That’s what I’m watching. I’ve already seen two Budweiser commercials, those would be all I’d care about during the game itself.
Well, I care in the sense that I enjoy everyone else’s excitement (I’m in Tacoma) and I think it’s kind of fun. But won’t be watching the game.
I never watch (except occasionally the half-time) but it is the best time of the year to go anywhere; no traffic, no one in the stores, plenty of parking everywhere, etc.
Bob
I’ll be skiing in NH on Sunday, then heading home in time for kickoff.
I’ll be hiking.
I’m not planning on watching, but I have no problem with those who do. We were considering going to a Super Bowl party, but decided it would be more fun to do something else.
I shan’t be watching the Super Bowl, and I shan’t be watching the Puppy Bowl or Kitten Bowl, either. I find the idea of all three to be repellent. The last time that I at least paid attention to the Super Bowl was when it was between Chicago and Indianapolis, and that was just for the historical significance of two Black head coaches. I don’t actually like football; everything I know about it is through osmosis.
I do, however, feel as though I’m on an island sometimes, in the sense that, in my anecdotal experience, the people I’ve encountered who don’t like football don’t like any other American sports, either. I like sports just fine, just not that sport. If anything, I’m the guy who’s annoyed that the Super Bowl is going to interrupt his normal routine of watching basketball on Sunday night.
Of course there are people who don’t care about the Super Bowl. There are lots and lots of them, even in Massachusetts and Washington. It’s sort of like asking if there are people who don’t date guys with beards or don’t eat fruit salad. They’re everywhere, possibly close to a majority.
The more interesting question is, is there anyone interested in the Super Bowl who isn’t interested in football for the rest of the year?
I’d be more inclined to agree if it weren’t for the continued existence of boxing, MMA, and the WWE (which isn’t even real, for Pete’s sake; I continually wonder at that one). There’s too much existent popularity and too much money at stake for it to disappear (perhaps especially not) that fast (I think the push for a developmental league is to address the concern about the health of the game at the younger levels, which I absolutely agree will be negatively impacted somehow).
Anyway, the answer is yes, absolutely, and the people posting to this thread aren’t nearly as alone as they think. It’s kind of silly to think otherwise.
For years and years, that was me. I wouldn’t watch the regular games or playoffs, but always watched the SB.
Last three years (and, I guess, this year) I haven’t watched any regular games, and haven’t (and probably won’t) watch the SB. It’s just kind of lost its glamor.
Unfortunately, knowing that there may be people “out there” who like sports but don’t like football doesn’t do me much good in meat space, where there aren’t any such people in my immediate radius. Even my best friend is a rabid football fan.
The only reason I care about it is that I can walk into pretty much any sit-down restaurant in the area and be guaranteed instant seating and attentive wait staff. It’s my favouritest day to eat out.
(I don’t like football the rest of the year, either.)
What is this “Super Bowl” of which you speak?
Football’s the one with the pointy ball, right?
I’m not interested in the Super Bowl or American football.
Some years I get to watch the Aussie Rules equivalent of the Superbowl, and it’s awesome. One year they had a tie and met up the following week for a do-over match. Can you imagine the American Superbowl having a do over?
I don’t generally care, no.
A third of the forum doesn’t come from America. Gridiron simply isn’t that big outside the USA.
I don’t follow football, the Super Bowl, or any sports at all, never have. But I have found that stating this to some people has sometimes caused negative comments.
When people who are just trying to be friendly or start a conversation would say, “did you catch the game last night?”, I would just answer “no, I missed it”, or something similar. Then I just started being honest and would answer, “no, I don’t follow sports”. For this response, I have, at various times, been asked if I was un-american, if I was a communist, or if I was gay. 
I am glad to see that there are plenty of others who have no interest!
By the way, we did Disney World a few years ago for a 3-day stretch, one of which was Super Bowl Sunday. It was the lightest 3 days of the year for the park. It was fabulous.
Yeah, that’s how I feel about commercials in general.
Either way, I like commercials more than any hand-egg tournament.
Painful day that was.