On Sunday, nine Saudi Program officers came to Hill Building to learn about the rules of football, American style. Professor Crawford introduced the basics of the sport, Professor Ellen Wilson provided the Diet Pepsi, and Professor Jimmy Wilson provided the football. The group watched part of the Cleveland vs. Cincinnati game, and then went out to play a pick up game. The officers attending included Badr Al Shathri, Safar Alamari, Turky Ahmed Aljedani, Abdullah Almutairi, Abdulaziz Binklaib, Mohammed Alharthi, and Saad AlQahtani. Kevin Cieplowski, Umar Saylaman, and Mahdi Abulail helped with translations and explanations.
The group had numerous questions about the game, which is very different from soccer, and had a fun time throwing the ball around after watching the pros go about it. We told them about next weekend's homecoming game and parade and now they will hopefully enjoy more fully the spectacle that is American football.
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