The Hardest Secret to Keep in the South

[@hijodelaisla275]

"Do your parents know?" was quite possibly the most flawlessly delivered line in a theatrical production that I have ever heard uttered.

[@basicallystupid7080]

LMAO Y E S

[@flowerful8498]

Classic 😘

[@wolfqueensc8374]

Yes

[@tsadkiel2008]

No *"I'm not going to turn down free chicken wings!"* Followed up by "I don't really drink coffee"

[@BlackPhoenix777]

Yes! 😀😀😀😀

[@saureco]

I so badly wanted the ending to be her finishing with "now _soccer!_ that's a sport I can watch." And they flip the table in rage.

[@509Gman]

I used to like soccer, then they started falling down crying like little girls anytime they got bumped into by someone.

[@bencze465]

that's funny, we have 'football', or 'american football' here.

[@foundationsofsapphiresbysa151]

@@bencze465 yeah…I’m at an international school, and that’s how we refer to them…😂

[@DM-nw5lu]

I don't like American football due to it being so unnecessarily violent. A lot of sports popular in the US are. If you have an issue with "falling down crying like little girls anytime they get bumped", I recommend female (girls') soccer. Nobody cries there. In the male profit-oriented leagues it's mostly just about winning no matter what. If that means pretending you got hurt to get a yellow or red card.. then that's what it is.

[@ViolettaD1485]

@@DM-nw5lu if you want to avoid "unnecessarily violent," watch out for European football. Not the guys on the pitch: the supporters.

[@coolchristiangirl190]

“I’m not gonna turn down free chicken wings” The tailgates and football parties be so much fun and full of food but I don’t know a thing about football😂

[@doughesson]

One year for the Superbowl,I was the only one actually watching the game. Everyone else was out in the yard checking out the garden my brother in law & sister had dug for the following spring,talking about wines or other non football topics.

[@leedeffebach3504]

Tailgate and then nap during the game is the move

[@joanchewning6220]

@@doughesson rq

[@Ottorockz]

It's pronounced sportsball.

[@francescajonica1823]

Same here

[@grilled_cheez]

The most southern thing about this is the guy scooting the donuts towards her as he asks if she’s thought about getting professional help. Baked goods to comfort her “sufferin” 🤣

[@hbrika]

"I'm not gonna turn down free chicken wings. " Truer words never spoken. My parents would have big Superbowl parties, it was great to hang out with family, eat great food and console the family when their team lost.

[@lilykep]

I 100% run my errands on football days, it is the best because there is absolutely no traffic. Literally the only time I've ever watched a game is on Superbowl Sunday for the commercials, and I don't even watch those games anymore because the best commercials are online the next day now. The one time I did watch a game I annoyed my stepdad because I cheered for whoever had the ball.

[@tonyameredith7081]

I right there with you!!

[@oneminuteofmyday]

My sister married a great guy who does not watch sports. I don’t know how she managed that. They’ll have Super Bowl parties just to have people over and the two of them will be in the kitchen baking cookies together.

[@leenone8456]

They really do hate it when you cheer for both sides don't they 😂

[@lilykep]

@@oneminuteofmyday My husband isn't a fan of sports either. We occasionally go to my mom's house on Superbowl Sunday but that's literally the only sports we engage in.

[@lilykep]

@@leenone8456 It seems to annoy them a lot which I don't understand at all.

[@scotto9591]

I love when they accepted her, then she said she doesn't really like coffee. 🤯 As long as you drink sweet tea, she gets a pass!!!

[@AFLoneWolf]

"This is herbal." Everyone else: 😑

[@brentlarsen4414]

I thought the same thing, she had a cup of hot tea with the tea bag string still hanging over the side.... that aint sweet tea. I thought for sure that was going to enter the discussion at some point, but .. nope.

[@jwrockets]

I don't like tea. Never have. I don't care about football either. I still prefer Southern living to rusty cars and shoveling snow.

[@justintime6998]

Sweet tea is the best.

[@Jules-ql5tf]

@@jwrockets my best friend, a southerner born and bred, hates sweet tea......you're not alone, I promise 😄

[@Lady_de_Lis]

I feel this woman's struggle so much... The only things I know about football: 1) If a team gets the ball to the end of the field, they get 6 points. 2) If they kick the ball through the goalpost, they get 1 more point. 3) Whichever team has the bigger number on the scoreboard is winning. And that's it.

[@a.elsagonzalez6824]

You legit described me...glad I'm not alone!!!

[@michaelaregester2299]

You know more than I do!

[@JohnBrown-ig5nc]

I'm the same way. I don't care about sports

[@abigailrobinson]

Wow, I just learned something!

[@donnakaye2015]

Thank you for explaining the game! You know much more than I do!

[@cometrider0919]

“Do your parents know” the sheer amount of utter disbelief in his voice made it so much more amazing

[@jamiel5210]

THIS IS ME!!!!!! At work when I told my AVP I didn't watch football. She emphatically, with so much zest said, "THEN LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO!? " I said,"I like to read, go for hikes, shop, watch Netflix. There is LITERALLY a lot of things to do." Ha, she was so shocked and I'll be honest I sensed a little bit of disgust. Gotta love Texas. LOL

[@inconnu4961]

Bless your heart, huney you would get that reaction in most places! Most normal Americans love football!

[@kevinmonceaux2101]

@@inconnu4961 I'm so glad I'm not normal. Abnormal is more interesting. I find sports about as interesting as watching paint dry.

[@marciam7301]

@@inconnu4961Honey, bless your heart as well, for the broad generalizations of "most" and "normal". Proud to be a normal American who does not like football and whose life does not begin and end on a football field.

