Don't Be Afraid It's Only Football
This Texas NFL team won 3 Super Bowls in the 1990s?
The Cowboys
O this little town of Pennsylvania is home to Lehigh University & Moravian College
Bethlehem
In New York, if these are sliced, they are considered "prepared foods" & must be taxed--even if no schmear is involved
A Bagel
In "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, a soldier makes a perilous journey home in the end stages of this U.S. war
The Civil War
Gruesome & horrifying
Macabre
Passing advice from coach Jason Garrett:
"How do you throw a perfect" this? "Don't hold it too tight, don't hold it too loose"
A Spiral
Created to serve the University of North Carolina, it's nicknamed the "Southern Part of Heaven"
Chapel Hill
Basketball rules made just to hamper this 100-point scorer include you can't throw an inbounds pass over the rim
Wilt Chamberlain
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" recounted events from this 19th century war
The Crimean War
These cookies made with coconut are a traditional Passover dessert
Macaroons
At one time the 7th-string QB at Notre Dame, he went on to a Hall of Fame career as a 49er
Joe Montana
Have a ball at Ball State University, located in this city northeast of Indianapolis
Muncie
SALT stands for "state and" these "taxes" & there's now a $10,000 limit on deducting them on your IRS 1040
Local Taxes
Family members fight on opposite sides of WWI in this Vicente Blasco Ibáñez novel that shares its title with a Biblical quartet
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
This adjective meaning unscrupulously cunning comes from the name of a 16th century Italian writer
Machiavellian
Change the last 4 letters in "touchdown" to get this word for a kickoff that isn't returned from the end zone
A Touchback
Let's raise a glass of bubbly to these 2 adjoining cities, home to the University of Illinois
Champaign and Urbana
In 1969 the U.S. said whiskey must be at least 51% corn & stored in charred containers of this wood to be considered bourbon
Oak
This oft-filmed second of the "Leatherstocking Tales" sees Natty Bumppo battle the Huron in the French & Indian War
Last of the Mohicans
A technique that involves knotting excess thread along the edges of hand-loomed fabrics such as towels, shawls, and veils into decorative fringes.
Macramé
With its own Hall of Fame & rules of play, the CFL is this organization
The Canadian Football League
The main campus for Montana State University is in this city that's named for a wagon master & trail guide
Bozeman
Explosive name for the step the Senate took on Nov. 21, 2013, limiting future debate on judicial nominees
The Nuclear Option
This Boris Pasternak novel takes place against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution
Doctor Zhivago
When it comes to vision problems, there are wet & dry types of this degeneration
Macular Degeneration