Are women not supposed to like football? I actually went to the University of Oregon and found women both attending the U of O and those who lived in greater Oregon to be more passionate about the game then many of my male friends/colleagues/classmates.
It's a risk whenever you try to connect with someone over what you think might be a shared passion. Sports can be risky because not everyone like sports, but if you guess correctly and can form a deeper relationship then any other topic.
Trying football with people from Oregon is absolutely a reasonable decision.
"The data show that 70% of working men and 59% of working women are sports fans" [1]
"74.6 percent of all male respondents consider themselves football fans as well as 51.5 percent of all female respondents."[2]
"...according to data from The ESPN Sports Poll and the U.S. Census, with league officials saying 44 percent of all football fans are now women."[3]
It's a risk whenever you try to connect with someone over what you think might be a shared passion. Sports can be risky because not everyone like sports, but if you guess correctly and can form a deeper relationship then any other topic.
Trying football with people from Oregon is absolutely a reasonable decision.