By Ryan McGowan
I almost died on February 5, 2012.
Well, maybe not physically, though a heart attack or stomach explosion seemed quite imminent, especially after Tom Brady got called for a safety in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVI.
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It’s Super Bowl XLVI which means Super Bowl 105051 in real numbers. It’s hard to believe we’ve played that many Super Bowls since the 60s. The only person left with skin in the game is Ryan so he actually dissects the game. The rest of us spend most of the podcast talking about what the Super Bowl is all about — no, not commercials you corporate bastard — Prop Bets!
If you want the picks, you gotta listen to the podcast.
The featured games this week are… the Super Bowl and the Puppy Bowl VIII.
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If you are a hardcore football fan, Super Bowl Sunday creates a dilemma: do you watch the game per your usual routine (either alone or with a small group of knowledgeable football fans) or do you join the hoi polloi for a Super Bowl Party?
If your team is playing in the Super Bowl, you must maintain your usual routine. There’s no excuse for breaking it now. If your team loses, it’s most likely your fault. This is not the time to be messing around with parties and not wearing your lucky underwear. The Lombardi is at stake.
For the rest of you, if you make the decision to host or attend a Super Bowl party, here are the rules you must adhere to. If you’re attending a party, print out this column for the host and other guests and let me be the jerk in your stead.
By Ryan P. McGowan
It snowed in New England on Wednesday, with some nasty freezing rain and sleet. Good thing the Arizona Cardinals aren’t playing Super Bowl XLIII in Boston this week.
It’s a big week for the Cards and their long-suffering fans, at least all 27 of them that have been following the team for years, as opposed to the millions of Valley of the Sun wannabes who claim to be long-time fans after Arizona dismantled the Eagles in the NFC Championship game. Hell, Vin and I have been on the bandwagon longer than most of these yahoos. 90% have no idea that they used to be called the Phoenix Cardinals. They heard that a guy named Bill Bidwill was the owner, and their reaction was, “When did Bill Belichick leave the Patriots to become an owner?”
And yet these soulless, fair-weather, Johnny-come-lately solar worshippers are about to be celebrating a Super Bowl parade through the strip-mall paradise that is downtown Phoenix.
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Super Bowl XLIII Picks and Podcast
Where’s the hype? It’s Super Bowl week and the cover of Sports Illustrated is LeBron? What’s going on here. We realize the Steelers are boring and the Cardinals are from a small market but we finally got what we wanted (less hype surrounding the Super Bowl) and it just doesn’t feel right.
This week, because there’s only one game to pick, we get more into PTI mode and talk random sports stories. But we do have Jesus joining us to talk sports and pick the winner of Super Bowl XLIII. The son of God admits being wrong last year but thinks he has the right pick for this one.
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American History NFL
As they filed out of my living room, I reminded myself of why I had given this party. There were enough events to choose from, but I had resisted the urge to go out and “mingle” and chose instead to have a group of friends at my house for something I considered important to my life. Some of these friends actually understood what they had just seen. Most of the others figured out it was important, but they really didn’t know why.
Americans watch the Superbowl and the announcers on the telecast always brag about a billion people watching the game around the world. Even assuming every American watches the game, I always wondered how they came to such a high number. Now that I’ve lived overseas for a number of years this question intrigues me even more.
“That’s why we took the damn field! Now, if you want to crown them, then crown their ass!” -Dennis Green on playing the Bears, MNF 10/16/06
I’m surprised management splurged and actually flew the New York Giants to Arizona. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to just come to terms with the foregone conclusion of the Patriots’ perfect season? Big Blue is overmatched, and Tom Brady is clearly Christ himself. Hell, New England already has applied for a trademark patent on “19-0.” (I’m not making this up.) Does it matter who they’re playing? The Giants are merely slated to be another blip of road kill on the Patriots’ road to perfection.
Which means the Patriots go down in history no matter what. As perfect or as chokers. And the Giants? Only a catalyst to either.
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Super Bowl XLII Picks and Podcast
It’s been a long long season and here we are with our final 2007 NFL Picks Podcast. This week we spend half the time on Super Bowl discussion and then transition into more Poor Man’s PTI commentary. For those of you who aren’t subscribed to Poor Man’s PTI, check out the feed.
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The stage is set for another classic duel of Brady vs. Manning… Eli Manning. If anyone asked me who I thought would come out on top of this match-up at mid-season it’s likely that I would’ve punched them in the head, and never spoken to them again for fear of associating myself with such a astonishing imbecile. However, it’s not mid-season anymore and going into the final game of the year these two teams aren’t nearly the same as they were then. Their leaders under center have transformed dramatically over the past few weeks, and it has changed the face of the Super Bowl dramatically as well. We might have a game on our hands after all.
Now that the Dolphins and Giants have played their “historic game” that turned out anti-climatic, NFL executives and media monguls can stop their talk about how the NFL is ready for the “Next Frontier”. It was great hype to make sure this game went smoothly, but anyone with a clue should realize it all is nonsense.
And please, for God’s sake, stop talking about sending the Superbowl to London!