It's not that complicated. I could follow most of what was going on without having watched more than a handle of games.
When I was 10 there was this Aussie kid at school who was very popular. To get him to like me I used to pretend to watch AFL. Wasn't long before he called my bluff
That's pretty funny. "Did you watch the game?" "Oh...yea! That guy who kicked the ball was awesome" "Which guy?" "Oh you know. That....guy....who plays for the....good team." "...."