Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews and Greg Jennings Ask: Where Are the Football Fans?

Do you know what makes the United States of America the greatest country in the world?  It isn't our nuclear bombs or national defense.  It isn't our wealth or technology.  It isn't our desire to achieve greatness or prominence.  It isn't how our nation came to be or where our nation is going.  It isn't because of the Big Mac or Chalupa.  There is only one reason that the United States of America is the greatest country and that reason is football.

No other country even comes close to playing football like we do and if I hear anyone argue about the CFL, I will literally write a letter to the President and ask for you to be deported to Canada so you can enjoy all the CFL you want.  The CFL is literally filled with players who are playing there only because they didn't make it in the NFL, but I digress.  The truth is that every college football team in the nation could beat any football team from any other country and that is why America is great.

We love football.  We love to watch football.  We love to play football.  We love to talk football.  If football had arms and legs, we would propose to football, get married, raise children, and grow old together with football.  We love football, period.

So, as I sat down and watched the climax of the football season surrounded by friends and family, I became a little disturbed by the amount of people that either didn't care about the game or were more interested in the commercials than the game.  I started to think to myself, "Where have all the football fans gone?"

Have we forgotten that this is our country's sport?  Are we really more interested in Joan Rivers and Ozzy Osbourne than the greatest game played for the next 12 months?  Can we not sacrifice a few hours of homework or schoolwork to watch and be interested in the Super Bowl?  Have we truly forgotten how to be a football fan?

So, today as we are bombarded by talk of the halftime show, commercials, and everything other than the actual Super Bowl, I ask you to disregard it.  When someone asks you if you saw the Darth Vader commercial, you ask if they saw the epic performance of Aaron Rodgers.  When someone asks you if the guacamole dip at your Super Bowl party was good, you tell them it wasn't as good as Greg Jennings.  When someone asks you if you thought the Black Eyed Peas looked good on stage, you tell them that they didn't look as good as Clay Matthews' flowing locks.

All I ask is that you remember what makes this country so great.  I ask that you become a football fan once again.