[@shawnunderwood9131]

I had the football fans at work look at me like I had three heads when they asked if I watched the superbowl and I said I would rather watch Star Trek reruns

[@AWJ-zf8cf]

I feel the same and I live in Washington

[@ORenyRen]

As a Floridian, the "It's mostly flat around here" line really spoke to me!

[@carolynbailey4583]

Come to the Carolinas. You'll love it. But don't bother going to the mountains. The neighborhood roads are much steeper

[@TheHornedOne81]

I swear, when I was there the only hills were man-made.

[@MarcillaSmith]

But have you been to Mt Dora

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

I have that one tiny hill around where I live. And some ditches. What amazing levels

[@tranurse]

@@MarcillaSmith or Tallahassee. My grandmother used to live in Mt Dora and my uncle lives in Tavares. But Tallahassee is also hilly

[@BigEdSays]

Whenever a meeting was running long and I wanted to bail, I'd just say, "So, how is UT doing?" The three guys who ran the place would go go down the rabbit hole and I would just walk out.

[@criswilson1140]

I am going to use that trick in about 3 hours. Thank you!

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

Even better, ask about the OU game... 😈

[@1960markN]

We used strategy like that on one of our high school teachers. Get him on a tangent and sit back until the bell rang.

[@mixedraice]

👏💀

[@menopillion9853]

The football nuke is a very effective strategy.

[@ronaldfrechette2045]

This is a great metaphor for so many things. Every company claims to be so inclusive, right up until you have the wrong opinion. Plus it's really funny.

[@mervyngreene6687]

I learned that the one thing everyone I know in Birmingham agree on is the SEC. Actually, Alabama. I had a cousin go to Auburn. You would have thought someone had died.

[@kimmiewise1044]

Yep, it’s actually kind of sad. The only thing needed to make it a one for one match is have a complete different crazy lady who hates sports and wants all of them banned statewide and Maya is completely overlooked for her opinions and the company instead goes to the crazy ladies positions on sports and everyone thinks that Maya and crazy lady are the same so they blame Maya for what the crazy lady is doing to the company. Bonus points; there’s a third “Maya” like character who become increasingly more and more anti-sports the more the crazy lady makes people hate them.

[@NineToes19]

Sounds like cancel culture.

[@3arthIsGhetto]

As someone who could also give a crap less about football living in the South I felt this.I got fired for the first time in my life because of football. My mom got hip surgery and lived two towns away and the only day she didn't have help was Saturday. So I told my job almost two months in advance I'd need Saturdays off for about 4-6 weeks to help my mom but it was during football season, they thought I was lying to go to or watch the game and canned me. 🙄🤬 Only in the South....

[@NineToes19]

Not in all the south. Please refrain from using a broad brush. Plus, they had no proof you went to football games. That was illegal as hell.

[@PlantKitty]

That's illegal and you can sue them

[@zchris87v80]

"Only in the south" Uh, no. Way to generalize. Imagine how many people got fired for calling out Monday after the superbowl (a sport we don't care about here).

[@autumnhicklin8983]

“Do your parents know?” Love that line XD. Grew up in a house where EVERYONE loved football except me, I would just go play video games or draw while they watched the game. To this day my dad and brother still doesn’t understand why I would rather do something else besides sit and watch the game XD

[@TombstoneTourists]

Rofl "does your parents know?" Got me ... My dad hates sports but will pray Alabama wins so he doesn't have to listen to my mom being upset. He has said many times while I was growing up that a happy healthy relationship is where you both take the time to try and understand each other's passions and hobbies.. and even if you never understand it say roll tide every now an then 😂.

[@Anja_ShadowStryder]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tomsmith5216]

When I met my wife's family, the first question they asked was " Alabama, or Auburn?". Responding with "Roll Tide" made me acceptable, lol. It WAS a condition of marriage...

[@susanlackey35]

That’s some 100% Pure marital advice right there, boys and girls.

[@gregorymcgee100]

Here in Alabama you don't say hello you say "Roll Tide"

[@tomveatch2994]

@@tomsmith5216 "War Eagle!!!" (Class of 1968)

[@davidpickens8800]

Finding people at a Home Depot to actually help you? She is delirious. I went a HD once to buy plumbing supplies and ended up mixing paint for 4 people, loading a stack of 2x4s and 2 rolls of tack paper before I left.

[@izzyjimenez6951]

🤣

[@tomfuller4205]

I had to make keys for one lady and cut rope for another.

[@deathdude360]

I mean, she didn't specify that they were employees, just that people helped her. 🤣

[@CoastScribbler]

Face it, the best way to get help at Home Depot is to go to Lowes.

[@faithreturns333]

Sounds like you might as well go apply and get a check

[@taladan]

I'm built like a linebacker, coaches all tried to get me to play in highschool...nope! I was a band nerd and a computer geek all the way. Though, I do miss catching the ocassional GA game with my dad since he passed away...he was a big fan of college ball and loved to watch them play.

[@amandamankins1293]

Fellow band nerd myself!

[@katiewright3309]

The only reason I know anything about football is because I was in marching band and we had to play our high schools fight song during touch downs or the first line of it during first downs. Also whenever there was a touchdown all the seniors who were in band, flags, poms and cheerleading and sometimes superfans would run down to the track around the field and do 10 pushups for ever touchdown our team scored. Actually once you know the basics it is pretty easy to follow. Sure I don't understand the more intricate parts of the game but at least I can follow what is going on.

