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Since this weekend is the most important one of the year among sports fans — at least that’s what my friend Mr. Coors tells me — it makes perfect sense that many people have exciting plans for this, the holiest Sunday of the year.
Junior Amanda Dilauro is in the envious position of going to Los Angeles for a party hosted by a music management company.
“That was enough to excite me because I’m not a die-hard football fan,” she said. “It got even better when I found out Gym Class Heroes will be performing.”
Wait, isn’t she bummed that the band might take away from, you know, the game?
“I’m super excited to have an excuse to celebrate the Super Bowl and see a show, which is how I’d rather spend my time than watching sports,” she said.
My virgin ears. OK, so maybe Dilauro isn’t the best example of what to do Sunday. Or is she? Senior Kyle Dougherty is the type of kid that watches the fourth round of the NFL Draft on ESPNews. Yet he is planning on just eating food with friends and boycotting the game.
“I’m not going to watch the game and do homework in protest,” he said.
Dougherty is also a Patriots fan. Apparently, the festive cheer isn’t enough to melt his cold, New England heart.
It takes religious devotion to skip the Super Bowl because your team isn’t playing in it. Not to mention a big pair of sour grapes.
Senior Mike Dassinger is a New York Jets fan but has a more secular view about the Super Bowl. Everything has him pumped for the festivities — from how the Colts offense will match up with the Bears defense, to which of the two black head coaches will be the first to lift the Lombardi Trophy.
“It’s the Super Bowl,” he said. “And it’s got to be better than Steelers versus Seahawks.”
Unfortunately, my memory doesn’t serve me well enough to remember last year’s events. But even if there’s a bad game, the spectacle, bright lights and pretty pictures should be enough to keep millions entertained for six or seven hours.
“That’s what makes a Super Bowl good,” Dassinger said. “A close game, at least one commercial you can talk about the next day and a Prince half-time show.”
It’s the only day of the year that people who could care less about the NFL will rub elbows with gridiron groupies and celebrate everything that is American. And if you haven’t been paying attention, that would be partying, commercials, beer and, um, Prince.
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