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LuvLoogie

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128. For many it's a social event where friends and family get together

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 11:12 AM

Feb 2023

I stopped watching professional sports a while back for mush the same reasons you listed. When A-Rod got that quarter $billion contract with the Yankees I was like, fuck this. I mean, taking a family of four to a ball game is $200 just to get in the door. Concessions are ridiculous.

That said, if I am in a fantasy league for a season, I get more interested in football. But I am just watching scores mainly on an ESPN or Yahoo site.

My Daughters like to go to Superbowl Sunday gatherings, and usually only watch the halftime show. We're not going anywhere this year, so it will be pretty chill. I'll have the game on a stream, if they have one.

Definitely gonna watch Rhianna, though. Love her.

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Who, like myself, is not excited about the Super Bowl today? [View all] imanamerican63 Feb 2023 OP

Me, could care less. Woodswalker Feb 2023 #1

Absolutely the same! nt pazzyanne Feb 2023 #52

Exactly how much less could you care? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #108

+1 onenote Feb 2023 #160

It's today? Sanity Claws Feb 2023 #2

That was my question. Which also answers the question Buns_of_Fire Feb 2023 #16

Same for me! Iris Feb 2023 #19

+1 getagrip_already Feb 2023 #33

LOL. I wouldn't have known either if not for DU. femmedem Feb 2023 #43

My college went seven years without winning a single game. It was a point of pride. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #65

Yes!!!! At Portland State University in the 1960's... McKim Feb 2023 #101

LOL, when I was at Bates College in Maine we set a record for the most consecutive losses in the Martin68 Feb 2023 #115

Got ya beat. Macalester College lost 50 games in a row in the '70s. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #117

OMG! Over how many years did that take place? Martin68 Feb 2023 #119

1974-1980. ESPN lists it as the second worst college football team of all time. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #123

Wow! Our ignominity occurred a bit earlier, from 1970 to 1974. I gladly acknowledge your superiority Martin68 Feb 2023 #125

Concussion Bowl is today. One game in a sport only Americans care about. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #55

Oh, if only we ALL played in the Concussion Bowl! Eyeball_Kid Feb 2023 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #140

The game is broadcast in 130 countries. Mosby Feb 2023 #139

So is The Simpsons. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #144

Apparently you aren't familiar with the rest of the world. onenote Feb 2023 #161

Yawn Meadowoak Feb 2023 #3

Hand raised. Boomerproud Feb 2023 #4

Gives me a day off from people! Easterncedar Feb 2023 #5

I'm excited for yummy food and drinks with friends. we can do it Feb 2023 #6

👇👇👇🏈🤣🏈🤣 Goonch Feb 2023 #7

Yeah. Hank Willimas Jr .... stopdiggin Feb 2023 #137

Hank Williams Jr. MNF Intro Theme - Dec. 26, 1994 Goonch Feb 2023 #145

wouldn't watch it if Brainstormy Feb 2023 #8

Superb Owl IronLionZion Feb 2023 #9

I don't keep up with baseball . . . AndyS Feb 2023 #10

This made me LOL Lulu KC Feb 2023 #49

Not excited at all... Tom_Foolery Feb 2023 #11

It's today? ananda Feb 2023 #12

I love wings. Football? Don't care much. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #13

Not really a football fan. TNNurse Feb 2023 #14

That's what I'll be doing. llmart Feb 2023 #170

I love real football (what Americans call soccer). But if you like the US version, then have at it. Celerity Feb 2023 #15

Nails it Doc Sportello Feb 2023 #70

agree to a certain extent stopdiggin Feb 2023 #148

association football (full name for soccer), cricket (I'm half Bajan), Nordic skiing and biathlon Celerity Feb 2023 #155

I think incredible skills and athleticism stopdiggin Feb 2023 #156

Remember the kneeling protests? GusBob Feb 2023 #149

all EPL teams the next 2 weekends take the knee again against racism at the start of the match Celerity Feb 2023 #159

Yah, I like all the BS before, but only on NFL Network, love the new advertisements, it's exciting a kennedy Feb 2023 #164

I don't watch football anymore SouthernLiberal Feb 2023 #17

LOL I forgot about the commercials!! KarenS Feb 2023 #23

The what? Pacifist Patriot Feb 2023 #18

That's a football thing, right? Maeve Feb 2023 #20

not just "not excited" totally uninterested. n/t KarenS Feb 2023 #21

Never watch it sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #22

Football is so boring ItsjustMe Feb 2023 #24

What is the super bowl? niyad Feb 2023 #25

Answer...showcase of concussions and bone breaking injuries and how to treat them! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #56

