John Kincade Owes Me a Breakfast Burrito (Plus, Was the Brazil Crowd Kind of Lame?)
I’m here to claim my winnings, because according to this thread it looks like John Kincade owes me a breakfast burrito:
We didn’t shake on this, and John didn’t say anything like “I accept,” he simply countered my Baconator offer with a breakfast burrito offer. But I view the checkmark emoji as confirmation, and if we’re looking at the Brazil safety topic, nothing happened. The players were not abducted and taken to the favela for extortion. The traveling fans did not get mugged or pickpocketed, at least not that I’m aware of. We can ask Phans of Philly or the traveling beats if any issues arose, which would make me the burrito buyer, but it looks as though everything was clean, probably because these players had more security than the the Pope in Philly back in 2015.
Sidenote: I was not impressed with the crowd. Were you? I was underwhelmed. What makes South American crowds great is that they are all working in unison, whether it’s singing the lyrics at a Rock in Rio performance or doing a coordinated routine for their soccer team or lighting off some crazy flares. What you saw in the stands at Neo Quimica was a collection of individuals, all wearing different NFL jerseys. There were Detroit jerseys next to San Francisco jerseys next to Pittsburgh jerseys, and while they got loud for exciting plays or touchdowns, you could sense that it was more of a “yay football!” cheer rather than anything shared among the attendees. Brazil felt exciting in theory, but in actuality it came off a bit “meh,” especially with the shitty field quality and penalty flag overkill. Tell the locals that it’s not normally this sloppy.
Anyway, I’ll take scrambled eggs, sausage, and cheese. No bacon, no potatoes, none of that. Who puts potatoes in a breakfast burrito anyway? The only potato that should be served before 11 a.m. is a hash brown.