Sheldon is a Football Genius | The Big Bang Theory

[@DarkAgeDan]

Sheldon would absolutely kill it in fantasy football.

[@MichelleM15]

Or a coach

[@albertwang6465]

In young sheldon he showed he could use math to help meemaw bet and win on football games so yeah

[@DarkAgeDan]

@@albertwang6465 oh yeah, I forgot about that 😂

[@nirrocarlferrera929]

​@@MichelleM15àa

[@MohammadIshfaqueJahanRafee]

@@MichelleM15 Sheldon would be assassinated by the players

[@Eldritch-1]

I like how everbody forgets he's a Texan...

[@marckempe2143]

For Sheldon, knowing about American Football has nothing to do with being Texan, his father was the coach of the high school team. He also had Sheldon sit with him and watch the game after school. He knew that Sheldon would do his homework regardless of the situation so he used that time as a bonding opportunity.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

@@marckempe2143 Did you not listen to Sheldon. He put being from Texas as the primary reason he was familiar with the sport and didn't mention his father was a coach until much later.

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@marckempe2143 If you listen to the dialogue, apparently, the writers had not decided his father was a coach yet. He didn’t mention it.

[@marckempe2143]

@@christianboehlefeld5168 what state you are from is irrelevant when it comes to your interests. Sheldon still has no interest in American Football, but, like I said, since his father was the coach of the high school team, he learned the ins and outs of the game. He still has absolutely no interest in the game whatsoever, but he can never forget what he learned because of his eidetic memory. That said, he can come up with viable strategies during the game. Honestly, Sheldon could actually make a hefty fortune by consulting coaches about plays and making wagers.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

@@marckempe2143 At 0:49 when asked a direct question, "How do you know this stuff?" Sheldon's response is that he grew up in Texas. He goes on to describe the ubiquity of Football in the state. Yes he never had interest in it himself, constant exposure to it and people familiar with the terminology and rules meant he absorbed the information. What state you are from is definitely relevant to the interests and culture of the people around you and that you are exposed to. And again, nowhere in this scene is it mentioned that his father was a football coach, just that he taught Sheldon about it and tried to create in Sheldon an interest in the game; presumably so they might have a common interest as a means of deepening their relationship.

[@QueensEagle25]

The look of disapproval towards Leonard's book is amazing 😂

[@stesch-f]

Take a Dummies book about a topic you know, and you realize that these are from dummies for dummies.

[@Ogrethephreak]

​@tytxlx6503American Football is so many starts and stops. The last 5 minutes of a game could take 30 minutes to play. Even baseball has better flow

[@joefloggg3257]

That was a Jasper County look of disappointment

[@Coffee-xh4kp]

Ikr

[@nevillepatrick1325]

Yeah I know right and he knows he could just look that up quickly on the internet like he has a phone and laptop why not just search it to get a faster result

[@Anne--Marie]

Jim Parsons did a brilliant job of playing Sheldon.

[@ededdneddy988]

There's no fooling you

[@Anne--Marie]

@@ededdneddy988 LOL

[@TheBudakSkema]

Thats why the creator was convinced he is sheldon after his audition

[@suryanshtripathi6249]

Yeah and i am human

[@AlexNur07]

That's why he was the highest paid actor in the BBT

[@KevinCantWait08]

“Which most Texans believe to be a commie plot” Love that part😂😂😂

[@joefloggg3257]

Unfortunately true

[@feyisakidane171]

they really believe that?

[@joefloggg3257]

@feyisakidane171 it is an exaggeration, but not by much

[@feyisakidane171]

@@joefloggg3257 okay

[@jeffreywillis4258]

@@feyisakidane171 When a CIA consultant spotted soccer fields along the coast in Cuba in September 1962, he became concerned because, as he put it, “Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer.” The CIA analyst had deduced that the field indicated the presence of a Soviet military camp nearby. JFK wanted hard evidence. Photographs of the soccer fields convinced Kennedy that the Russians were putting missiles in Cuba. So, yes, Texas remembers.

