Are You Ready For Football - Super Bowl

[Arrian]

:vomit:

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about.

-Arrian

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Personally, I simply want a villain team. Someone I can route against even if my team(s) didn't make it.

Both these clubs are too vanilla for my taste.

I'll watch because I like the game but I expect I'll be making more trips than usual to the kitchen and bathroom.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well you can characterize it as the South v. North and pick your side .

Now only if it was the Carolina Rebels .

[Potassium]

Originally posted by JohnT
I'm sure one of the players will have a sick child, Arrian. Then we'll all get exposed to soft-focused crap like

Please see Panthers linebackers coach Sam Mills, diagnosed with cancer in August and Mark Fields, linebacker, diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease in August.

[badams52]

Originally posted by Arrian
Sorry, badams, the media obsession with all manner of story lines irritates the hell out of me. Every time they do a "personal interest" story, I wanna puke. Just show me the ****ing game.

-Arrian

I agree with the media being too obsessed with storylines and I hate the media week. I just wanna have someone or some team to cheer for and without a storyline like a "win one for John" there isn't that connection to the game at all for me.

Of course if one of the teams I somewhat cheer for was in the game, then I wouldn't need a storyline to spark my interest.

[Brundlefly]

Panther's CB Ricky Manning talks about his performance in NFC Champ. game to the Phila. Daily News....

Manning spent most of the NFC title game locked up with [Eagles #1 WR] Pinkston, who did not catch a pass after having played well in his last five games. Manning spent most of the afternoon taunting Pinkston with his actions and his words.

"I started off pretty good against him, and I decided to throw him a bone to see if he'd bite it," the 5-foot-8 Manning said. "I wanted to talk a little trash and see if he'd come back at me."

The nature of his remarks?

"I think I said something about how he couldn't get off the line of scrimmage or 'You're weak,' " Manning said. "It was something like that. I wanted to see what he'd say. He started saying this, this and that, and I said, 'OK, got him. Now he's worried about me.' "

Pinkston, YOU'RE FIRED!!!

[Ming]

While I'm sure the game will be interesting, I really have no love or hate for either team... so I will probably find the advertising more interesting than the actual game

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Ming
While I'm sure the game will be interesting, I really have no love or hate for either team... so I will probably find the advertising more interesting than the actual game

I guess you would find the advertising interesting because thats your line of work.

In games like this I just pick the underdog and root for them.

[Ming]

While I would have to agree that my profession would make me very interested in the advertising... many non advertising people share the same opinion. The Super Bowl has become as much the "big game" for advertising as it is for football. One of the cable networks is even going to air a program that is just replays of just the commercials. There will probably be as much discussion by people on Monday about the commericals than there is of the actual game. (maybe more unless you are a Patriot or Panther fan)

Surveys have shown that the Super Bowl has become a big social event in the US with many people who plan on watching "the event" having little to no interest in the game of football.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Ming
Surveys have shown that the Super Bowl has become a big social event in the US with many people who plan on watching "the event" having little to no interest in the game of football.

Well, I'm antisocial so I wouldnt know about that. Both my girlfriend and I were invited to SB parties from people at our respective jobs and we are turning both of them down. Guess we'll just watch at home. I'm actually more interested in watching the new 'Survivor' after the game than the game itself.

I hope IBM doesnt have any new commercials for the SB. Their commercials are so pretentious and annoying.

[Capt Dizle]

I think it's pretty interesting to see a team go from rags to riches so quickly as the Panthers have.

[Ming]

Budweiser seems to be the big advertiser now with 9 spots purchased, and I think I heard that Pepsi will be the second largest. I hope the trend toward comedy will continue (rumor has it that it will) since they are usually more entertaining.

But as far as the game goes, I will also be cheering for the underdog. Most of the press has already awarded the game to New England... and I love when the press looks like fools

[monolith94]

I really like IBM commercials...

[Zopperoni]

I'm looking forward to Reebok's new Terry Tate commercials.

And IBM's commercials are pretty cool. Bear in mind though that I'm pro-IBM the next few days, because I'm selected to attend their masterclass next week =)

[alva]

Originally posted by monolith94
I really like IBM commercials...

[trivia info]
Speaking of which, the AIDS commercial that will be aired during the final is made in Belgium.