Holly Robinson Peete - Get Your Own Damn Beer, Im Watching the Game!: A Womans Guide to Loving Pro Football

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GET YOUR OWN DAMN BEER,
IM WATCHING THE GAME!

Girls, this is a must-read! Score some major points with your guy when it comes to his second lovefootball!

VIVICA A. FOX, actress

This book reflects the same depth of understanding and expertise that Holly displays as an actor. She explains the nuances of the game in a manner that all can comprehend. Much like the mantra we have at FOX NFL Sunday, Holly sugarcoats the education pill.

JAMES BROWN, FOX NFL Sunday

Only Holly Robinson Peete combines the terminology, strategy, and history of the game with her pinpoint portrayal of life in the NFL, on and off the field. You cant help but understand and love pro football once you read this book.

ANDREA KREMER, ESPN national correspondent

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2005 by Holly Robinson Peete and Daniel Paisner

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any other information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

Illustrations by Kelly Hume/Deborah Wolf Associates
Play diagrams by Rodney Peete

Book design by Christopher Rhoads

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the publisher.

Peete, Holly Robinson.

ISBN-13 978-1-59486-163-5 paperback
ISBN-10 1-59486-163-3 paperback
ISBN-978-1-62336-089-4 eBook

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This book is dedicated to my daddy.
Thanks for teaching me to love the game.
How I miss Sundays with you...

Contents

4
Three Teams in One

Foreword

Back when I played football in college and the NFL, and I was trying to knock someone out on the field, I knew it was an awesome hit when the crowd went, Wo-o-o-o! I say that now myself when I spot something thats the real deal, like a great movie or a sweet set of wheels. After reading Hollys book, I knew it was a Wo-o-o-o! book.

Ive been in this game since I was 10 years old, and Ive seen all kinds of football books. But Ive never seen one that made me say Wo-o-o-o! Well, this book is about a lot of Wo-o-o-o! In this one volume is everything you need to know about the game of football, its history, the players, the coaches, the fans, and more.

I guess that doesnt mean much coming from a guy who grew up playing football and already knows everything about the game. After all, this is a book for women, not pro football players. So I asked the women in my life what they thought, and they all agreed with me. This is a Wo-o-o-o! book, they said. Its the real deal.

My mom has watched me play since I started playing football, and she learned a lot over those 15 years. In the beginning she used to say to me, Now dont you get hurt, son. (We all know I never did listen to my mom.) But by the end of my career mom was saying things like, Why didnt you blitz on that play? You should have been reading the guards hand! You could tell he was leaning backwards and that he was going to pass block. Then she would add, Why did you let Eric Dickerson run over you?

My wife, Karen, also learned about football the hard wayplay by play, year by year. And she says that if shed had this book back when we first got together, she might have been able to understand more clearly what I was doing on the field. When I told her about my day at the office, she might have had a better idea what I was talking about!

In this book, Holly gives you the gift of what she knows from living the NFL life. This kind of savvy takes years to learnjust ask my mom and my wifebut Holly makes it easy to understand. Everything from great Super Bowl moments, to the language of the game, to football butts worth watching (which I have to remind my wife to STOP watching!).

Who better than Holly to give you this gift? She really knows what goes on behind the scenes. Shes been thereliterallyin the locker room after Rodney busted his knee in 1995, and when he won a championship game in 2003. She knows the high points of the football life, and the low points. She knows what it feels like to win a big game and what it feels like to rush to the hospital after a season-ending injury.

Most of all, Holly genuinely loves football. And you will, too. I guarantee, this book will make you say, Wo-o-o-o!

Ronnie Lott

NFL Hall of Fame Safety

Acknowledgments

To my little linemen: Rodney, Robinson, and Roman. Mommy wrote a book about footballisnt that cool?! To my gridiron princess: Ryan Elizabeth, as passionate a football fan as there ever was. To my QB: Rodney. Honey, the integrity, poise, and passion you have consistently displayed on and off the field have mesmerized me. Thanks for letting me ask all the dumb questions. Edna and Willie Peete, Rebeca and Skip Peete, thanks for the love. Matt Robinson, number one NFL bro-in-law. Holla Swaad! Dolores Robinson: Mommy, you have become a truly great football fan and a wonderful NFL mother-in-law. You make me proud! Robinson/Peete crew: I love you all ferociously!

Dan Paisner, thank you for your talent, compassion, and friendship. Mel Berger, thank you for helping me to finally realize this project. Thank you Patti Webster and everyone at W&W Public Relations. Big shout-out to Leah Flickinger and everyone at Rodaleyour belief and guidance have made this rookie process so pleasant. Thank you for the opportunity.

Much love to the following fabulous NFL couples for their support: Karen and Ronnie Lott, Deanna and Brett Favre, Brenda and Kurt Warner, Sherice and Tim Brown, Tina and Sean Jones, Cindy and Jon Gruden, Pat and Emmitt Smith, Linda and John Lynch. Shout-out to Kim Porcher, for being my first NFL-wife friend.

Derrick Heggans, Jim Steeg, Tom Murphy, Mark Richardson, Tracy Pearlman, Andrea Kremer, Marcus Allen, James Brown, Vivica A. Fox, Dan Fogleman, Yvette Bowser, Chris Voelker, Valerie Harrell, Adam Christopherthanks for your consistent gracious support. Star Jones Reynoldsthe best girlfriend to watch a game with! And Lianne Cashin, thanks for always being there.

Finally, to all the women who love football, want to love football, or just want to fake it better in an effort to find some harmony and bonding time with your man on the weekend... I wrote this with you on the brain. I hope you like it!