[@Marqaisa]

Usually you don't hear Sheldon's Texas accent until he's really upset but this scene you can hear it pretty well when he's talking about something he's grown up with since his dad was a college then high school football coach.

[@duishungry]

This was also season 1 where Jim Parsons asked to make Sheldon from Texas so he could use his native Texas accent. I think he slowly phased that out over time, but this is when they were still feeling out the characters

[@Light-Rock97]

I really related to Young Sheldon when he said he made a conscious effort to change his accent at a young age. Everyone who's grown up in a part of the country considered to be "too country" knows that feeling. But then we grow up, relax a little and allow the accent to come back.

[@mrtechpat]

@@duishungrythis said season 3

[@soundwave259]

Or when he’s drunk

[@patrickmcdaniel4651]

Native Texan. I can turn it off and on. It's always a little bit there but it can be turned up. Put it this way, I've always understood Jeff Boomhauer.

[@angrydalek]

Sheldon has 3 ways of thinking. “I know it and care about it” “I know but don’t care about it” “I don’t know but will pretend I do”.

[@youmustcreateachanne]

There's a fourth: "I don't know & it isn't worth knowing." E.g., who Radiohead is.

[@Varscool]

when did he pretend to know?

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

​@@youmustcreateachanne I believe Algebra tops that.

[@whitesimurgh6363]

I don't think there's anything Sheldon doesn't know about

[@pgraynyc]

@@youmustcreateachannethere’s a fifth. I know it and I don’t care, but I’ll pretend I do care.

[@TheNotoriousCheeto]

Football is great, but my takeaway from this is that Sheldon can cook and shoot.

[@adhaskym.a9536]

Why you say that

[@TheNotoriousCheeto]

@adhaskym.a9536 He can make meat that isn't chicken taste like chicken, and shoot so well that he can make an animal crap itself without hitting it.

[@bluekitty3731]

If it wasn't for only having colitis only once a year, he'd be the perfect boyfriend!

[@therealaustinpowers1967]

I really wanted to see him shoot at a racoon so it craps itself

[@danieldickson8591]

@@bluekitty3731 I'm pretty sure you mean "coitus." "Colitis" is a veeery different physiological experience. 😉

[@GNXXRAY]

“I think looking like an idiot would be the perfect camouflage” That is pure gold.

[@dancostello4872]

"If you wanna blend in with Penny's friends, I think looking like an idiot is the perfect camouflage." I love how it was aimed at Penny's friends because they like football, but Penny still catches a stray because she associates with them 😂😂

[@elsenorgatito]

I was recommended this video and kept watching, waiting for an actual punchline... It never happened. I guess "what is this sack stat line" is a joke :/

[@Ogrethephreak]

​@elsenorgatito It's a clip, it's only funny if you've seen the rest of the series and enjoyed it b

[@normanstevens4924]

@@elsenorgatito The punch line is when he starts looking up the word "scrimmage" in the index thereby showing how little he knows about football.

[@dhrgkbqxtjr2743]

​@@elsenorgatito😊 maybe you should try watching the... y'know... Full episode?

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

He's not assuming they're idiots because they like football. He's assuming they're idiots because they're Penny's friends.

[@Lauren.E.O]

I like how Sheldon, annoying as HE found it, still considers his dad’s football teaching methods superior to his own educational style (“summer night in the agora”) or even an instructional book.

[@askthepizzaguy]

Since he probably knows a lot about football, the subject matter was at the very least taught. Gotta give his dad that much credit. Probably not the best method, though, and the student could probably have learned it faster without a teacher even being involved. All the teacher did in this example was force him to study this particular subject he otherwise had no interest in.

[@willdejong7763]

Sheldon was also teaching about the culture of football, which is important to understand if one wants to fit in socially with Penny’s friends.

[@u.v.s.5583]

It was not just a summer night in agora, it was a WARM summer night in agora.

[@sodado6989]

I'm sure he would put his dad's knowledge over most books or even his own knowledge, considering his dad was a football coach

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

I think that, when teaching, Sheldon copies the methods of who he learned the subject from. Though, in this case, his dad’s more casual method of teaching was fitting for the situation.

