so in one of my moments of random internet searching (that wasn't related to porn) i made the strange discovery that something called the IFAF (aka the International Federation of American Football) exists and they have a World Cup Of American Football. apparently it's been around since 1998 and they held the first World Cup in 1999. Japan won the first two championships (apparently they've been playing football in Japan since the 30s?!?) but that's largely because the United States didn't take part in either of those. in 2007 the Americans fielded their first ever international team and beat South Korea 77-0 and Germany 33-7 before they won the World Cup title in overtime vs. Japan (23-20). the US team was selected from Seniors that had graduated in 2006 and had no pro experience and unless you are a fan of the schools these guys went to you've probably never heard of most of them. i was familiar with former TCU QB Jeff Ballard, Toledo WR Steve Odom, and Iowa State WR Austin Flynn. Kyle Kasperbauer a RB from little ass Nebraska-Omaha won the MVP trophy of the tournament.
anyways, i just found this to be interesting. i don't know why ESPN65 wasn't airing any of these games and it got zero press. i mean shitty football is still football. and when you slap a TEAM USA sticker on the helmet it should probably get a little love. so here's to you TEAM USA 2007...a year later. Way to go and shit.
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