Thank you. A medical show then. niyad Feb 2023 #61

Me lark Feb 2023 #26

Huge, overhyped and over-produced commercial for booze, drugs, debt, toxic masculinity, and Ford_Prefect Feb 2023 #27

Don't forget huge commercial for the military. Wonder how much kissing up the producers will do? Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #122

All female flight crews for the flyover GusBob Feb 2023 #143

Females in flying killing machines over the killing fields of football? Wondrous! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #147

Today of all days I'm glad they're up there GusBob Feb 2023 #150

What's happening in Montana? Another balloon that has been tracked for days, but didn't tell you? Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #151

I really don't care about football, but Freddie Feb 2023 #28

Considered it, but not sure it's available anywhere to watch for free. Refuse to pay to watch it allegorical oracle Feb 2023 #29

I don't know when it became a top-tier national holiday. tanyev Feb 2023 #30

Can't I just be not excited because football is boring? brooklynite Feb 2023 #31

Hah. Just right! Easterncedar Feb 2023 #152

Never watch. No interest at all. AllyCat Feb 2023 #32

Meh, I will probably have it on and watch some of it. Way too overhyped to sit through all of it. dameatball Feb 2023 #34

Not at all. We'll be watching our usual Sunday night movie then some reading. Liberal In Texas Feb 2023 #35

Could NOT Golfnbrew Feb 2023 #36

I hate football. piddyprints Feb 2023 #37

The World loves football, the one where you use your foot. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #57

Himno De Fe y Alegra ( Edicin America Campen 15 ⭐) 2019 2020 Bicampen old as dirt Feb 2023 #97

Couldn't care less. I'm not interested in football at any level, so Ocelot II Feb 2023 #38

Beautiful owl. niyad Feb 2023 #64

I am very excited. It should be a classic game. Best defence against best offense. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #39

Yah, forgot that. I do just hope it's exciting tho........close, and KC wins. a kennedy Feb 2023 #166

Haven't Watched One In Over 20 Years... GB_RN Feb 2023 #40

Super bowl pamdb Feb 2023 #41

I'm in Peru and no one here cares. alittlelark Feb 2023 #42

Outside the North part of North America, no one does! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #58

i'm very excited mopinko Feb 2023 #44

If it is not local Pittsburgh, Cleveland or Cincinnatti I don't care. I do have a chance to win doc03 Feb 2023 #45

Me - not a football fan at any level northoftheborder Feb 2023 #46

I'm just not into sportsball. nt duhneece Feb 2023 #47

Meh. No interest. bullimiami Feb 2023 #48

I spend my time preparing for catastrophic climate change Kaleva Feb 2023 #50

Don't know who is playing or where mgardener Feb 2023 #51

Huge nfl fan here, newdayneeded Feb 2023 #53

That and it's... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #54

ME! I don't support the NFL for multiple reasons. One being it is boring. FlyingPiggy Feb 2023 #59

But someone could die, or be carried off on a cart, m h higher chance. So entertaining for Americans Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #141

That too! The heavy cognitive impact later on in life just makes me want to ban football FlyingPiggy Feb 2023 #185

I'm sick of hearing about the brothers on opposing teams. Politicub Feb 2023 #60

I played in high school and have hated it. multigraincracker Feb 2023 #62

Watching grown men play a game that children play at recess doesn't interest me at all! TurboDem Feb 2023 #63

I have never watched a football game. Groundhawg Feb 2023 #66

--- Celerity Feb 2023 #93

Not! Going in my office samplegirl Feb 2023 #67

Me. Me. Feb 2023 #68

Give me track and field any day nt Javaman Feb 2023 #69

Me! I feel the same way its all about money. blueinredohio Feb 2023 #71

Not in the least karin_sj Feb 2023 #72

0.2 on scale of 1 to 10 lambchopp59 Feb 2023 #73

It's extremely American, possibly the most American day of the year. betsuni Feb 2023 #74

Raising my hand lillypaddle Feb 2023 #75

Bring on baseball! Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2023 #76

I along with another 200,000,000 are interested bottomofthehill Feb 2023 #77

I'm not really into sports. n/t area51 Feb 2023 #78

My wife and I were discussing this last night at our Valentine's dinner. NNadir Feb 2023 #79

I always spend this day reading whatever won the Nobel Prize in literature in the past year Sympthsical Feb 2023 #80

For us, SSS has always been a time to go to normally-crowded restaurants. Bo Zarts Feb 2023 #81