[@chaist94]

Sheldon is not a football genius, he is a genius that knows football. A genius can be good at just about anything.

[@stevevasta]

I like his technical definitions of the terms. "Transverse line" indeed!

[@ilesalmo7724]

"Can be" is the defining term. Learning to become an expert takes years even for a genius. People often go ask the smartest person they know hard questions in a completely unrelated fields expecting omni-diciplinary professionals, which may get them completely absurd answers. Even Newton believed in Alchemy.

[@mr.e822]

Although I’m fairly certain that in Young Sheldon he was established to be a football genius as well. He was able to come up with better predictions of outcomes and better play calls than professional statisticians.

[@holmesconandoyle]

in young sheldon he actually "coach" the football team that his father responsible for and won every time..

[@hunterjohnson8202]

So glad I finally watched Young Sheldon and saw all the connections. Very, very, very well played out shows and scenarios.

[@DotBone89]

The look of haughty derision he gives the "Football For Dummies" book, is priceless!

[@youmustcreateachanne]

That look was very different from his response to Raj & Howard at the cafe before meeting Amy that, according to Sheldon, actually was his look of haughty derision.

[@mrouw]

i learned 2 new words today, never heard of haughty derision. Thanks!

[@SuperAnimeking100]

Parsons is actually Texan so that might've been an authentic look

[@SCOMBAG]

As a Texan, I love everything about this scene.

[@hassanabdulaziz4517]

Everything about football except the original, European😂😂😂😂. As a fan of European football team, that's funny AF😂

[@beenieweenie1986]

And we can confirm that soccer is a communist plot

[@spiffymongo4030]

European football in America IS a communist plot.

[@faeynelockhart7026]

As i am also a texan i find this humorous as well

[@joefloggg3257]

Same

[@jasonsterlingentertainment478]

He didn't say "Bazinga." Implying he wasn't joking and Sheldon does in fact have a gun.

[@suchman_dav6043]

Holy shit ur right 😂

[@daviancyandreina]

He is texan of course he has a gun

[@madronnie9725]

Sheldon would totally have a Luger

[@alanplays2881]

Well, maybe back home. He lives in California where gun regulation is ridiculously tight.

[@tanith117]

​@@alanplays2881 he must have one of those crazy California legal Ars that he updates to be legal yearly.

[@beanedtea]

I love how Young Sheldon actually explains his football knowledge.

[@54raynor]

He explains his football knowledge in this clip: he’s from a state obsessed with the sport, he grew up around the game, and he and his father had many discussions about it.

[@johnlarson111]

@@54raynor on young sheldon his father is the coach of the h.s. team. one episode sheldon uses statistics to help his father win football games.

[@54raynor]

@@johnlarson111 I’m aware of it, but this clip explained his football knowledge before Young Sheldon.

[@Upstart051]

Well, developed that plot line at least

[@arghyapaul4638]

At least Sheldon knows which one is the original football 😂

[@arturoalcantara6830]

Nobody really question wich one is the original, they most of the time question wich is better.

[@JOESMITH-qs8ue]

And he also knows it IS a communist plot. 😁

[@arturoalcantara6830]

@@JOESMITH-qs8ue have you though that since europe football is been around problaby since before the communist even exist, maybe it is the american football that Is a capitalist plot.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

There certainly isn't a question of which one pays better. He did leave out Ozzie Rules Football which is link between rugby and American Football.

[@ephemispriest8069]

That would be American football. That soccer crap is for Europeans.

[@albertoserna3968]

That was so hilarious Sheldon knows football & shooting ,a true Texan.

[@bcase5328]

You forgot food.

[@saleycole4296]

I'm actually interested in learning how to "fry meat that isn't chicken as if it were chicken" from Sheldon 😅

[@origamichik3n]

I'm more interested in making raccoons crap themselves.

[@LeButters213]

Well for chicken fried steak you just take a steak and smash it flat, dredge it in flour eggs and flour again then fry in oil until golden brown

[@saleycole4296]

@@LeButters213 Sounds tasty.

