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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell I LOVE Super Bowl Sunday...who's with me???
I always see a bunch of Super Bowl haters on DU each year making fun of football, the excitement of Super Bowl Sunday, etc. I've seen some today.
Well I love the Super Bowl. I'm not an insane football fan, but I do love the sport. But the day has become a fun mid-winter, post-holiday, funday. Lots of awesome eats, having some great drinks with good friends. Lots of laughs. Just all around good fun.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! And screw the Pats.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)it is not something that I find particularly interesting, but for those that do...........
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)This makes us very different from the World. America's Team the Patriots won tonight!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful day for the United States of America. I couldn't be more prouder and that game was incredible.
adigal
(7,581 posts)That it pays to cheat. Douchebags.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)What a great moment for the United States. I am so proud. You should be too.
adigal
(7,581 posts)and bankers who crash the economy, too. Nice to see liberals like that here.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Best night of the last 12 months.
adigal
(7,581 posts)Because history will. And how sad that a football game is the best night of your year.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)This is incredible. Tom just won a truck....so deserved. He worked his butt off tonight.
adigal
(7,581 posts)interceptions. The only title he deserves is "Biggest Cheater."
And I don't even watch any football anymore, the game has me so disgusted so I have no dog in this fight.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)foo_bar
(4,193 posts)It's like Oprah if the audience had to buy cars for Oprah.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Well fuck me.
he could probably buy General Motors.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)with your assessment. It is a sporting event broadcast as an entertainment. It is hardly a national treasure. The 200th anniversary ceremony of the Battle of New Orleans was broadcast on C-Span during the time the Super Bowl, I believe that would be better described as a National Treasure, as it commemorated the sacrifice and service of those who attempted to do something to defend this country from invasion.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)National Treasure my foot...
Garrison Keillor is a National Treasure.
The Metropolitan Opera is a National Treasure
The Declaration of Independence is a National Treasure
The Super Bowl? I.... don't......THINK......soooo..
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Puppy Bowl is on Animal Planet, Kitten Bowl is on the Hallmark Channel.
The football game doesn't get under way until 6:00 (Eastern Time).
Atman
(31,464 posts)Ancient warrior bullshit. See where it got the Romans?
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)and watch it every year with some friends, good beer and great homemade football foods.
Don't let the whiners get you down, they're just bored because whatever they normally watch is in reruns.
and screw the Seahawks. :-P
rock
(13,218 posts)I love Super Bowl Sunday! Iguess now that i I love all Sundays. I'm an atheist. I love all weekdays too. I'm retired! I guess now that I think about it I love all days!
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)The kicks are absolutely amazing...
madamvlb
(495 posts)I still have a hard time understanding some plays and calls. I think this will make all the football fans on DU have a chuckle...my son played HS & college ball (d-1)...all through hs and college every time the crowd roared with "let's go D" I assumed they were talking about my son who's name starts with a d, I would turn to my frenchie hubby who only cares about sports in which you put oil in it and he would also chant, for all those years....OMG did I feel stupid when I figured it out. But to be fair we did much tailgating before games and were usually down a few bottles of wine before it all began!
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)I'm just growing tired of all the over analysis, the hype and this whole deflated ball issue. I'll watch it, tip my hat to the winner and look forward the the four best words in all of sports, "Pitchers and Catchers Report"
KatyMan
(4,211 posts)February 20th....
ChazII
(6,206 posts)Giants. Yes, when the pitches and catchers come to town they bring a large group of fans.
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)"Spring Training"
gladium et scutum
(808 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)GP6971
(31,226 posts)Although my team doesn't report until 21st
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)So boring and monotonous.
KatyMan
(4,211 posts)yawn...show the game(s)!
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)This year we DVRd the Olympics coverage. I recorded everything and then just stayed away from the coverage. My kids and I would watch the DVR the next night and get through about 4-5 hours of coverage in about 1.5 hours. It was great! I didn't have to hear Bob Costas ramble on even once.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Pitchers and Catchers.. Feb 19 !! Not the 20th as some have claimed.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)I like football, but can't stand the hype.
AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)Now that's a scandal!
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)and don't throw your tarts in the bin!
narnian60
(3,510 posts)Love it.
cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)now that my 'HAWKS are about to create their legacy, I'm so in! (and was of course last year and 2005, whenever our previous one was).
For those who don't live in the Pacific Northwest - Washington state especially - you can't imagine how this feels, how pumped we are.
So many story lines:
*Paul Allen (he of Microsoft fame) keeping the team in Seattle when an LA grifter tried to move it there several years ago
*5'10" QB Russell Wilson, outdoing the skeptics and naysayers. And oddly, even though he's a heavy "Jesus freak," it's a live and let live attitude I, a Pagan Humanist, feel toward him. He also lost his dad 4 years ago, so he's fighting his own battles.
*Pete Carroll, who was fired by the Pats only to be replace by Bellichek.
*The 'Hawks - a team who joined in the expansion and has never gotten the respect they deserve!
*The truly meaningful contributions team members are making in their communities.
*Legacy team the Pats facing new legacy takeovers the Seahawks!!
*The relationship between this team and their fans - like no other in the NFL.
*Marshawn Lynch. Need I say more.
I just heard Manager John Schneider talk about how the spirit of positivity and pulling together and always striving to be better than the day before has not only taken over the team, but is infecting the region. So cool and so true. And so CORNY!
It's very interesting sociologically how this works - a team and its supporters. It probably brings in some themes I can't really subscribe to, like tribalism and nationalism. I can't really explain it, but I know it is real.
And I'm glad our team is the ragtag bunch of underappreciated overachievers that it is. They have my heart!
Stardust
(3,894 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)Feels like it was ours to win. Also feels like it balances out the NFC championship game, where we stole victory from the grip of defeat ...
