Mr Rabbani says most loyalist forces have already slipped out of Bani Walid, a town of 60, 000 whose capture would place the whole of the country's fertile coastal zone, which contains around 95% of Libya's 6m people, under the control of the new authorities.
Some of the new elements include the addition of neutral zone sites like Cowboys Stadium for big games and introducing more on-field vignettes that capture player chatter and more of the atmosphere that separates the college game from the pro product.