what it was was football

"What It Was, Was Football" is a monologue by actor-comedian Andy Griffith. The monologue is a description of a college football game, as seen by a naive country preacher who attends the game by accident and is entirely puzzled by it. The monologue was first performed in 1953 and was later printed in Mad magazine in 1958. The recording of the monologue is available on YouTube. Andy Griffith composed the monologue while living in the Triangle, North Carolina, in 1949. The monologue has become a classic and is still enjoyed by many today.