[@hijodelaisla275]

Fascinating

[@taladan]

@@amandamankins1293 everybody knows the game is really just there as a support system for the band. ;)

[@amandamankins1293]

@@taladan exactly

[@kaelaleedaley]

This is EXACTLY how Rugby us revered in Wales. "You DIDN'T see the match?!" 😱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 xx

[@starwarsguy9803]

I can relate to this. I absolutely hate football with a burning passion. I got it from my mom as she hates it too and there have been people I’ve told who have reacted with shock. The most notable being my friend who when I told her she said “How unamerican are you?”

[@lauramathews3151]

I dont mind football. Butbinhate baseball, hot dogs, beer and apple pie...

[@gregorymcgee100]

How about "are you a communist or something"?

[@ineedamirroroferised2844]

@@lauramathews3151 baseball is the only sport I don't hate! And I don't play, I just watch it on TV. And it's not the most important hobby I have, either. I *like* it but I don't *love* it. Reading and music are more important to me than baseball.

[@ineedamirroroferised2844]

I hate football with the heat of a million suns!

[@purplepanties26]

I, too, can relate. I hate football. But I also hate all other sports as well. Watching grown ass people “play” games is boring AF.

[@adhisboucha295]

This is real! I was 19 years old, living in Georgia, when the conversation IN THE MIDDLE OF SUNDAY SCHOOL changed to football. At one point, I innocently said "there are more important things than Super Bowl Sunday" and I was attacked/belittled/berated by grown men for saying such a thing! Love your neighbor, my foot!

[@marycarricaburu3683]

🤣

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

I live in the district where University of Michigan football is the thing. After having been disappointed with various things at a church I had long attended, the straw that broke the camel's back was this in a long string (over decades) of football references in sermons. "We've pinned all of our hopes on the new head coach starting this fall. You all know his name. Say it with me." I said aloud, "I don't know," but when I heard what others said, I did remember hearing that name. So church can be a lot like the workplace in the video, and it might be a Southern thing, but it's not just a Southern thing.

[@UltimateBreloom]

This is the way.

[@ViolettaD1485]

"Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life"

[@NineToes19]

I would bet they were just teasing you.....giving you a hard time. Seems you got 'triggerd' and took it the wrong way.

[@Loki-33]

I'm not going to turn down free chicken wings. No truer words have ever been spoken.

[@davidpickens8800]

Free chicken wings and free beer

[@CortexNewsService]

RIGHT?!?!?!?!

[@suspiria1966]

I'm thinking about putting that on my tombstone

[@izzyjimenez6951]

I couldn't agree more.

[@sheilapate7604]

Same me either lol

[@deborahpetipas9365]

My "black Friday" shopping was always during the Iron Bowl. No one on the road, stores have just a few shoppers, sales staff gathered around a tv or a radio on somewhere in the background. BUT after 13 yrs of being involved with a High School band and Friday night's I learned plays, ref's calls and signals, songs played on 1st downs, players positions. Now I actually watch parts of games and have a clue. Still though shopping on Iron Bowl day is the best!

[@Eye_of_a_Texan]

I don't even know what that is.

[@1stAmbientGrl]

Iron bowl?

[@gw7911]

Lol I’m in the band and still have no clue what goes on in a football game except touchdowns.

[@deborahpetipas9365]

The Iron Bowl is our instate rivalry game. Alabama/ Auburn game.

[@deborahpetipas9365]

@@Eye_of_a_Texan like Univ of Texas vs Texas A& M. State rivalry game. Auburn/ Alabama was played in Birmingham known for Iron ore used for making steel. So Iron Bowl.

[@Wraith-tf5zq]

As someone who grew up in Colorado and now lives in the south and whose coworkers talk nothing but football year round even though they know I hate football I feel this entire video. Especially the part when she talks about going for a hike and how it’s mostly flat around here. It’s cute what southerners consider hills.

[@voxpopuli6781]

“Cute”? Well, bless your heart.

[@annalees.8073]

as a southerner who doesnt like sports, and neither does my family, i found this relatable

[@nathan1sixteen]

"To be honest, no one knows how targeting works" Straight facts!

[@Vanoxe]

Literally how I feel every Monday morning

[@_Keir]

I have an scca and acc feed on my phone, so I can pretend I know what I'm talking about. LOL

[@tracymommt]

I came out years ago lol

[@annag9873]

I was wondering if my husband and I were the only ones.

[@nataliepowers8002]

I’m a band kid. In my school, we all call every sports game “sportsball.” Most of us couldn’t care less about it. We love going to the games, but all the fun comes from pep band and the halftime show. However, we don’t say that we don’t like sports, because any band kid will tell you that marching band is too athletic, competitive, and difficult to not be considered a sport.

[@pedanticm]

I "competed" for last chair flute all through middle school and high school marching band...I blatantly say "I don't sportsball" when people bring it up.

[@user-neo71665]

I was a 95 lb kid that marched with the only susaphone. A 1/5 of liquor fits down the bell of that thing and you can still play. The bus trip on the way back is way better and all the girls wanna sit with you.

[@auntlynnie]

I played trumpet in marching band (we didn’t do all the fancy stuff - we were lucky if we could march in a straight line correctly), and we needed someone to tell us when to play “charge!” 😂😂😂

[@Trumpeter667]

Played Trumpet in band. I didn’t know most of the calls and such, but I knew enough from my dad being the announcer while to Kinda explain what were cheering for.

[@Bear-pw7nu]

So you play sportsball! Welcome!

