I like how it compares the two big events. I’d be curious if anyone shared actual stat breakdowns, since that could spark some fun back-and-forth between fans of both sports.
I like football, use to anyway. I grew tired of the pros remained a great fan of college football and now with the current trends in college football, kinda giving up on that too.
Regardless, we got nothing in this country that compares to Rugby in South Africa. Those folks are nuts. I had the opportunity to play rugby in college back in the 70s, great fun but good lord the game as played by the South Africans Springboks or the New Zealand “All Blacks” is amazing.
One day last week my PH gets a call from his 4 year old son. We happened to be sitting on a ridge looking for Cape Buffalo. PH puts the lad on speaker phone, chuckles, “you got to hear this” The boy is seeking permission to play schoolboy league Rugby. The lad explains he is really quite good on the pitch. The kid is pretty articulate for a 4 year old. Mom gets on the phone. Apparently the Pop Warner version of Rugby spotted this Kid terrorizing boys a year or two older with his tackling and running playing back yard rugby. They had no idea he was only 4 and had appologized for planting the seed. The boy will have to wait. Took it in stride asking at the end of the conversation could he play when he was 5.