've had faith for 25 years now, I just don't see it happening.  Love the old 49ers, those guys were tough in the old days. I didn't realize how popular baseball was in Japan.  Some Japanese people are surprised it's America's national pastime.


lol yeah that is a long time. yeah the old 49ers were great,  legends.  Yeah I had no idea baseball was so popular in Japan.


What really surprised me to learn, was that the managers wear uniforms, because they're considered part of the babseball team and can play in the game, if they're needed.  That's wild isn't it?


That is wild,  some managers are kinda old,  you wouldn't want them to get injured or hurt. And they have like 20 people in the dugout,  I dont't know when they will ever have to use the coach lol


It would have to be a very desperate situation, for sure for that to occur. Getting back to football, do you watch any Canadian football?


Yes, I watch because a hometown boy my daughter graduated high school with plays in that league with the Toronto Argonauts.


Nice!  Well its been good talking to you.


I'm doing well thanks I love sports! I like football a lot. American football that is.


i like american football. i dont have much chance to watch. i try to watch the super bowl.


Yeah I love watching the Super Bowl. As is tradition it was held in the first Sunday in February.


yeah, it is a great tradition. i did not watch this years sb, but last years was great.


Yeah you didn't miss much this year. I wish an AFC team didn't win this year. I don't like the patriots.


i am tired of the patriots always winning. it gets old. i usually root for the underdog.


Yes me as well. The first NFL playoff game was played in 1932 on an 80 yard long dirt field inside Chicago stadium.


that is funny. i didnt know that the NFL was so old. only 80 yards? well, i guess it couldnt be helped.


Yes true. There was actually a rocket scientist who coached in the NFL before. Matt Patricia!


that is great! i wonder what drew him to football. rocket science is a bit different! LOL


Yes very true. I also like baseball too. And a typical major league baseball season a total of 160,000 baseballs are used.


that is amazing. each team plays 162 games. i wonder how many balls per game get used.


Yeah that is a lot of games. The Chicago cubs were the first baseball team to win back to back World Series. Pretty cool!


that is cool! then they had a dry streak for about...how long? is it a curse?


Not sure if it is a curse but it definitely could be. A rule that I have never heard of is that if a player catches a baseball in their hat the opposing team receives three bases.


is that true? when did someone ever catch a ball in their hat? i might have to look that rule up.


Yes I need to look it up to. The minor-league baseball team in Albuquerque was named after the baseball team in the Simpsons LOL.


that is great! life imitates art. i wonder if they are any good. they have to live down to their namesake. LOL


Ha ha yeah definitely. Well high school football is definitely more popular than high school baseball because there's a $60 million high school football stadium in Texas.


those stadiums are basically giant temples. people go there to worship. LOL i like sports, but i think that more money should go to education. Anyway, great chat


Great chatting with you too I hope you have a pleasant afternoon.


Raiders havent won a Superbowl in a long time if at all?


I'm not really that into football. Maybe it's because there are only about 11 minutes of live gameplay per game.


Yeah 11 minutes seems like a scam, games lasts for about 3 hours and only 11 minutes of gameplay, totally unfair


Haha. I wonder if anything will change for the Raiders when they move to Vegas. I'm kind of sad to see them go since I'm from that area,though I cannot say I'm a fan.


Many fans must be sad, they will gain new fans on the plus side and maybe their drough will be over, changing cities can be a good thing, the stadium must be really nice


It seems like it's still unclear as to where the Raiders will play in 2019


It seems like a college stadium is a likely fit for the team, its a complicated issue, lets hope the stadium is ready quickly


Yeah, it really is a complicated matter. The city is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit over the Raiders' move to Las Vegas.


It seems like a long fight, that will take a lot of time to settle, the lawsuit has to materialize yet so maybe they wont find enough to keep it


The Chronicle thinks it will happen. However, the Raiders probably do not hold a great hand.


Yeah it seems like they broke an agreement, they should have thought twice before changing cities.


Yeah there are a bunch of reasons why it can't be in the Bay Area or Las Vegas so we shall see.


Yeah, so you said youre not really into fooball but do you have a favorite team?


I just like teams from the bay area, haha. That would be the Raiders and 49ers. How about you?


