I feel like some soccer fans of other countries are missing a lot of context in their annoyance with American confidence about the World Cup.
The vast majority of us don’t actually think we’re gonna win the whole thing. Even those of us who know very little about soccer know enough to understand our small chances.
But that doesn’t matter. You’re talking about a nation built on a steady diet of believing anything’s possible.
We don’t care about odds. We care about winning. And in service to that mindset, we are more than happy to buy into a suspension of logic and rational thinking.
The thought of being in a competition and not believing we can win it, even in defiance of odds, is incomprehensible to us.
But moreover, what do we lose in believing we can win in a sport that has a mere of fraction of our emotional investment in other sports?
Not a damn thing. We’ve already exceeded our own expectations, so why not push for more?
@SamMcDowell11 There's plenty of talent on this team to put Q on a VERY hot seat if they don't make the playoffs again this year. They're certainly paying for that talent at least.
The penny witnessed the 1st U.S President.
The penny witnessed Slavery.
The penny witnessed the Civil War.
The penny witnessed the Great Depression.
The penny witnessed 9/11.
But after 233 years on this planet…
It never witnessed a Bears QB throw 30 touchdowns in a season.
COIN LOSS: The United States ended production of the penny on Wednesday. For more than 230 years, the penny has circulated through American piggy banks and cash registers. But rising production costs – each penny now costs nearly 4 cents to make – and shifts in consumer behavior have made it impractical to keep producing them.
@KStateFB >Run the ball and be conservative
>KSU Twitter: oMg foot on the gas what are we doing??
>Throw the ball and put your foot on the gas
>KSU Twitter: oMg you can't throw there!!
You want to be conservative or not? KSU Twitter lowkey insufferable.