Arena football, the quirky pigskin hybrid played with teams of eight on a 50-yard indoor field?
Consider how many people love watching baseball or football but have never picked up a bat or thrown a pigskin.
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Internationally, only ratings for the top soccer leagues in Europe would outperform what we see in the U.S. regarding professional pigskin.
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Can we survive an entire fall with college pigskin, heaping helpings of Peyton Manning and no professional ballers on the hardwood?
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Many that have respected Favre for his longevity, grit, energy, and pigskin greatness hope like heck that these stories are false and exaggerated.
One current player, and the coach of one of the two Pigskin Pro Am teams, said that he doesn't play as much any more.
Evans had hauled the ball in completely before New England's Sterling Moore knocked the pigskin out of the receiver's hands in a game-saving play.
Then there is Marion Barber to run the little pigskin, and All-Pro Leonard David to open holes for him to run through with the little piggy.
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The Jets have protected their plans for Tebow like a running back would a pigskin, saying only that the second-stringer would play anywhere between one and 20 snaps per game.
He and his rough and fumble cohorts are laughably ill-equipped from the footballs in their arsenal (teams tend to own exactly one pigskin) to fans (minimal) to sponsors (few and fleeting).
Because so many of their pigskin peers do indeed lower that character bar and look the other way if a kid prefers to run, catch and throw rather than read or write.
The Notre Dame fan base is a proud though sensitive lot that clearly would take offense to anyone suggesting that the Fighting Irish lower its moral and ethical standards just for the shear enhancement of pigskin glory.
We know, this weekend (and next) is all about seeing which professional teams squeeze their way into the playoffs, and moreover, seeing which college teams score bowl victories in their respective contests, but for the Brits over in England seeing less pigskin and more round ball, we've got some news for you.
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