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The Non Sports Fan’s Guide to Maybe Enjoying the Super Bowl
The 46th Super Bowl in the history of the National Football League takes place on Sunday night. If you're saying "duh," then please feel free to move on to another corner of the Internet. If you're saying, "Is that the thing with the dogs?" then please keep reading.
What is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game for the NFL. It pairs rampant American consumerism and gluttony with a nearly murderous contact sport so that We can be entertained and They can make money. It's a very fair arrangement that has worked seamlessly for more than 46 years—excluding that one time that half of America was briefly subjected to the horrors of a bare nipple on national television, which likely ruined the hearts and minds of an entire generation.
Ugh, whatever; shut up. What time does the Super Bowl start?
Well, we've been over this, and the Huffington Post was on it years ago. Super Bowl XLVI begins at 6:30 p.m. EST and will be aired on NBC.
I don't care what time it starts because football is boring and/or nothing but a terrifying public stage for the gradual destruction of men's brains. Who's doing the national anthem this year?
Kelly Clarkson.
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You know, I just realized that if MLB had the NFL's inferiority complex, their last championship would have been called World Series CIX. 
* Super Bowl XLVI is Super Bowl 46.
* The New England Patriots are like the Yankees, they always win and I swear they cheat.
* Their QB is Tom Brady aka “pretty boy”
* Their coach is Bill Belichick aka “Darth Vader.”
* The New York Giants are like any other team in baseball not named the Yankees, they don’t always win and are kind of like a team in the National League, focused more on defense.
* Their QB is Eli Manning, the younger brother trying to live up to his older brother and father’s legacy, think the Boones or Alous.
* Tom Coughlin is their coach, kind of like Ozzie Guillen, his job is always on the hot seat.
* Go to a party, it will be fun. How can free food and beer not be fun?
* The game is inIndianapolis, they’re not good enough to have a professional baseball team so I understand if you’ve never heard of it.
* There will be lots of commercials, think a game managed by Tony La Russa with his customary amount of pitching changes.
* Football has cheerleaders and they are much better than the Florida Marlins and the Man-A-Tees.
* Half time might be a good time to use the restroom because Madonna is performing, if you don’t know who that is then think a Jose Conseco who can sing.
http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2012/01/29/a-baseball-fans-guide-to-super-bowl-xlvi/
* The New England Patriots are like the Yankees, they always win and I swear they cheat.
* Their QB is Tom Brady aka “pretty boy”
* Their coach is Bill Belichick aka “Darth Vader.”
* The New York Giants are like any other team in baseball not named the Yankees, they don’t always win and are kind of like a team in the National League, focused more on defense.
* Their QB is Eli Manning, the younger brother trying to live up to his older brother and father’s legacy, think the Boones or Alous.
* Tom Coughlin is their coach, kind of like Ozzie Guillen, his job is always on the hot seat.
* Go to a party, it will be fun. How can free food and beer not be fun?
* The game is inIndianapolis, they’re not good enough to have a professional baseball team so I understand if you’ve never heard of it.
* There will be lots of commercials, think a game managed by Tony La Russa with his customary amount of pitching changes.
* Football has cheerleaders and they are much better than the Florida Marlins and the Man-A-Tees.
* Half time might be a good time to use the restroom because Madonna is performing, if you don’t know who that is then think a Jose Conseco who can sing.
http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2012/01/29/a-baseball-fans-guide-to-super-bowl-xlvi/
Really could not care less about this game, or football in general. Thankfully my husband feels the same way.
The rest of my family loves it.
