Football Season

Well it is that time again, Football season! I've been to a handful of games, trust me i'm no expert. I can barely keep track of the ball! When I go to games, I sit on the stands and squint the whole time, follow the herds of players and hope to shout exclamations at the right time, and for the right team! One thing I have learned recently are how intense tailgating is. In my college years I didn't pay any attention to football and tailgating because I was being studious, so now that I have outgrown those years I take the time here and there to go to a game. The last tailgate I was at was for James Madison University - No disrespect to my Knights. It was a sea of purple and gold and a buffet of food! I'm talking about things like boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, 7 layer dips, muffins, cupcakes, pies, chips and dip, shrimp cocktail, sausage... the list goes on and on. See, I thought that tailgating was more of a burgers and hot dogs kind of thing with lots of beer. I now see that it is much more sophisticated!
If you couldn't tell already, I know very little about football. But when football season comes around the topic of football inevitable comes around in conversations. Since I have perfected my "smile & nod" people make the assumption that I know what they are talking about. It is amusing sometimes because when there is a break in the conversation where I should be commenting about football, I just say, "I'm sorry I have no idea what you are talking about". I have learned to laugh at myself for not understanding the concepts and or learning the full background history of players. I would be the person to be in an elevator with let's say Adrian Peterson from the Minnesota vikings who is well known the world and not even know it!