Football.  It’s just a Southern Way of life… or is it?  While all my gal pals get antsy over tailgating, turnovers and touchdowns , I would just rather go shopping, see a movie, or simply take a nap.  Being married to a typical red-blooded American man for 10 years has left my weekends and Monday nights filled with a blitz of boredom.  Confession #7:  I don’t like sports.

Within the last 10 years, my sweetie has expressed that he would like for me to pick up an interest in sports, specifically football.  What he doesn’t know is that my adolescent extracurricular activities required me to attend my fair share of football games throughout junior high and high school.  In college, I attended a few tailgate parties, but never attended a game.  I just never understood the fascination behind football.  But, after 10 yrs of marriage, I decided to give it a honest effort.  This week’s NFL games really caught my attention since many of the players were sporting pink accessories (although I think they call it ‘gear’) and held my attention long enough to watch the Green Bay – Minnesota face-off on Monday Night.   This is what I learned over the weekend:

1>  “Drew Brees” has the coolest football player name. Ever.

2>  The “Red Zone” Cable Channel is for people with A-D-D and I like it… it’s action packed!

3>  The citizens of Green Bay are an angry people.  Get over it.

4>  The “Throwback Jersey” is the sporting equivalent of wearing vintage.

5>  Why do the referees still drag out the chains when they’ve got that fancy yellow electronic line on the field???

6>   ”Ochocinco” is probably the dumbest moniker a player could ever have.  Especially since “Ochocinco” translates to ”eight – five”, not “eighty – five”

Perhaps I’m really picking up an interest in football or, I’m just a benefactor of osmosis.  Either way, I can’t wait to start my very own fantasy football team next season!!!