what do you do on Super Bowl Sunday?

[azguzzirep]

I used to either go fishing or go for a mc ride. It was always possible in Phoenix. Later, I would watch the game.

In 2012, SBS was also a going away party for me with my family as I was leaving for Germany a week later. It was the last time I saw both of my parents together.

The game shows here starting at 10:00pm. I'll watch it but I'll sure be tired at work on Monday 😊

[Aaron D.]

I don't bowl, so I'm not sure when it is.

[stevet]

What's a Super Bowl?  Is that like a bottomless bowl of steel cut oats at the local diner?

Steve.

[Two Checks]

Perfect time for a nap.

[Gliderjohn]

One of the few times I go to see a movie. Don't have to fight any crowds anywhere. Otherwise watch something on TV that actually interests me. Sorry, as you might tell I am not a sports person.
GliderJohn

[Vince in Milwaukee]

Will most likely make it to half time unless the game is really good.  I get up at 4 AM on Mondays to get ready for work. 

[Lannis]

Thirty years ago, we used to get together to watch the Super Bowl on what passed for someone's Big Screen TV; we'd fix snacks, visit, maybe watch the game.

Then several things gradually happened:

1) The game got slower and slower as the referees pondered every play on "review".

2) The focus changed from "The Game" to the halftime show and commercials, which the group I was watching with started to talk about and drool over, and which are just bottomlessly stupid to me.

3) I generally lost interest in "professional" sports.

Today, even under torture, I couldn't tell you who's playing in the Super Bowl or when it is, because I just don't read things that might indicate that, and have no TV pickup.   It's a happier place for me.

Lannis

[twowings]

Puppy bowl!

[stevet]

I ceased interest in football, and sports in general, over 20 years ago, and was surprised to discover that weekends are 2 days long.  Pro sports, what a waste of my time.  It has NOTHING to do with sportsmanship anymore, only money.  Millionaire athletes, and billionaire owners, broadcasting networks, and advertisers, working hard to separate me from my hard earned cash.  Screw that, I ride my motorcycle on weekends.

Steve.

[JeffOlson]

Who is playing? I don't even know that!

I will probably go to church, eat, and take a nap...

[JJ]

Quote / Title:  "What Do You Do on Super Bowl Sunday?"

Errr...watch the Super Bowl? 

We gave up watching commercial TV last April...so we will have to go somewhere to watch it...

[drlapo]

Shoot some skeet. Then fall asleep during the super bowl while watching something else

[Testarossa]

This year we'll record it and see it on Wednesday night, fast-forwarding thru the game delays. On Sunday evening we'll be ripping up carpet in the Paonia house preparatory to sanding the hardwood floors.

The old carpet will go to the barn and face a future of dripped oil and paint overspray.

[kidsmoke]

I understand the cynicism towards pro sports, and the spectacle of the Superbowl is the epitome of that.

But I will say this. This Sundays game includes a very rare event. The opportunity to see a certain first ballot Hall of Famer, playing for a record no one ever thought possible, and unlike last years Superbowl, this player isn't hobbling through hoping to contribute, he's playing the best he ever has.

I know there is skepticism of him, justifying his success etc, but to a man, even other Hall of Famers, simply shake their heads and marvel at his ability and state unequivocally that he's the hardest working player they've ever seen, from Sunday to Sunday. Preparing. Leading.

Could prove to be one of those sports moments of a lifetime that transcends the game. Or not. May be a chance worth taking. I'll be watching.

[radguzzi]

Usually watch the game especially when the Patriots are in the running.  Not much of a football fan but I get caught up in the hype.

This year I will be finishing the Maple syrup evaporator stove that I am building for Sue Ellen.

[slowmover]

Walk in the woods and make a fire.

[Curtis Harper]

I'll be watching the tape I made of Saturdays Supercross

[normzone]

This year I will be finishing the Maple syrup evaporator stove that I am building for Sue Ellen.

Wow, that's super cool. I didn't know you could run a stove on maple syrup.

[TOMB]

Not going to watch it  since I don't follow any type of sports
TOMB

[stevet]

Next season's stupidbowl will be here in Mpls. at our new billion dollar, tax payer (and fan) funded Humptydome replacement.  (Don't get me started on how team owners rigged that system for themselves.)  Since that stadium was under construction and the SB was announced, Mpls. has decided that their sh*tty downtown streets and infrastructure are an embarrassment and have to be rehabbed before the game.  They haven't put squat into infrastructure in decades, just drive around the rest of the city to see for yourself.  Now they spend all this money on downtown for out of towners and tv networks to be here for a week.

