Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141005180615/@comment-24558925-20141007150851

Hmcooper4 wrote: Well, it's definately a play on words. The word Sundae (the Ice cream treat) sounds almost exactly the same as Sunday (the day of the week). The phrase "Any Given Sunday" started out as a reference to American Pro Football, which is generally played on Sunday. The phrase itself is meant to mean that on any given Sunday, the team least likely to win can still triumph over the team most likely to win. The phrase has become a little more common in mainstream, and basically references any situation where there is hope that the underdog will  become victorious, or more generally, that the future outcome is not predetermined.

As I was writing this, the initial cleverness is just the simple replacing of the word Sunday with the word Sundae. However, given A & E's penchant for twisting things, and also given the element of hope that can be found in the phrase, I wonder if there is more meaning to the phrase than just a simple play on words. I'm probably just overthinking it at this point.

Hope that helps a little. Wow thank you ! I had a feeling Sundae needed to be remplaced by Sunday, but that didn't take me anywhere. Thanks for the explanation as I had never heard the words 'Any Given Sunday' before ! I can see, as Hope is a huge concept on the show, that it actually fits the story very well !