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The Science of NFL Football

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
September 9, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 09:14
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The Today show wants to bring science to the masses - football fan masses, that is.   Enjoy Lester Holt stumbling over velocity vectors in this clip below!

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