I’ve never been interested in watching professional sports. Except the “Triple Crown” of horse racing. I’ll take some time out of my day to watch that.
Yes, guacamole, cheese spread, assorted olives, wine. And I don’t care who wins.
Back in the nineties on a Superbowl Sunday I took my lover out to a fancy foreign film, then to a fancy restaurant in Marin. Everything was deserted. It was great; it was romantic.
After dinner I ordered pear brandies (a reference to the film) and I asked my love to move in with me.
All hell broke out not long after but it’s a great memory.
Hate New England. Tired of the NFL. Used to watch the Superbowl every year since high school. Even when I was in Israel, we went to the Marines place to watch it. I’m not watching it this year.
I was never a major NFL fan, but I did pay attention periodically, especially in the post season.
What did it for me: not so much that the Kaepernicks of the world staged their protest — big effin’ deal. Not so much that the NFL looked the other way, as the protests were in contravention of NFL rules — if that’s the way NFL wants to run its show, big effin’ deal; what do I care?
NO: it’s that the NFL would *not* permit various protests that were right-leaning in nature [no specifics handy; I haven’t kept track but the incidents are there] but were happy to permit left-leaning protests [e.g. Kaepernick type stuff]. It puts them in the same league as Big Hollywood and Big [mainstream non-Fox] Media. Consequently, they are cordially invited to go to h#ll, and as far as Superbowl is concerned, frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. I have not looked in on a single second of NFL activity this current season.
I don’t watch football any more, and never watched Downton Abbey, but this is a hoot.
I’m a fan. My favorite team is the Denver Broncos. Back in the day when I lived in Colorado and was domiciled in Denver I was fortunate enough to fly a few Broncos charters. Those were pre hi-jack days and we left the cockpit door open after reaching cruise altitude. Met quite a few of the players and found most of them to be smart and engaging personalities. That was before the days of huge salaries and free agency. The turnover in players was not as great as it is today. I met such men as Tom Jackson, Randy Gradishar, Craig Morton, Jack Dolbin, Rick Upchurch, and a few more. No one remembers them now.
I enjoyed the game today. It had a great back story. The hated Pats, winners of five Superbowls, against the upstart Eagles who had never won a Superbowl. To top it off the Eagles were playing with their back up QB, as Carson Wentz, their starter, went down for the season with a knee injury in December. The Pats were heavily favored. But the Eagles were a match for them today. And it wasn’t really over until the last few seconds as both teams marched up and down the field in an offensive display that has never been equaled in Superbowl history.
Yeah, there is too much money in the game today. Some of the players are thugs. Others are spoiled brats. But when two teams play at a high level and the game goes right down to the wire, I appreciate the display of skill and toughness – especially when the teams are well matched. Just my cup ‘o tea.
After being a NYG fan in my oh-so-distant youth, it’s been many years since I cared much either way.
Still, it cannot be denied that good football is good football…. And so many of the players have extraordinary skills, not to mention stamina. (OK, let’s not talk about steroids….)
So for me, it’s a matter of: Let the game begin! (and hope that it’s a good one….)
As for this year’s SB, if you look at the highlights (10 or 12 minutes), it seems like it was a truly spectacular game.
So good for them! Hats off!! Congratulations to one and all!!!
(Not sure why all too many fans have to go beserk with vandalism, though, but I guess I’m old-fashioned….)
To be sure, the way the NFL, unfortunately, is going generally, it seems clear that our legislators will have to add another amendment to the Bill of Rights: The inalienable right to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs….)
I’m waiting for the post in which neo analyzes the two quarterbacks’ performances with ballet terminology and metaphors.
For me, viewing professional sports ceased to be fun! quite some time ago. I’d rather watch a bunch of kids play pick-up. There are no commercials, no unceasing babbling of sportscasters, and rarely is there anything of a political nature interjected into the game.
It was an exciting game. Not many penalties. Not much defense either. And the underdogs won. Another great American story.
For those of us who believe in such things the thanks given by Coach Pederson, QB Foles and ‘The Big Tight End’ Ertz during the obligatory live questioning was sweet. They ought to upset any number of SJW types as a bonus.
I made potato skins for the first time and they turned out great. I used this recipe:
I cut the halves in half again, to make wedges (before filling them; easier to eat than boats). I also used a little more cheese than the recipe called for, and quite a bit more bacon.
@ Sarah, did you make those specifically for the game? They look tasty. Hopefully the quarter-wedges held together nicely.
My wife and i had no engagements… 3lb lobster.. porterhouse steak… veggies.. flipping channels with it on record… to see the best parts and ignore the poliitics… glad i missed the half time…
on another interesting note obtusely related:
… In the 1920s, the [Ku Klux Klan] “attempted to remove Columbus Day as a state holiday in Oregon,” burned a cross “to disturb a Columbus Day celebration in Pennsylvania,” and successfully “opposed the erection of a statue of Columbus in Richmond, Virginia, only to see the decision to reject the statue reversed.”