Not us. Our interest in sports is casual at best. PatrickforB Feb 2023 #82

Money, money, money bottomofthehill Feb 2023 #83

The Superb Owl is coming. MiHale Feb 2023 #84

My husband likes it. murielm99 Feb 2023 #85

Sports itself is a business isn't it ? JI7 Feb 2023 #86

I figured it was coming up soon, just based on various thread titles. Didn't know it was today. old as dirt Feb 2023 #87

Me nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #88

It's all Cherokee100 Feb 2023 #89

I'm only there for the commercials. DinahMoeHum Feb 2023 #90

Freedom to watch or not watch is a wonderful thing. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2023 #91

👆👍 Rebl2 Feb 2023 #96

Equal to freedom to comment on blood sports, ofc! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #132

Absolutely. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2023 #186

Honestly, it's not even that, although I get what you are saying tornado34jh Feb 2023 #92

Thank you obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2023 #94

Other places are deserted. lildDemz Feb 2023 #95

Truly couldn't give a rip Picaro Feb 2023 #98

If you scrap off all the fluff and flair it's a fun game to watch and play. Hotler Feb 2023 #99

If Only!!!!! McKim Feb 2023 #100

Best day to go visit an Aquarium! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2023 #102

Not excited because I ready know who's going to win. Mister Ed Feb 2023 #103

I can't wait BlueTexasMan Feb 2023 #104

I didn't even know it WAS today DFW Feb 2023 #105

My team isn't in it. Couldn't care less. AZLD4Candidate Feb 2023 #106

It's what you make of it Shermann Feb 2023 #107

Not the slightest bit interested. dickthegrouch Feb 2023 #110

My Eagles are in it mvd Feb 2023 #111

I don't follow professional sports. I enjoyed playing all sports growing up, but I moved around Martin68 Feb 2023 #112

At 76 I can claim that I have NEVER watch an entire pro-sports game of many millionaires.... usaf-vet Feb 2023 #113

Too many ads--hours upon hours--mere seconds of actual play--too many rules Ponietz Feb 2023 #114

What are the Sports Bookie odds of a concussion? Even? Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #130

I like to watch it MissMillie Feb 2023 #116

I'm anxious to see the scores... StarryNite Feb 2023 #118

We usually keep half an eye on it just so we are not... 3catwoman3 Feb 2023 #120

Sports, in general, is HUGE among populations world-wide, right? To address the other issue is that TeamProg Feb 2023 #121

I'm not excited about the game itself, but we're hosting a party sakabatou Feb 2023 #124

I'm looking forward to it Kali Feb 2023 #126

not a speck of interest. I'll listen to the Celtics this afternoon - NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #127

For many it's a social event where friends and family get together LuvLoogie Feb 2023 #128

It would be some mega irony to watch the 1975 movie "Rollerball" instead. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2023 #129

Great alternative! Paladin Feb 2023 #154

Showing my age here but, it was one of the movies that helped to open my eyes to facism. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2023 #169

Short-term rentals, aka AirBnB and VRBO of that ilk dobleremolque Feb 2023 #131

Super Bowl Sunday is known in our family as... ihaveaquestion Feb 2023 #133

Lol nini Feb 2023 #134

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If you want true sport, watch high school athletics. milestogo Feb 2023 #138

Professional head banging is couple hours of commercials interrupted by sports breaks. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #146

The Super what? ShazzieB Feb 2023 #142

You really got folks going Easterncedar Feb 2023 #153

Depends ThoughtCriminal Feb 2023 #157

I have never watched it and never will. 🤢🤮 nt Raine Feb 2023 #158

I used to look forward to the commercials Cadfael Feb 2023 #162

I'll watch it. Swede Feb 2023 #163

Not interested at all. Talitha Feb 2023 #165

When is it? Kennah Feb 2023 #167

Boo hoo BannonsLiver Feb 2023 #168

Not only do I not drmeow Feb 2023 #171

I am not a fan of sports mostly Meowmee Feb 2023 #172

This thread comes along every year right on schedule. former9thward Feb 2023 #173

There Are THREE In GD Today ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #176

Who puking? imanamerican63 Feb 2023 #179

I Stand Corrected ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #180

not excited? llmart Feb 2023 #174

Is there a game today? WestMichRad Feb 2023 #175

Not me. I am excited as ESPN ChazII Feb 2023 #177

House is being remodeled. TVs are packed away LeftInTX Feb 2023 #178

Not excited but I'm watching. SYFROYH Feb 2023 #181

100 million other Americans are watching Locutusofborg Feb 2023 #182

Only watch Army/Navy game just started watching SB about 4 yrs ago. tinymontgomery Feb 2023 #183

Not excited. Higherarky Feb 2023 #184

Wasn't excited until I viewed it, entirely. Halftime included. It was AWSOME!!!. oasis Feb 2023 #187