Football for Dummies
It’s here — football season — and I feel like I walked into the twilight zone.
All the water cooler talk here has been Monday Morning (except it’s Tuesday) Quarterbacking. Who played well, who’s ranked what, who’s in jail and not on the gridiron.
Football fans might as well be talking Greek to me. It’s not that I hate football, I’m just not interested. I don’t understand the fuss.
And I haven’t tried to understand it, so shame on me.
Basketball I can understand. Mostly. Baseball bores me, but at least I know what’s happening.
But I am a football idiot. Which just might get me kicked out of Oklahoma.
My colleague David Zizzo wrote a story over the weekend explaining the fundamentals of the game. I was following along until we got to first-downs. That’s when I realized that if I start to comprehend the game, I might start to LIKE the game, and become a poll-prowling, team-touting, Monday Morning Quarterback.
Sometimes — especially when your team is losing — ignorance is bliss.
Susan Simpson, Education Writer (and OSU student during the 1991 season when the Pokes were 0-10.)
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Hang in there! Maybe you can learn by osmosis!! LOL!!