I’ve never watched Superbowl coverage. I didn’t even watch
it when the Saints were playing. There’s only so many ways you can hear the
same analysis about the same game before you get tired of it. There have
actually been only a few Superbowls I’ve watched all the way through because I don’t
care who wins. I am going to try and watch as much as I can of the game today.
By the time I post this it could be over but I’ll go ahead and predict 49ers 27
Ravens 21. I don’t like the 49ers but I like the way they play football. I
think they had the best team all year.
I have tried all week not to be the sourpuss that ruins the
party for everyone. It could be a good thing I have had the flu all week and
couldn’t really get into any of the local SuperBowl festivities. I’m glad the
visitors are having a good time and I am glad the city did a good job. I just
don’t understand why we are carrying on like this isn’t our tenth Superbowl. We
kind of know what we are doing with these things or the NFL keeps coming back.
Our local leaders and media are acting like this is the first big event we’ve
ever hosted. Maybe that’s because so many of them weren’t living here when we
hosted the other ones. I don’t know what the issue is. I may have given
everyone a pass if this was the first event since Katrina. We already have done
7 Mardi Gras, a final four, a BCS Championship, and about 200 festivals. I’ll
admit that the Superbowl is bigger than any of that but we need to tone it down
a bit. Hosting people is what we do
best. We need to go overboard with patting ourselves on the back when we cut
the murder rate in half or end homelessness.