I see lol, well mine is in the AFC, and just won the Superbowl,can you guess what team im talking about?


The Patriots, yes they are an awesome team! It's interesting how much technology there is in football today. There are tracking chips in shoulder pads and footballs.


Yeah the Patriots, thats my favorite team and it is interesting! technology has advanced so much that chips can tell us all kinds of cool stats about the game


Yeah. Espn's yellow line helps me out a bit. They even won an Emmy for that.


Do you think ESPN deserved an emmy for that?


Haha, not sure. It's interesting how much Americans love football now. In the 60s top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars.


They did? I dont see them making more money now a days, football players are loaded, they earn a lot of money


Yes. Surprisingly though, the average engineer makes more over a lifetime and the average NFL player.


Well it takes football players only a few years then their carreers are over, engineers work more years overall


Hello, whar are your thoughts on The Raiders, do you like football?


Hi, I am not really a big football fan but I follow from time to time.  It's going to be interesting to see where they play this year!


I know right, wonder if they are going to play in vegas this year, maybe next


I guess it all depends on whether or not Oakland files an antitrust suit.  I hope they do.  I am sick of all these teams moving around


Yeah make an example out of them, the team is letting down a whole city and thats not fair


Completely agree. Did you know that there were only 11 minutes of action in a NFL game?


Yeah lol.  Definitely not getting your money's worth!


Yeah, seems really unfair, tickets are really expensive and then all those annoying ads, I still like the game though


Yep, the game is entertaining for sure.  Also, there is no rule against female players.  That might make it more entertaining lol


It would, although I would have the stomach to watch that, watching a woman getting tackled by those monster trucks, a real tragedy


It could get ugly fast.  Engineers make more money than NFL players, so they'd be better off becoming engineers


They make more money? wow, thats probably because of the short carreers they tend to have, football players


Agreed.  I don't know how long an average NFL career is, but I would guess its just a few seasons.


There is also the risk of injuries, that can end a carreer fast, and most players end with financial problems so maybe not worth it


Very true.  The NFL does put trackers in players shoulder pads and in the ball.  Hopefully that data will help the game become safer


Seems a bit invasive if you ask me, I think placing the chips on the balls is a great idea,many cool stats come out of them


Do you know what the highest score in a football game ever was?


No, dont know about that game  maybe lik 150-7?


It was 222-0.  Geaorgia Tech beat Cumberland back in 1916


Wow that is a humiliating defeat, poor team


I do, I like watching football every sunday when its on, do you?


I love watching football too. Did you know the NFL has no written rule against females playing?


I always wondered that! why arent there any players you think?


I'm not too sure on that one. The average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay.


did you know an average engineer will make more over his lifetime than an NFL player?


That's pretty amazing. Just goes to show how short lived the average NFL career is.


and how lucrative it is to be an engineer!


Very much so. I saw that the NFL uses tracking chips embedded in players' shoulder pads.


i bet those were designed by those well paid engineers! its a good idea to track stats and position and whatnot


I bet. It says they are tracking every move on the field to gather data on velocity, rotation, ball speed, and location


they must be pretty durable if they dont ever get crushed from all the tackling


I agree. The University of Iowa painted their opposing team locker room pink.


i bet that was too psyche out the visiting time when they play against them, get into their heads before the game


I bet. I wonder how well that actually works? I bet it doesn't do too much.


it might just be for fun, like a playful joke. even if it doesnt work, its kind of funny


I think it's funny too. In the 1960's, the top bowlers earned twice as much as the top NFL stars.


I wonder how much a bowler can earn nowadays, you dont hear bout them very often


I bet they don't make that much. Bowling really lost popularity.


big time, its almost seen as a punchline these days


Football is a team sport, kicking the ball in various degrees to score a goal. Sports commonly called football in certain place include association football.


The NFL has no written rule against female players. They are allowed to join a team if they meet the league eligibility requirements.


NFL uses the tracking chips to record the movement of the players in the field. Each team really wants to win that trophy!


I think it helps them figure out how to prevent injuries too.


The NFL seasons runs from September to December. Each team wants to play 16 games, one each week.


That is a lot of games considering there are 32 teams.


Yes. All the team want to win the trophy. The team with most of the championships in the NFL is the Green Bay Packers.


