Well, it’s that time of year again.  It’s football season. 

The guys, young and old alike, are all pumped, and most of the women are beginning to shudder.  Most girls, however, don’t have a clue what we’re talking about.

No, girls don’t know much about football, unless their dad happens to be a coach or something.  They go to games for years and never care about football.  They’re there to watch the cheerleaders, socialize, eat dinner, flirt, and gossip.  But they definitely do not go to watch the game.  No, they just go about life, doing backbends and curling their hair until faced with the necessity of learning some of the rules.

That necessity may come about, perhaps, because of a boyfriend who plays.  They go watch the game, and for the first time in their lives wonder why they get six points for one touchdown.  They begin to learn to tell the two teams apart.  They still don’t have a clue, however, what a halfback is.

My 13-year-old daughter was doing math homework last night, and there was a problem involving a football field.  She had to draw a diagram, and asked how big a football field was.  I told her 100 yards.

“A HUNDRED yards?!?!  Wow!”  She was amazed.  She has been going to games for thirteen years and apparently had never perused the field.  I was amazed.

I was at a junior high football game yesterday.  This was the first time for many of the girls to actually watch a game.  One girl with a camera was instructed to take pictures when we got close to the goal line.

“Where’s the goal line?” she asked.

One of the cheerleaders was instructed to do the “Defense” cheer the next time we were on defense.

“How can you tell if we’re on defense?” she wondered.

Yes, girls may not be real bright when it comes to football.  But, hey, how many of you smart guys out there know what a “plié” is? 

Your daughter knows.