Well I LOVE Super Bowl Sunday...who's with me???

[titaniumsalute]

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]

1. I hope you enjoy the event

it is not something that I find particularly interesting, but for those that do...........

[yeoman6987]

53. It' a national treasure

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]

54. Proud???? Of a bunch of whining, lying cheaters??? Well, at least American kids learned a big lesson

That it pays to cheat. Douchebags.

[yeoman6987]

55. I love them so much.....I am watching the MVP ceremony right now.

What a great moment for the United States. I am so proud. You should be too.

[adigal]

61. I guess you cheer for Wall Streeters who cheat teachers out of their pensions

and bankers who crash the economy, too. Nice to see liberals like that here.

[yeoman6987]

64. Strange comparison. Oh well nobody can take this away from me

Best night of the last 12 months.

[adigal]

84. Put an asterisk next to this win

Because history will. And how sad that a football game is the best night of your year.

[HERVEPA]

57. America's team? proud for country. Is theis sarcasm, or are you smoking something?

[yeoman6987]

58. Obviously you didn't watch the game or you would not question me

This is incredible. Tom just won a truck....so deserved. He worked his butt off tonight.

[adigal]

62. Tom won because the Seahawks made the stupidest call in the history of football and he threw two

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]

65. Even the President finds calling Tom a cheater silly

[foo_bar]

67. yeah, people with 9-figure net worths totally deserve an oversized product-placement truck

It's like Oprah if the audience had to buy cars for Oprah.

[pangaia]

81. Tommy won a truck??

Well fuck me.
he could probably buy General Motors.

[Sherman A1]

66. I am afraid I must disagree

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]

80. did you forget the sarcasm thingy?

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]

2. Plenty of time for Puppy Bowl and Kitten Bowl

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]

3. Not me.

Ancient warrior bullshit. See where it got the Romans?

[sharp_stick]

4. I love the super bowl

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]

5. Me! Me!

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]

6. -I- won't make fun of football...

The kicks are absolutely amazing...

[madamvlb]

7. I do enjoy it but....

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]

8. I love the Super Bowl.

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]

11. This! ^^^^^

February 20th....

[ChazII]

37. My home town is home to the

Giants. Yes, when the pitches and catchers come to town they bring a large group of fans.

[yuiyoshida]

13. my favorite two words of late...

"Spring Training"

[gladium et scutum]

21. Amen n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. +1 for "Pitchers and Catchers Report" !

[GP6971]

33. Got that right

Although my team doesn't report until 21st

[titaniumsalute]

40. I agree 100% about the two week pre-game.

So boring and monotonous.

[KatyMan]

71. Like those 'feel good' stories during the olympics

yawn...show the game(s)!

[titaniumsalute]

73. I know...that drives me more nuts than anything

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]

82. YESSSSSSSSSSSS !

Pitchers and Catchers.. Feb 19 !! Not the 20th as some have claimed.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Thank goodness Downton Abbey is on tonight.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Yep.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

15. Yep. And British Baking. And Grantchester.

I like football, but can't stand the hype.

[AwakeAtLast]

23. Oh yeah, Bingate

Now that's a scandal!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

26. Keep calm, bake on...

and don't throw your tarts in the bin!

[narnian60]

59. Hahaha.

Love it.

[cilla4progress]

10. Never used to, but

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]

39. Mine, too! Thanks for the accolades.

[pangaia]

83. I'm sorry for your loss.

[cilla4progress]

86. I know ...

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]

89. Guess god was on the Pats side this time. :>)

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]

91. Sad face

[liberal_at_heart]

14. Go Seahawks!

[GP6971]

34. +1000

[SheilaT]

18. I likewise love Super Bowl Sunday because it's a great day to

go shopping, or catch a movie. This year I'm off helping to feed the homeless at the local shelter.

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. LOVE it! Go Pats!

[JaneyVee]

20. I do. Sport! Sport! Sport! Go team go!

[cyberswede]

22. It's all about the snacks

...and beer.

[TeeYiYi]

24. Here...

...have a cookie.



TYY

[cyberswede]

25. Are those Pats cookies? They look kinda deflated.

[TeeYiYi]

27. Yeah,... they do look a little squishy...

... I don't know how that happened!
TYY

[cyberswede]

28. They look yummy though

which is the important thing!🍪

[TeeYiYi]

29. "Yummy"...

...if not slightly out of compliance. It's as if my Soufflés fell...

TYY

[oberliner]

30. Patriots blow out

Won't even be watchable by the second half.

[titaniumsalute]

42. BEEEP....wrong.

LOL. Great game actually.

[oberliner]

45. Patriots won and it was high scoring

Which was my initial and accurate prediction.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018717264

[Hassin Bin Sober]

47. You shoulda left it alone, eh?

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]

48. You post on my thread said

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]

50. That's true

But I did get the SB winner right.

[titaniumsalute]

52. LOL...yes you did. Nice work.

[MohRokTah]

31. .

Superbowl Monday should be a national holiday!

[GP6971]

35. +1000!!!!

[Inkfreak]

32. +1!!!!'

[chillfactor]

36. worthless waste of my time...

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]

43. If you don't watch it than it isn't worthless or a waste of your time...

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. Bless your heart. n/t

[Stardust]

38. I tuned in for Katy Perry, now I'm stoked! Great game!!!

[msanthrope]

41. That was a great, to-the-last-minute game. nt

[titaniumsalute]

44. Heck yeah...

Best SB in a long time.

[Initech]

49. Well it was nice to see a hockey game break out at the end.

But otherwise Patriots:

[edhopper]

51. That was an insane ending

You could see Brady saying "not again!" On that Kerse catch.
Great game.

[titaniumsalute]

60. Yeah that Hawks catch on the 5 was nuts

I really thought it was a done deal with the time outs and Lynch. CANT believe PC called that pass play.

[fishwax]

56. I do too, though

this year I was not looking forward to it as much as I usually do.

[Tom Ripley]

63. I don't like to be distracted from my drinking by spectator sports

YMMV

[Spider Jerusalem]

68. The Super Bowl is the perfect expression of the American national character.

It's a celebration of ritualised violence and crass commercialism all rolled up into a neat package.

[titaniumsalute]

69. What an extremely simplistic view

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]

70. Yes, ritualised violence.

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]

72. Yes sports is dangerous...

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]

75. I didn't say "not play sport at all", but not play football, as it's currently played? Probably.

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]

77. Right on.

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]

79. Ah, but there was evidence of long-term problems.

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]

90. Yeah I think it is human nature to ignore symptoms of something

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]

85. And rewarding cheating - please, don't forget that! American as Apple Pie

Just like bankers and Wall Streeters were awarded for crashing the economy.

I'm so disgusted.

[Marrah_G]

74. I do too!

I enjoy football and I am a Pats fan, so tonight was exciting!

[HappyMe]

76. I do too!

[pangaia]

78. I agree with your last sentence.

[madokie]

87. I look forward to it

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.

[benz380]

88. I love Superb Owl day too. n/t