Football season is upon us and football makes Saturdays AND Sundays great again. This means that any time you are in a group setting, the males of your group are going to yap about players and coaches for most of the time. Social events will start surrounding around these games. You better know your sports or you will be sitting silently for a while on your Iphone.
I enjoy football but will admit I didn't know much it before college. In high school, I went to an all-girl's high school and there was no football. Then, I became a South Carolina Gamecock during the school's best years in history.
Now, I want to share with you how to stay in the know with everything the easy way.
Hard Knocks
HBO's Hard Knocks is some great TV. I'd say this is the most enjoyable way to learn a few things about a team you never knew every year. I was not excited to watch the St. Louis, or Los Angeles Rams until I saw a former South Carolina player in the first scene. The Rams have no real big names except for exceptional Todd Gurley from UGA. When you watch Hard Knocks, you learn some new facts about a team that usually does poorly during the NFL season. I didn't have a care in the world for last year's Texans Coach Bill O'Brien until I saw some heartfelt scenes. Start watching Hard Knocks because there's only 5 episodes a year. Also, honorable mention to Amazon's "All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals."
SportsCenter
SportsCenter is the only show that may air more often than the Kardashians -- or at least it gives it a run for it's money. This show is ALWAYS on at the gym. You can learn a lot just by reading the headlines from afar. It is also only 30 minutes. Everything you need to know during a workout. If you aren't reading the headlines, and you are lucky, the not top 10 may air and give you a good laugh.
ESPN APP
The ESPN App has a section for your favorites and news. I throw all the teams I care about and some of their rivals into my favorites so you can stay up to date with everything. Nothing interesting about this mention but very easy to read (using your parent's data) on the run. Although, it is funny when I hear my fiance's friend spewing out Redskins information that came plagiarized straight from the most recent video I just watched on there. Everyone gets their knowledge from the same outlet.
Fantasy Football Draft
Get involved in your office fantasy football draft. It gets you really interested in the games all Sunday. You get to know players you never cared about and you'll remember them for the rest of your life. Get real girly and start your own Fantasy (Book) Club and bring some wine along.
Those are my secrets to getting to know the game of football more than the boys. Maybe they aren't secrets but they are working for me. Now let's go Gamecocks and Hail to the Redskins.
