By Rachel Nichols

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

They tell you football is about X's and O's, because you can draw those up pretty, explain them easily, sell them quickly to the masses. Your team's New Nickel Defense—now with more scrubbing power! They tell you it's about the glamour players, quarterbacks with their shiny teeth and receivers with their end zone dances, because you can package them, too, wrap 'em nice and neat into 30-second highlights. Less often they tell you it's about rage. Rage is harder to explain and not as socia ...

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