The first thing to know about football is how it became the most famous sport in
America. In America NFL (the National Football League) is considered the highest point in football. When you talk NFL history, January 12, 1969, needs to be high on the list.
That's the day Joe Namath's New York Jets of the AFL upset the mighty Baltimore Colts of the NFL. This was the first AFL-NFL championship that was referred to as the Super
Bowl, the name coming from Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt after watching his young daughter play with a Super Ball. The Jets' upset proved the AFL could play with the NFL and was the final push in the merger between the leagues in 1970.
Of the adults polled, 34 percent said pro football was their favorite sport, not surprisingly …show more content…
While the rain pours the field turns to mud, no one can hold the ball, there are fumbles every play, and if someone should unbelievably catch a pass he then slides for ten yards. Uniforms get black, announcers have no idea who anybody is, hash marks disappear now that's entertainment. People also get excited because you can gamble, there are fantasy teams, and tailgating. Tailgating is to host or attend a social gathering at which an informal meal is served from the back of a parked vehicle, typically in the parking lot of a sports stadium. They get excited just to cheer for their favorite team .
Where did football come from?
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. However, it wasn't until the 1880s that a rugby player from Yale, Walter
Camp, rules change, that slowly transformed rugby into the new game of American
Football. American football is known as such because of it's similarity to rugby football.
Most modern versions of football are believed to have originated from England in the twelfth century. The game became so popular in England that the kings of that
America. In America NFL (the National Football League) is considered the highest point in football. When you talk NFL history, January 12, 1969, needs to be high on the list.
That's the day Joe Namath's New York Jets of the AFL upset the mighty Baltimore Colts of the NFL. This was the first AFL-NFL championship that was referred to as the Super
Bowl, the name coming from Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt after watching his young daughter play with a Super Ball. The Jets' upset proved the AFL could play with the NFL and was the final push in the merger between the leagues in 1970.
Of the adults polled, 34 percent said pro football was their favorite sport, not surprisingly …show more content…
While the rain pours the field turns to mud, no one can hold the ball, there are fumbles every play, and if someone should unbelievably catch a pass he then slides for ten yards. Uniforms get black, announcers have no idea who anybody is, hash marks disappear now that's entertainment. People also get excited because you can gamble, there are fantasy teams, and tailgating. Tailgating is to host or attend a social gathering at which an informal meal is served from the back of a parked vehicle, typically in the parking lot of a sports stadium. They get excited just to cheer for their favorite team .
Where did football come from?
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. However, it wasn't until the 1880s that a rugby player from Yale, Walter
Camp, rules change, that slowly transformed rugby into the new game of American
Football. American football is known as such because of it's similarity to rugby football.
Most modern versions of football are believed to have originated from England in the twelfth century. The game became so popular in England that the kings of that