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How will you watch the Super Bowl this year? (Original Post) Archae Jan 2015 OP
I'll probably watch the Kitten Bowl. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #1
With a buddy, at my dad's house. lovemydog Jan 2015 #2
With a big smile on my face! My daughter lives in Seattle and I am a life long Pats fan. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2015 #3
Don't care about either team OriginalGeek Jan 2015 #4
Since I can't stand the Patriots I won't be watching. Initech Jan 2015 #5
super bowl is a family day fizzgig Jan 2015 #6
Is it time to break out all the Superb Owl jokes already? T_i_B Jan 2015 #7
on a screen that is about 20 feet diagonal Skittles Jan 2015 #8
Not at all DFW Jan 2015 #9
Not even at gunpoint. Orrex Jan 2015 #10
Ditto. I am not a baseball or football fan. n/t RebelOne Jan 2015 #31
Probably watch it either at home HappyMe Jan 2015 #11
I'll go shopping and flirt with the wives. Iggo Jan 2015 #12
Watching Puppy Bowl! femmocrat Jan 2015 #13
Damn right! n/t bobclark86 Jan 2015 #39
My neighborhood sports (read: hockey) bar is showing the Puppy Bowl ... Myrina Jan 2015 #45
I don't think I've watched a Super Bowl since the 1973 Washington-Miami game Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #14
sitting in front on my 'puter. last few have been streamed. KG Jan 2015 #15
flip it on during commercials of whatever I am watching rurallib Jan 2015 #16
Playing Skyrim and getting updates from my wife Telcontar Jan 2015 #17
Duck sausage cassoulet. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #18
That gets my vote. Roon for one more? trof Jan 2015 #24
Just toss a few more beans in and another confit leg and thigh AngryAmish Jan 2015 #26
I will bring pimento stuffed olives, garlic stuffed olives, and jalapeno stuffed olives. trof Jan 2015 #28
Nope bikebloke Jan 2015 #19
There's a Super Bowl of Horseshoes? Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #20
with Netflix tuned to Grey's Anatomy magical thyme Jan 2015 #21
Probably at my buddy's house bigwillq Jan 2015 #22
Same way pipi_k Jan 2015 #23
You mean Super Bowl XLAX? El Supremo Jan 2015 #25
Not where I usually do. My friend's house burned. trof Jan 2015 #27
That's terrible, trof. Suich Jan 2015 #36
The refrigerator. trof Jan 2015 #46
From Seattle. You know the rest. nolabear Jan 2015 #29
It will be a lovely quiet day for me HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #30
Since one team I can't stand, (the same one I imagine you hate worse at the moment), KamaAina Jan 2015 #32
The what? kentauros Jan 2015 #33
Puppy Bowl& Kitty Half Time irisblue Jan 2015 #34
The ads?? oberliner Jan 2015 #35
Was planning on having a party but just found out I will be on call for work. dilby Jan 2015 #37
Not watching at all Generic Brad Jan 2015 #38
puppy bowl? that's always good. n/t orleans Jan 2015 #40
Watching it with my gal-pals... Rhythm Jan 2015 #41
Not watching this year. 'Marcia' Brady isn't welcome in my living room. Avalux Jan 2015 #42
Inebriated - how else? ht hack89 Jan 2015 #43
From the local movie theatre, we could care less who wins benld74 Jan 2015 #44
I hope the Kitten Bowl won't use underinflated cat toys. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #47
I have "The Grand Budapest Hotel" sitting on my DVR. Initech Jan 2015 #48

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
2. With a buddy, at my dad's house.
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 12:43 AM
Jan 2015

He has a good tv & high def.

I can't stand Super Bowl parties. Someone always asks 'What do you do?' while I'm trying to watch the damn game!

Last Super Bowl party I went to was with a bunch of Patriots fans, the year they lost to the Giants. All the fans were acting like they had already won. I picked the Giants for that game. Kept trying to convince them to watch the damn game. They acted all shocked that the Patriots lost. Of course they didn't watch the game unfold. Heck, I don't think any of them had even ever watched a game or knew how the game is played. By an entire team. Not by one quarterback.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
4. Don't care about either team
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 01:37 AM
Jan 2015

But I watch anyway. I'll make my Superbowl crab dip and make sure there's plenty of beer and hope the game is as good as the NFC conference championship game was today.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
5. Since I can't stand the Patriots I won't be watching.
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 01:43 AM
Jan 2015

I don't even really give a shit about the advertisements either.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
6. super bowl is a family day
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 01:45 AM
Jan 2015

we make dinner and watch the game, i think we'll do wings this year.

i will root for seattle since i loathe the pats, but we have no dog in this fight.

Orrex

(63,185 posts)
10. Not even at gunpoint.
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 08:25 AM
Jan 2015

The only thing worse than watching 4 hours of football would be watching five minutes of baseball.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
11. Probably watch it either at home
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 08:41 AM
Jan 2015

or at a bar. Maybe watch the first half at home and head to the bar at half time.


Go Hawks!!

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
45. My neighborhood sports (read: hockey) bar is showing the Puppy Bowl ...
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 02:41 PM
Jan 2015

.... a bunch of edgy folks tossing back some brews & enjoying bar food while watching puppehs ... it'll be a blast!

