One reason I love American football is the scoring system. The way it's balanced is genius: you can tell a lot about a match just by looking at the score. See how many points your team scored and consult this handy chart:
0 - Your team sucks
1 - Something really weird happened. Also, your team sucks.
2 - Oh look, a safety
3 - Normal. And you got blown out.
4 - What's with all the safeties?
5 - Oh look, a safety
6 - At least your kicker got involved, one way or another
7 - Normal
8 - A two-point conversion, I guess? Cool
9 - Normal-ish
10 - Normal
11 - You got two-pointers somehow, so probably not totally boring
12 - Seriously, is this all field goals?
13 - I hope your kicker didn't miss an extra point
14 - Normal
15 - This game didn't follow a script. You probably lost, though.
16 - You missed an extra point, were chasing and converted two-pointers, or cannot find the end zone. In any case, this cannot be good
17 - Normal
18+ - Your over had a chance
