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Growing up in England, Mark Oldacres didn't have frequent opportunities to catch NFL football. The relative lack of exposure combined with the time difference doesn’t make it all that easy to be a European fan.
Mark knew a bit about the game just from being a sports fan in general, but one year the BBC just so happened to have the rights to the Super Bowl for the first time in years and Mark decided he’d give it a watch.