[@jeremyhanna3852]

​@LeButters213 yes but what about chicken fried racoon

[@iaindunbar1578]

probably talking about racoon and squirrel meat

[@hankeng6375]

(I'm asian and from TX) During my grad studies at Ohio State, my colleagues and I went to a ton of games. My KY friend asked a ton of questions about football, and I answered them. One of my friends told me at the start of the game some undergrads were laughing that an asian kid was giving lessons on football. My friend said at the end of the games, the undergrads were listening in for tips on how to read the defensive coverages.

[@ITSMEMOTHERFATHER]

So you are tam?

[@pep590]

That sounds like northerners. Asians are bid fans all over Texas here.

[@theequasian3823]

@@ITSMEMOTHERFATHERhe didn't say no so it has to be a yes

[@hectorsanchez1377]

Dat ngyune Linebacker at Texas A and M. And the Dallas cowboys.

[@hankeng6375]

@@hectorsanchez1377 Nguyen. He played well at A&M and for the Cowboys.

[@dartharaneus67]

It amazes me how "non-nerdy" Sheldon can look in some scenes, like this one here. He gives off such an alpha dog vibe.

[@jessedellross3245]

He really does. The way he throws the book on the table and sits. Part of the reason the scene is so funny

[@dartharaneus67]

@@jessedellross3245 Agreed!

[@Sheldony73]

I always thought he gave off an alpha male vibe

[@dartharaneus67]

@@Sheldony73 He's always bossy. That is not the same thing. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sheldony73]

@@dartharaneus67 Are you saying he looks hot then? Because yes he is handsome

[@ovetjkin]

Love that he says “the original, European football” and not soccer.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

That’s an Commuism Plot

[@LaughingOrange]

It's both more footy and bally than American football. I can't believe they messed it up so hard.

[@averagedickmoney310]

That's technically right tho.

[@ovetjkin]

@@averagedickmoney310 it is. Just refreshing hearing an American getting the terms right.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@ovetjkin The term "soccer" - short for "association (rules) football" - was coined in England and used to distinguish it from "(School of) Rugby (rules) football". The latter was exported to the US where it developed into American football. There it was the only kind of football, for a while before association football grew in popularity after WW2, so a term was required to differentiate between the two, and Americans reintroduced the word "soccer". The oldest style of football to have a written set of rules is Australian (rules) football, btw.

[@whoisyouranime]

2:22 I love how Sheldon looks at the "Football for Dummies" book and tosses it and has the "Oh, please. I know football better than this book".

[@cityhawk]

I’d feel the same way. I may not have grown up in Texas (I live in New York), but I’ve watched every level of football since I was 8. And yes, it does include the AFL, CFL, XFL (1.0 and 2.0), USFL (1.0 and 2.0), Arena, WLAF, and UFL. So, yes, that book would be useless to me as well.

[@mssedmebich1621]

Sheldons description of his father is often better than the other on Young Sheldon.

[@esteban8471]

He probably learned to be more appreciative of him with age.

[@kidmanaena]

I wished there had been more of things like this Sheldon showing his football knowledge

[@sreeramunnithan2460]

the best part was when he said: "the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot"

[@kidmanaena]

@@sreeramunnithan2460 I laughed at that part

[@kidmanaena]

@NWGeorgiaAdventures this and that episodes are fun to watch I wish there where more episodes of Sheldon showing his knowledge of football like imagine him in a fantasy football league

[@foofoo3344]

Well, Sheldon is a genius in anything as long as he puts his mind into. I remembered one episode where young Sheldon managed to calm down a baby's crying immediately. The mother was not able but dude did it just like that.

[@arealperson641]

genius in the sack you mean

[@CheerfullyCynical829]

His mind isn't into football at all, but he's a math and physics genius with an eidetic memory so he understands it inside and out. Given a choice he'd never watch it cuz he hates sports.

[@j.l.emerson592]

Yeah, he sang the kitty song & his nephew stopped crying in about 10 seconds.

[@paigeyung2815]

​@@j.l.emerson592 niece

[@shawnangel8146]

Lol at the end he even gave the book a father's disappointing look😂😂😂😂

[@iam-geoffreytheelite5275]

It’s actually so hard listening to how Sheldon talks about his father in TBBT after watching all of YSH

[@senister14]

Yep, they ruined young sheldon before they started it.

