[kzhahou]

It's not surprising that your males friends weren't into it, if I correctly assume that they are in tech.

But obviously the overwhelming majority of football fans are guys.

[enobrev]

I don't think it's overwhelmingly obvious.

  "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]

1: http://www.gallup.com/poll/183689/industry-grows-percentage-...

2: http://www.statista.com/statistics/208431/football-fans-by-g...

3: http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/7536295/nfl...

[philsnow]

> two women interviewers from Oregon, a football powerhouse

It's unclear to me from the context whether they are just from some town in the state of Oregon, or that they were alumna of the University of Oregon.

The gender ratio among college sports fans is a _lot_ closer to 50/50 than it is for pro sports fans.

If somebody assumed because I grew up in California that I'm a fan of the Bears, I would also not be particularly amused.

[kelukelugames]

Is it because we suck? Cal grad here. :P

They were both Oregon alums. :)

[philsnow]

It's because California is a huge state, and I bristle at getting painted with such a broad brush.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

Why is that obvious.