Even when you lob an 80 miles-per-hour pitch right down the middle to an Arizona State football player, he can be reluctant to take a swing.
Maybe that's because the question -- tell me something unrelated to football that people don't know about you -- is enough of a curve to create hesitation. The typical first reaction is something like this from safety Jordan Simone, "Man, I really live and breathe football," before owning up to being a wakeboarder. It's as by admitting to something other than football 24/7, they will be grabbed by a position coach and thrown into a rabbit hole leading to perpetual wind sprints.