Interesting to watch and hear our very religious QB and others make sense of it, when they seem to believe in a personal God who is controlling these things.
All in all, they are fine young men who played their hearts out and we love them, here in the Pac NW. Coach Pete's bad call; I guess he overthought it and ignored what he always preaches: ball control; protect the ball; it's all about the ball. Very ironic when he not only has the best RB in the league on his team, but a QB with one of the highest running yardages in the league this year!
Double
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Speaking as a Packers fan.. ah hem... when I have to have a football preference, .... all three of the teams I hoped would win the last three games----lost.. Colts to Pats, GB to you guys and last night...
Ah well,.. now the SERIOUS stuff starts pitchers and catchers on Feb 19
And then in June-----
GO MUCKDOGS !!!!
cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)GP6971
(31,226 posts)Response to titaniumsalute (Original post)
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SheilaT
(23,156 posts)go shopping, or catch a movie. This year I'm off helping to feed the homeless at the local shelter.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)...and beer.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...have a cookie.
TYY
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)... I don't know how that happened!
TYY
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)which is the important thing!🍪
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...if not slightly out of compliance. It's as if my Soufflés fell...
TYY
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Won't even be watchable by the second half.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)LOL. Great game actually.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Which was my initial and accurate prediction.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018717264
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,347 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 1, 2015, 11:50 PM - Edit history (1)
One oops wipes out five atta boys. That's what my old boss used to say.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)A. Patriots blow out (usually a blow out is a much higher score) and B. not even watchable by the second half. The game came down to the last 30 seconds.
With all due respect...neither came true.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But I did get the SB winner right.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Superbowl Monday should be a national holiday!
GP6971
(31,226 posts)Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)chillfactor
(7,584 posts)I have much better things to do then watch grown men trying to see what bodily injuries they can cause each other
I am so sick of hearing about the super bowl I will be happy when today is over
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Stardust
(3,894 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Best SB in a long time.
Initech
(100,108 posts)But otherwise Patriots:
edhopper
(33,639 posts)You could see Brady saying "not again!" On that Kerse catch.
Great game.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)I really thought it was a done deal with the time outs and Lynch. CANT believe PC called that pass play.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)this year I was not looking forward to it as much as I usually do.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)YMMV
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)It's a celebration of ritualised violence and crass commercialism all rolled up into a neat package.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Ritualized violence? Football players have more layers of padding and protection than pretty much any sport short of fencing. And the rules of the game have made it you can barely tackle anyone without some sort of penalty. Every sport has players that sustain injuries. Show me one that doesn't? Baseball, NBA, Hockey, Soccer??
Yes the Super Bowl is extreme commercialism. But what the heck isn't? Heck church is commercial (Christmas), politics is commercial (billions in ad spending and PACS), etc. Times Square in NYC is sickening commercial.
That doesn't mean I can't sit down and enjoy a football game with friends.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Are you aware of the rate of brain damage and long-term neurological issues in pro football players? Helpful hint: between age 30 and 49 risk of dementia is 19 times higher than the general population. Also, look up "chronic traumatic encephalopathy". 33 out of 34 former NFL players tested for CTE postmortem had it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
The only sport you can reasonably compare American football to in terms of the risks and injuries inflicted on competitors is boxing (and football may be worse, honestly).
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Where do we draw the line? Do we live in bubbles and not play sports at all then?
http://www.totalprosports.com/2012/06/08/11-most-dangerous-sports/#15
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)One in three retired football players has mild cognitive impairment or other neurological issues (which is higher than the rate for boxers, in fact). We're only now starting to understand the risks involved, really; the science wasn't there until a few years ago (mostly because it wasn't in the NFL's interest to do any research). When people ranging from former NFL players to the president are saying "if I had a son, I wouldn't let him play football" and an increasing number of parents with school-age kids are saying the same thing, the sport has a problem in years to come, I'd say.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Most of the people on the list you sent me are 50+. There was no evidence of long-term problems (which seems obvious to me but hey who am I) associated with concussions back then.
At least they are trying to do something about it. The Teams are limiting actual hard tackles in practice, helmet to helmet hits are being flagged and penalized often now, hits to kickers/quarterbacks (defenseless players) are getting much more scrutiny, etc. Also analyzing players post hard hits to the head on the sidelines is increasing versus before when they could basically stumble back out for the next play with no analysis at all from the hit.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)It's just that most of the evidence was in professional boxers, not in football players. (Think of Jerry Quarry, for instance.) And the problem isn't just from concussions, it's also from sub-concussive hits. An NFL game averages 130 plays a game, for sixteen games a year plus the post-season; that adds up. They're taking steps to treat concussion as a more serious problem (now that they've been faced with the medical evidence and had to cough up a lot of $$$ in a lawsuit); time will tell if it's enough (but in the meantime the reduction in kids going into football will have an effect about 5-10 years down the line).
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)until it is too late. Look how glorified smoking was in the 40's and 50's. I remember my grandmother said she smoked for two decades because it was cool. But then in the 60's research started coming out how awful it was and by 1970 hundreds of thousands had quit smoking due to the information coming out. In hindsight it is hard to imagine that anyone thought smoking wasn't bad for you.
adigal
(7,581 posts)Just like bankers and Wall Streeters were awarded for crashing the economy.
I'm so disgusted.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I enjoy football and I am a Pats fan, so tonight was exciting!
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)I remember when I didn't even know what it was though.
One day I was at a friends house and asked him if he was going to be watching the superbowl and he stopped in his tracks and said so now you watch the fucking game too huh. Went on to say how I used to show up on superbowl sunday and drag him out of the house to go fishing or whatever. It was pretty funny the way he told the story LOL
Having a kid playing sports totally turned me around.