You are probably one huge fan of American football for obvious reasons. There is no better game in the world that gets your adrenaline going the way a football game does. However, no matter how much of a die had fun you are there are some things that may come as a surprise to you because you do not know about them.

American Alumni Football was born out of certain English sports such as rugby and soccer. It is a combination of both games because it borrows several things from either games. It first became popular in the late 1800's with its largest fans being American college students.

The father of American football, Walter Camp helped develop the first set of rules for this game in 1876. Some of the rules included the introduction of line scrimmages as well as down and distance rules, which was something different from the previous games. The American football association, which is known today as the National football league, was then formed in 1920 and is today the ultimate and largest football league in America.

American's football was first popular in the Midwestern towns but gained popularity in the whole of US. This is especially after the 1958 NFL games that attracted many American viewers. It is in fact known as the greatest football championship game ever played.

All you may know about an Alumni Football USA game is that it last about three hours. What you are unaware of is that the ball is actually in play for only eleven minutes. The greater percentage of the games you watch on TV is actually invested in replays and not the actual game.

During the early years of 1930, the NFL telecast was full of constant field feed. However, instant replays were introduced in the 1960 to fill the idle space of the game. This becomes so common that by the 1990's a complete football game could have over 100 replays before its end.

Cheer leading is an important part of the American football games. However, the NFL has six teams that do not employ any cheerleaders. These are the Browns, Bears, Steelers, Lions, Packers and Giants.

There is no known TV broadcast documenting the first super bowl game. This is because of how lowly regarded this game was. The responsible broadcast networks that were charged with the responsibility of recording this game both destroyed the tapes leaving no evidence of it whatsoever.