[@nonamesx]

why?

[@Nezuji]

​@@nonamesx Here, Sheldon talks about his dad like he was an annoying guy who was tediously obsessed with football. But in Young Sheldon he loves and in some ways even looks up to his dad, who also happened to be a pretty good full-time high school football coach. Other schools tried to headhunt him.

[@ansariansari3190]

If they want to explain this they can easily why the difference because after the George death Sheldon couldn't accept the his death well he doesn't accept nasnwe saw in the show he kept imagining different reality so he spend last time with him

[@Fletchman1313]

Young Sheldon is his own autobiographical look on his childhood. And he is married and has children at that point and has a totally different point of view. So at this moment in TBBT that's how he feels about his father. But after becoming a father himself, he learned to appreciate him a lot more, and would probably teach his son Leonard about football too. Unless Amy stops him.

[@tlangdon12]

Sheldon is unfairly dismissive of the "For Dummies" book. The imprint actually does a very good job of providing solid groundings in any of the fields it covers.

[@TanishqTejaswi]

So true! I remember I had quantum chemistry in the first year of college. And unlike my peers I felt so lost I couldn't even understand the reference book that the professor was using for the course. "Quantum Mechanics for Dummies" really helped me get the basics I needed and make it sense for me.

[@Slappys]

It is sort of a trademark of his personality.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Faster Goal

[@jamesmorris4402]

But no one knows Football like a Texan.

[@BryanLikesCandy]

Exactly. It's a grounding and introduction to something he knows all about. The book is beneath him.

[@mindyabiznessthatsalljustm8134]

Low-key wholesome lol. I don't remember how this episode turned out, but I loved the moments when these guys were being bros. Jim Parsons is awesome!

[@ecamp6360]

But wait, there's more: there's an episode where he's bonding with Bernie's dad and criticizing (correctly) the play-calling in the T-day game they're watching.

[@nightking2490]

Sheldon knows football really well, cause his father was a football coach and his brother was a football player!!!

[@angellestat2730]

But at the moment they made that episode all that background story was not define yet. We have to remember that the new "young sheldon" series use "the big bang theory" as a source, no the other way around.

[@u.v.s.5583]

AND a tyre doctor!

[@Rumkitty2000]

Hus father insisted that he learn.

[@sdb7012]

One of the few episodes where I actually had more respect for Sheldon knowing football aside from being a complete science geek lol

[@PriscoDH]

Quidditch sure, but football?

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

Right? It's surprising sometimes how 'normal' some of his knowledge can be. And in Leonard's case here- Helpful.

[@ivangass7770]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@juliolleshi751]

I wanna see a moneyball version of American football with sheldon 😂

[@christianrosas2208]

He did it in young Sheldon

[@juliolleshi751]

@@christianrosas2208 Yes I know but I mean I want to see it in an actual football team format with adult sheldon almost a rip off of moneyball, from playing to signing players for specific reasons. Seeing sheldon do the brad pit finger pointing for jonah hill to talk would be interesting 😂

[@curtisthomas2670]

Sheldon really kills it with the expressions

[@Olliethesnowman]

Fantasy football would be scared to have him in it 😂

[@torakunoichi]

His dad was a football coach who tried to teach Sheldon it really ISNT surprising

[@PuzzleDaGreat]

“quidditch sure, but football???” 😂😂

[@MohamedSaadat]

This particular scene & the one with Bernie’s dad & Sheldon really start making sense if you watch young Sheldon after TBBT.

[@timkumpost6036]

I think I missed this episode, but I guess it makes sense. He did grow up in Texas, plus his dad was the football coach.

[@littlesongbird1]

It's a cute episode..I want to say it was the first or second season.

