Sunday, February 5, 2012
Remembering When, The Super Bowl!
Yeah I know, many of my readers were not even born when the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in the AFL-NFL Championship game, forty six years ago. The name super Bowl had not yet been attached to our annual binge of hype. The Los Angles Colosseum was not filled to capacity with people that are able to spend thousands of dollars to get a seat inside. Tickets went unsold. The sporting public concluded that the real championship was the week before when Green Bay beat Dallas. People turned into one of two networks, NBC or CBS to watch the game. I do not remember, all of the hype that proceeds the Super Bowl today, for two weeks. There was a game. I am sure that the commercials were not tracked and as eagerly anticipated as they are today. There was a game There were no daily diaries, from the players. There was a game. There were no tweets. There was a game. There was no media day that people willingly paid $25 to attend. There was a game. That is all there was then. A game. Anyone who ever read or seen or followed legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, knows that for him, the players, the other coaches and true football fans, there was only one thing. There was a game. Ah, to think back and admire the simple things in life. Enjoy today's game.
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For us, the Superbowl was just a game as well; but with a lot more snacks for some reason. We'd order subs from the local High School Football Drive a week before. The subs would be delivered a couple of hours before the game. Mom would make her veggie dip and we could have as much soda as our bladders would allow. Back then it didn't even matter who was playing. It was one of those rare moments when everyone was sharing the same space without, or at least with minimal, 'he's looking at me' arguments.
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