All this for a game with only 11 minutes of actual game play.


The average lifetime earnings of an NFL player is higher than other sports' players. All the team members want to lift the trophy.


Baseball is america's national pastime but it is very popular in Japan also. Many of the Japanese love baseball.


Sometimes. They wear the uniform if they're technically able to play for their teams.


Kickball is called soccer baseball in canada.


Yes. The highest score in a football game occurred in October 1916: Georgia tech defeated Cumberland 222-0.


I would have forfeited by halftime if I were cumberland.


The whole game was played. Cumberland fans cried for the great loss.


haha,  Im sure.  Take care and have a good night.


In baseball the team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.


I follow the Cowboys but I heard the other day that they offered Ndamukong Suh a big offer to come to their team.


The Jets? They must be desperate for someone to be a huge disappointment. He's not that good.


Well looks like they figured that out and rescinded the offer. I heard it was a pretty big surprise.


Didn't he sign with the rams after they rescinded that? And isn't bowles fired?


I had not heard, I just know that they said it didn't seem to be in keeping with their longer-term plan. I can't believe how much football players make these days. Back in the 60's a top bowler made twice as much as a football player. How times have changed.


I know. And the careers are so short. Engineers often make more than the avg football player.


That sounds about right considering most players don't play that long. I heard that espn won an emmy for the creation of the superimposed yellow first down line. I had no idea you could win an award for that!


I feel like that does not rise to the level of emmy worthy. They put that in the same category as really important art...


I agree. I just think it is crazy that they put tracking chips in the football and on the players gear to record everything. They are taking this to the next level for sure.


Yeah. If there is money to be made, they will find a way. I hope they use it to keep the players safe and not just to sell data.


I hope so too. I can't believe that most NFL games only have 11 minutes of live game play. Basically it is mostly them in the huddles!


Yeah. It's not against the rules for a woman to play in the NFL


Thank goodness. Just in case I would like to try a new career! It would stink to be a New Orleans Saint cheerleader. They can't even eat in the same restaurant if there is a NFL player. They have to leave if one comes in. Double standard.


I feel like the player should leave and not the cheerleader. What's the saying, possession isn't 9/10 of the law... They're in there, you leave!


Absolutely. It is ridiculous! I wonder if the university of iowa was thinking about the cheerleaders when they painted the locker room for the visiting team pink?!


The NFL was originally named the american professional football association. That does not roll off the tongue...


Not at all! How do you feel about who won the Super Bowl this year?


I was fine with it. I appreciate the excellence. You?


Same!  How can you deny Tom Brady. He is crazy good! It was nice chatting with you.


Hey, I love the Lions and the teammate Ndamukong Suh.


I am from Chicago so I must hate the Lions. Bear down! He eventually signed with the Rams.


Oh nice! I am a huge Packers fan from California! Ha. Ndamukong spent three years with the Dolphins.


How do you become a packers fan in California? It is in my blood to despise them.


I know, it's a weird thing! I should be a Rams fan.


No, I just married a Packer fan and we had Packer babies. Ha! We met at a Ramones concert a long long time ago. The Ramones traveled a lot and did concerts for 20 years non stop.


I love the ramones. Almost as much as I love Hybrid Theory!


Oh yeah, me too! The Ramones played 2,263 concerts over the years. I saw the Go-Go's open for them with the Flaming Lips.


The Flaming Lips? They're that old (not that the Ramones are old but comparatively)?


Yep, I saw them in the very beginning. They are from Oklahoma City and were just a local band that was unknown.


Wow. That's cool. I love the "I saw them in a bar with 20 people" stories. I have one about Dave Matthews but the venue had like 2,000 in 1993


Oh wow! That is cool. I have never seen Dave Matthews. I actually watched that show at Oklahoma University (OU), the home of Mayfield!


Nice. He almost quit football for gaming. Would've been a poor choice.


Oh man! That is a fun fact for sure! I had learned that the University of Iowa's locker room is painted pink, for the visiting teams. HAHA! Another poor choice!!


I wonder if that actually works. Scientifically, have they proved it works or is it just some pink paint?


I am pretty sure it is just used for getting under their skin. I bet it has zero proof behind the idea. Did you know that the yellow line superimposed on the tv was the creation of ESPN?