[@Lineberg]

I always love the interaction and expression Sheldon has with the football for dummies book

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

The dismissive look he gives Football for Dummies slays me

[@deepaknegi9757]

Howard "Sheldon knows football" "I mean QUIDDITCH sure but football"😂

[@jakec9522]

I spit up my drink when I first heard that. 😂

[@Doitfornoreason]

This show is more audiance laughter than all sitcoms put together

[@michaelconnor3560]

Yeah seriously, the laugh track is so obnoxious it gives me a headache

[@SquatPenguin2]

Sheldong talking about shooting and football is so weird yet cool.

[@brendan4651]

Fun fact: The actor who plays Sheldon (Jim Parsons) is known to be more into sports than say Star Wars & Superheroes.

[@heathermetz3974]

0:38 “Sheldon knows football?”

[@PsyberKing48]

The no. 1 Reason for living Texas: football is basically religion there

[@joedt1214]

If his dad was a football coach of course he knows and understands football, he had to have listened to his dad at least sometimes.

[@1AmSwapnil]

1:28 What a witty roast by Sheldon 😂

[@BobTheHatKing]

Let’s not forget that one time in Young Sheldon he practically coached the whole team to multiple victories using statistics

[@bobcole612]

“I’ll take you outside and teach you how to shoot so close to a raccoon that it craps itself”. Love that line.

[@Tillyard86]

Why are we laughing at Sheldon going to college so young? That’s amazing!

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

nobody laughed there drunkard

[@chasman9662]

Longest 7 years of my life. We're not laughing at him going to college at an early age, we're laughing at how he says it.

[@Whisper555]

@@chasman9662 And the fact it only took him 7 years to do what takes most people 12 years. 🤣

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Sheldon*

[@hiphopliv3s]

The way he tossed the book showed how every Texan feels when it comes to football

[@j4lisxv]

Howard: Sheldon knows football?!?! 🤯🤯 Me: No fooling u lol 😂😂

[@Stumbo99]

This was great acting on Parsons part, the disgust and resignation in his voice and on his face when talking about football was fantastic and sold this entire scene

[@vinitvsankhe]

Sheldon theoretically knows a lot about many sports actually.. American football Baseball Basketball Tennis Cricket

[@Jethinobamino]

and according to young sheldon, many religions too!

[@GiltleyRage]

As an European I really appreciate Sheldon's acknowledgement of the original football ;)

[@just_kos99]

Did you know the word "soccer" was originally coined in England, based on the word "association"? I knew you did.

[@victoriawai66]

"yeah. yeah. all right pintdexter sit down and listen." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@batuhansahin6757]

1:05 amazing

[@ilyakats54]

This is why I love the first few seasons 😂 Sheldon really zinged Penny’s friends

[@angellestat2730]

1:28 Looking like an idiot would be the perfect camouflage haha.

[@diehardrvdfan22]

"There's no fooling you."

[@tylermankins2960]

Not a Texan, but as someone from the South, football (especially college and high school) are basically a religion down here.

[@tylerwedell3750]

Its funny how Sheldon picks up the book looks at it then tosses back on the table. Hes thinkin what the hell is this

[@ThatoneGuy-zd4rl]

The delivery in this scene is amazing. The end where he looks at the book, considers it while turning it over - and then makes a disgusted face and tosses it - incredible acting.

[@Bigbudd0045]

the look of derision on his face when he flips the football for dummies book over....amazing.

[@sudiptamallik1006]

Mary saying “boo yah” is awesome 🤣🤣

[@RHTQ1]

I mean, he's a Texan, and his father was a football coach. On this particular skill, and the possibility of passive diffusion of knowledge, I can relate to Sheldon perfectly.

[@RHTQ1]

Not kidding btw. I detest football. But I do know a seriously comical amount.

[@danielhall2991]

Same my cousin coached football and One was professional Steelers during the Super Bowl run so yeah . Secondly my other cousin he coached pre wee league

[@RK-ln6kg]

Dude could had been the statistician for Texas football. 😂

[@DOI_ARTS]

He made made effective plays for his school football team. The 2 moogles don't have an idea 😂😂😂

[@Rockhound6165]

Sheldon's football acumen comes out again when they all spend Thanksgiving at Howard's and Sheldon and Bernadette's dad bond over football.

[@ashleybarber4086]

As a Texan, i can confirm all these things to be true!

