Dear girls everywhere,

I have a message for you. FOOTBALL IS NOT JUST FOR GUYS.

To most girls, the game of football is nothing more than a bunch of big sweaty dudes in helmets and lots of pads running into each other with the support of a bunch of crazy fans that love nothing more than screaming at their TV’s. Oh and there’s this weirdly shaped ball somewhere in that heap of men somewhere, too.

I grew up in a family where football was basically our religion. This didn’t come from my dad; it came from my mom. I grew up watching Tom Brady throw endless passes to Dion Branch and Wes Welker and watching Vince Wilfork sack endless quarterbacks. Football has become a way for my family and I to spend time together.

As an 18-year-old girls who is probably the farthest thing from an athlete, I love the game of football and everything it has to offer. Here is a short list of why I think girls should watch football:

1. It’s (Sort of) Easy to Understand

The game of football is definitely not the easiest sport to master (it took me almost a whole season to get it, and let’s be honest here a lot of guys don’t understand football), especially when the announcer and officials are throwing around terms that sound more like 80’s dance moves more than they do plays. I’ll give you a brief run down: The quarterback is the guy who throws the ball to someone on his team (or the other team if they suck) to get a touchdown. A touchdown is worth six points. If a touchdown is scored, the team then gets to pick if they want to attempt for one extra point by kicking the weirdly shaped ball through the tall yellow spiky things, also known as goal posts, or they can utilize their offense to get two extra points to get the ball into the end-zone. Make sense?

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2. Butts.

Girls are often at a loss when it comes to gazing at a good butt. Most guys wear jeans, or sweat pants that don’t accurately off their rear end that God blessed them with. This often lead to girls fan-girling over any guy in baseball pants because they’re skin tight and flaunt what their mama gave them. But LADIES. Have you seen the pants football player wear?? They’re more skin tight than baseball pants (yea, it’s possible) and football is played mostly bent over so you get a good look every time

3. You’ll Impress Guys

Whether or not your guy likes sports or not it will impress them if you can sit down and watch a game without saying “wait, what?” every 30 seconds. If you know who your team is playing, know the basic rules, and can maybe throw a few fancy football words around, you’re golden. If your guy live and breathes football, you might want to bulk up on a little research. It might be a bit of a turn off if you start talking about the Cincinnati Broncos or the New England Bengals.

The only thing that you really need to know is how many more Super Bowl wins Tom Brady has than Peyton Manning (two, the answer is two).

4. Did I Mention the Butts?

ONE MORE TIME FOR THE LADIES IN THE BBBAAACCCKKK!

5. The Best Food in the World

Are you feeling like your diet is letting you down? Can’t stand to look at that food that you’re going to, yet again, force yourself to eat? Don’t fret; football food is the best food there is and Sunday is a perfect day for a cheat day. Nachos, potato skins, pigs in a blanket… basically anything deep fried and/or with cheese. Also, no one’s going to judge you about it because they know how good that food is.

6. Tailgating

Football is one of the only sports where people come together and it feels like a community. No other sport in the world has fans that are more intense and that will arrive hours (like 6 or more hours) before the game starts to cook food, drink beer (and other beverages), and play millions of games of corn hole, all while waiting for the huge game that lies ahead with hundreds or tens of thousands of other fans, all routing for the same team. Whether you’re attending a high school, college, or NFL game, it will always be an all day ordeal.