Opinion : Trying to decipher tweets about football, and a plea for a brother

Dear Dad and Mom,

Do you remember how I used to tell you that having just two kids was boring?

Another reason you should have had more kids (one I discovered on Friday night):

This week I read with interest, and an awful lot of head scratching, the Tweets that my husband sent out.

Now I get the whole, 'men and women communicate differently' thing. Well, I don't really, but figure eventually we might figure that out.

But you didn't tell me about this language that guys speak, and if only I would have had a brother or two to explain it, I might understand what Tweets like these mean!

"Long run sets up Huskies TD but Vikings lead 44-19"

"Vikings end drive with quarterback sneak by Overton to take 37-12 lead"

"Tanner Spies TD makes it 24-6 with ten minutes left in half"

"Long runs set up Oelwein TD but Vikings lead 9 to 6"

"Safety Andrew freeman tackles quarterback for first two points of game!" 

"Vikings ball" 

"Under the purple water tower the Vikings take on the Huskies!"

"Vikings to get first kick off"

"Mercy rule as Vikings win freshman game by score of 44-8. varsity"

???????

I THINK what my husband was saying was something like this:

A husky guy ran a long way to set someone up, but the guy that looks like a Viking took the lead.
The Viking, who was then ending his drive, was outsmarted by a sneaky kid named Overton who then took the lead.
Tanner, the sharp fellow, spies TD, who makes it to a place open 24/7 and still has 10 minutes left to spare.
Then there are more long runs -- poor people, they should at least try a bicycle -- and again these bad kids are setting up the town of Oelwein! I don't know where that sharp fellow Tanner is but there's another TD!
(Shew, good news: the Vikings are leading in the game at 9 to 6)
Something bad must be happening, because one tweet says, "Safety Andrew Freeman tackles quarterback for first two points of game." That quarterback must be a bad dude, I'm so glad you warned Andrew to be safe!

I don't know why the Vikings were bawling, but hope everything is fine now.

The kids all agreed to meet under a purple water tower and take on a pack of dogs, I didn't think huskies were that big of a threat, but if they are meeting to take them on, it must be! I'm not sure, but the Vikings must be in trouble now --  they got kicked off first.

Fortunately, mercy ruled over the evening. And by the way, after all that, the Vikings won their game.
Sigh.

It seems to me like a lot of jibberish.

Stories about taking on dogs, crying Vikings, and lots of long running jaunts.

I bet they were holding a 5K there and the dogs were in the way!

Who knows.

If my story made absolutely no sense to you, now you know how I read the tweets from the football game. I understand words like, "We're winning!" ....but all of this other stuff???

So dad and mom, if you think that 2 kids are plenty, think again…
A well rounded family has a handful of both girls and and boys teaching each other the lingo of each of their siblings.

There are many more reasons to have "yots and yots" (as my granddaughter would say) of kids, but this is just one…so your girls understand football.

Here's to hoping I hit this one out of the park!

Your loving daughter.