[@stephenray4023]

love the eyelids on "proud of you for living your truth"

[@danielleking262]

I was cracking up the whole time at this. This is exactly how I feel about my bf watching wrestling!!! FOUR out of the FIVE days during the week there is a frickin show on and it drives me up the wall !!! And then when he tries to tell me each person's backstory or "ohhh, did you see that move?!" I'm like 🙄🤦‍♀️ _I. DON'T. CARE !!!_ lol

[@LilDusty23]

Lol

[@dirtydozen5079]

Same!!! LOL

[@triciawebster2035]

This was so my mom as I was growing up. Now that she’s in her 80s she likes to see the colorful uniforms (but doesn’t really care about the teams.

[@ladybee883]

I'm not in my 80's (still 20 years to go), but I don't really care for football either. My husband likes college football, so I will "watch" a game with him sometimes, but I usually end up looking up stuff on my phone. I'm the one that picks a team by the color of their uniform. Drives him nuts when "my" pick wins. 😄

[@pamelabratton2501]

I don't' know your mom, BUT I LOVE HER!

[@a24-45]

It's me too. I've had the rules explained to me countless times, but nothing sticks. When I'm at my sisters place and shes got the football on TV (doesnt matter which code, my sister in fact will watch any sport if it's got a moving ball), I'm the one saying, "aren't the England team wearing lycra shorts?' or, "what's the meaning of the different boot colours?" its not that I havent tried. Both my sons played football as kids and I attended their games. But somehow i was always looking away talking to another mother, when either of my sons did something noteworthy. Seriously, I think I've got some kind of brain idiosyncrasy. I dont like board games either-- for me an hour of playing cards would be mental torture.

[@maureenmyerskoeppel5162]

Give me a good book or a movie over sports any day.

[@ladybee883]

@@maureenmyerskoeppel5162 I'll agree with you on a good book. I always have an actual book, or one on my tablet or phone going on. My daughter is the same way, and even though he played football in high school for a bit, my son soon lost interest and switched to wood working. He's still got that as a hobby, so it stuck.

[@SarahEncore22]

I literally feel sooooo much for Maya’s character in this skit…theater kid all the way who doesn’t like sports and lives in the south…😂😂😂

[@Sarah-ff2kf]

I’m not from the south but I am not a fan of ANY sport. 😉

[@Jen39x]

@@Sarah-ff2kf I wasn’t until I started watching bicycle racing like Tour de France. There really may be a spectator sport for everyone you just need to keep looking.

[@gypsygirl3255]

I'm actually a big curling fan. Try explaining that one in Florida

[@ricjacobs3128]

Former drama rat here who never got into sports either

[@SarahEncore22]

@@kandykaye9981 …I’m not shunning anyone of anything, I was just saying that I relate to a character in a skit…

[@CurlyAndCurvy]

I SO RELATE to this one because I don't care about sportsball and I don't drink coffee!!! Thank you for helping me feel seen, y'all! 🙏🏼💗👍🏼

[@davidryan834]

When she said "Touchdown...Tide!" I freaking lost it!!😂🤣

[@houdinibat1]

I've, lived in the South all my life for 69 years. I played YMCA football for 6 years through the 8th grade. My Dad was a collage football fanatic, he would watch two games on the TV switching back and forth and listen to one on the radio at the same time. I lost my enjoyment of football due to my Dad only coming to one of my games in those 6 years. My Mom lived in Atlanta and drove 250 miles and made it to many of my games. My Mom passed away at the end of my 8th grade school year, and next year in the 9th grade my heart was just not in it even the the high school coaches kept after me to play. I did run track in high school and needless to say Dad never came to any of our track meets. I made sure I went to as many of my boys games and outside activities as possible. I do enjoy watching a live game and have seen several through the years, but to spend my Saturdays in front of a TV worshiping at the alter of college football no way.😊

[@Eseseso494]

I'm sorry to hear that. RIP to your mom and screw your dad.

[@MrnmrsCCazares]

I married a man just as disinterested in sports as me. We actually go to the hardware store during super bowl or literally anything else we feel like during other sports times. :) 7th generation Texan, we southerners that don't really care about football do exist.

[@melissasaint3283]

Me too! Superbowl Sunday is like a second anniversary for us, we always go out and make it a big date night. We are not from the South we are from New England, so for million years Tom Brady had the Patriots at the Superbowl, and that day reliably looked like everyone was hunkering down for the Purge or something: Frantic buying of supplies followed by totally abandoned streets and businesses. You could choose the best, busiest restaurant in the city and breeze right in without reservations, treated like Belle in the big "Be Our Guest!" musical number, lol.

[@bryanhempel4764]

Football game time is also the best time to go to out to eat. The restaurants that are normally supper busy or fully booked are wide open. Unless it’s a place like Buffalo Wild Wings then it’s packed and sports games are always playing.

[@FebbieG]

My husband's ancestry goes back to the Republic of Texas. His family just does not care about any sports at all, and I love it.

[@user-jy3zl2vp4b]

How do I find men like that?? Sounds amazing! How did you meet?

[@MrnmrsCCazares]

@@FebbieG mine goes back 7 generations. We were here same time as you. My daughter is generation 8. My husband only goes back 2 generations, but he's Mexican so they were here a long time too, just not on this side of the Rio grande after the war.

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

Well, at least she didn’t admit that she lost Maw-Maw’s Cornbread Recipe.

[@heyokaikaggen6288]

The horror!

[@Z1QueenB]

Or put the cast iron skillet in the dishwasher

[@supercheese7033]

@@Z1QueenB Oh, she did this... pretty sure of it

[@Oshidorinohina]

its so nice to see fellow southerners who call their grandmothers maw-maw and grandfathers paw-paw.

[@Andrew-pl2ly]

The best thing of 2020 was no sports, I didn't have hear all the people talk about sports, it was wonderful.

