# Will you be watching the 2014 Super Bowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 31, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208 "2014-01-31T15:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/21 "2014-01-31T17:45:19Z")
I’m a passionate football fan, and a devoted Giants fan. So, I watched beginning to end the last time the Giants beat the Pats, right? Wrong! I have a 10 year old son who has major ADHD and no interest in most spectator sports. So, as a practical matter, I just don’t get to see much football on TV any more. At any given moment, he may be antsy and/or bursting with energy, and the it will be on me to take him out to burn off that energy. I may be walking our dog with him or kicking around a soccer ball or riding bikes with him at kickoff. The joys of being a Dad! I may see a full Super Bowl again in 8 years (but only if he goes away to college)! ---
**Author:** ![Molesworth\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/22 "2014-01-31T17:46:23Z")
Aussie here. I’ve got that Monday off, but I’ll probably sleep in instead. My understanding is that this Peyton Manning fellow is good enough that he deserves another “World Championship” ring, but I also like Seattle because it has a strong soccer culture. Either way, I hope it’s a good match. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/23 "2014-01-31T17:51:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Will you have the TV on mute? > [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Nope. I’ll DVR, wait until 25-30 minutes after kickoff and zip through commercials, and then do the same for the second half. > [@Enginerd](#): > > Me too. That’s one great fix to avoid the commercials, but do you mute to keep from hearing the blather of the announcers? During college games there are only a few commentators that say anything useful beyond what you can see for yourself. Who’s calling the SB this time? ---
**Author:** ![Molesworth\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/24 "2014-01-31T17:56:22Z")
> [@FightMyIgnorance](#): > > Sports are boring, period. > > eta: No, I won’t be watching. I feel much the same way about ballet and the opera. But at least both of us are more discerning than the proles. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/25 "2014-01-31T18:02:31Z")
I think Id rather watch [PuppyBowl](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/01/30/puppy-bowl-animal-planet/4836145/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/26 "2014-01-31T18:09:00Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I always feel this way. I asked my daughter who Bruno Mars was. Apparently a pop singer who sounds like Michael Jackson. I’ll have to find something else to do for 30 minutes I guess. Who’s Bruno Mars? I don’t know him either … I thought the Hot Chili Peppers were the half time show … whoever they are … they sound cool. I’m watching it … all of it. After all four million dollars for each commercial? Someone has to watch Tebow make the best commercial ever made for T-Mobile that I just saw on GMP this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/27 "2014-01-31T18:34:04Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That’s one great fix to avoid the commercials, but do you mute to keep from hearing the blather of the announcers? During college games there are only a few commentators that say anything useful beyond what you can see for yourself. > > Who’s calling the SB this time? Aikman and Buck are calling the game. Better than some, worse than others. It seems to me like Super Bowl commentary is usually dumbed down, to account for the fact that much of the audience is less conversant with the rules and strategies of the game than they are for run-of-the-mill matchups. Good for the expanded audience, but useless for people who follow the game. Fortunately, I don’t have to mute it - I have an amazing capacity to tune out distractions. My SO hates it, but it comes in handy sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/28 "2014-01-31T18:42:27Z")
I’m not a fan of all the “spectacle and hoopla” and traditionally ignore the Super Bowl, unless I have some rooting interest. But this year’s game has an interesting story-line; whether or not Peyton comes up big or chokes it away. Plus I’ve always felt that Pete Carroll got a bad rap as the Patriot’s “interim” coach back in 1997-99, stuck between two “legends” - Parcells (a legend in his own mind, at least) and Belichick. I’ll be happy if either team wins, as long as they play well. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/29 "2014-01-31T19:00:40Z")
Football? No. I’ll watch all the commercials on Youtube later. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/30 "2014-01-31T20:55:38Z")
I bleed blue and lime-green, but I don’t think my delicate constitution can handle the stress. Especially if the “Incompetent Seahawks” show up for the game, instead of the “Overpowering Seahawks”. I don’t like who I become when the Seahawks start stinking. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/31 "2014-01-31T21:43:19Z")
The stuff that’s come out about football and CTE over the past couple of years has been the deal-breaker for me. After watching football regularly since the mid-1960s, I’ve had to finally let go of the game. It’s just further than I can go, to derive entertainment from a process that I know will leave a nontrivial number of the entertainers permanently and severely brain-damaged. I just can’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/32 "2014-01-31T22:50:16Z")
Only if it snows. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/33 "2014-01-31T23:05:43Z")
I don’t know yet. I expect to work on Sunday, but don’t know if it will be morning or evening. And I expect to be needed at work at 7 am EST Monday, so I may not stick around for the ending even if I watch the beginning. And frankly, I’m not that much of a sports fan, so if I watch, I’ll probably be concentrating on my knitting for most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/34 "2014-01-31T23:13:16Z")
I’ll be at work, where most of the crew will be gathered around one of the TVs watching it. I could hang with them or be the only one doing actual work. So I’ll join them and watch the commercials and probably play on my phone for the actual game stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/35 "2014-02-01T00:40:17Z")
My husband will be watching, and I’ll be around, so I’ll probably absorb some of it passively. I really couldn’t care less about the game or the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/36 "2014-02-01T00:41:41Z")
> [@FightMyIgnorance](#): > > Sports are boring, period. > > eta: No, I won’t be watching. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/37 "2014-02-01T01:14:20Z")
I’ll be watching most of the coverage…will miss some of the pregame stuff to catch the Puppy Bowl, and I think there is also a Kitten Bowl on the Hallmark Channel that might get dvr’d. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/38 "2014-02-01T15:26:41Z")
Well, you good people have helped me to decide that I will at least have it on in the same room as I am and I hope the game is good enough to keep me awake. I will listen to the commentary at least for a while, but may mute it until the commercials come on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/39 "2014-02-01T15:39:27Z")
The poll answers don’t quite fit mine. Each year a friend from church hosts a Super Bowl party. She invites the whole church, her neighbors, and people she works with. She always makes ribs and pecan pie. Everything else is pot luck. There are large flat screen TVs on two levels of her house. Game watchers go in the basement. Commercial only folks and jibber jabberers in the living room. I drive some of the more senior church ladies who don’t drive. They also don’t stay up past 9:00 most nights so we leave at halftime. Whether I watch the rest of the game after I get home or don’t will depend on a variety of factors. So I will for sure watch the first half of the game and all the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208/40 "2014-02-01T15:39:41Z")
I’ll probably have it on, but don’t care too much about the game (I do watch Packer games). I’ll probably be surfing the internet / playing games Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-2014-super-bowl/680208.md?page=3)