Perry Dawsey to Magnus Paglione, and there may be others, both have a football history.  Scott has obviously shown that he enjoys the ex-football player archetype, and football as a literally setting.  The years Perry was playing for the U of M were probably during or soon after the years that Magnus was playing for the Calgary stampeders, and since Michigan is pretty close to the border, it’s possible that one or the other saw the other play, and admired their skill – they may have even had a run in.  I think it would be extremely interesting to see some form of interaction between the two regarding football, prior to the events of either of their stories.  In fact, as Perry’s injury ever fully explained?  We know Magnus has no moral compass, so maybe Magnus was betting on Perry’s game, and things weren’t going his way.  Maybe he had a hand in Perry’s injury?

Anyway, I’d love to see if anyone can write an interesting story about it. 

Arioch's note: This one was emailed to me by Eric