[@existenceisrelative]

Same.

[@lifebeyondthesalary2458]

For real, it was awesome!!!

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

Puh-reach.

[@HosCreates]

yep

[@andcohen12]

Completely agree!

[@JackieOdonnel]

"Do your parents know?" is brilliant, haha! Well done, guys!

[@annecaulder9495]

I just learned that it's true that gametime is a great time for running errands! So glad I got that tip last Sunday!

[@LoverLake]

As a Canadian that doesn’t like hockey, I get it.

[@TheMaulam12345]

no one is perfect

[@swampfire6600]

Yeah I also don't like hockey even though my dad loves hockey

[@Beanhill_94]

As an Indian that doesn’t like cricket I also get it.

[@TheNinnyfee]

With a little time it gets better. In Germany, the soccer country, it has calmed down a little thanks to social media spreading other sports and hobbies.

[@inconnu4961]

You're not REALLY Canadian! i'm reporting you to the Prime Minister! Expect the RCMP or JTF2 to show up at your door soon! LOL

[@zelly4914]

The school I teach at has "Jersey Day" where you wear a jersey or your favorite team shirt. I literally had to buy one only for this reason (chose my dad's college) and every now and then someone's like "hey they did good yesterday!" and I just kinda smile and nod and leave quickly.

[@cathipalmer8217]

I wore a PBR cap.

[@bkbinj6320]

@@cathipalmer8217 Is that “Professional Bull Rider” or “Pabst Blue Ribbon”? Some people consider the second to be a sport.

[@aimeeontheharp]

I did this too, but I got a jersey for a team that is a rival to the local team... I get strong reactions over something I don't care about. And crazier is their reaction when they find out I don't actually care and just was pushing their buttons! hahaha

[@cathipalmer8217]

@@bkbinj6320 🤣🤨🤣

[@meglane2020]

Me with my Ohio state sweatshirt I have only because it’s pretty and comfy LOL people love to approach me ☠️

[@braza-bear7791]

I'm from Brazil and I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. I learn and laugh a lot!

[@heyokaikaggen6288]

I think that a lot of people would be really interested to see a Brazilian equivalent...

[@jacobhamilton2473]

Brazil is in the South

[@Hannodb1961]

As an Afrikaner from South Africa, this reminds me of Rugby in my childhood in the 1980's

[@healthcarethoughtleadership]

Oh, dude! This is exactly what I experienced when I first moved to Georgia... and I moved from North Carolina!!!!!

[@CarolinaCajun4870]

"Doesn't hockey start in the Fall too?" Every Southerner, "Uh.... uhm... well, we don't know...."

[@davincent98]

Hockey? What does she think this is? Canada?

[@penguinsfan251]

Uh, some people in Raleigh and Nashville might disagree with you. Omitting Tampa and Miami for obvious reasons....

[@violagreene4643]

I live in NC and remember one day when I was getting ready to start teaching my class, a student who had been born in the north came in all excited because the Carolina Hurricanes had just won the Stanley Cup. The rest of the class (all locals) didn't even know that we had a hockey team in this state.

[@penguinsfan251]

@@violagreene4643 To be serious, hockey receives very little national sports media attention regardless of location. Speaking of the Carolina Hurricanes....they are having a great season. Southerners ought to give hockey half a chance.

[@violagreene4643]

@@penguinsfan251 oh, their public profile has gone way up since then. Most of the students will have heard of them by now. For a while, an association with professional wrestler Ric Flair helped their public profile, but they have since distanced themselves from him. Given some of his troubles,, I don't blame them. I wonder how the Charlotte soccer team will fare?

[@angelag669]

"You work on a holy day?" I just had to laugh. I was a band geek so 4 years of high school meant Friday night football and all of my college was College Football Saturday (Roll Tide!). Once I left school 30 yrs ago Saturday has always been reserved for college football. When I did have to work on Saturdays, I always had football on in the office.

[@inconnu4961]

You are a saint and a GREAT Amercian! GOD bless you!

[@bethinbama]

Errands without traffic is the best thing ever! This is from someone who spent 41 years living in Tuscaloosa. IYKYK!

[@Mustangsinfinity]

This is LITERALLY me!!! Not even kidding!! (Even the coffee part, lol!)

[@NineToes19]

"God's greatest gift to mankind"!! Great line!!!!!!

[@wendimooreart]

I graduated from The University of Alabama over 20 years ago. But ..... I've never been to an Alabama game. Hey, I had to work retail jobs all through college so I was always working on Saturdays. Now, I'll watch on TV if there's nothing else on or I'm watching with other people. I always want Alabama to win - I just don't feel the need to watch.

[@rjdarr06]

War Eagle!💙🧡🐯🐅🦅

[@tonia.5861]

🤣🤣……if that was illegal, I hope the statute of limitations has run out!

[@chelseyaustin6015]

Same but Kansas. Like...the wildcats aren't even good and Bill Snyder has been accused of all kinds of things, retired TWICE, and had cancer. Like let the man retire and take his name off the stadium, please!

[@cynthiashelton3825]

Wow. I thought I was "special" when I gave away my last year season tickets, but you never even went to a game! My game attendance dwindled each year until I just officially quit going. I'm like you ... Always rooting for Bama, but I don't watch the games.

[@BigDaddyCruz]

Wow, somebody from the University of Alabama... That can read! Go Ducks! And before everyone gets all excited, this is all just in good fun. Well mostly... Kinda...

[@crusader7659]

"To be fair, no one knows how targeting works" Correct, including the refs

[@kellyaquinn]

I didn’t even know targeting was a thing to know.

