In my opinion, there are three distinct types of girl football fans out there. Trust me, we all know one of each.

There’s the “I’m such a (insert certain team here) fan.” They have either the jersey of the quarterback, the very popular wide-receiver, or the running back. Their knowledge consists of the name of said person on their jersey, the colors of their team, and which players have the cutest butts.

Then you have the “high school football girl.” This is the girl that we all went to school with. She was either a cheerleader, a stat chick, or a football player's girlfriend. She “loves football so much” and she attended every game wearing a jersey of the opposite color and hooted and hollered every time something good happened. Once high school Friday night lights were over, this girl could swoon over her boys of fall, but not the wonderful game of football.

Then there are the girls like me. We are the girls who can talk (aka smack talk) about the team we live for, we keep up on all teams (not just our own), we know the players, we watch the games, and we have some confessions to make.

1. We know we don’t have to wear our jersey every Monday after our team wins on Sunday.

But of course we're going to, and we are gonna look damn cute when we do. Honey, we can make skinny jeans, rider boots, and an authentic NFL jersey look designer.

2. We can see through your fake football knowledge.

We know that you're attempting to connect with us by asking about playoff standings, the upcoming draft picks, or how our favorite team is currently doing. But really, you're just showing that you don’t know much. Thank you for trying, though.

3. We understand that we are females.

"Wouldn't you rather watch 'The Bachelor' with us? Or 'Legally Blonde'?" Uh, NO! "Reese Witherspoon will have to wait, the game is on at 7 p.m."

4. We know that the players, refs, and coaches can’t hear us through the TV.

BUT WE HAVE TO YELL AT THEM BECAUSE THAT CALL WAS ABSURD! GET SOME GLASSES, REF!

5. We know that we can out talk a lot of "football" guys (including your boyfriend).

All guys do it. They see a girl wearing football merchandise and assume they are the “high school football girl” or the “I'm such a (insert said team here)” fan. But as a die-hard football girl, I am always praying for a guy to bring up football so I can out trash talk them and prove my un-girl like knowledge of football.

To all my fellow die-hard girls:

Keep proving them wrong. Don't be ashamed, and rock that jersey, girl.

To the die-hard pretenders:

Please stop. You aren't fooling us die-hard girls, but you are giving us a bad rep. (P.S. Where did you get that adorable jersey?)

Sincerely,

The openly-obsessed, trash-talking, die-hard Denver Broncos fan