This year's Super Bowl should be epic for several reasons I'll detail below. You've got a great offense vs. a great defense, star power between Brady and Wilson, but those are things you've likely heard before ad nauseam. The reasons below are much more detailed and in my opinion far more interesting.
1. Everyone not in Seattle or New England hates both teams - Seriously, let's just get it over with. No one outside of the Pacific Northwest or New England likes either of these teams. The Legion of Boom and The Evil Empire are about as polarizing two teams as you can get. Seattle is obviously the defending champs, and we've had to hear all year about how they are going to repeat. As for the Patriots, after the Cincinnati game we've had to hear how Tom Brady still elite, and New England is going back to the Super Bowl for a 6th time under Brady/Belichick. Well here we are. No one outside of those two fan bases wants to see either of these teams win, so let's just go ahead get the game over with, so we can start talking about the draft.
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2. Deflate Gate - I've never heard so much made out of air pressure in my life. Did the New England staff defalte those footballs, because Tom Brady likes footballs with less air pressure? Of course they did. Was it outside of the rules? Of course it was. Did you really think they were going to get disciplined before the Super Bowl? Of course they weren't.
Bill Nye the Science Guy went on national television basically saying Bill Belichick is a complete liar. Then we had to hear Robert Kraft demand an apology from the NFL for investigating the fact that they were cheating. Here's what will happen, the Patriots will be found guilty but it will be based on circumstantial evidence and they'll get a slap on the wrist...$25,000 fine and no suspensions. MOVE ON. Everyone knows the Patriots cheat. News flash, all teams cheat. Go watch Mike Tomlin on the sidelines of the Ravens game, or look at how many players in the league get suspended for PEDs, or the vast number of teams who have had salary cap violations over the last 10 years. If you think every team isn't trying to gain a competitive advantage somewhere, you're naive.
3. Marshawn Lynch is a Big Fat Phoney - You want to know why Lynch is a phoney. Here's definitive proof. Lynch repeatedly refuses to answer questions from reporters throughout the week of the Super Bowl, and pretty much for the last 2 years. On Tuesday, which is typically designated as media day, the players are contractually obligated to "make themselves available for the media for around 4 1/2 to 5 minutes." Lynch answered every question with, "I'm just here so I won't get fined." Including questions from children who were there at media day and attempted to question him. After 5 minutes, he left a bag of skittles on the table and walked away. Lynch has claimed he gets social anxiety and that's why he doesn't speak to the media.
On Wednesday, Lynch again "made himself available for the media" and answered almost every question with, "You know why I'm here." There was one exception. One reporter asked Lynch where you could buy his "Beast Mode hat," that Lynch was wearing, and Lynch answered, "Beastmodeonline.com." So the guy won't answer any media questions, unless it helps his brand. By the way, that hat sold out on his website on Wednesday.
If you're still wondering if Lynch has social anxiety, here's a picture of Lynch in a Skittles ad.
Oh and here's Lynch on Conan this week, pointing at how much of a phony he is during his press conferences.
I'm not even going to get into his antics during the NFC Championship game. It's a shame because he really is a great football player, and does a lot of good charity work, but just feels the needs to act incomprehensibly childish and unprofessional to the media.
4. The Commercials - The reason the Super Bowl is now the most watched event of the year consistently, isn't really the game, it's the commercials. While the game is obviously important and the reason the commercials are so expensive and hard to come by, the reason people all over the world watch a sport that 90% of the world has never seen or played in person, is because of the commercials. I'm sure we'll see some that will make us laugh, some that will make us about to cry, blah blah blah blah blah. I just hope we see some cool trailers for upcoming movies or new seasons of good television shows.
5. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth Announcing This Game - I don't really have a problem with Al Michaels, but Cris Collinsworth is terrible. Just atrocious. I'd rather listen to Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson announce an Alabama-LSU game on the radio while driving through a tunnel than listen Cris Collinsworth for 4 hours. Yea, THAT BAD. If you were to play a drinking game tonight where you had to drink every time Collinsworth showered Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson, and Pete Carroll with uncomfortable levels of praise, you'd be dead by halftime. Not even compliments, that's to be expected, but homerish praise that is usually reserved for grandmothers and creepy uncles.
Here's to the Super Bowl. I literally can't remember a game where I cared less about the outcome than this one. I just hope it's a good game and comes down to the last possession. Cheers.
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