Superbowl XXXVII

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Posted by michael on Sunday January 26, 2003 @11:59AM from the game-time dept.

So, if you're a good, patriotic American, you're certainly watching the Superbowl right about now. The dot-com ads should be pretty much absent this year, but perhaps there will be something more interesting than ads for recycled movies. Maybe even the game will be worth watching. :) Update: 01/27 17:02 GMT by T : Chardish writes "If you didn't catch the trailer for The Matrix: Reloaded on the Superbowl last night, it's now available for download."

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Not to be a troll here but... by aerojad · 2003-01-26 12:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

...since when does watching the Super Bowl count as a patriotic activity? I thought it was just a game, a football game. I didn't hear Bush tell me to watch the game, I didn't see the U.N. pass a resolution, and I didn't hear an "Axis of Evil" tag attached to it.

Tone down the crazyness, things that have been a part of American culture do not necessarily mean they are thru-and-thru patriotic.

...just a game, folks.

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1. Re:Not to be a troll here but... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-26 12:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If you're watching super bowl alone, you're watching super bowl with Hitler! Or Saddam. Or bin Laden! Or perhaps Saddam again.
  What are you, a terrorist? :-)
2. Re:Not to be a troll here but... by PsychoSlashDot · 2003-01-26 12:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You're right; football-watching isn't particularly patriotic. On the other hand, insulting anyone who likes soccer (ie. the rest of the world)is.
  
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3. Re:Not to be a troll here but... by AKnightCowboy · 2003-01-26 12:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I agree. The Superbowl is the most overhyped football game of the year and is completely boring (IMHO) unless your home team is one of the teams playing. Personally I'm waiting for the war in Iraq to begin so I can cheer on the home team (Americans) in their fight for freedom of the Iraqi people. Goooooo Yankees! I remember watching the Gulf War as a young teenager and it was the best time. I never watched CNN that much in all my life before then and only September 11th had me watching it like that again. Wars are excellent to stimulate the patriotism of a nation. It's like a national football game.
4. Re:Not to be a troll here but... by suss · 2003-01-26 12:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I didn't see the U.N. pass a resolution, and I didn't hear an "Axis of Evil" tag attached to it.
  
  In this post-columbine, post-9/11 time, we must think of the children!
  
  If you don't watch the superbowl, you're supporting terrorism!
  
  You know you want to watch, because it's what jesus would do...
  
  Did i forget any?
5. Re:Not to be a troll here but... by Kipper+the+Llama · 2003-01-26 13:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, it's not unpatriotic to skip on the Super Bowl, but it should be if you don't grasp hyperbole.
  
  Get a life.
Forgive the obvious question... by Faust7 · 2003-01-26 12:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

But what in the world is this doing on Slashdot? This is "News for Nerds," folks. I see more than enough Super Bowl coverage on CNN, MSNBC, and all the other commercial news sites.

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1. Re:Forgive the obvious question... by Uart · 2003-01-26 12:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Good point!
  
  As we all know from various movies and television shows (Revenge of the Nerds?), geeks don't like sportts.
  
  Its a natural extension of our general hatred of the Jocks...
  
  Lets go back to building our robots and reading about math.
  
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2. Re:Forgive the obvious question... by claygate · 2003-01-26 14:51 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  As a huge fan of soccer, i can understand why the majority of americans don't grasp it as a spectacular sport. In 90 minutes it is possible to not have a team score a single point and still be one of the best games in history. If this is the case there are no clear winners and this is not acceptable in america. You must WIN and you must SCORE in america. It is reflected in society.
  
  This is why formula 1 is even less prominent in the US. When something as small as .009 put JP Montoya on pole once this season it isn't enough to discern a clear cut winner. When Schumacher won 11 of 17 races, and ferrari won 15 out of 17 it is seen as uncompetitive. There is so much going on behind the scenes and so many other battles then the one for the lead that it doesn't interest the US audience. In NASCAR or IRL you see 10 different leaders in one race and multiple passes. But this is through stiffling the abilityto one up competitors. Standard wings that allow cars to pass more easily and restricted power engines makes for closer, yet more predictable racing. Americans are raised with 100 topics aminute thrown pass their heads, they consume more than anyone else, and this is reflected in their choices later in life. Like someone said about watching 9 hours of football games and post/pre game shows or 9 hours of about LOTR. Football, F1, American Football, NASCAR et al cater to different audiences. Depends what your preference is.
Re:Thank God... by BrookHarty · 2003-01-26 12:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank God, I'm not an American. I don't know anyone willing to sit through 4 hours of "Pre-Game", 3 hours of the game, then another 2 hours of "Post-Game Wrap-up".

2 hours of "Making of Lord of the Rings", then 3 hours "Lord of the Rings" followed by an hour of "Behind the Scenes of LOTR" on cable.

Different strokes for different folks.
Superbowl - what a rip by frovingslosh · 2003-01-26 12:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I never watch it. I did tune in for that XXX rated one they advertised about seven years ago, but I didn't find anything even mildly erotic about it.

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Please send help. by Burgundy+Advocate · 2003-01-26 12:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Hello Slashdot,

I am hosting a small Superbowl gathering at my residence. However, I have come upon a true crisis:

We've run out of Nacho Cheese Dip.

Now, let me explain the situation a little further. I am posting from my kitchen, and outside are two pregnant ladies, three 250+ pound men, and an eight year old child, with his paintball gun that his oh-so-intelligent father was so quick to buy him.

If I don't come back with something, there will be a "conflict". And by "conflict" I mean it in the same way the Israeli-Palestinian situation is a "conflict".

This is where you come in: Send Nacho Cheese.

My girlfriend and I are armed only with a few cans of Keystone Light. Please. We don't want to die.

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Re:Thank God... by Marlor · 2003-01-26 13:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, but the SuperBowl is just a bunch of pansies running around in padded armour, but Lord Of The Rings is .... ummm .... errr ..... OK you win.
Shania was lip syncing, I'm sure of it. by simetra · 2003-01-26 13:39 · Score: 5, Insightful

Anyone else get that impression?

I only watched the half-time stuff, then turned back to Fear Factor.

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I'm doin' my part. by pi_rules · 2003-01-26 14:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Sittin' back, cleaning my new assault rifle, havin' a couple of beers and keeping and eye on the game.

Now, what's more American than that? I got a gun, my beer, and a football game.
You need a cover sheet on your TPS reports!!! by jcsehak · 2003-01-26 14:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Terry Tate: Office Linebacker

Classic. Worth watching the whole game just for that commercial.

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Re:Thank God... by ruprechtjones · 2003-01-26 15:06 · Score: 5, Funny

You are so wrong with this.

Pre-game starts, you gather with the friends, and beer and nachos come out.

Game starts, bets are already placed, you settle down and start watching the commercials-er, game. Nachos are finished, sixth beer is opened.

By half-time, you're drunk and full, Twain is showing her stomach, and the No Doubt chick looks like she's been hanging out with Courtney Love too much. She looks thrashed. You take a nap.

Post-game show is up. You get to find out what you missed whilst napping, but you're too groggy to remember.

Following morning, you watch the news to get the highlights of the game, in order to fit in with the water-cooler crowd at work.

This is American Football. God bless us all.

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The thing I enjoyed the most about the Superbowl by long_john_stewart_mi · 2003-01-26 16:45 · Score: 5, Funny

The Superbowl is wierd. Celine Dion sang "God Bless America", and she's Canadian. If an American started singing "God Save The Queen" he'd probably be shot and then called a terrorist.

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