Your correct answer would be "They could barely look at Neto and Jesse as they explained that they loved football too much to give it up." This part in the excerpt explain's how Neto feel's about his fan's. He could tell that they didn't really care much about the football team. Hope it helps. :-)
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"Hey chief brown where was the shooting"
"Hey Chris what's up with the new English teacher?"
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A because they all have the -ing