OK, so I'm a part of the minority here. I love football, I played on both sides of the line- Offensive Center/ Guard & Defensive Tackle. Football is a sport of communication and togetherness. If your team isn't working together you don't go too far. Hence the Chargers stopping at 8-8 after starting out 6-2. Unlike, what it seems to me, with the likes of soccer, basketball and such...
On a side note. Rugby players make awesome football players. Well, at least punters. Has anyone heard of Darren Bennett of the San Diego Chargers? Yeah, I know. The who???
He's a former rugby player turned punter. It started back in '94. Darren was in San Diego in January for the Punt, Pass & Kick competition held before the '94 Super Bowl. He won the kicking part of the comp. I forget the actual distance he kicked the ball, but it was phenomenal for NFL standards. For the most part, it was because the football we use is like 5-10lbs lighter than a rugbyball. Or something like that?
So an official from the Chargers Org. came to him and asked if he would like to try out for the team. It's been 7 wonderful years of near perfect pooch punts.
Because of Bennett's style of punting, he drops the nose of the ball which entails a backspin on it when it hits the ground. Instead of the ball flying into then out of the endzone, it cuts back into the playing field where it gets downed for bad field position for the opposing team. It's truly amazing to watch. Because of him, more teams are trying the pooch punt like Bennett does...
And I would think that Simpson fans would, at least, have a somewhat curiosity about the sport Homer J. loves so much... Whatever?
GO BOLTS!!!