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Soup or Bowl?

I am sitting here with my father watching the big game and I must say, this is a disappointment. It seems as though every year, more people watch yet the game is less exciting and the commercials are not as creative as they once were. Now, I am a guy who doesn't even watch football. I used to watch a little bit when I was younger but I have never really enjoyed watching football. There are 60 minutes in a game, 58 of those are downtime. I can remember a time when the Super Bowl game was intense and a nail-biter but from what I remember of the last few years, it has been a blowout or one team having little chance of winning by the time the 4th quarter comes around. It got to the point where I would have to watch with a good group of friends or else I couldn't enjoy the game at all. Then it got to the point where I would only watch for the commercials. Last year, I spent the entire game talking to a friend on instant messenger, that is the only way I got through that whole thing.

The commercials used to be so funny and imaginative but now they are the same thing every year. Beer commercials with guys oggling women, guys being a slave to alcohol and doing something ridiculous; then there are commercials where a company will show their history from the earlier 20th century and show how the company has changed with the times. A new trend I have noticed are commercials hinting at homosexuality tendencies or is that just me? I think the only good Super Bowl commercials now are movie commercials, they at least give us something to look forward to.

Another thing is the half-time show. The last few years have been a play on fans' nostalgia. I believe they had The Rolling Stones 2 years ago and The Who last year. Both bands are amazing but don't make much sense to have performing at the Super Bowl. This year they had The Black Eyed Peas and my goodness, that was the worst halftime show I have seen. They seemed to have little energy when performing and lacked excitement overall. The backup dancers with the lights were the only decent part of the show.

This game is getting progressively worse with each passing year. I think it will take a lot to get me to watch it next year. I think I would need an impressive man-cave to get me to sit down for those dreadful 4 hours.

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