[@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536]

I don't even know what targeting is.

[@maggiemay3108]

@@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 I think it’s when a player leads with his helmet instead of his shoulder when tackling someone

[@brianmccarthy5557]

@@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 Michelle1020 is right except they're trying to kill or cripple somebody. Comes from recruiting gang members, as well as all the rape, fraud, child abandonment and support cases, drunk and stoned driving, along with all the violent criminal charges. While there are obviously fine young men of all types playing the game the recruiters could seem to care less about character when they recruit for colleges. The good guys get in by accident.

[@jwrockets]

@@brianmccarthy5557 National Felons League

[@MnemonicSyntax]

I feel this way living in Oklahoma. Each time someone on my team brings up football (ie: every day) I tell them they remind me of the teacher from Charlie Brown because all I hear is "wom wom, wom womwomwom wom wom, wom."

[@kuuryotwo5153]

Same. People start talking football and I tune right out. I understand the rules of the game and how it works, I just don't give a damn. Never understood watching people play a sport. Playing it? That I understand, playing football, soccer, basketball, even baseball can be fun. Watching people play? About as fun as watching paint dry.

[@user-jy3zl2vp4b]

@@kuuryotwo5153 Exactly. Playing is SO much fun. Watching is a bore! So celebrating paint drying???....and making food and spending tons of money and inviting everyone over to also watch paint dry.....uhm, no thanks. I get my errands done! No grocery lines and no traffic.

[@vortec2k2]

Best time to shop in Norman is on game day unless you get caught in traffic.

[@musingsofatradwife]

Same. I got an osu shirt at academy years ago on clearance to wear as a junk shirt for cleaning, working out, etc. I accidentally wore it sunday without realizing they were playing OU. The looks I got were terrible.

[@miask]

As many times as I’ve seen this, I love when Mya says Saturday is a great time for running errands. So true; especially in a college town. Of course you have to stay away from the University. Don’t ask me how I know this.

[@nancybryant4325]

This is so true. I live in the south and most of my family and friends are football fanatics. I find it so boring, but find myself nodding and smiling. It’s just easier.

[@KimberlyGreen]

Maya (i.e. Mary), I'm with you 100%. Not into team sports. Not unless you consider zone coverage during Christmas shopping a team sport.

[@chrispeek8412]

Proud of you, Mya - just be yourself. Once, I went to a superbowl party...there were about 40 people there, but only 10-15 of us were actually watching the game.

[@aeli999]

Superbowl parties aren't about watching the game. They are about eating, drinking, and watching the commercials.

[@christopherabbott3484]

As a native born, raised, and still resident of Ga, I don't care about watching sports that much, or drink coffee at all. I was starting to think I was the only one.

[@bluereader9015]

You are. She is a fictional character.

[@Neightlive]

Mississippi here don't do either

[@Neightlive]

@@bluereader9015 wrong. I'd rather watch Nate Diaz beat somebody up than watch football any day. Fuck coffee.

[@bernadettedevereaux8694]

As the only woman in my department, I tried to be one of the guys in the usual Monday morning recounting if the weekend’s sports games. “That was quite a game, wasn’t it?” Their faces instantly reflected their suspicion. “Which game?” One of them asked. “Oh, I can see y’all tryna play me! You know the game I’m talking about.” It was clear that I hadn’t watched any of the weekend games. They drilled me with a few more questions, just to rub it in.

[@markgoostree6334]

I got all the sports/game talk I could stand at work. They knew I was not watching, wasn't going to watch, and did not care. It was funny to watch them deal with that fact.

[@koinijikoimizu]

As a Georgia native who also doesn't watch sports...man this was way too accurate in a hilarious way.

[@lmboh8585]

A comedy video and a social message! Great Way To Go Southern Thing! Kudos to the writers and the actors (and everyone else behind the scenes).

[@starlamanley1468]

I am a Maya! I have attended many baseball, football, soccer and basketball games and cheered to the top of my lungs for my children and grandchildren. However they all know I don't care beans about sports. My son-in-law even asked me how in the world I grew up in the south without liking football lol.

[@johng482]

I can relate. I've spent hours at dance recitals watching my daughter and I do not care about dance. I don't even enjoy music. I'm only there because I love my daughter.

[@diedonnerfrau7565]

I faked liking sports to try to please my dad. He was angry for six weeks that I was born and not born with male parts. My mom thought I needed to know that. Never got his love or even his like, despite how many sports I watched or even participated in. Even now, I only pick up this, that or the other tidbits of sports, especially football just to open conversation with folks.

[@mikemusser4369]

As a guy born and raised here in the south that does not like football at all I totally know how that conversation feels!! This was spot on!!

[@mrgreene3290]

OMG - I can so totally relate to this lady. I went to the games in college, did my support then, but now not really into each and every game of each and every team all the time. If my college team makes a playoff, I might watch or at least have interest in the score...but I can't visit my brother's house during football season without knowing that I'll probably be condemned to watch at least 3 games on Sat. and Sun. And yeah, I'm a southerner.

[@ckdraws410]

Her explanation of liking theatre instead of football despite being born and raised in the South was so relatable

[@honkytonkinson9787]

This is like my office. They do all kinds of college sports event thingys throughout the year to raise morale. I have no idea how to participate because I don’t care enough to even know team names or how well particular colleges are doing at a given sport on a given year. I’ve been out of the closet of not caring about sports for many years. Very liberating to be myself!

[@inconnu4961]

You must not have any friends nor are thought very highly of, eh! You are that 'special' kid that everyone pretends to be nice to!

