# What are you planning to do this Sunday instead of watching the Super Bowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954 "2017-02-04T01:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/21 "2017-02-04T14:14:47Z")
Model railoading, music, and maybe a drive out to the museum. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/22 "2017-02-04T15:17:52Z")
Watching a curling tournament that I recorded while on vacation in Barbados. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/23 "2017-02-04T15:22:59Z")
This Sunday is the Super Bowl? Hm. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/24 "2017-02-04T15:48:09Z")
Watch the Blazers get crushed by the Thunder. I haven’t cared about football in over 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![UberArchetype](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2bfe46/32.png) [@UberArchetype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UberArchetype)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/25 "2017-02-04T15:52:40Z")
I have a daughter’s volleyball tournament to attend and a few other details, but like most American’s, my priority tomorrow is the Super Bowl. What a useless post. Maybe some more pathetic losers will join your little attention-getting exercise?! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/26 "2017-02-04T16:46:19Z")
“Most Americans” Annual ratings would seem to suggest that at least two-thirds of Americans _don’t_ watch the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/27 "2017-02-04T16:56:13Z")
This year I’m out of the US, but for the past couple of years, I’ve been going to the Shenandoah National Park, I swear it felt like I was the only person in the entire park. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/28 "2017-02-04T17:19:48Z")
Laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/29 "2017-02-04T17:36:23Z")
> [@UberArchetype](#): > > What a useless post. Maybe some more pathetic losers will join your little attention-getting exercise?! :smack: Not sure why you felt the need, but you’re receiving a warning for insulting other posters. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/30 "2017-02-04T17:44:29Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > “Most Americans” Annual ratings would seem to suggest that at least two-thirds of Americans _don’t_ watch the Super Bowl. Not so. Most Americans watch the SB with other people. That skews the ratings. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/31 "2017-02-04T19:00:38Z")
Living in a country where, um American Football is it? is a minority interest the same as most Sundays, going to my regular role playing game then home to chill with anything but watching sport. I’ll probably see something about it on the news though. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/32 "2017-02-04T19:02:59Z")
Continue my Dark Shadows binge-watch. I’m nearly halfway through! ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/33 "2017-02-04T19:27:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Not so. Most Americans watch the SB with other people. That skews the ratings. You think that a statistical majority of Americans watch the Super Bowl with other people? Seriously? You want me to believe that there are enough people watching the game in groups to account for a \> 60M discrepancy? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/34 "2017-02-04T19:44:55Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > You think that a statistical majority of Americans watch the Super Bowl with other people? Seriously? You want me to believe that there are enough people watching the game in groups to account for a \> 60M discrepancy? Yes. Go to any bar or restaurant tomorrow. Notice how many SB parties there are. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/35 "2017-02-04T19:51:28Z")
Cite that total viewership in 2015 was 168 million > **[Every year, more people watch the Super Bowl. Why did it hit its ratings peak...](https://www.vox.com/2016/2/5/10921574/super-bowl-ratings)** > > It's all thanks to US population growth. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/36 "2017-02-04T20:53:51Z")
Read. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/37 "2017-02-04T20:58:43Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Cite that total viewership in 2015 was 168 million > > [Every year, more people watch the Super Bowl. Why did it hit its ratings peak in 1982? - Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/2/5/10921574/super-bowl-ratings) Sorta. > [@](#): > > One final note: The network that airs the Super Bowl in any given year will often brag about “total viewership.” In 2015, that number was 168 million. **But “total viewership” simply measures the number of people who watched the game for at least a tiny portion of it** , as opposed to the whole way through. While total viewership is interesting to know, it’s not as reflective of the actual number of more dedicated viewers who watched the entire game. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/38 "2017-02-04T21:21:43Z")
Work ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/39 "2017-02-04T22:16:00Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Cite that total viewership in 2015 was 168 million > > [Every year, more people watch the Super Bowl. Why did it hit its ratings peak in 1982? - Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/2/5/10921574/super-bowl-ratings) That cite also puts the percentage of Americans who watched at 45%. I believe total viewership includes 30-40 million viewers in other countries. ---
**Author:** ![oscarhopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eada6e/32.png) [@oscarhopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oscarhopper)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954/40 "2017-02-04T23:12:48Z")
It’s being held in my city so I guess I’ll stay indoors all day to avoid the traffic and just people in general. I might do some housework, order a pizza, and watch a movie. A co-worker invited me to a watch party, but I might just have to be sick tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-planning-to-do-this-sunday-instead-of-watching-the-super-bowl/778954.md?page=3)