Given the single-minded fervor with which fans follow their -favorite teams , it stands to reason that the topics of religion and sports often find themselves in the same conversation. Just ask Seattle -Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
Last week, Wilson gave an interview during which he explained his last-minute interception that essentially handed February's Super Bowl trophy to the New England -Patriots. Wilson claimed that as he walked off the field, "God says to me, 'I'm using you … I want to see how you respond.'"
This will probably come as a surprise to Seahawks fans , most of whom blamed the interception not on divine -intervention, but instead on an inexplicably bone-headed play call. Patriots fans who -worship at the altar of Bill Belichick's coaching acumen, on the other hand, -credited a sound -defensive strategy for the play.
Wilson's religious reference - particularly the implication that some type of divine being is heavily invested in something as seemingly trivial as a football game - will no doubt make many mainstream sports fans uncomfortable. Those -people will dismiss Wilson's comment as ridiculous or fanatical.