The Alphabet: Inspired by Sport

By: Alex Risen

Posted: Wed 4:33 PM, Jul 20, 2011

The Letter "L"...LUCKY you!

Hitting the LINKS: (Scoring the game of golf)

ACE = HOLE IN ONE
ALBATROSS (DOUBLE EAGLE) = THREE UNDER PAR
EAGLE = TWO UNDER PAR
BIRDIE = ONE STROKE UNDER PAR
PAR = NUMBER OF STROKES PLAYERS IS MEANT TO TAKE ON GIVEN HOLE
BOGEY = ONE OVER PAR

AND A FEW SLANG ONES I NEVER HEARD OF...

CONDOR (TRIPLE EAGLE) = FOUR UNDER PAR (hole-in-one on par 5)
SNOWMAN = SCORE OF EIGHT

LISTS:

(Some) Countries with at least one guy who has played in the NFL...

American Samoa
Argentina (don't cry for me!)
Armenia
Australia (mate!)...by the way, look up AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL...just when you think you understandit...BOOM!...they do something like dribble the ball on grass!

Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda (oohh I want to take you to...)
Bolivia
Canada
Cuba
Cyprus (I know where it is...do you?)
Denmark
England
Jamaica
Japan
Libya
Marshall Islands (Todd Lyght, 1991, Los Angeles Rams)...see, I don't just make this stuff up! He was a legit corner for the Rams and a 1999 Pro Bowler...Notre Dame alum and 2-time All-American there...)
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Poland
St. Kitts and Nevis (Erasmus James, 2005, Minnesota Vikings)...played at Wisconsin...lot of hype...now he's a free agent...an All-American in 2004...
Tonga

Some Really OLD...and Random Sugar Bowl Final scores...

1936 - Texas Christian 3, LSU 2
1937 - Santa Clara 21, LSU 14 (Santa Clara played football...huh)
1938 - Santa Clara 6, LSU 0 (but seriously...2 years in a row?)
1942 - Fordham 2, Missouri 0
1951 - KENTUCKY 13, OKLAHOMA 7 (MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN?!?)

...but 1952 was good for the Cats as well in the COTTON BOWL... KENTUCKY 20, TEXAS CHRISTIAN 7

and of course 1950 ORANGE BOWL - SANTA CLARA 21, KENTUCKY 13 (It pains me to know UK lost to Santa Clara

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