Super Bowl 666

Are you ready for some football? A Sunday night party?\nWell, I’m not.\nI don’t want to watch the Super Bowl. Absolutely nothing appeals to me about this game. I don’t like either team, the halftime show is awful and the commercials have been on a steady decline every year.\nLet me break it down a \nlittle more:\nI hate the Patriots. They cheat, they play dirty and most importantly, they are the Indianapolis Colts’ biggest rival. I hate them with every inch of my body.\nAlso, I’m not a big fan of New York sports fans in general, especially Giants fans. Many are fair-weather fans. They treat their players like trash and their expectations for their teams are unrealistic. There is a reason why the Giants are on a 10-game road win streak. It’s because it can’t be fun playing at home while your own fans boo you because you made one bad play.\nGiants fans need to support their players through thick and thin, and right now they don’t. I still cheer for Jamaal Tinsley despite him sitting out games because of having participated in multiple strip club fights and getting the entire Indy downtown area shot up in the wee hours of the morning. If I can do that, they can support Eli Manning despite a few interceptions.\nSo who do you cheer for? There is no clear option. It is like choosing between Lucifer and Satan. Or between getting in a car with Billy Joel or getting in a relationship with Britney Spears. Or having to go 12 rounds in the ring with Mike Tyson or having to speak like him for eternity. \nBoth choices suck.\nSo if I don’t care about the game, at least maybe I could get to watch a good halftime show. But someone ruined that by exposing herself to the world. \nI give you the Janet \nJackson factor. \nEver since “JJ” had her fun on stage, the NFL has gone for the most boring, family friendly halftime shows. This year, that show is Tom Petty. \nHe’s not bad. He can sing. But wouldn’t you rather see some pop singer or rapper go nuts on stage and get the crowd hyped?\nI can promise you I’d be more excited for the second half if Lil’ Jon came out “singing” (OK, yelling) instead of Petty sitting on stage belting out “Free Fallin’”\nWhen the game and the halftime show fail, you can still hope that the commercials are going to be entertaining. I’m praying that the commercials this year are hilarious. If they aren’t, then there might not be one good moment out of this Sunday.\nHowever, despite all my criticism, I will still watch the game. I get paid to write about national sports and this is one of the biggest events of the year, so I can’t miss it. The Super Bowl is always a spectacle, and with the Patriots still undefeated, we have the potential to see history. \nPlus, I’m going to a Super Bowl party with a ton of free food and I just can’t pass that up.