-PJ
Matt Graening (sp), the creator of the Simpsons, inked a few comic books/strips. One of those books was "Work is Hell". One of the strips in the book was a 7-panel one titled 'The Seven Advantages of Being Stupid' (or something like that), with a dopey barney-like dinosaur character acting stupid. One of the panels' caption was "Watching replays is just as exciting as the original live play", with the dinasaur anxiously leaning forward in his recliner, watching a tape of a football game, and shouting: "Maybe he'll make the field-goal this time!". That is the AP poll angle, I guess.