USA Football defeats France 82-0 in Semifinal
Yesterday, team USA defeated France by the score of 82-0 in the semifinal round of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championship. Championship round will be Saturday against Japan, setting up a rematch of the 2007 World Championship which the US won by a score of 23-20 in overtime.
http://usafootball.com/blogs/u.s.-national-team/post/10566/u.s.-men-adv…
75 years later and France still can't put together a decent defense.
Certainly expected to see more resistance. Guess they surrendered at halftime.
On a serious note, was our coach there to observe?
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He seems to struggle w/ results when above 80.
I had no idea this was a thing. What kind of players are on the US team? I assume college players who weren't good enough to make it in the NFL or various other pro leagues?
I didn't either (at least until I saw a headline today), which is why I posted it here. According to Wikipedia (where truth is found), players on the USA National Team are amateurs who must have graduated from college. I did not see any official eligibility rules on the usafootball.com website, however.
At the time (2007), the Japanese national team was the two-time defending champ. The U.S. had never fielded a team before that year.
By the way, according to the intertubes, there were a couple of Michigan players on that 2007 Championship squad: Brian Thompson and Jeremy VanAlstyne. Who knew?
EDIT: Looks like the actual game doesnt start until ~38 minutes in.
Clarence was not kidding about France's defense - we gained 454 yards on 57 plays, or 7.96 yards per play. Due to the -26 yards rushing, France garnered all of 75 yards of total positive yards on 50 plays for 1.5 yards per play. In there is -1.1 yards per rushing attempt. France only managed 7 first downs to our 24 as well.
These stats are even more impressive when you realize that they are expressed using the metric system.
Well, you know what they say about seemingly unwatchable international championship football. At least it's not baseball.
Imagine the shitshow that would ensue if the Patriots or Seahawks represented the Americans.
Because 82-0 is not enough?
If Woody Hayes were coaching Team USA
Reporter: Coach Hayes why did you run up an 82 point score on Team France?
Coach Hayes: Because there wasn't enough time to kick a FG for another 3!
Can someone watch this if so inclined?
Would you want to?
Go USA!
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I am going to go get an order of Freedom Fries.