I mean, the parallels were really interesting. One big controversy is that the team took on some new players a while back that just did an outstanding job for freshmen (lead them thru 8 straight wins), and then the coach gets miffed at the new quarterback over a comment he made years before and benches him for the rest of the season (and they started losing games immediately following this). Then there is an e-mail sent out supposedly from a "fan" that just rips into this quarterback to malign and embarrass him, and its source ends up getting tied back to the coach and his wife! (Sound familiar?) Many of the fans want to see this egotistical jerk strung up by his jewels, with some even renting planes to drag banners over games that say to fire the guy.
I just got a kick out of it, and returned the favor by telling him everything that's been going on with the band, and how the fans have reacted. Then to top it off I made him watch several YouTube clips of JSS, Jeremey and Arnel... haha! Then for no other reason than I didn't feel like turning in that early, I made him listen to Tony Harnell from TNT.
Now I know a little more about his football team, and he knows a lot more about melodic rock. 