Didn't they win an emmy for that line? I had no idea the bar was so low for emmys…


The game only has 11 minutes too! Why give it to something with only 11 minutes of useful life?


Yeah, totally right! Football is called soccer in a lot of places too, lol


I do. My favorite team is the Chicago Bears. Do you have a favorite?


Both really good teams! Although they only play 11 minutes of game time, I still enjoy it.


That is crazy how short the live game actually is. Did you hear about the tracking chips in players shoulder pads?


I did read something about it. Do you know anything about them that you shed some light on for me?


They record a players every move on the field! That is so much data.


I know. I wonder what they actually do with the data. Do teams use it or just the NFL.


I am not sure. I bet every sport will eventually have trackers like that.


Yeah, maybe except baseball. That seems pretty easy to track.


True. They even have the tracking chips inside the footballs.


I wonder why they still need a chain gang to measure 10 yards then...


I am not sure. I am surprised by they do not have it all computerized.


I get irriated when I watch tennis and they can determine in/out in 7 seconds but the NFL runs out old guys with sticks to determine if it went 10 yards... Seems dated.


I agree. Do you know when the first nfl playoff game was played?


That's a long time ago! And 80 yards? Were the players out of shape and could only go 80 yards?


I am not sure how it worked. It was in Chicago.


It was probably at Wrigley and that's the longest they could make the field. Nice chatting with you!


Good evening!  I hope you are well!  How do you think the US would be if the runner up in the presidential race became the Vice President like it was prior to 1805?


hello,  I dont think that would work for our current situation lol Those 2 do not get a long lol


It would be crazy that is for sure!  Maybe our next election can feature a sing-off.  If the President of Indonesia can release three pop music albums, it might just work!  lol


I think that would be quite entertaining!  Thats pretty good,  making albums and running a country,  multi tasking!


It would be the icing on the cake if we could have a President Banana like Zimbabwe did!


Just because it would be funny and add levity to what is always so serious.  Trump may seem silly, but  some equate him to a boxer that means business.


I see.  Did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?  lol


So it pays a little more to be the guest than the actual resident!  LOL


lol right!  Maybe the president of zimbabwe can do a concert there!


Indonesia, but the Zimbabwe president may be just as talented LOL!   I wouldn't mind having some presidential money, but it's surprising to know that the wealthiest were JFK, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.


Oh sorry indonesia lol That info may possibly be wrong,  last time I checked Trump was the wealthiest by a lot!


I was wondering unless it was adjusted for age, etc.  At any rate, I'm not making anything like that! I'm the kind that needs to have access to free websites and radio stations, though that can come in handy.  Did you know you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas online without spending anything?


Nice!  Do you like classic radio dramas?  I dont think I would use that service,  I really like audio books.  I gues soliders used to make radios out of pencil and razor!  wow!


That's amazing.  I wonder how they figured that out.  I wonder if they were Canadian if they had to somehow listen to 40% Canadian content like the current law states.  :)


probably not,  they were soliders in wwi


I was just joking because I think the law is sort of absurd.  Listen/play what you want.  If that means you try to only pickup radio storms from Jupiter, then so be it.


Oh lol I guess I missed the joke and read it wrong lol Yeah that canadian law is kinda weird,  but they have a lot of good music,  drake,  celine dion, bryan adams lol ...justin bieber


That is a fair point.  Do you watch much television?


Sort of.  I watch a lot of tv shows and movies,  but I usually stream them,  I dont watch real time tv


There are so many options.  Take Pokemon; if you are into that, you can binge like 750 episodes worth!  That is crazy..


Oh my,  that is a lot of episodes!  Great for kids!  I have never watched any pokemon.  Its been great chatting with you!


Yeah I do quite a bit I just have not managed to find that Jupiter station


Ha, kind of freaky that you can hear Jupiter's storms on the AM radio!


I know that is quite something. DO you ever listen to Canadian radios?


I don't really. I heard that 40 percent of Canadian radio music needs to be Canadian in origin.


Yeah I guess they like to support their talent. Do you know how soldiers used to make foxhole radios?


They used a razorblade and a pencil. I still don't understand how though!


Yeah that is quite something. DO you speak any latin?


I do not! I wonder how many people do. Maybe enough so that a Finnish radio station broadcasts a weekly program!


