learn football

I and a few other guys were at a cafeteria in a mall. We were discussing the previous night’s football game. There was of course the usual technical language that most listeners wouldn’t understand.

After a few minutes a young lady approached, sat close to me and asked if I could please explain some of this football stuff; she never understood the language.

I began saying that football is a game of generalship, with different player assignments, and the desire to advance the ball down the field, culminating in scoring by 3 point field goal, or a 7 point touch down.

This one sentence was clearly more than she’d ever heard, and she was very interested in hearing more. She then asked about the different people on the field.

Well, there are seven men on the line, five of which defend the quarterback, two of which receive passes, and there are four others, including the quarterback, who pass and /or run the football.

But you know, if you were to play football yourself, I think you’d be playing a couple of spots specifically.

She seemed intrigued at this point.

Yes, I think you’d be either a tight-end or a wide-receiver.

The glimmer in my eye, or the wry grin must have betrayed me, because she jumped to her feet, put her nose up in the air, and gave me the ‘HMPF’, and started to march away.

As she was leaving I noticed her athletic proportions, and remarked in a somewhat loud voice:

Oh Yes, Definitely, Tight End.