International Sunday Football Results

 

Sunday, October 30, 2022

It promised to be a splendid day for American football all over the globe.

Until it wasn't.

We start in beautiful Milano, Italia for an IFAF European Qualifying game for the next IFAF World Championships in 2025.

This is similar to the IFAF Americas Qualifying Tournament in Mexico City next June in which our Brasil Onças team will be competing.

Team Great Britain

vs.

Team Italia

The fact that Varese Skorpions star

OLB/SS Nicolas Principi was playing for 

Team Italia made it even more interesting

 

Hopefully Nicolas' savvy and experience

would help Team Italia to victory

IT DID!!!

Congratulations to Nicolas and

all of Team Italia!

On to the NFL and our beloved . . .

. . . RAMS!

San Francisco 49ers (3-4)

at

Los Angeles Rams (3-3)

The Rams have been mediocre at best so far in 2022 following their Super Bowl success of last season.

While the 49ers have not been red hot either this season, they added a key ingredient to their future plans with the recent acquisition of RB Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers.

It was a case of  WAY too much

of #23 Christian McCaffrey!

McCaffrey threw a 34 yard TD pass, rushed 18 times for 94 yards and a TD and hauled in 8 passes for another 55 yards and yet another TD.

This win by the 49ers marked the fourth consecutive season that the San Francisco club has swept the annual two game regular season contests between the two long time West Coast rivals.

The EIGHT straight losses to the 49ers since 2019. DAMN!

Historically, the 49ers-Rams series began in 1950 when the 49ers' old All-American Football Conference merged with the Rams' National Football League.

Today's game was the 148th between them with San Francisco enjoying the series lead, 77-68-3.

This record includes two times when these two proud franchises met in NFL playoff games.

The 49ers won an NFC Championship game in dominant fashion versus the Rams in 1989, 30-3.

The Rams returned the favor in the 2021 NFC Championship game defeating the 49ers with a thrilling come from behind victory, 20-17.

Regardless of both the long and the recent history between them, the 2022 Rams are in trouble it seems to me.

Up next for the 3-4 Rams is a road trip to Tampa Bay to play the struggling 3-5 Buccaneers who have lost their last three games. Both clubs really need to win this game.