Mark Schlereth, NFL analyst, ESPN: I hadn't really thought about it. I know it's an imaginary line where the two teams face off on opposite sides of the ball. You don't say. I've always thought of it as "the briar patch." Come again? Like where Br'er Rabbit gets thrown in. It's where all the bruises, eye-gouging and crotch-grabbing happens. What a game! But where does the term come from? Saleem Chaudhry, researcher, Pro Football Hall of Fame: The term is used in rule books going b ...

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