Super Bowl?

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

The best way to watch it. I’ll avoid the result until the morning, then watch the extended highlights show which is normally 40-45 minutes and only has the plays.

The actual game KO is 11:30pm

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Just turned on to the end of the 7-8am highlights show to see both the winning coach and quarterback thanking God and Jesus for the victory. I wonder if the losing equivalents will blame them for the defeat?

Threepeat my arse.

What a trashing. One of the most one sided Super Bowl in decades. They didn’t get into the Philly half until 40 minutes in by which time they were 30+ points down.

Personally I like American football, I've followed it since the 80s, but I do find it weird that the Superbowl gets so much attention over here. Currently the top 6 stories on the BBC Sport website are about it and it seems to be featuring on pretty much all TV and radio news bulletins.

I guess they've done a great job of marketing it as an event, as TOBW suggested, regardless of the sporting element.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Just listened to a review of the Superbowl on Radio 5 and, to end, the reporter at the game was asked what would be her 'takeaway" from the weekend, the single stand out thing she'll remember all of her life and she replied "the occasion". There you have it, sadly, it's on the increase all over the world, but it's so typically American to turn sporting contests into events - it's as if they don't believe the sport is strong enough to survive by itself, it has to be turned into an event with all sorts of peripherals to carry it. Mind you, judging by what I've heard about the game, maybe the organisers needed the half time show and all the rest of the extras this year!

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I think you said elsewhere "it's everything I don't want sport to be", or words to that effect. I entirely agree with that. They talk of the high cost of a ticket, the price of a commercial, the abundance of celebrity fans etc as if it's a good thing.

It's not for me, but I do see how it is a big event and I think as you allude to, it's to pad out the sport.

That said, I think the half time show is a pretty decent and traditional part of the game which does broaden it's appeal. A bit like the anthems in the rugby which I am sure is the part some people tune in for more than anything else!

The Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a 'mare, while Taylor Swift was booed and President Trump got a big cheer. We are living in an inversion.

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Originally Posted by pomeroy

We also forget that not only did the Yanks invent the world’s daftest sport but also its most boring I.e. baseball where in nine innings it’s not unusual for a side not to record a single run and where batters can go for weeks without recording a hit!!

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baseball was invented in the UK I think

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

74 million voted for trump...see how that's going! In other words don't put all your faith in popularity. Swifty :P

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I won’t.

Another "I don't like American Football because I don't understand it" post.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

baseball was invented in the UK I think

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I think you are confusing UK baseball which has mainly been played in Cardiff, Newport and Liverpool and US baseball which is a different game and developed existentially in the game it has become in the US.

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

The Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a 'mare, while Taylor Swift was booed and President Trump got a big cheer. We are living in an inversion.

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Trump was booed in every clip I've seen.

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Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman

Trump was booed in every clip I've seen.

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He was…..and left at half time.

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Originally Posted by Sparticus_Mills

Another "I don't like American Football because I don't understand it" post.

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Exactly!
Same reason some Americans don’t ‘get’ cricket, and to a lesser extent…soccer!