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Imagine that you were only allowed to watch one sport on television for a whole year. Worse yet, imagine that you had to choose between two very popular sports all by yourself. The choice is up to you. Which will it be, NASCAR or the NFL? Will you select the gridiron wars or the need for speed? I shudder just at the thought of having to make such a life-altering choice.

On the one hand, I revel in the bone-crunching, close contact rivalries that play out every week on those hundred yard fields. The talent, the strategy, the sheer brutality of it. On the other hand, horsepower runs in my blood. The tension is palpable when watching those precisely tuned cars fighting for inches of superiority at the hands of fearless drivers. How could I choose between the pavement or the mud? How unfair would that be?

Could I go an entire year without even one diving end zone catch? Could I live for 52 weeks in the absence of a final lap on fumes? Would I go into football withdrawal and begin screaming at Team Penske to go for it on fourth down? Or would I go into convulsions upon learning that the Raiders didn't pit for tires? I just don't know.

You must decide for me, which could I live without. This is too difficult a decision for one lone sports fan to make. Just break it to me gently when the decision is made, and make sure that there are some chips, salsa, and a couple cold beverages on hand. I'll be alright. Really, I'll be alright.

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