The Klan and other anti-immigrant organizations hated the growing Italian and Catholic influences in America and tried to portray Columbus as a barbaric and unremarkable figure.
It didn’t work. Americans adopted Columbus as one of their own and have celebrated him with statues, street names, city names, and a federal holiday.
Where the Klan failed, modern-day left-wing activists are succeeding in, literally, tearing up Columbus’s legacy.
i wonder how many of my coworkrs who voiced this would be happy to know they now have aligned themselves with the freaky austrian and the american KKK… they did more by reprogramming their victims than they ever did facing them up front and trying to scare them… (same with the womens movement…)
gonna get interesting shortly..
i advise putting some brew in the mini fridge
air pop the popcorn and for petes sake use real butter
the show is about to begin…
shhhh!
This was almost a perfect Super Bowl for me. I don’t watch much pro football (not that much college, either, mainly Alabama games). I don’t usually have much invested in the outcome, but I did have a slight preference for seeing the Patriots lose. So they did, and it was an exciting game to watch. Couldn’t ask for more (except maybe no commercials).
Well, maybe no halftime show. I did sit through the Justin Timberlake production, mainly because we mis-timed dinner and had just started eating at the end of the half. That gave me the “who are these people? what planet am I on?” feeling, which a lot of commercial pop music gives me nowadays.
Gordon:
It’ll be a long, long wait 🙂 .
The insanity of fandom troubles me, plus the enormous subsidies most NFL teams receive from taxpayers in their locations. New stadium? Check! The roof on the prior new one failed under a snow burden (Minneapolis)? Check! We’ll just find $500 mill or so to build you a new new one.
I do not watch. Period, because I now watch only DVD movies on my TV. DirecTV cost me $960 yearly, to watch maybe 30 min of Fox News daily, plus the occasional Turner Classic Movie. I got a new roof 3 mo ago and roofers knocked dish out of alignment. Serviceman, an EEOC type, did not know how to re-align! Told him to take the dish down. Done.
I prefer watching a football movie about the Eagles, “Invincible”, starring Mark Wahlberg.
Too many Superbowls have been desultory games, unlike the current one (which seems to have been rather nifty) so I’ve not seen one in ten years.
Most fans have no clue what “LII” means, either. Just dumbed down, thinking it is another computer glitch.
Watched first Eagles drive…had other stuff to do so went & did it. Even last year I would’ve watched most all of it. (I currently live overseas so I see it at 10am Monday) I’ve given up the converged NFL…47.4 ratings looks like I’m not alone.
Philip, yes I made them for the game and I also made chili; we ate so many potato skins we saved the chili for the next day! The wedges did hold up quite well.
The really large bowl has commercials in it… what.
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Oh, yeah, that is today, isn’t it?
I’ve never been interested in watching professional sports. Except the “Triple Crown” of horse racing. I’ll take some time out of my day to watch that.
Yes, guacamole, cheese spread, assorted olives, wine. And I don’t care who wins.
Back in the nineties on a Superbowl Sunday I took my lover out to a fancy foreign film, then to a fancy restaurant in Marin. Everything was deserted. It was great; it was romantic.
After dinner I ordered pear brandies (a reference to the film) and I asked my love to move in with me.
All hell broke out not long after but it’s a great memory.
Hate New England. Tired of the NFL. Used to watch the Superbowl every year since high school. Even when I was in Israel, we went to the Marines place to watch it. I’m not watching it this year.
“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAqxWa9Rbe0
I was never a major NFL fan, but I did pay attention periodically, especially in the post season.
What did it for me: not so much that the Kaepernicks of the world staged their protest — big effin’ deal. Not so much that the NFL looked the other way, as the protests were in contravention of NFL rules — if that’s the way NFL wants to run its show, big effin’ deal; what do I care?
NO: it’s that the NFL would *not* permit various protests that were right-leaning in nature [no specifics handy; I haven’t kept track but the incidents are there] but were happy to permit left-leaning protests [e.g. Kaepernick type stuff]. It puts them in the same league as Big Hollywood and Big [mainstream non-Fox] Media. Consequently, they are cordially invited to go to h#ll, and as far as Superbowl is concerned, frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. I have not looked in on a single second of NFL activity this current season.
I don’t watch football any more, and never watched Downton Abbey, but this is a hoot.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/02/football-101-the-downton-abbey-guide-to-the-super-bowl/
I’m a fan. My favorite team is the Denver Broncos. Back in the day when I lived in Colorado and was domiciled in Denver I was fortunate enough to fly a few Broncos charters. Those were pre hi-jack days and we left the cockpit door open after reaching cruise altitude. Met quite a few of the players and found most of them to be smart and engaging personalities. That was before the days of huge salaries and free agency. The turnover in players was not as great as it is today. I met such men as Tom Jackson, Randy Gradishar, Craig Morton, Jack Dolbin, Rick Upchurch, and a few more. No one remembers them now.
