"The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football is a love letter to America's favorite game, full of highlights, history, great plays and players, scandals, Super Bowls, and a series of lies, idiotic theories, baseless conspiracies, a diet that may kill you and, of course, a poorly-written haiku"--

Includes index.

Do you know what footballs are made of? -- In the beginning there was...the creation of earth and waaaaay after that..football -- Picking a favorite NFL team / by Chuck Tatham -- Kickoff! -- The mayor of Philadelphia gives a press conference / by Christine Nangle -- The 1920s : the NFL as a struggling startup -- The House of DuPuy / by Andy Richter -- Rise up, kickers! -- The 1930s : the NFL as a teenager the draft -- So, your team had to make a change / by Donick Cary -- Rules are made to be broken (and penalties are made to be called when that happens) -- Thank God for the catch rule / by Zach Posner and Daniel Furlong -- The 1940s : fighting against the war -- Who's who on an NFL sideline / by Brian Kelley -- The 1950s : big league on campus -- Punters -- Football and TV, a match made in money -- Best trash talk ever -- Worst trash talk ever -- The media -- Football fun! (A crossword) -- The 1960s : peace and love and war and rivalry -- Two quarterbacks, two diets -- In a changing world, there's one constant : the Jets stink -- Superbowls : some things that happened -- The biggest Super Bowl halftime scandals / by Broti Gupta -- (The Disparity of) the 1970s : the "haves" and the Detroit Lions -- Tom Brady : worst of all time (the WOAT) : a strained argument in five parts -- Rivals -- You can't spell childhood trauma without the letters CFL / by Robert Cohen -- The 1980s : a decade between the '70s and '90s -- Maybe YOU could play in the NFL! (You probably can't) -- The point of points -- The 1990s : the NFL on cruise control -- Operation : football fan / by Michael Price -- The 2000s and beyond : heavy is the head that wears the helmet -- Fans -- The beauty of the tailgate / by Zach Posner and Daniel Furlong -- 2073 : the league today.