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North Texas factory producing footballs for 90 percent of bowl games this season

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DALLAS — Five thousand.

That’s the number of footballs Big Game USA is going to produce in the next two weeks. Yes, one of the biggest football factories is located right here in North Texas, a modest-sized building nestled in an industrial part of north Dallas.

“We like to say we’re the coolest business nobody knows of,” said Chris Calandro, founder and CEO of Big Game.

“We really only do football. That’s what we eat, sleep and breathe. When I can’t sleep at night, I’m thinking about football.