• Question: What american football team do you support?

    Asked by fuzzypeanut to Julian on 25 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 25 Mar 2011:

      Hi fuzzypeanut.

      I am a big college football fan, and support one of the local teams where I used to live – the Auburn Tigers. College sports might seem odd to most folks in Britain – these are amateur university teams of course, but in the US it is a HUGE deal. College football stadiums can be vast, the Auburn College football stadium seats more than 80,000 people, which is more than Old Trafford or Anfield. Auburn had a great year last year, winning the college championship, but their quarterback has just quit to go professional, so next year might not be so good… In the NFL, I support the Atlanta Falcons, because I used to live in Atlanta and went to a few games. Although I prefer the college game (more exciting/fast moving), NFL is cool too – I definitely stayed up all night to watch the Super Bowl, for example.

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