If football had a caloric value, I would have gained fifty pounds over the last month. From high school championship games, to college bowl games, to NFL playoff games, I am fat on football. One of the factors causing my football weight gain is how I consume the product. There are no fast food meals here. The invention of the DVR has turned me into a slow and steady consumer. A three hour game can easily take me twice that long to watch. The rewind and pause features allow me to regurgitate of each play and chew on the specific techniques and strategies being applied. I wish I could watch a game like a normal fan, but my profession and personality will not allow it. My addiction has resulted in literally thousands of hours of observing the successful as well as the unsuccessful and the over as well as the under achievers. My observations have led me to the conclusion that there is a
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