Superbowl Sunday | 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals (say what!?!)

So what the hell, today is labeled the biggest day in sports huh? Good old Superbowl Sunday. How do y'all feel about the so called Big Game? I really do not know how do I feel. I mean, I like NFL football, in fact I love NFL football. I have to ask myself honestly, though, is this really the biggest day in sports or is this just an over-hyped money hungry circus show? Does Superbowl Sunday really satisfy my "sports craving" as advertised? What if I'm not a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers or Arizona Cardinals? Well, let's do some heavy thinking and figure this damn question out! I'm going to consider the championship events of allthe major sports, give them all a fail shake, and pick what I think I enjoy the most.

The NBA Playoffs are worth mentioning, but not worthy of anything else. I like NBA Basketball, but there is no question that it doesn't get my blood flowin' like the Big Game. The bottom line is that the series is 7 games spread out over 3 weeks. Then you have the hip-hop artist of the moment who has a 30 second commercial that makes a good tag for the Series at first, but damn, if I got hear Lil' John scream "YEeeeeaHHH" one more frickin' time during every commercial break 24 hours a day, geeez. I think the only approach to take and the only way you can get into the thing is if you take the whole month off from work and party every damn night! By the time game 7 comes around, however, you won't even remember who's playin'! You just know that teams are still playing because Lil' John won't shut-the-hell-up! So the NBA playoffs are out.

NHL Playoffs - out (if you need a reason, you're out)

Last, but certainly not least, we have MLB, good old Major League Baseball and the World Series. Yes! I love the World Series! The nights start to get colder and shorter, football is underway on Sundays, and you have Joe Buck on the call. To me it does not get any better. You get a best of 7 series so you are guaranteed 4 games; teams usually go with 3 man rotations so the 4th and 5th starters who make $12 million to go 11-15 with a 4.75 ERA are now in the bullpen so the pitching is stronger on both ends; you have a game every night with a few days off mixed in; this could be my "Big Game". Wait a second though. The problem with the Series is...like the others...it's a series. Which means that you never know exactly when the final night is going to be unless the thing goes 7 games. So there is no "Big Game" guarantee. What usually happens is that you get really excited for Game 1 so you throw back a ton of drinks and have a great time! For what though? For a hangover-from-hell and the exciting fact that one of the teams is up one game to nothin'? Greeeaat. So then you have a little revelation and you realize that the next few games don't mean anything either, so you sit back and drink a half of a beer on your couch, trying to convince yourself that you care. By Thursday, somebody usually goes up 3 games to 2, your feeling much better, and you are ready to rock-and-roll for the final 2 games over the weekend. Hell, now you have another dilemma. On Saturday night, Game 6, you remember how crappy you felt the day after Game 1, and if this thing goes 7, you will be worthless all day Sunday if you "blow it out" again like that. So you end up holding back a little and watching the game at home, just prayin' for a Game 7 so you can "run with the boys" on Sunday and tear the town up. If the Series ends Saturday night with Game 6, however, you've had 2 beers, your wife wants to go see a movie, and your Sunday Game 7 with "the boys" is ruined. If a game 7 is forced you get up early on Sunday fired up as hell, but when you rally up your homies, you find out that 3 of your boys have family functions to go to because "honey, we planned this a month ago assuming the World Series would be over", 2 other guys got plastered at a bar for Game 6 in case the thing ended so they're worthless, and your left with a "crew" that consists of you and 2 others, the one friend who gave up drinking 6 months ago, and his co-worker whom you've met once before who is a baseball fanatic and listens to the radio call on his 1980's Sony Walkman - in the bar. Wow, maybe the World Series isn't that great after all.

Well, I guess after really thinking about it I would have to say that Superbowl Sunday is in fact the biggest day in sports and worth all the hype, for me at least. The Big Game! It's arrived! The Superbowl baby! Lets throw down some bets! Big money time! This is it! A one game, winner-take-all, war between the two toughest, most talented (not really) teams sports! You know the plan, you start drinking at 10 in the morning, you eat all the junk you can, and you get jacked to watch the biggest television event in the world! This is the Superbowl! It's my pick, so let's do it up right!

Whoa, look at the clock, it's after 10 already? I'm supposed to be over at a friends house drinking right now! Damn. Actually, to tell you the truth, I'm not feeling all that well. I was up drinkin' until the sun came up. Somebody give me a call at halftime, I'm gonna' go lay down for a bit. Have fun watchin' the game everyone, I don't think I'm gonna' make it, let me know who wins. Peace.

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