Foot ball in the US is not like what we call it in Uganda. In Uganda, what we call football is Soccer.
In the US they play football with hands. It was amazing to watch, It is almost like wrestling, one person gets hold of the ball and runs as he keeps dodging his opponents.The opponents do all they can to stop him including knocking him down or pulling his legs. He can pass on the ball depending on the opposition he faces, but in case he gets an opportunity to run through them, he runs to the other end and if he reaches the end where there are words written on the pitch, he has won 6 points.
Last Saturday 26th September the Oklahoma University(OU) team happened to be playing with the Texas Christian University(TCU) team and Jeff and Whitney are both fans of Oklahoma University.
When i first came in to their home, i could see OU letter marks every where on cups, T-shirts, on banners outside the house. So i asked one morning what this QU was all about, Jeff answered and explained that it was not QU but OU for Oklahoma University. Jeff and Whitney, both went to Oklahoma University and are funs of the OU foot ball team.
On this particular Saturday, almost every home in Elk city has put out a red banner with OU mark. And everyone dressed in T-shirts with OU. You should have seen me in a red jersey with OU.I became an immediate fun of OU.
That evening we went to watch this match at Tim and Tiffani's home, since the match was to be played from Oklahoma city some 2 hours drive away. Tim and Tiffani are a lovely couple with 2 lovely sons.
It was fun, we had dinner with them, we were joined by Jonathan and Denise with their daughters and some two more families. It was so exciting to watch our team score goal after goal. You would have seen Tim yell at the team members to; go score!
Praise God! The OU team won the game.
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