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Saturday, February 4. 2017

Superbowl Sunday


I don't follow pro football, so it doesn't mean much to me. It does seem like a decent excuse for a cheery mid-winter party, though.  Just spare me the revolting chips and guacamole.


Serious football fans seem not to like Superbowl parties. My father-in-law would never attend one. Too much noise and distraction. When it comes to football, he likes to focus like a laser beam, in solitude.


Slightly related, The NYT Is Horrified That Members Of The New England Patriots Organization Are Friends With Trump.  The NYT is horrified that anybody likes Trump, and they do not know anybody who does. I do not particularly like him, but I am impressed by what he is doing.  Seems mostly like common-sense undoing of errors. His infantile lashing out, however, has got to go.



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Copious urination upon the NYT.
#1 Claritas on 2017-02-04 17:47 (Reply)
Fabulous Homemade chips and guacamole, and I don't have to share with you! Nevertheless chips will be dipped in your honor.

Laser-like focus on football is for folks smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it matters.

I might tune in to some of the game; the last 5 minutes is usually interesting.
#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2017-02-04 19:31 (Reply)
I stand before all pro football fans humble and chastened. The wife invited a family friend over for the game as a temporary cure for a monumental case of the blues. So of course we watched every minute of the game, munching on sliders, wings, and the mandatory guacamole.

Everything great about football happened in that one game. Amazing athleticism on both sides made every play worth watching. The Young Turks came out swinging and put the Old Pros to shame. The missed field goal was the Dagger in the Heart for the Patriots, and it looked like their salad days were over. Until the fourth quarter, when they re-wrote the book on determination and grace under pressure and never giving up.

If that game had appeared in a movie, the world would have screamed "Hokey!" "Fake!" "Never gonna happen!" But there it is. Glad I frittered away my evening witnessing sports history.

Oh, and the guacamole was DELICIOUS!
#2.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2017-02-06 07:01 (Reply)
We always attend a family Super Bowl party.

The funny part is that no one follows the NFL and the game is mainly background noise for the annual get together.

It's all about the food and the conversation.
#3 feeblemind on 2017-02-04 20:06 (Reply)
My guess is that had we known Lincoln few would have liked him. He was a classic depressive with an explosive temper by many accounts. Grant was a drunk. Coolidge, my favorite, sounds like an upright prig. Kennedy and LBJ should have horrified a moral society but we know the media covered for them. Apparently FDR's less than clean lifestyle was known among the elites but hidden from the public.

So, I ask, should I really be so put off by Trump? I guess I should but then David committed adultery and murder, yet still was favored by God.
#4 Ken in NH on 2017-02-04 21:35 (Reply)
Several elections ago, I saw I would need to abandon looking for my ideal candidate. I had no choice this time except Trump. I consider that my choice was "never Hillary."
#4.1 mary on 2017-02-05 09:08 (Reply)
More guacamole for me.

It's the only NFL game I watch all year. I usually make a $50 bet so I have a team to root for. If it's not the OSU Cowboys I find football to be very boring.
#5 Jack Walter on 2017-02-04 21:36 (Reply)
I was a fan back when they were the Boston Patriots, rooting for Gino Gappelletti and Bbe Parilli. Those were occasionally above-average teams, plus some even good teams in the Steve Grogan/Russ Francis/John Hannah era. Before that, people up here rooted for the New York Giants - Y A Tittle - though I loved the Packers more, for reasons I can no longer recall. So the Bellichick-Brady era has been nothing but glorious for me. Yes, they could have lost those four Super Bowls, but they could have won the other two as well. (Not to mention other playoff games.) The games have been close. Still worthy of discussion, man of them.

For me the beauty of football that one must preserve composure and finesse even in violent situations. If you've ever taken an injury fall or gotten punched in the face you know how hard this is to do.

I am one of those pessimistic fans who always believes we are on the brink of doom, so I expect New England to be beaten tomorrow by BC star Matty Ice. I have no TV, but sometimes go somewhere I can see at least part of the game.
#6 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-02-04 23:35 (Reply)
Football is masculine. The Patriots want to conquerer their Superbowl opponent yet again, when in the real world everybody gets a ribbon. Winners like other winners, whether sports or politics or businesses. What's not for the NYT to hate?
#7 Donald Bosch on 2017-02-05 05:36 (Reply)
I just don't get it. From whence comes this compulsion to intrude and foist oneself on evvverrryything. If the NFL becomes politicized, I'm done.
And, not everything is about Trump.
#8 Exasperated on 2017-02-05 09:03 (Reply)
"If the NFL becomes politicized, I'm done."

It already is.
#8.1 Jimg on 2017-02-05 14:57 (Reply)
I. Don't. Care. Maybe the Gang of Z does.
#9 Sam L. on 2017-02-05 09:55 (Reply)
It's only football and only a game...take the dog for a walk, or even better go fishing--60 degrees along the Front Range today so winter fishing is possible.
#10 rocdoctom on 2017-02-05 12:09 (Reply)
Football parties or get-togethers are a family tradition. Great reason to bring in friends and family. I don't really care about the football, baseball is my preferred game. But I will watch the game and enjoy the camaraderie and the food/snacks.
#11 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-02-05 12:17 (Reply)
I'll tolerate the lashing out, so long as he repairs some of the Leftist damages done to our governmental processes over the past few decades.

Right side of history my ass.
#12 ruralcounsel on 2017-02-05 13:38 (Reply)
Revolting guacamole--into the gutter with you and your filthy talk!
#13 Texan99 on 2017-02-05 21:50 (Reply)
My dad and I used to watch the Dallas-Pittsburgh Superbowls together. Four years ago, my youngest son started watching football and we started a tradition. We all meet at my dad's house and watch the Big Game together. My dad is in failing health and generally sleeps through a lot of it, but my son and I bond over it. This is the first time in four years that the team I am rooting for beat the team my son is rooting for.

When Trump got into the twitter war with Congressman Lewis over the inauguration snub, I saw an article somewhere about this being the Pats (Trump) vs Falcons (Lewis) Super Bowl. That clinched it for me and I rooted for New England all the way through it.

Fun finish.
#14 Dangerous Dean on 2017-02-05 23:50 (Reply)

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