When I was a wee little lad—we’re talking toddler age—and football was on the old television screen, I seriously thought those behemoths (well, for the mid-1970’s, anyway) played on a field that was infinite in length.
You couldn’t blame my little mind for that. After all, the only thing I could see on my screen (well, my mom’s screen, I didn’t have a job) was about 30 yards of field that just kept going and going like a conveyor belt. I didn’t know touchdowns. I didn’t know stadiums.
Thankfully, I soon grew up and realized that touchdowns existed, and they were the most glorious part of football.