When you grow up in Wisconsin, you're a Packers fan. Your family is filled with Packers fans. If you're lucky enough to have season tickets, they've probably been handed down like an heirloom. Hell - there are guys who have been on the Green Bay Packers season ticket waiting list for 30 years. You inherit a team from your family just like you inherit your genes.
Football is a serious thing.
But, for whatever reason, there have only been a handful of great football movies. There have only been a handful of great sports movies period. There's Knute Rockne, All American and The Natural . There's Hoosiers , Rocky and Bull Durham . They're pure and simple, so a lot of people tend to call them sappy or schmaltzy.