When we were younger and were into skiing, Super Bowl Sunday was great: the slopes would empty out early ... particularly if the Broncos were in it. I loved Super Bowl Sunday ... wide open runs. I guess I'm in the small minority. I don't think I've ever watched the game from beginning to end. it's too long. Too much inane "pageantry" and not enough football if you ask me. And then Matt, if you will recall there was a period of time when the games were just bad ... earning the moniker as the "Stupor Bowl". And then of course in the four hour extravaganza there is what ... maybe twelve minutes of actual football? Count me out. I'll take a peek ... here and there.
You watch the Super Bowl like a person reads a book. Very focused, wanting to take it all in, including all the commentary. Hard to hear the commentary with a lot of yappin' all around you! 🙂
I must confess that I find watching sports alone on the depressing side. I think it is inherently a social activity. If you go to the right sports bar, it can be social AND about the game.
One odd experience I can remember watching at a sports bar was for game 1 of the 2016 World Series. What happened was more excusable because it was an Indians blowout, but I met a guy there, and got so wrapped up (in a good way) talking about WAR and such that I had little awareness of the second half of the game. I suppose I felt guilty, that I did not do the game justice, although our conversation was more meaningful and memorable. It was unavoidable that I had to sacrifice one or the other, because I am not a multi-tasker.
There is certainly something pleasing about truly big events like the moon landing and Nixon's resignation topping the charts for most watched. One would kind of think eyeballs on televisions would reflect mania, a la being glued to the screen to see Taylor Swift cheer, rather than actual importance. I am not alone at despairing for our democracy. Configure those statistics anyway you need to, Matt, to give me more moon landings near the top!
By the way, in my opinion, rooting and gambling are things people gravitate to, whether they think about it this way or not, so that they can have company in their sports consumption. Or at least so thet can have activity. Maybe I am on firmer ground (and I do not represent a cautionary tale, I stress; I merely twiddle my thumbs when watching alone, or in years gone by, would snack neeedlessly) if I say that watching alone makes you more likely to take up gambling to fill the void.
When we were younger and were into skiing, Super Bowl Sunday was great: the slopes would empty out early ... particularly if the Broncos were in it. I loved Super Bowl Sunday ... wide open runs. I guess I'm in the small minority. I don't think I've ever watched the game from beginning to end. it's too long. Too much inane "pageantry" and not enough football if you ask me. And then Matt, if you will recall there was a period of time when the games were just bad ... earning the moniker as the "Stupor Bowl". And then of course in the four hour extravaganza there is what ... maybe twelve minutes of actual football? Count me out. I'll take a peek ... here and there.
You watch the Super Bowl like a person reads a book. Very focused, wanting to take it all in, including all the commentary. Hard to hear the commentary with a lot of yappin' all around you! 🙂
I must confess that I find watching sports alone on the depressing side. I think it is inherently a social activity. If you go to the right sports bar, it can be social AND about the game.
One odd experience I can remember watching at a sports bar was for game 1 of the 2016 World Series. What happened was more excusable because it was an Indians blowout, but I met a guy there, and got so wrapped up (in a good way) talking about WAR and such that I had little awareness of the second half of the game. I suppose I felt guilty, that I did not do the game justice, although our conversation was more meaningful and memorable. It was unavoidable that I had to sacrifice one or the other, because I am not a multi-tasker.
There is certainly something pleasing about truly big events like the moon landing and Nixon's resignation topping the charts for most watched. One would kind of think eyeballs on televisions would reflect mania, a la being glued to the screen to see Taylor Swift cheer, rather than actual importance. I am not alone at despairing for our democracy. Configure those statistics anyway you need to, Matt, to give me more moon landings near the top!
By the way, in my opinion, rooting and gambling are things people gravitate to, whether they think about it this way or not, so that they can have company in their sports consumption. Or at least so thet can have activity. Maybe I am on firmer ground (and I do not represent a cautionary tale, I stress; I merely twiddle my thumbs when watching alone, or in years gone by, would snack neeedlessly) if I say that watching alone makes you more likely to take up gambling to fill the void.