[@PelafinaLievre]

This is Kentucky and North Carolina’s relationship with the rest of the south historically. Yeah, we are southern in most ways, but we have this other sport that we will just fight over ourselves.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

What is it?

[@lysalynnae]

Basketball!!! We’re college basketball all the way, because sadly we suck at football. Except Coastal Carolina is killin’ it this year!! But basketball is where we shine!!!!

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Cause it actually snows here every once in a while.

[@mikehodges6598]

North Carolina shuts down the first week of March for the ACC Tournament.

[@michellem9444]

Yeah, I'm from Kentucky and this video reminds me of when I tell people I'm not into basketball. lol

[@ataurus2at]

Lol I'm actually a southern girl that don't care a thing about sports but I love the sound of a game on the radio because my dad has always been into sports and the sound is nostalgic 😊

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

I remember the sound of the Astros game on my Grandpa's radio as I fell asleep at grandparents house.

[@haywardgarner4850]

I love a game playing in the background. I have no idea what is happening, but I look up when the crowd explodes.

[@bevb736]

When I was very young, sports (except for any kind of boxing) was the way to spend time with Daddy. Football, baseball, car racing, Triple Crown, bowling, the Olympics, some basketball, especially the Globetrotters, tennis. Soccer wasn't a big thing yet in the USA, so not that. Daddy kept up with all the high school sports, college once I got that far, & kept up once I was an alum. He always knew SOMEthing to share. He's in heaven now, so a game on in the background is a wonderful way to keep him close. And most of the sports we watched together are still interesting & enjoyable ways to spend an afternoon or evening. How I miss sharing those days!

[@ChanaRo613]

When I grew up, it was the sound of the neighborhood. Every house had a radio and/or TV turned to the game. So as you were running around outside or riding your bike, you heard the cheers and the announcer's voice reverberating all around you. Yeah, nostalgia. ❤️

[@ikreer9777]

Yep. Football needs to be playing on Thanksgiving Day.

[@trex2092]

I can relate. Iron Bowel Saturday is the greatest day to get stuff done. Love it.

[@jewelweed6880]

"You can actually find people to help you at Home Depot!" 🤣 I'm a 3rd party merchandiser, I don't work for HD but I'm there alot. So that line is on point. 👍

[@kevinbaker6168]

You need to do one where the morning office coffee group starts talking about deer hunting, or duck hunting. There is a similar situation with those things as well.

[@banjomechanic]

Yup. I moved out of the city for a job where I discovered everyone went deer hunting. Everyone. All season long. They knew where to find deer. I knew where to find parking spaces.

[@assassinlexx1993]

We also knew where to bury the body anyone try steal our guns.

[@jayt9608]

As a fellow "Not A Sports Fan", I am in a position to assist her with these issues. 1) She needs to pick three or four teams and learn the name of a few players. 2) She should claim horse racing as her sport. This is fine as she really only needs to know three races and as they will all be over in a combined total of 5 minutes or less, she is covered. 3) Relentlessly and zealously support whoever her coworkers are opposing for whatever reason she wants. This will encourage allow her to both pass as knowledgeable and slightly respectable while at the same time remaining outside many sports conversations.

[@davincent98]

There's only three races to know 1. Churchill Downs 2. The Kentucky Derby 3. The other one from the Triple crown

[@jayt9608]

@@davincent98, the Triple Crown races are the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes.

[@davincent98]

@@jayt9608 thanks.

[@jayt9608]

@@davincent98, your welcome.

[@aadamtx]

Add me to the list of Southerners who don't care about football - and I'm an LSU grad! A friend of mine is an LSU fanatic - school colors everywhere, smack talk with people standing in line during game weekends, etc. - and he's never set foot on any LSU campus (ok, maybe Shreveport). Friends and I in grad school occasionally went to a game in Baton Rouge but would leave at half-time - games were pretty dull back then anyway.

[@BrutishYetDelightful]

I hear that kind of crap about Alabama-Auburn every year without fail. People who couldn't get into either school for love nor money hollering about "We'll beat y'all next year!"

[@plebiansociety]

Also an LSU grad that was born and raised in Baton Rouge and still live just next door. The only time I even slightly cared if LSU won or lost was in college when I had to know if the college town bars should be avoided. Not saying I don't care about football, I love playing the game, I just can't understand the appeal of spectating or putting any energy or time into fandom. Playing in an empty lot with 7 other friends has more appeal. I just want to add this is from someone who played football since I was first able to run in a straight line, being the big guy that can run I was always pushed into whatever school team since middle school.

[@unclelarryboy1608]

Spot on. I love going to super bowl parties because of the food. "So, who's playing this year?" I say.

[@tutorjulslee2357]

This is me..as a Texan. I did theater in high school and played in the marching band.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi 👋 how are you doing?

[@dougtalks]

Did y'all see that ludicrous display last night? The thing about LSU is that they always try to walk it in.

[@izzyjimenez6951]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣 IT Crowd.

[@sailingstags8622]

What was orgeron thinking sending the second string on that early

[@TheOReport1994]

“I think my dentist lives near here. Do you know him? That’s stupid, why would you know him, you don’t live in the truck… who closed the door?”

[@Lord9Genesis]

"Are we not men?"

[@paulaOyeah]

The Iron Bowl is THE BEST day to go to Walmart in Alabama. It’s like it’s just open for me! 😂

[@brittanycoker5203]

Super Bowl Sunday. I used to work at Walmart and without fail we were DEAD once the game started. (The day before and that morning were hell on earth, but it was like someone called closing time 15 minutes or so before the game.)