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
14. I don't think I've watched a Super Bowl since the 1973 Washington-Miami game
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 09:12 PM
Jan 2015

I think my first one was the 1969 Jets-Colts game with Broadway Joe Namath going against Johnny Unitas, and then I watched Minnesota lose to the Chiefs in the 1970 game, but I don't remember watching either the '71 or '72 game, or anything after the '73 game.

rurallib

(62,401 posts)
16. flip it on during commercials of whatever I am watching
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 10:16 PM
Jan 2015

or maybe not. This will make the XLIXth year of not caring.
I'd watch if they played in snow.
Any chance of it snowing this year?

 

Telcontar

(660 posts)
17. Playing Skyrim and getting updates from my wife
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 10:21 PM
Jan 2015

She's the football fan. I could care less. Commercials are cool tho

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
26. Just toss a few more beans in and another confit leg and thigh
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:43 PM
Jan 2015

But you my friend need to bring 2 bottles of cotes du rhone. Any maybe some olives for snacks. My wife likes those.

trof

(54,256 posts)
28. I will bring pimento stuffed olives, garlic stuffed olives, and jalapeno stuffed olives.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:54 PM
Jan 2015

Also anchovy stuffed, if I can find them.
Maybe some Greek olives in olive oil?
The pitted ones.
I think I smell Martinis.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
21. with Netflix tuned to Grey's Anatomy
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 12:56 PM
Jan 2015

I don't do football or teevee.

I may make special snacks for the day. Also if puppy bowl is live streaming somewhere, I'll definitely try to catch that!

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
23. Same way
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:27 PM
Jan 2015

I've had to watch most of the Pats games this season.

I DVR it, then escape into the bedroom where I listen to music or knit or something, occasionally checking the ESPN gamecast to see what the score is.

Can't stand the suspense. It seriously upsets my stomach and gives me anxiety.

If the score is high enough late enough in the game (like the Pats are ahead by six touchdowns with 10 seconds left in the 4th quarter), I may come out to see the win.

If it goes to the wire before NE wins, I wait till the end of the game then I'll watch it the next day.

trof

(54,256 posts)
27. Not where I usually do. My friend's house burned.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:50 PM
Jan 2015

It was a great party house, just down the street from us.
He had the huge HD TV.
Several friends brought food and gathered there for all the Alabama games and always watched the Super Bowl there.

His motor home caught fire at 3 a.m two days after Christmas and it quickly spread to the house. Total loss. He and his wife and dog were lucky to get out alive.

Since then I've been helping him salvage everything we can.
Next week we'll start on demolishing and carting off what's left.
So sad.

Suich

(10,642 posts)
36. That's terrible, trof.
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:33 PM
Jan 2015

So sorry for your friends.

What caught on fire in the motor home? Do they know?

trof

(54,256 posts)
46. The refrigerator.
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 07:00 PM
Jan 2015

Insurance investigator says he sees 100 of these a year.
It's electric/propane.
If they had been in the RV they'd be dead.
The fridge is between bedroom and exit.

nolabear

(41,956 posts)
29. From Seattle. You know the rest.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jan 2015

Never did like football. But I have never seen this cool, reserved town go batshit crazy like this before and all in favor of batshit crazy.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
30. It will be a lovely quiet day for me
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:59 AM
Jan 2015

The rest of the family will be watching the game at someone else's house, leaving me home with the 4 cats (they'll take the dog with them). If I go out at all it will probably be with a friend to brunch and a movie or two. It's what I usually do on Sundays.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
32. Since one team I can't stand, (the same one I imagine you hate worse at the moment),
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 06:22 PM
Jan 2015

not at all. Occasional check-ins when online.

dilby

(2,273 posts)
37. Was planning on having a party but just found out I will be on call for work.
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:59 PM
Jan 2015

So I will just watch it at home and hope I don't get any work issues popping up during anything important.

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
38. Not watching at all
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 10:05 PM
Jan 2015

I hope Seattle and New England both lose. Neither team garners any interest from me. I've been watching Superbowls since 1970, but I have been bored with the contenders and half time entertainment for about eight of them. This is one of them.

Seattle? New England? Katie Perry? Lenny Kravitz? I'm sure somebody must be excited by that line up, but I am definitely not.

Perhaps if there were some different teams or some rocking music it would be worth my while. And if any of you try to remind me that the commercials are worth watching - really? Commercials? If that is the main draw, I'm out.

Rhythm

(5,435 posts)
41. Watching it with my gal-pals...
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 08:22 AM
Jan 2015

There's a group of us who have regular Sunday get-togethers about once a month...
We decided to have our own Superbowl party this year (sans spouses or SOs), so we can watch the game and the commercials without any of their guys 'mansplaining' a game that we have all been avid fans of since we were kids. *L*

I think i'm the only one who has a dog in this fight ( GO PATS! ), but i'm sure everyone will have a great time!

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
42. Not watching this year. 'Marcia' Brady isn't welcome in my living room.
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 12:31 PM
Jan 2015

I don't like the guy, never have, and this whole deflategate thing is just another reason to not pay any attention. I have better things to do.

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