how would i go about modeling a football in maya?

hida.57

i know about taking a sphere and scaling the sides and such, but how would i model the little grippy line thingies on the top of it. Sorry, im kind of a noob to maya

Daz

An American football? grippy lines? You mean the stitching?

http://www.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/2/23/Wilson_American_football.jpg

Seems pretty straightforward. Model in lower poly and use subdivision?