Having a team to follow (or player, or coach) makes it more interesting when you are watching a game. My first roommate was–still is–an Eagles fan. When we’d watch, she’d root for the Eagles, I would root for the Giants, and if neither team was playing, we’d root for the team with the cutest quarterback. We lived together for four years, in our first apartment after college. She taught me a lot about understanding football.
I will always be a Giants fan, but I’ve picked up some other teams along the way. When I got engaged to my first husband, I adopted his team, the Dolphins. My second husband is from Buffalo, and because of the rivalry between Buffalo and the Dolphins, we don’t talk football during those games.
I learned football basics from being around people who loved the game, and I have grown to love watching football.
