Top Ten Super Bowl Traditions

The pinnacle of the NFL season is just a few days away. For many sports enthusiasts, it may seem like the game will never come or perhaps that it has come and gone considering all of the endless hype, prognostication and repetitive banter. It’s strangely appropriate that is was just Groundhog Day as the Super Bowl coverage rolls out each day like a tired tape loop. In many ways, ESPN has done for sports what MTV did for music. Whether that’s a good thing or not is a matter of personal opinion.

Despite the 24-hour coverage, Americans eagerly await the playing of the XLIV. Even the casual sports fan will tune in and likely in the company of friends. Those who scarcely know which teams are involved will watch for the ads and the halftime show. Super Bowl Sunday is by far the nation’s most observed unofficial holiday. It’s a tradition.

Here is our compiled Top Ten Super Bowl traditions:

10. Thanksgiving for friends. A gluttonous feast without the pesky relatives.

9. Halftime show, aka Geezerfest (said with all due respect)

8. Special equations: The greater the make-up application results in a less than 50% of knowing the score

7. Massive number of TV Ads (mixed emotions on this one)

6. Unofficially sanctioned “school night” party. (Shouldn’t Super Bowl Monday be a national recovery holiday?)

5. MVP – “going to Disneyland” obligatory declaration

4. Beer & Cocktails

3. Recreational gambling – buying squares

2. Tailgating indoors

1. Wardrobe malfunctions…