Fun Fact Friday - Mooper Bowl

If you're thinking that rather sloppy pun of a title has something to do with cows and football, dear reader, you're right. I award you a gold star for life. I can tell it's a proud moment for you.

GOLD STAR!

Speaking of pride, I am proud to tell you that I know that footballing is happening this weekend. NPR told me all about it earlier today. But I thought maybe I would give you another sports fact to add to that one that I did that other time.

Fun fact: To make all the footballs for the NFL's yearly supply, the leather of 3000 cows is required.

"Why, hello!" - Cowson McUdders

Now, I know very little about football, so I am not sure how many balls the men need per game. I've always found my three balls of steel are enough to keep me going through any sort of physical activity. That's right. I have three balls. Of steel.

But this whole 3000 cows thing seems like kind of a lot, and it got me thinking, and not just about how pigskin is a really stupid name for something now made of cow. Animal misnomers aside, I am about to revolutionize football. No more balls. Cows. Live cows. The goal: move a cow into your end zone. Six points. There will be no extra point. There will be no field goal attempts. There will simply be a cow. And then, at super bowl time, the cow will be on stilts. Because the steaks are higher.

Yeah. A cow on stilts.

Now I award a gold star to me because I enjoyed that pun. And perhaps you have not enjoyed these puns, the lowest form of humor. But I don't care, dear reader, because I have amoosed myself.