So Dagmara, Hilary, and Anna: this article is dedicated to you three. I would not be able to write this post if the lovely ladies of the Vermont Zoo had not introduced me to Game of Thrones two summers back (my first episode was Tyrion's wedding). I can't remember who originally pitched the idea and I apologize to them. There were a lot of requests, but my favorite one was comparing the fourteen teams to houses from the A Song of Ice and Fire novels/Game of Thrones TV show.
While bored this summer, I wrote a post comparing every Big Ten football team to fast food restaurants. Illinois would otherwise be House Stark, obviously.
NOTE: This post is from December 2014, so no Lovie Smith.