A Sportscaster's Guide to Watching Football: Decoding America's Favorite Game

About this book

Want to know what everyone is cheering about? Learn to enjoy and understand the game with the football fanatic in your life. This book is the ultimate football guide for the novice fan. You will get answers to such complex questions as:. What is that yellow line on the field and why does it keep moving?. What down is it and why do I care?. What is a "T formation"?Laced with hilarious and insightful anecdotes from Mark Oristanos thirty-year career as a pro football sportscaster iA Sportscasters Guide to Watching Football/i will turn you into a football-watching pro or at least let you fake it.iTime Out:I was in the locker room before a game and I saw an Oilers linebacker furiously drawing on his shoes with a permanent marker. This player like many had his ankle tape applied over the outside of his shoes instead of inside which obviously covered the shoe logo. And he was drawing the logo of his shoe contract on the tape."Wouldnt it be easier " I asked him "to get taped inside and not have to do the artwork?"Yeah it would " he replied "but then Id actually have to wear their damn shoes and I hate em. So I wear the brand I like and do it this way instead." /i