Time to throw some female into this conversation! *crowd goes silent!* I am one of those football fans and guess what? I use to even play it as a kid. I blame it on being the only girl of 4 boys, but watching it on television… ah not so much. Hockey all the way! Going to make all you fellow Canadian’s hate me in t-minus two seconds. I’m a Red Wings fan. SHhhh! I cheer on Toronto when they are losing!

Football is a fun sport if you have the right crowd. My husband (American) avid watcher. I was born and raised in the beautiful cottage country of Ontario and never really opened the opportunity to watch football, but now… I am screwed into cooking for the grand old Sunday & Monday night football games. He doesn’t like hockey too much, but football, he never misses. He will cheer along with you at least. He is a Saints fan and it seems like we never miss a game, even if they aren’t playing. *tear*

Hope your football adventure keeps on being fun, next time add in some nachos covered in junkie goodness. Can be even more interesting… I think *raised eyebrow*

Christine
The CRBiz Group

**Today, all us Brazell men are back into football. My dad and I are Philadelphia Eagles fans, my bro; the Baltimore Ravens. It’s funny though. My dad still wants to see Buffalo win the big one.**

Well, you know, I was born into football. From my early days in Buffalo, I was born into being a Bills fan. Of course, that changed after 4 years of Super Bowl losses in a row (1990 vs the Giants, 1991 vs the Redskins, 1992 and 1993 vs the Cowboys) and the original Cleveland Browns moving to the city I grew up in, Baltimore. It’s hard not to love football when you’re born into it. But many people do figure out how to adopt it and love it just as passionately as I do.

It’s the only professional sport where EVERY GAME MATTERS. You lose three in a row at the beginning of a season and you stand a very high chance of not making the playoffs. You lose ONE game to a division rival, and you may end up LOSING a tiebreaker when it comes to deciding who makes the playoffs and who doesn’t. The difference between 11-5 and 10-6 could move you from having a first round BYE in the playoffs to barely getting a wildcard spot and having to play on the road during all of the playoffs. There is no discounting the 12th man. If you go to a home game in Denver or New Orleans or Baltimore, the volume of the crowd can have a very noticeable impact on an offense being able to play their game, call audibles at the line of scrimmage, or execute a two minute drill. Every aspect of the game has an impact. Teams know that the team who has the most penalties or turnovers generally lose the game, so every play, every player strives for perfection. There’s no sport like it.

Baseball gives you 9th inning drama and the thrill of a Game 6 showdown in the playoffs. Basketball and hockey seasons, like baseball, are too long and a loss doesn’t have huge impact on the big picture. There’s always tomorrow. Football epitomizes the essence of efficiency. This is why I love football and can’t stand watching bad football (like the Eagles-Redskins Monday Night Football game a few weeks ago), even if I have no dog in the fight.