Yeah I was wandering about that as well. How about radio dramas, do you like those?


I don't like dramas in general so probably not.


I see, because if you did there is a free radio to listen to them to


Interesting. I prefer to watch tv. How about you?


Yes me too, I watch shows mainly like the Simpsons


Do you like Bart? There is only one episode where he doesn't appear and is not mentioned. Wonder where he went!


I love Bart and that is really strange. How about Pokemon, do you ever watch it?


I used to when I was younger. I can't believe there are 750 episodes.


Yeah but they have been around for 16 years


Yeah but it's interesting that there is so much interest that they could make 750 episodes. I found the episodes quite similar to one another. I guess I wasn't a die hard enough fan.


Yeah I guess. How about that 70s show, did you ever watch it?


Yes, I did. It's so funny that they tried to remake it verbatim in the UK.


Good evening.  So Hillary is at it again?


Promoting her book it looks like.  It's called What Happened.


Its just a good thing its not like it used to be where the runner up in the election became vice president. Then she would be our vice president.


I couldn't see her and the Donald working together.


It would be that.  Trump is quite interesting himself with all his tweets and raging about something or another.  And his kids get in there too.  So much drama in the White House.


Yeah I could see adding hilary to the mix. That would be must see tv.


OMG, it says the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  They must have as much drama going on over there as we do.


Well the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


That's funny.  I don't think our president is able to do anything outside work because he's had to turn over Trump enterprises to his kids while in office.  So I guess we won't be hearing any music from him.


I could see Trump releasing an album. It would be a whole album dissing Hilary and the dems.


If I was attacked for everything I do. Every person I tried to put on higpositions got attacked. I think I would be the same way. He knows how to fix the problems we have but the dems try to shut him down at every path. I would be frustrated to.h


Yeah, I do get that.  But he goes back and forth.  The lawyer, for example, was his best friend.  he talked about him so highly and then the lawyer got in trouble and now he is dissing him.  I just don't get it.  But enough Trump talk.  Did you see that in one episode of the Simpsons Bart does not appear, nor is mentioned?


I always watched for homer to be honest. Lol. Dope.


Duh.  LOL.  But Bart is always into some mischief.  He could def be one of my boys.


Yeah I liked bart to, but homer was funny.


Yeah, I liked the babysitter episode.  Homer definely wanted that candy.


Do you think  what Nick Saban did to the ESPN reporter was ok?


I was wondering the same thing. I think personally that it was definitely wrong to snap even if you have a legitimate reason to be so tense.


Exactly. you can have some sympathy, without telling them what they are asking you, but reposters can be intense.


Yes definitely but it's just general wisdom to try to maintain patience and meet frustrating situations with a level head of course. But then again, he did apologize so it's not like he's some bad guy at all.


Do you think Saban will call the reporter and apologize?


Actually I heard that he already did, or at least someone tweeted as much.


Didn't know. To be honest I am surprised he did.


Oh really, why is that? I'm sure he realized that people would probably be able to empathize with his frustration with the reporters, so why not apologize.


He is definitely not the kind of people who apologize and if he did, I am pretty sure he was being pressure by the media.


Oh, hmm maybe that tweet by James Miller was incorrect I guess. What makes you think he's not the type to apologize?


I am pretty good at telling how people are by the way their behave. And this is not the first time he responds like that.


Oh I didn't know that, when did he do it before?


Almost most of the time he is being interview. That´s why the reporter said: We got it weeks ago, with the exasperated sighs and snarky responses that come whenever you face reporters' questions¨


Oh yes, that's true but at least that's not as explosive as he behaved with Maria Taylor recently.


Really?! What did he did to her? Haven't heard about it.


He snapped at her, and gave an abrasive response to a fair question.


Wow!! That´s way too much. Don´t you think he should be suspended?


I'm not sure, he did apologize at least but I am not so familiar with the context of how they usually punish off the field behavior like that. I guess some sort of penalty would be fair, but maybe not a whole suspension?


You are kind of right, but definitely something underneath is going on with him.


I guess, maybe I don't think it's the big of deal to be upset as long as you acknowledge that it was wrong. A bit of anger can be healthy.


And I have to admit that the reporter was pushing him a little bit.