If I could I'd leave this area and all the big city and pro sports shinanigans that go along with it.

Steve.

[Triple Jim]

When we lived just outside of DC, my wife and I would go out to dinner at a restaurant that was usually crowded, and that didn't have any TVs.  It was great to be able to walk in, get a good table and attentive service on a weekend evening.

Now that we live out in the middle of nowhere, the nearby town doesn't have a restaurant without TVs, as far as I know, so Super Bowl Sunday is just a day like any other.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 I'll watch something important like rediculousness until it's over.  Then I will be able to find the Super Bowl commercials on the internet without them being interrupted by a bunch of millionaires chasing a silly ball that isn't even round.

[Bill929]

Interesting group we have here.  Almost all of us (me included), have no interest in the Super Bowl.  Millions (probably hundreds of millions world wide) will watch it, so we may well be exceptions - imagine that!
 

[Lannis]

Next season's stupidbowl will be here in Mpls. at our new billion dollar, tax payer (and fan) funded Humptydome replacement.  (Don't get me started on how team owners rigged that system for themselves.)  Since that stadium was under construction and the SB was announced, Mpls. has decided that their sh*tty downtown streets and infrastructure are an embarrassment and have to be rehabbed before the game.  They haven't put squat into infrastructure in decades, just drive around the rest of the city to see for yourself.  Now they spend all this money on downtown for out of towners and tv networks to be here for a week.

If I could I'd leave this area and all the big city and pro sports shinanigans that go along with it.

Steve.

Sounds rough!

You should ask yourself ... "What would Mr. Happy Puppet Do?"       

Lannis

[britman]

Going to head down to a spot on the Potomac River and hunt sharks teeth with the Grand-Daughter.  I have absolutely no interest in this game and even less in the halftime entertainment...... ... 

[Wayne Orwig]

What is this bowl, and what makes it super?

[LowRyter]

yes, I'll watch.  I haven't missed one yet, although I've turned many off before the game was over.

I'd tell you which team I was rooting for but we were all warned about politics here.   

[John Ulrich]

The opportunity to see a certain first ballot Hall of Famer, playing for a record no one ever thought possible, and unlike last years Superbowl, this player isn't hobbling through hoping to contribute, he's playing the best he ever has.

There's a good reason to tune in..... if I remember!   

[Petrus Rocks]

The Stupid Brawl-We used to play the neighborhood kids in a football game before it started and by the time it was on we were tired and trashed- didn't pay attention to the game itself.  Now, I'll work on bikes and see if we can go out somewhere for dinner-w/o TV's.
 Anything but football.

[kidsmoke]

Next season's stupidbowl will be here in Mpls. at our new billion dollar, tax payer (and fan) funded Humptydome replacement.  (Don't get me started on how team owners rigged that system for themselves.)  Since that stadium was under construction and the SB was announced, Mpls. has decided that their sh*tty downtown streets and infrastructure are an embarrassment and have to be rehabbed before the game.  They haven't put squat into infrastructure in decades, just drive around the rest of the city to see for yourself.  Now they spend all this money on downtown for out of towners and tv networks to be here for a week.

If I could I'd leave this area and all the big city and pro sports shinanigans that go along with it.

Steve.

That's a valid view. Let me put it to you in a different way.

If you had a multibillion dollar business, employing thousands of people and generating 13 billion annually, and made, lets say....cars. And you could buy a machine that would increase revenue and insure that your company would be number one in its market for the operational life of the machine, say 15 years, what would that machine cost?  answer: tens of millions That ratio would be RIDICULOUSLY favorable for any business, ensuring thousands of jobs and food and shelter for thousands of people for a decade and a half....no community would shun that opportunity.

The players are the machines. short life span. disproportionate ROI. As a business model - taking away the names and the 10 pound gold chains... it's not about them. The cities do this because is reaps outrageous revenue benefits. Now, if you want to blame someone for the limited "ripple" effect, I won't stop you. In Jacksonville, they have an owner who is pouring money back into the city, and they absolutely worship the guy.  Reinsdorf in Chicago is another who maintains a pretty positive civic reputation. What are the Packers worth to Wisconsin's economy? I think it's a little more complex than we give it credit for.

The Sports franchises CAN have tremendous positive impact while being profitable and employing thousands.