[@TheLuckyjoenga]

It's time for this video! Hallelujah! 👍

[@ringilgondolin7490]

The greatest gift to humanity is sarcasm. Especially a well delivered dead-pan.

[@fredlandry6170]

This is so true I grew up in Louisiana and lived in Atlanta for years.

[@namemeniks]

I literally watch the super bowl for the commercials and the halftime show. I don't even know what team is what 9/10. Excellent video!

[@SirMoeThe2nd]

That's cool, I just hope you don't sit in the comfy seats by the TV not paying attention to the game while me and Eddy and Agustin have to sit in the back on stools by the fridge. Sorry, that happened, lol.

[@lilykep]

I used to do that, now I just watch those things online the next day.

[@stevebrownrocks6376]

The only good thing in the NFL are the cheerleaders.

[@hascjl]

I’m in the south, plus in the town of the Gators, and don’t like football. I fully support my coworkers and customers enthusiasm for it, but sometimes for fun I will find out who the opposing team is that weekend and spend all Friday saying “ go (insert evil team name)!” It’s fun to watch people reaction, I let them go a bit until I admit I have no clue what I’m talking about.:)

[@inconnu4961]

And they let you live? Those dear people are saints!

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Let's go sports team that makes me feel geographically significant!

[@robertdozier9481]

I'm a southern man, and I don't watch sports, and this skit is "spot on"!!!

[@kfelix2934]

"I'm never going to turn down chicken wings..." That would be me 110%

[@kaldo_kaldo]

The best part about this skit is the credits. Maya (Mary Patterson Broome) is the one who wrote the sketch which means she probably knows about football.

[@kctechie]

I'm seriously tempted to confess too being just like that but I'm worried in the next couple minutes there will be a knock on my door and someone demanding my man card back. 🤣

[@rayjohnson2387]

I'm 58 and have never watched a football game in my life 🤣

[@BrutishYetDelightful]

Nobody could even attempt that sort of "sports wuss" type thing on me - I might have hit them with the Alabama heavyweight wrestling title belt. Or the OCW tag belt. Or their singles belt. Or the Tri-State cruiserweight belt. One of my favorite things to do was go "Football? You know that's all fake, don't you?"

[@McCurtainCounty888]

I know the feeling, my son in law and his extended family live and breath football, Its their reason to exist, I couldn't care less about any sports. They suspect I'm a communist. Did I mention they're from Alabama?

[@cherylhee9762]

That's funny 😂. Alright mail it to me. LOL

[@ChanaRo613]

My poor husband goes through that. Every once in a while he admits he hates going anywhere because guy small talk always involves sports. Neither of us ever even know what season it is (except I know it's football season because it corresponds to Pumpkin Spice Everything Season)!

[@kentanderson1890]

Grew up and have lived most of my life in Oklahoma. Sooners Country. But I never cared much for football, always more of a baseball man myself. But then a few years ago I began dating a born-and-bred lifelong Norman girl, and OU graduate. I always say true love turned me into a Sooners football fan. (PS, I don't drink coffee either, I'm a Dr Pepper man.)

[@christophercole8114]

Sooners legend Brian "Boz" Bosworth plays the sheriff in the Dr. Pepper "Fansville" commercials

[@catherinecooley3254]

My husband is into open wheel racing ie Formula One.He is a Dr.Pepper drinker instead of coffee.

[@loyevangelists]

sorry to hear that you are a Sooners fan

[@christophercole8114]

@@loyevangelists most national championships and has the only coach in the BCS era to win each of the BCS Bowls

[@shinyshuckle3771]

@@loyevangelists better than being a longhorns fan

[@czechsmix999]

I'm the same way she is! But I did go to the Carolina Panthers Stadium in Charlotte NC when it was new. But not for a football game--I went to see Billy Graham, and his musical guests Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash!

[@Tripp393]

“You work on a holy day.” Amazing line

[@amystrickland6876]

“To be fair, no one knows how targeting works.” Touché

[@Wow-rn2re]

Poor poor poor maya. Bless your heart

[@sahmnancy]

I forced myself to learn/like football (grew up in Pennsylvania) so I wouldn't be a football widow when I got married. Sigh. I married a physics major who can't stand sports. I will watch football if other people around me are, but not alone. We now live in Baton Rouge and he works at LSU. It's a little surreal at our house.

[@sahmnancy]

Sorry, he's not a physics major, he's a physicist and computer programmer, and an adjunct professor in computer science.

[@idkwhoknew908]

YEP!!

[@alicesmith7020]

@@sahmnancy Hubby walked in the room didn't he? 🤗

[@sahmnancy]

@@alicesmith7020 No, but I realized it sounded like he was still in college! We're grandparents now, so not in college anymore!!

[@treyharvellsr.5205]

I feel this so hard. That awkwardness at the end when no one knows what to talk about... That is my life because I don't do sports.

[@hjeffwallace]

I played fb in high school. In 40 years since, I watched maybe 5 games. 3 kids in the band, we showed up at halftime & left before kickoff.

[@judithmitchell4667]

Sooooo true. I AM that girl. Don't hate me. I also am a theatre kid and don't drink coffee. I'll just back away slowly now. Judith 🎵🎭

[@christopherbarber9351]

Great writing, great direction and filming, great performances!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

“Got some donuts” Homer Simpson: *whomst has awakened the ancient one*

[@bcallahan3806]

Worked at home depot in Florida. Game days were like a vacation. And we had regulars , school teachers and such, come in. Because they knew it was slower and could dedicate time cutting up their materials and helping with school projects for the kids. And definitely less traffic.

[@AnadyiaHowell]

That uncomfortable silence when ppl don't know what to talk about is so real.