One-Handed Beer Football Returns, In PBR Bowl X

For a decade now they've been gathering at 2 p.m. on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. There's no planning, there's no invite—"Everybody just knows to come," says one of the event's founders. They're inexorably drawn by the twin siren songs of American: beer, and football.

Last year we happily brought you news of the existence of the PBR Bowl, an annual event held by a group of friends in Emerson, Iowa (pop. 430). This year is the tenth edition of the game, but the rules haven't changed since the early days:

• 40 yard field, 20 yards for a first down • One-hand touch • All players must have a PBR in hand at all times • If you drop your beer, chug it and grab another • First to 70 points wins, unless the beer runs out or everyone gets too tired • Extra points for beards and mullets

What started as a post-Thanksgiving meal lark—here's a case of PBR, here's a football, let's combine the two—is slowly but inevitably overtaking the NFL to become our nation's most popular sport. This year's event was covered by the local TV news, the , and a group of film students, one of whom produced the video above. So keep on rocking in the free world, beer football gladiators.