31.   And although American football is still more a curiosity than a passion, there was no mistaking the impact the team made upon its arrival in Dublin.

32.   And football is still a game of blocking and tackling.

33.   And football is the biggie.

34.   And football is the fabric of the ancestral tapestry.

35.   And if football is for the fall, a lot of large men in shoulder pads have been wasting their time grunting before the cameras for the last month.

36.   And I knew at that moment the Raiders were bound for defeat, because professional football was not meant to be played by ungovernable children.

37.   And college football is the path most taken.

38.   And despite widespread disbelief, McMahon insisted that his football would be real, not scripted, as his wrestling shows are.

39.   And that football will be one memento he will keep.

40.   And now, when there was no football and the money does not exactly seem right, Smith talks about experiencing faith.