# Why Aren't You Watching the Superbowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113 "2004-02-02T01:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/1 "2004-02-02T01:09:15Z")
Well obviously the SDMB is more exciting than a football game. Or maybe you’ve got a computer and a TV in the same room. Either way, if you’re reading this you’re at least sacrificing some of your Super Bowl time. Why? I consider myself an avid, dedicated non-watcher of sports. I have never really cared for televised sports and feel no need to fall in line and watch it…except maybe for the commercials. Of course, since it’s on, I have seen a little bit… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/2 "2004-02-02T01:13:02Z")
…well, I don’t bowl. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/3 "2004-02-02T01:15:59Z")
What’s a Superbowl? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/4 "2004-02-02T01:18:11Z")
I’m watching the Superbowl (well, it’s halftime now), listening to the jukebox, drinking a beer and connecting to the interweb via the bar’s wifi. Oh, and emailing my girlfriend on my Palm Wireless. Right now, Mark Andreeson is thinking, “wow, that guy’s _really_ a geek – I got nuthin’.” Of course, he’s also thinking, “But I’m stinkin’ rich, so there’s that.” ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/5 "2004-02-02T01:18:26Z")
Because I don’t really care about it. I’d rather read all about digital libraries, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/6 "2004-02-02T01:21:00Z")
'cause I’m watching my Looney Tunes Golden Collection 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/7 "2004-02-02T01:23:53Z")
The only football game on telvison here (Germany) right now is the lingerie bowl. I can’t say I miss the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/8 "2004-02-02T01:25:44Z")
Because I have better things to do than spend five hours watching a one hour game in spurts of three seconds. Also, football is really, really, really fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/9 "2004-02-02T01:27:06Z")
Because, um, I don’t care who wins badly enough to watch it happen. I’m sure over the next week I’ll be hearing about “Triumphant Superbowl XXXVIII team Blah Blah Blah gets congratulated by Dubya” and “Losing Superbowl Coach Blah Blah Gets Head Chopped Off, Film At Eleven.” It’s just not urgent that I’m there. The game will happen without me if necessary. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/10 "2004-02-02T01:28:32Z")
Because I have absolutely no interest in it. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/11 "2004-02-02T01:31:58Z")
> [@BlueMit11](#): > > if you’re reading this you’re at least sacrificing some of your Super Bowl time. Why? Well, because watching men encased in plastic armor beating the crap out of each other in an arena full of howling maniacs has never struck me as especially compelling entertainment. It might be more interesting if they quit enforcing fouls. Or perhaps introduced a scattering of hidden land mines into the field before play begins. I’ve often felt the game would become much more strategic if the teams each had an extra player. He’d be locked in a tiny room at the top of the grandstands, equipped with a sniper rifle… and ONE bullet… and a headset phone hotline to his coach. I mean, wouldn’t that really make things interesting? Especially towards the bottom of the fourth quarter. Or, hell, just fire all the players and have the cheerleaders play the game instead… I’d watch that. For a while, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/12 "2004-02-02T01:32:20Z")
Don’t give a fiddler’s fart about football, or any sports for that matter. Neither does Mr. S. He’s surfing TV right now and I have a big deadline tomorrow, so I’m working. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/13 "2004-02-02T01:32:23Z")
When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I couldn’t understand WHY my father didn’t get excited about sports. Now that I’m in my late 50’s, my kids are excited. I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/14 "2004-02-02T01:34:30Z")
Because even though football is the only sport that even remotely interests me, I have no particular attachment to either team. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/15 "2004-02-02T01:37:28Z")
This is some American thing, right? (I’m not even interested in English sports. Then again, since the quintessential English sport is cricket, that’s hardly surprising.) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/16 "2004-02-02T01:47:00Z")
Because I _can_ not watch it (dispatch from Houston). ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/17 "2004-02-02T01:50:21Z")
Because football is boring and stupid. And I’d rather read the SDMB and play around with Flash MX 2004. I seriously can’t sit down and watch a bunch of guys in tight, short pants run around with a ball. It also bugs me that people who play stupid games get more money than people who are actually DOING something to help people, like saving lives. So no, I’m not watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/18 "2004-02-02T01:50:48Z")
I’m really not interested. Now, if they had out swords, maces, axes, flails & godentags to the teams…_then_ you _got_ something! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/19 "2004-02-02T01:52:36Z")
I don’t like football. And, I have to finish an animation for a class tomorrow. Preferably before Honey comes over in an hour, so we can do something together that is not watching football. (Honey also doesn’t particularly like football, which is a minor one of many reasons he is Honey.) So the real question is, why am I on the SDMB instead of animating things? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113/20 "2004-02-02T02:05:11Z")
Because I don’t care. I think football is a pretty stupid game. I’d find it a lot more interesting if they’d get rid of all that wussy padding and REALLY go at it. And if they’d play for more than three seconds at a time. Yawn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-watching-the-superbowl/227113.md?page=2)