Go Chiefs!!

[emeryjre]

The day has arrived
Championship Football Games
Pulling for Chiefs

 

[LannyPC]

That would make it their fourth SB appearance in five years.

 

[Sandi Bo]

Dinner the other night:

DD: I can't believe Mom, she's talking about Travis Kelce and how he only needed 16 yards to reach his 8th consecutive 1,000 yard season, etc, etc. And DD said she's wondering - who is this woman talking..
DH: Who is this woman and what did you do with my wife?

Having lots of fun this year. Nebraska doesn't have a pro team, Chiefs are the most likely favorite around here. But my son-in-law is die-hard Cowboys fan. Someone's always happy, someone not. I'm a NH/MA transplant so grew up with Patriots (everyone has a Patriots shirt, kids and grandkids). Oy if my mother ever knew I'd be rooting for the Chiefs!

Go Chiefs!

 

[Patri]

My granddaughter is there right now. Her other grandparents took her. We realized after the fact she wanted to go because of Travis and Taylor. Wonder how much tickets were. I’m watching on TV, and I’m warmer.

 

[emeryjre]

Congratulations to the Chiefs

 

[pedro47]

Congratulations to the Chiefs

Today the Chiefs out coach and out play their opponent.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Happy that the Chiefs won and are on their way to the Super Bowl. I love Mahomes. Yeah, I live in Denver, but I am no longer a fan of our home team. I was a big fan since 1973, when Rick and I got married.

 

[Rolltydr]

How can you not love the Chiefs? Mahomes. Kelse. Pacheco. Andy Reid. Taylor. I mean, come on. They’re just a heck of a lot of fun to watch! Sports is entertainment and KC is the most entertaining team around!

 

[TolmiePeak]

Dinner the other night:

DD: I can't believe Mom, she's talking about Travis Kelce and how he only needed 16 yards to reach his 8th consecutive 1,000 yard season, etc, etc. And DD said she's wondering - who is this woman talking..
DH: Who is this woman and what did you do with my wife?

Having lots of fun this year. Nebraska doesn't have a pro team, Chiefs are the most likely favorite around here. But my son-in-law is die-hard Cowboys fan. Someone's always happy, someone not. I'm a NH/MA transplant so grew up with Patriots (everyone has a Patriots shirt, kids and grandkids). Oy if my mother ever knew I'd be rooting for the Chiefs!

Go Chiefs!

The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers aren't considered a professional team? The players and coaches are employees and getting paid.

 

[rickandcindy23]

The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers aren't considered a professional team? The players and coaches are employees and getting paid.

You are joking, right?

 

[TolmiePeak]

You are joking, right?

Yes and no.... Well the players aren't getting paid directly by the University but they are certainly getting paid. College football isn't amateur anymore.

It does lead to ask the question what is the difference between the two?

 

[pedro47]

The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers aren't considered a professional team? The players and coaches are employees and getting paid.

That is so funny. You forgot to include the SEC Confetence.

 

[x3 skier]

That is so funny. You forgot to include the SEC Confetence.

And the Big Ten, and the Big 12 and the ACC and the pac 2 and the AAC and the………..

 

[Snazzylass]

The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers aren't considered a professional team? The players and coaches are employees and getting paid.

Are the glory days over for the Cornhuskers? Sure feels like it. And, the Chiefs? meh. Hoping the 49er's will pull off another come from behind, if necessary. Fan of Brock Purdy

 

[Rolltydr]

Yes and no.... Well the players aren't getting paid directly by the University but they are certainly getting paid. College football isn't amateur anymore.

It does lead to ask the question what is the difference between the two?

Quite a bit. Age, experience, training, coaching, time requirement (15-20 hours a week of class time plus outside assignments). Only 1.6% of D1 college football players ever make an NFL roster. I enjoy both NFL and college football. Why does it matter if the college players are getting paid and aren’t “amateurs”? What good is that designation to a college football player? All that does is let everyone else get all the money instead of the guys that we pay to watch. IMO, the NCAA gave up the right to call anything “amateur” when they started making billions of dollars from the sport.

 

[emeryjre]

College Football coaches at big colleges have higher salaries than any tenured professor.
Considerably higher
Football is a big time sport

 

[Glynda]

I love the Chiefs! Yes, Mahomes and Kielce and other players are great but I love to watch Andy Reid. Not only does he look like the deceased actor Wilford Brimley but we had a good friend, also now deceased, who looked like he could have been Reid's identical twin. It's uncanny to watch him. On the other hand, I have been a fan of the Carolina Panthers since their inception. Bless their hearts. Thus a fan of Christian McCaffrey. It's going to be hard to choose. Though I respect her accomplishments, I have mixed feelings about the attention Taylor Swift is taking away from the other team members versus the attention she is bringing to the game of football itself.

 

[DeniseM]

Let's not go down the Taylor Swift rabbit hole - it's an obvious dog whistle.

 

[dioxide45]

Let's not go down the Taylor Swift rabbit hole - it's an obvious dog whistle.

Talking about Taylor Swift is political? It doesn't seem to fit the definition at all "a subtly aimed political message which is intended for, and can only be understood by, a particular group"

 

[DeniseM]

Spend some time on social media and it will be come obvious...

 

[x3 skier]

And the Big Ten, and the Big 12 and the ACC and the pac 2 and the AAC and the………..

I think it will be hilarious when a college player winds up taking a pay cut after being drafted or as a free agent in the NFL or whatever the XFL/USFL Merger is called.

 

[bizaro86]

Spend some time on social media and it will be come obvious...

This sounds like the type of advice we'd all be better off not following. All I know about Taylor Swift is that she's a popular singer who is also dating an NFL player. If there's more to it than that it seems like I'm almost certainly better off not knowing.

 

[x3 skier]

Who’s Taylor Swift?

 

[dsmrp]

While the Chiefs were clearly the better team against the Ravens, I was rooting for "new"/never been teams to make it to the Superbowl.
Was very disappointed and sad for Detroit fans. Some questionable calls IMO , to go for it on 4th down, rather than a field goal to tie it up in the 4th quarter.

 

[emeryjre]

Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce
Seems to be a modern love story of the rich women falling in love with a regular football player making several million a year
They seem to be very happy
Every body loves a good love story
Beyond that, who cares