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"__An Interview With Andrea Kremer__\\n\\n\\n\\n*Kremer is a reporter for*NBC Sunday Night Football* and a correspondent for*HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.\\n\\nIn my opinion, people are passionate about football because each game means so much. A regular season is made up of only 16 games (compared with 162 in baseball and 82 in the NBA), so by week four, you're already a quarter of the way through the season. Here's how you can get into the game.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022\u00A0 __Pick a side.__ If you couldn't care less about either team, even the most action-packed game is going to be pretty boring. Find a connection to one of the teams that's playing\u2014even if it's just that your dad or roommate loves them\u2014and you'll be more inclined to care who wins. If you can, watch the pregame interviews, which allow you to see the key players' faces and hear what they have to say. This can help give football a human dimension.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022\u00A0 __Follow the ball.__ People who really know football tend to watch the line of scrimmage (where the teams line up at the beginning of each play) because that's where the action starts. However, if you're a novice\u2014particularly if you're watching at a stadium rather than on television, where you can listen to commentary\u2014it's much easier and more enjoyable to track the ball itself. Is your team advancing it? Has the quarterback fumbled? This is the essence of what's happening on the field.\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022\u00A0 __Study up on the story lines.__ Knowing the main dramas of the season helps you see games as a series of interrelated events, not one-offs, and a lot of these stories come down to the quarterback. How is Tom Brady doing after his injury, and will his Patriots make the playoffs after falling short last year? How will Brett Favre perform when his new team, the Vikings, plays his old team, the Packers? And there's big drama in Dallas with Tony Romo. You may know him as the guy who dumped Jessica Simpson, but the Cowboys also dumped his star wide receiver, Terrell Owens. The team has a new billion-dollar stadium and a head coach who's in the hot seat\u2014can they thrive under all that pressure?\\n\\n\\n\\n\u2022\u00A0 __Appreciate the beauty of the game.__If you don't get intimidated by the details and lingo, football can be appreciated almost as an art form that appeals to both sides of our psyches. In a single play, a receiver might run with incredible grace, lay out\u2014which means he goes airborne to make a catch\u2014and then, a split second later, get hammered by a defensive back. You witness both the beauty and the brutality in a matter of seconds.\\n\\n#### See Also\\n\\n- [The Skinny Girl's Guide to Superbowl Parties!](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/02/the-skinny-girls-guide-to-superbowl-parties.html)\\n\\n\\n- [Insiders' Guide: How to Enjoy a Casino](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/how-to/2010/enjoy_a_casino)\\n\\n\\n- [How to Talk to Anybody](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/how-to/2010/talk_to_anybody)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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