Jeff Stahler for February 05, 2021

That is an EXCELLENT idea. We plan to do much the same thing… minus the cutouts and the hi-cal chipendip.

I miss superbowl parties where the game was between two great teams instead of two kinda good teams.

I miss Super Bowls that don’t have Tom Brady in them…

Never had one of those and never will! I have better things to do with my time!!

Get over it.

To mis-phrase an Andy Griffith line -football is two gangs of really big men trying to get a little ball from one end of a pasture to the other without getting knocked down or stepping in something. H-m-m-m sounds a lot like a political race.

Sellers of cutouts must be seeing an increase in their income. See them everywhere.

Local restaurants are catering as usual, but how will 2 people go thru 40 wings plus other goodies??

Team A scores touchdown – cut to commercial.

Team A kicks point after – cut to commercial.

Team A kicks off and it’s a touchback – cut to commercial.

Team B attempts pass – the ruling on the field is a completed pass – play is challenged – cut to commercials.

Ten minutes and a split Supreme Court decision later, the ruling on the field stands.

Meanwhile the play is shown over and over again forwards and backwards, including the shots taken from the blimp circling the stadium.

Team B scores a touchdown – play is called back due to a holding penalty – cut to commercial.

Team B has an injured player – after showing gruesome footage of the player’s leg being bent into a pretzel-like configuration – cut to commercial.

Return to scene at the field. While awaiting the medical crew to scrape the injured player off the field with a spatula, commentators bring up obscure statistics about how the home team usually scores an average of 3.6 points in the last two minutes of play in games on Thursday night under a full moon when the temperature is above freezing.

The injured player is removed from the field and referees meet for four minutes to figure out where to spot the ball and how much time is left on the clock. Head referee spends another three minutes explaining the infield fly rule or whatever other justification was used to make the call.

Team B lines up to kick a field goal – calls time out to stop the clock – cut to commercial.

Team B lines up to kick a field goal – Team A calls a time out to “ice” the kicker – cut to commercial.

Field goal is kicked – cut to commercial

Kickoff is a touchback – cut to commercial

Two minute – warning – cut to commercial.

One minute and thirty-two seconds of playing time has elapsed, meanwhile the smoke alarm has been going off for 30 minutes as dinner is burning in the oven.

And that is how the exciting game of American Football is played.

True. But I also miss a few people who attended such parties that will never do so again.

I missed last year’s Super Bowl party because I had a cold. Ahh, the good old days.

I like the game and the half-time extravaganza too. But I sense I’m getting older, since they’ve already cycled through my favorite 60’s and 70’s rock stars. This year: “The Weekend”. Um, who?

The Superb Owl… most over-rated and over-hyped thing on television. “Yawn”

Rollin’ with Mahomeys.

Grow up.

Just think of those who miss their loved ones no longer with them.

Superbowl weekend is when I do my income taxes.

With these guests, clean up will be much faster and easier than in the past.

Even so, America, party like it’s August 2020. :-0

Maybe you miss the parties, but look how much money you’re saving on food and beer!

It is for the best.

Seems like a lot of effort for 11 minutes of actual snap to tackle action on the field

For the most part that’s a two dimensional gathering.

Well, your food bill will be a lot lower.

Anyone really give a hoot about the super bowl? What’s the guess on viewership? Down about 70%? No wonder so many companies dropped out of advertising on the show.

Saves $$$ on snacks! ;-)

She should look on the Bright Side:

She doesn’t have to spend the next Week cleaning up the mess and begging for a new rug without the ground in Guacamole stains.

I watch the Super Bowl because there usually isn’t anything else worth watching on. There is also some peer pressure: people at the office talk about it and I can participate in the conversation, “Oh yeah, the football game.”

I don’t have a horse in this year’s race so I will probably be less interested than normal.

However, it is a good excuse for eating junk food.

I wish I could make my own cardboard cutouts of people to watch TV at home.