[@x_mau9355]

Also the raccoon thing?

[@crimsondragon704]

The way Leonard licks his lips to say yes... I miss Big Bang Theory 😢

[@JessieWenneker]

What episode is this??

[@greyklopstock7155]

In an alternate universe, Sheldon grows up to follow in his father's football footsteps, parlaying his love of physics into teaching offensive line as the main position coach and eventual offensive coordinator for the Dallas cowboys

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

I love how there was a pause for laughter for Howard's joke. But all it comes off as, in story, is that Leonard is actively ignoring him.

[@EverettBurger]

Years ago, I was teaching at a high school that had a bunch of kids sign up for football. So many kids that I was voluntold that I had to help coach to ensure we had proper teacher/coach to student ratio. I had zero experience with football, so one of the kids bought me the same book.

[@hippotuskman7808]

Of course he would be. He has an identical memory and understanding of strategy based on 3 and possible 4 d chess

[@toshikotanaka3249]

I think you meant that he has an Eidetic memory. Using identical makes no sense.

[@hippotuskman7808]

@@toshikotanaka3249 auto correct does that

[@toshikotanaka3249]

@@hippotuskman7808 - proof reading stops that.

[@hippotuskman7808]

@@toshikotanaka3249 it’s KZbin nobody’s paying me to do that 😂

[@JosephLewisSzaboIII]

Sheldon doesn’t love football. But he loves his father. And his father loved football. Trust me, he knows it.

[@cynthiawebster6881]

I love the look of derision he gives the book.

[@mariomaster88]

"So, you could teach me?" "Football, or chicken-fried meats?" Well Football first, but can we come back to the meats later? That sounds good...

[@SteezyKyung]

Sheldon would win every fantasy league without even entering in a single one

[@pain17ification_Ray_Smith]

Sheldon following the clauses of his Roommate Agreement lol

[@anotheratheist]

Thanks for not letting Sheldon call european football soccer.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Sheldon and his knowledge of football was one of the best twists in the show

[@MrBaxter1984]

This hits hard in 2024

[@jayanderson7508]

We all talk about Sheldon knowing football but nobody talks about the possibility that Sheldon may be a marksman as evidence by his last line here

[@amalgamationprime3168]

Sheldon never mentioned his father was a football coach.

[@Beezlie727]

Ironic that Sheldon attributes his football knowledge to being from Texas but absolutely no mention of his father being a high school football head coach for the local town where he grew up! Interesting! Edit: that "raccoon craps itself" comment at the end is a hoot & a half! 😂😂😂😂😂👍

[@tomwigal8856]

I don't know if Sheldon knows anything about football but Jim Parsons absolutely knows about sports in football and is an avid fantasy football player

[@OAde-nq9vo]

Sheldon's father also coached the high school football team.

[@tsmeman63]

… the perfect camouflage … 😂😂😂

[@Sreepads9]

I got emotional watching the last episode of the last season of this series❤️❤️

[@BluDemonOzzy]

Sheldon is the voice in all of us that comes out when it's been quiet for a while and you just want to start some shit

[@soulwalker7688]

The look of disappointment at the "For Dummies" book is literally anyone's response to that book if they have any idea.

[@pinkunicorns3185]

I was very intrigued by the title, wondering how I missed Sheldon being good at football. Then they talked about scrimmage, and I realized that BBT plays in America and that they have a different kind of football...

[@Aswinishere]

Haaha love that bit. Sheldon's face.

[@xerosolar307]

To be fair, if Sheldon's father took the angle of how physics, math, clock management, roster composition, salary cap, drafting, and all that factored into the game, he would have loved it!! Football can be as nerdy as you want it to be Also here's my headcanon on who he would root for: considering he's from Galveston, the Houston Oilers were the closest team during his childhood, so his father was probably an Oilers fan, now the Tennesse Titans, so if Sheldon did like football, I think he probably would have rooted for the Titans

[@markherring3513]

Didnt young sheldon convice his dad to go for it on 4th down?

[@eusebioleonidas4183]

I forgot that his dad is football coach🤣