The year is 2032. The Gophers football team plays a Big Twenty conference game at Washington in mid-October on a streaming channel not yet invented.
The players on the field are salaried employees in a billion-dollar enterprise. Quarterback Tanner Morgan, a super-duper senior in his 16th season, promotes a local car dealership during commercial breaks. Astronauts on Mars settle in to watch the game.
Facetious?