I enjoyed the game today. It had a great back story. The hated Pats, winners of five Superbowls, against the upstart Eagles who had never won a Superbowl. To top it off the Eagles were playing with their back up QB, as Carson Wentz, their starter, went down for the season with a knee injury in December. The Pats were heavily favored. But the Eagles were a match for them today. And it wasn’t really over until the last few seconds as both teams marched up and down the field in an offensive display that has never been equaled in Superbowl history.
Yeah, there is too much money in the game today. Some of the players are thugs. Others are spoiled brats. But when two teams play at a high level and the game goes right down to the wire, I appreciate the display of skill and toughness – especially when the teams are well matched. Just my cup ‘o tea.
After being a NYG fan in my oh-so-distant youth, it’s been many years since I cared much either way.
Still, it cannot be denied that good football is good football…. And so many of the players have extraordinary skills, not to mention stamina. (OK, let’s not talk about steroids….)
So for me, it’s a matter of: Let the game begin! (and hope that it’s a good one….)
As for this year’s SB, if you look at the highlights (10 or 12 minutes), it seems like it was a truly spectacular game.
So good for them! Hats off!! Congratulations to one and all!!!
(Not sure why all too many fans have to go beserk with vandalism, though, but I guess I’m old-fashioned….)
To be sure, the way the NFL, unfortunately, is going generally, it seems clear that our legislators will have to add another amendment to the Bill of Rights: The inalienable right to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs….)
I’m waiting for the post in which neo analyzes the two quarterbacks’ performances with ballet terminology and metaphors.
For me, viewing professional sports ceased to be fun! quite some time ago. I’d rather watch a bunch of kids play pick-up. There are no commercials, no unceasing babbling of sportscasters, and rarely is there anything of a political nature interjected into the game.
It was an exciting game. Not many penalties. Not much defense either. And the underdogs won. Another great American story.
For those of us who believe in such things the thanks given by Coach Pederson, QB Foles and ‘The Big Tight End’ Ertz during the obligatory live questioning was sweet. They ought to upset any number of SJW types as a bonus.
I made potato skins for the first time and they turned out great. I used this recipe:
https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/basic-potato-skins-29404
I cut the halves in half again, to make wedges (before filling them; easier to eat than boats). I also used a little more cheese than the recipe called for, and quite a bit more bacon.
@ Sarah, did you make those specifically for the game? They look tasty. Hopefully the quarter-wedges held together nicely.
My wife and i had no engagements… 3lb lobster.. porterhouse steak… veggies.. flipping channels with it on record… to see the best parts and ignore the poliitics… glad i missed the half time…
on another interesting note obtusely related:
i wonder how many of my coworkrs who voiced this would be happy to know they now have aligned themselves with the freaky austrian and the american KKK… they did more by reprogramming their victims than they ever did facing them up front and trying to scare them… (same with the womens movement…)
gonna get interesting shortly..
i advise putting some brew in the mini fridge
air pop the popcorn and for petes sake use real butter
the show is about to begin…
shhhh!
This was almost a perfect Super Bowl for me. I don’t watch much pro football (not that much college, either, mainly Alabama games). I don’t usually have much invested in the outcome, but I did have a slight preference for seeing the Patriots lose. So they did, and it was an exciting game to watch. Couldn’t ask for more (except maybe no commercials).
Well, maybe no halftime show. I did sit through the Justin Timberlake production, mainly because we mis-timed dinner and had just started eating at the end of the half. That gave me the “who are these people? what planet am I on?” feeling, which a lot of commercial pop music gives me nowadays.
Gordon:
It’ll be a long, long wait 🙂 .
The insanity of fandom troubles me, plus the enormous subsidies most NFL teams receive from taxpayers in their locations. New stadium? Check! The roof on the prior new one failed under a snow burden (Minneapolis)? Check! We’ll just find $500 mill or so to build you a new new one.
I do not watch. Period, because I now watch only DVD movies on my TV. DirecTV cost me $960 yearly, to watch maybe 30 min of Fox News daily, plus the occasional Turner Classic Movie. I got a new roof 3 mo ago and roofers knocked dish out of alignment. Serviceman, an EEOC type, did not know how to re-align! Told him to take the dish down. Done.
I prefer watching a football movie about the Eagles, “Invincible”, starring Mark Wahlberg.
Too many Superbowls have been desultory games, unlike the current one (which seems to have been rather nifty) so I’ve not seen one in ten years.
Most fans have no clue what “LII” means, either. Just dumbed down, thinking it is another computer glitch.
Watched first Eagles drive…had other stuff to do so went & did it. Even last year I would’ve watched most all of it. (I currently live overseas so I see it at 10am Monday) I’ve given up the converged NFL…47.4 ratings looks like I’m not alone.
Philip, yes I made them for the game and I also made chili; we ate so many potato skins we saved the chili for the next day! The wedges did hold up quite well.
The really large bowl has commercials in it… what.