On this wonderful evening, in honor of Thursday Night Football in which the Vikings are playing Tampa Bay momentarily. My focus will be on Percy Harvin, because he is a beast and more importantly because he is on my fantasy team and I need a good performance out of him. Physics wise however, I think Christian ponder has more to offer in evaluation of the study being the quarterback, so I will do my best to explain the physics of throwing the football and the effects of the applied spiral, and the aerodynamics behind it all. The shape of a football makes it different from any other sport, with naturally round objects commonly. Using Newton's first law which says that an object will remain at rest unless it is acted upon by a force, we know that the throwing motion applies the force needed to propel the ball. However why don't passers throw the ball with the laces perpendicular to the line of travel. Obviously however this is because of the aerodynamics off the ball, the longer side being horizontal which allows it to achieve the greatest level of stability in the air. I just realized I should be doing Calculus right now, but this is actually getting sort of exciting for me. The spiral is caused by the passers grip and release of the ball, causing it to rotate on its lateral axis, and the ellipsoid shape of the ball allows him to benefit. Percy, I need a big game tonight, C'MON MAN!!!!

P.S. - Thowin' Dough (shoutout to chaboi midnight panther) :wave)