What is so special about Football?

I reside in Chicago, recently Chicago Bears lost to GB, but the whole week before the game people behaved like there is nothing more important than this forthcoming game. Some people were willing to pay thousands for tickets, so they can sit in sub-zero temperature, risking their own health to see the game from the distance, when you can see it for free at home with much better detail. Bears finally lost and most people got so depressed like they lost close family member. I’m driving to work and as far as I can tell everything looks normal; the street lights are working, most of cars started in the morning despite cold night, all machines at work seem to be working just fine, since there was very few maintenance tickets. My office temperature was normal 73 Deg. and so on. Can someone educate me what it is about this game? All players are overweight and look not much better then cave man. You can’t even see their faces, (This actually may be a good thing) and all they want is to take the out of shape ball from one place to another, hardly a sophisticated task when you compare it to other sport i.e. figure skating, professional dancing, volleyball or even tennis. Please give me a reason to be at least a little excited about this game.