Superbowl XLIII Prediction- A Woman’s Perspective
First of all let me start off by asking why does the Superbowl Committe still insist on using Roman Numerals? Why can’t they just use regular numbers? I know that most men out there don’t know what the letter L represents. I also want to say that I am not a football fan, and being a woman I understand that there are many women who are die-hard football fans, so I am not speaking on their behalf. I have no idea who played in last year’s bowl, much less who won. This is what I have ascertained thus far about football in my southwestern Texas town: There are two kinds of fans- Cowboy fans and non-Cowboy fans. Whenever there is a big game such as on Thanksgiving Day, our city is awash with blue and silver. Whole families including infants are donning their Cowboy jerseys and caps. The non-Cowboy fans more often than not HATE Dallas, and they usually are categorized into one of three areas: Redskin fans, Steelers Fans or the Team of the Month, a.k.a. the Bandwagoners. We have a segment of the population who is ecstatic about the upcoming Superbowl game (the Traitors, a.k.a Steller fans). Many Cowboy fans fondly remember the match up in the 90’s between Dallas and Pittsburg, when they avenged their Super Bowl upset twenty years earlier with a bittersweet victory. So for many Dallas fans, including my man, there is absolutely no interest in any Superbowl where the Cowboys aren’t playing. I do know, however, that die-hard Cowboy fans are rooting against whichever team ruined Dallas’ chance of not making it to this year’s playoffs. In this year’s case, it is probably a toss up, but I suspect that more fans are probably rooting for Arizona, simply because the rivalry between Dallas and Pittsburg has been going on for over thirty years and runs much deeper. As for me and many other women, I really don’t care who wins. I want the team my man is rooting for to win simply because I don’t want him to be a grouch Sunday evening after the game. Many women may watch for a few minutes to check out the tight ends on the tight ends, but that’s about it. They will partake in the Superbowl festivities breaking their New Year’s Resolution by indulging in wings, chips and beer. I did notice that Kurt Warner, the QB for Arizona is a cutie, so I suspect that many women will be going for them, simply based on that. Can any of y’all say Oscar De La Hoya? Now women who are real football fans will be quicker to disassociate themselves from my kind quicker than Obama did with Blago. I guess they may have decided if they couldn’t beat ‘em, to join ‘em, or maybe they really do like the game. . As for me, I don’t have the attention span for a full 15 minute quarter, which actually translates to at least 35. It goes on and on and on, and God forbid there’s an overtime. I feel the way my man looks when I drag him shopping, “when is this going to be over?”