Anyone else not care about the Super Bowl?

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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Sounds like OT really doesn't like what's popular...

Wasdie

This^^^^^^^^^. It seems many things popular are shunned or disliked by the OT. It's as if the OT is comprised of hermit-like recluses who see popular culture as an annoyance, crying out that anything overly commercial or anything very hyped is bad.

At the end of the day the Superbowl is the most watched event of the year. No matter what anybody here says, the NFL is a major sport in America and is one of the most watched things in the country.

Sports seem to get dismissed by geeks. Maybe it's the mentality of a lot of the fans who watch. I'll admit some people need to just cool it with the whole sports craze, but in a world where the average person doesn't do much special in their lives that get noticed by millions, big sports in all countries of all types give people something to look forward to. Sports across the world bring people together in a common goal. This is why athletes are so well paid, we put our faith in them to entertain us.

Maybe it's because a lot of geeks really have a hard time associating themselves with the masses. I don't know. I used to be very apathetic towards sports as I am not very athletic myself. However as I get older I find myself more drawn to them and more wiling to play a pick up game whenever I get a chance. There is something that draws me in.

I guess if my team wasn't apart of the Superbowl I wouldn't care as much, but I would probably watch it with a bunch of friends and have a good time.

Very well put. I haven't considered that there is that old jock v. geek element that has seemed to creep into this thread. I myself am also not an athlete, but I can appreciate human feets of skill and enjoy a nice pastime that it's okay to be passionate and root your team and have a little regional pride.

I would also like to add that families get together for events like this. I had an amazing time with my family when I watch the superbowl. Not everyone gets into the game itself, but it does generate a buzz and make a fun atmosphere for everyone with the commercials, food, cheering, conversations, and catching-up that goes on. It's a nice event enjoyed by many. I can understand the apathy to something that isn't an interest but the negativity I don't get at all.

[QUOTE="EntropyWins"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] well if they were the best team they would have won when it mattered. packers were the best team this year from top to bottom and they proved it.theycallmeRP

Because Ryan Grant got injured and they had no ground game until they discovered a guy that can run (Starks) against the Eagles in the wild card game.

Also, the Pats got by with a below average defense because they have the best QB in football. That stuff catches up eventually, the top defenses make the superbowl for the most part.

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[QUOTE="EntropyWins"] Then why were they the 6th seed?

EntropyWins

Because Ryan Grant got injured and they had no ground game until they discovered a guy that can run (Starks) against the Eagles in the wild card game.

Also, the Pats got by with a below average defense because they have the best QB in football. That stuff catches up eventually, the top defenses make the superbowl for the most part.

Like I said, they lost their starting RB. Hence the lack of a running game and struggling in the regular season at times.

And also no, my logic says you we have seen plenty of regular season top seeds get trounced out the playoffs because your facing the best teams in the playoffs playing for their season. Your not getting the bottom feeder of your division anymore like the Pats did getting Buffalo.

On the subject of logic, yours is the best team is the team with the best record at the end of the regular season. By your logic, we should just drop having a playoff system.

[QUOTE="EntropyWins"]

[QUOTE="theycallmeRP"]

Because Ryan Grant got injured and they had no ground game until they discovered a guy that can run (Starks) against the Eagles in the wild card game.

Also, the Pats got by with a below average defense because they have the best QB in football. That stuff catches up eventually, the top defenses make the superbowl for the most part.

theycallmeRP

Like I said, they lost their starting RB. Hence the lack of a running game and struggling in the regular season at times.

And also no, my logic says you we have seen plenty of regular season top seeds get trounced out the playoffs because your facing the best teams in the playoffs playing for their season. Your not getting the bottom feeder of your division anymore like the Pats did getting Buffalo.

On the subject of logic, yours is the best team is the team with the best record at the end of the regular season. By your logic, we should just drop having a playoff system.

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[QUOTE="EntropyWins"] oh i thought they were the 6th seed because they lost 6 games while the patriots only lost 2? According to your logic though, cleveland is a better team, because they were able to beat them on one day.

EntropyWins

Like I said, they lost their starting RB. Hence the lack of a running game and struggling in the regular season at times.

And also no, my logic says you we have seen plenty of regular season top seeds get trounced out the playoffs because your facing the best teams in the playoffs playing for their season. Your not getting the bottom feeder of your division anymore like the Pats did getting Buffalo.

On the subject of logic, yours is the best team is the team with the best record at the end of the regular season. By your logic, we should just drop having a playoff system.

I agree with you that a playoff series would determine a better outcome. But as it stands with the wild card teams having to play an extra game and the top seeds getting the home crowd and a by week should make it more accurate of who the better team is. For example:

1: Jets beat patriots in opening day. (surge and look pretty damn unstoppable)

2: Pats crush Jets in every way (Pats soaring and angry after Cleveland loss, Jets stumbling young QB issues)

3: Jets beat Pats in playoffs (Jets riding hot wave v Well rested well prepared well coached team Pats)

The Jets in the playoffs were the better team than the Pats. That's all that matters. The regular season is nice, but it's not the real season where you are facing elimination. Skip the series to a game 7 and that's how EVERY playoff game in the NFL looks. The real better team shows itself in that situation. The Packers showed it in their game 7 wins right up to the super bowl. So that makes them the best team in my eyes.

Sorry to pic on your Bills. at least they played hard and showed heart. Can't say the same for the Chargers this year :x

[QUOTE="EntropyWins"]

[QUOTE="no_more_fayth"]

Maybe we prefer hockey, a sport that doesn't take 7 hours for five minutes to come off the clock. :P

no_more_fayth

What I said actually had some semblance of truth, because football is rigidly timed.

But yours didn't.

Tsk, tsk.

