Watching football is a very confusing thing for anyone unfamiliar with sports and the rules of the game. It’s all kinda confusing. What are downs? Touchdowns? The scoring system is basically an algorithm all its own and generally it’s best to just root for either the team with the hottest players and/or the team with the cutest uniforms.
To the untrained eye, football is basically ridiculous.
Twitter took a crack at attempting to explain the rules behind the game with the help of a hashtag. #ExplainFootballPoorly didn’t exactly explain or break down the whole sport, but it did create some good laughs. Here are our faves.
#ExplainFootballPoorly Two groups of men run into each other and fall down. Then they take a ten-minute break to talk about it. Repeat.
— Hex Sharpe (@hexsharpe) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/DonnaMLanglais/status/927628487548129280
Lots of white lines, but somehow no cocaine. #ExplainFootballPoorly
— Nathan Dunn (@DunnsCap) November 6, 2017
If you want #ExplainFootballPoorly just have someone watch the Cleveland Browns
— Scott Williams (@jswilliams1962) November 6, 2017
Two gangs of millionaires chase a bag of air in a field #ExplainFootballPoorly
— craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) November 6, 2017
I think they call it soccer in America. #ExplainFootballPoorly
— Nathan Dunn (@DunnsCap) November 6, 2017
Dress up in pads, knock people over, dance#ExplainFootballPoorly pic.twitter.com/L3z5uPXpdO
— Adam 🐗land (@AJBorland) November 6, 2017
Balls, Tight Pants, Hut Hut, Score. #ExplainFootballPoorly
— .:RiotGrl:. (@RiotGrlErin) November 6, 2017
Sports that cause Brits and Americans to offer different explanations for the same hashtag. #ExplainFootballPoorly
— Dont Think So (@DontThinkso555) November 6, 2017
Idk but apparently the cool teams do potato sack races in the end zone. #ExplainFootballPoorly #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/SN7iZICq8J
— Jacqui 🍷Is it wine o’clock?🍷 (@heyjacqui_) November 6, 2017
Balls. Butts. Nachos.#ExplainFootballPoorly
— Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) November 6, 2017
That's the game where you skate around on the ice and have to get the puck through the net
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) November 6, 2017
#ExplainFootballPoorly
Wear Footlocker employees work when they get old pic.twitter.com/1OgiE6yIXX— Crystal (@SeamonkeyzRule) November 6, 2017
Now, we’re by no means experts, but we’d definitely say these were some touchdowns. Right? Get it? Yeah, ok. That’s enough. Let’s just end this by saying one thing: Odell Beckham Jr. is bae. You’re welcome!
