 | Super Bowl time!By Grace Fox |
This is an exciting time of year for football fans. The college football season just ended and now the NFL season is drawing to a close. I must confess that I don’t watch college football even though it is supposedly “football the way it was meant to be” or so every college football fanatic tells me. Maybe if I hadn’t gone to a college for nerds with limited coordination, I would understand the college football mania a bit better. Or maybe, I just can’t keep track of all of those bowl games. I know there is a Rose Bowl but then I read that there is a Sugar Bowl and that is just plain hilarious. Sugar Bowl! Where is the Spiked Punch Bowl? Sign me up for that one! Of course, that would probably be more of a rugby championship than football since ruggers love to drink.
I think I’m the only person on Twitter that doesn’t follow college football because my Twitter stream was filled with “GOVOLS!” and “ROLLTIDE!” I figured the first was a typo and the second involved the ocean but when numerous people responded with “HELL YEAH!” followed by scores, I caught on because typos and the whims of the ocean don’t usually involve scores.
Now, the NFL playoffs are over and it’s time for the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is a very special event because it manages to combine Jesus, Bud Light and nachos. Millions of people across the country will spend the entire day bombarded with advertising for poor quality beer and foods that would be voted Most Likely to Clog Your Arteries in the high school of foods. They’ll endure the endless chatter of the announcers who will use every cliché possible to describe the rivalry between the teams, the personal struggles of the players and, eventually, the game itself. Then, when everyone is immobilized by beer and chicken wings, some overpaid professional athlete will thank The Lord for their amazing touchdown/interception/field goal/victory and one of the teams will be crowned “World Champion” even though the whole “world” doesn’t actually participate. It’s crazy. It’s ridiculous. It’s a complete spectacle.
And, yeah, I’ll be watching.
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January 28th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Tim Tebow the quarterback from Florida is doing an ad that doesn’t outright declare abortion an abomination but it might as well. I will probably watch but I am not thrilled that Focus on the Family found a way to preach to such a large audience
January 28th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Agree with Grace Rooney. I wish there were some way for us to show the network (CBS?) what we think about them selling an add to FOTF. Letters with threats not to watch the game won’t work.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Yeah, I know about the Focus on the Family ads and it’s awful. FOTF is incredibly successful at what they do. I don’t think threats to boycott will help either. On the upside, chances are that the ads won’t be funny so I’m hoping no one will pay attention to them. I know…not much of an upside.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
On the contrary I think the ads will be unintentionally hysterical. I predict lots of YouTube parodies. Go team go!
January 29th, 2010 at 12:17 am
A lot of my friends – nice lesbian gals who claim to be feminists – get sucked into the football frenzy. I don’t get it. Muscle bound dudes in shiny, tight pants. Seriously, what’s the attraction? Why won’t lesbians support women’s athletics?
According to the sports section in my paper, last saturday there were 25 televised mens college basketball games and 2 women’s games. That makes me sad. I’ve invited my friends to attend women’s bball games but do they want to go? No. Why? The football game is on.
Why would a lesbian want to go watch women’s basketball when she could stay at home swilling beer and watch men’s sports on television? I don’t know. What I do know is this, at my house, NFL stands for Not For Lesbians.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:37 am
amyk – it’s really not about the game. at most super bowl parties i’ve been to, people are more interested in the company, food and beer. and of course the commercials and halftime show. super bowl commercials are pretty entertaining and the halftime show is always tight. the game? PFFT.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:03 am
I don’t watch the Super Bowl for the dudes. I watch it for the game and the commercials which I suppose is like a guy saying he reads Playboy for the articles. Anyway, I do it as an escape. As for supporting women’s sports, I can say that the only professional sporting events that I have ever bought tickets to are Lynx games. I even had season tickets one season and I don’t even like basketball. Does that get me off the hook?
January 30th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
fox, indeed. i don’t even know who is playing this year, but i’m going to both super bowl parties i’ve been invited to! i will have to get from queens to one gathering on the upper west side to the one on the upper east side, but i will manage. i am looking forward to the unhealthy food, the beer selection and hanging out with friends i haven’t seen in months. bonus: my friend on the upper east side has a deep fryer – yay!
January 31st, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I’ve stopped watching CBS entirely in response to their homophobic and misogynistic advertising policies. I have so many other entertainment options that I don’t have anywhere near enough time to explore them, even now that I’ve given up on that network.
January 31st, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Not thrilled about the Focus on Family ad. However, after some thought, I’m not giving them what they ultimately want, which is to change my life or activities because of their beliefs.I realize I’m talking about one game and one evening but that is how it begins, taking away one thing at a time.
I will continue to voice my opinions in oppostion, albeit without a multi-million dollar ad. I will hang with my friends and have fun at a great party and enjoy the game.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:52 am
Well, if the Super Bowl ain’t your cup of tea, don’t forget the Puppy Bowl!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Bowl