| 1. | Tie game | ||
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The reason why Americans hate football (soccer) because every other freakin' sport over hear (even golf for christs sake!) has some sort of tie breaker. In a football match where guys will kick a ball around for an hour and a half and do NOTHING, they will slump off the field in a 0-0 tie. Who the hell wants to watch that? No one! We Americans happen to have very short attention spans (hell, that's why we invented tivo) we want to see ACTION. Which is why we like basketball, american football, and lacrosse. Don't get me wrong, soccer is a great game to play and watch, but it does get very dull in a tie game. :P European: Did you watch the soccer/football game last night?
Normal American: No, I played video games. Who won? European: uhhhhhh they tied Normal American: Score? European: (embarrassed) zero zero Normal American: Ha! glad I didn't watch that! *mumbles* stupid sport. No one likes a tie game. |
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| 2. | Rubbermatch | ||
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Most commonly used in boxing and MMA (mixed martial-arts), a rubbermatch is the third (and tie-breaking) match between two teams or individuals who have previously beaten each other once.
After the outcomes of Couture vs Liddell 1 & 2, a rubbermatch was inevitable to decide the superior fighter.
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| 3. | roshambo | ||
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paper-rock-scissors A tie breaking game or a game used to see who goes first. I roshambo'd his ass for his williams!
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| 4. | rubber match | ||
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The tie-breaking game between two baseball teams in a series. They call it a rubber match because the winning pitcher receives a tote bag full of condoms. All rubber matches are sponsored by Trojan. The policy was implemented in 1957 when pitcher Guy Hugesac died of "explosive syphilis" while pitching game 7 of the World Series.
Josh Beckett won the rubber match today! Thank God he won't be dying of explosive syphilis any time soon.
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| 5. | Go ahead goal | ||
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The goal that puts the scoring team ahead in a game(breaking a tie). Commonly heard during soccer matches and hockey games. "The game was tied 2-2, but Messi scored the go ahead goal in the 89th minute."
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| 6. | kicker | ||
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In poker, the highest unpaired card that acts as a tie-breaker if people have the same winning hand. We both had a pair of aces, but I won with my jack kicker and he had a ten.
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| 7. | rubber match | ||
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The final, and deciding game between two tied teams/opponents. After both Frank and John won a game, they will play a rubber match to see who is the ultimate winner.
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