[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]"ohhh look at me i'm cool underground gamer who doesn't care for popular stuff" sorry, even metalheads watch football, even the elitist ones, if not well then you know what we think about you and we can't say it in a forum, just go away. I don't even have a football team, but i still watch it, my parents don't care about football but they still throw a party and watch it.theycallmeRP

Sorry but not everyone likes American football. And we have something called opinions :|

I kind of agree with X360, this thread has a loaded question and it's almost showing off how cool it is to dislike something popular. If the NFL and college football werent the most popular sport in America, then more people on OT would like it more because it's cool and different from what everyone else likes.

I understand we have many posters from all over the country, but no one is starting threads like, "Ugh soccer, it's so popular all over the world, ugh so slow and boring, don't you guys agree?" I don't care for soccer, but I see the appeal and get how so many people love it.

Sounds like OT really doesn't like what's popular...

Wasdie

Maybe I should be speaking for myself but I'm pretty sure every single UK Gamespot member.

I don't care for it.

yep i could careless

Maybe I should be speaking for myself but I'm pretty sure every single UK Gamespot member.

Evil_Saluki

I'd say every single non US resident.

I don't really care either. I do not watch football and consider it to be a very boring and predictable sport.

I do find the people getting mad and trying to figure out reasons why someone doesn't watch the super bowl to be kind of funny. Not every American likes football. I don't "dislike the super bowl because it's popular". I dislike it because it's very boring.

Bunch of party poopers on this thread. I don't pay attention to the NFL at all, but it is still fun to get together with friends and watch the game. I had no idea what team to root for, so I picked The Packers because Rogers didn't wasn't as much of a douche as Rothesburger (and I was tired of seeing Polamalu in all those Head and Shoulders commercials). It was still fun, even if me and my buddies weren't huge fans, it's more about the occasion rather than the actual game.

Bunch of party poopers on this thread. I don't pay attention to the NFL at all, but it is still fun to get together with friends and watch the game. I had no idea what team to root for, so I picked The Packers because Rogers didn't wasn't as much of a douche as Rothesburger (and I was tired of seeing Polamalu in all those Head and Shoulders commercials). It was still fun, even if me and my buddies weren't huge fans, it's more about the occasion rather than the actual game.

redstorm72

[QUOTE="redstorm72"]

Bunch of party poopers on this thread. I don't pay attention to the NFL at all, but it is still fun to get together with friends and watch the game. I had no idea what team to root for, so I picked The Packers because Rogers didn't wasn't as much of a douche as Rothesburger (and I was tired of seeing Polamalu in all those Head and Shoulders commercials). It was still fun, even if me and my buddies weren't huge fans, it's more about the occasion rather than the actual game.

Deihjan

I don't know. It has a ton of hype, so it's cool to be a part of that hype. It's pretty epic to go to a bar, order some chicken wings and watch everyone freak out at every TD or interception. It's just fun. Besides, it's a Sunday, what else do you have to do?

I don't know. It has a ton of hype, so it's cool to be a part of that hype. It's pretty epic to go to a bar, order some chicken wings and watch everyone freak out at every TD or interception. It's just fun. Besides, it's a Sunday, what else do you have to do?

redstorm72

Sports seem to get dismissed by geeks. Maybe it's the mentality of a lot of the fans who watch. I'll admit some people need to just cool it with the whole sports craze, but in a world where the average person doesn't do much special in their lives that get noticed by millions, big sports in all countries of all types give people something to look forward to. Sports across the world bring people together in a common goal. This is why athletes are so well paid, we put our faith in them to entertain us.

Maybe it's because a lot of geeks really have a hard time associating themselves with the masses. I don't know. I used to be very apathetic towards sports as I am not very athletic myself. However as I get older I find myself more drawn to them and more wiling to play a pick up game whenever I get a chance. There is something that draws me in.

Wasdie

I don't know about others, but to me watching team sport games from a distance is like watching humogenous blog A fight humogenous blob B.

Which makes it difficult to connect or become interested. American football has the disadvantage of being uninteresting even by Polo standards. Which doesn't really help.

The only sport i watch is MMA. There are single competitors with different styles. You find one or more styles you like, and form interested in martial artists based on a mix of personality and style. Sports participation is different though. I like to play basketball, and a couple of other sports, but i would never watch them on tv.

Note to the people upset that everyone don't worship the superbowl: This is an international forum. I am from Norway so very localized sports don't make a big splash over here.

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="EntropyWins"]

Well, I certainly think it is overhyped. It is not like the game means anything wen it comes down to it. The best team hardly ever wins. I hate the Patriots, but they had the best team, this year. If the Jets didn't catch them on a bad day, no doubt they would have won it all.

EntropyWins

What superbowl lol? 8)

[QUOTE="redstorm72"]

Bunch of party poopers on this thread. I don't pay attention to the NFL at all, but it is still fun to get together with friends and watch the game. I had no idea what team to root for, so I picked The Packers because Rogers didn't wasn't as much of a douche as Rothesburger (and I was tired of seeing Polamalu in all those Head and Shoulders commercials). It was still fun, even if me and my buddies weren't huge fans, it's more about the occasion rather than the actual game.

Deihjan

Football is boring. It's three or four hours of nothing happening, with about ten minutes of actual plays.

It's something to watch when you're drunk, or on a lazy Sunday when you want to take a nap.

I really don't fell like defending the greatest sport on Earth right now... why?... because...

GREEN MOTHER FREAKING BAY WON THE MOTHER FREAKING SUPER BOWL!!!!OMG!!!!

Its so fantastic... I am beyond over-joyed...

if you are into and understand the sport of football it was definitely a fun game to watch. i'm just glad the steelers lost.