Thursday, February 1, 2018

SUPER BOWL

the stereotype is women do not care about sports and do not follow sports. men usually follow their city team... until they move then men tend to follow the team they liked when they were younger even when in a new city. this idea was demonstrated in the comedy "modern family" when the neighbor followed his childhood team in the current city.
so people in boston probably follow and cheer all year for the patriots... once named boston patriots in the 1960's but now named new England patriots a name which is soaked with irony  because originally boston was the idea of rebellion against the king of England... hence patriots of the new country... now team named "new England" the name relating to England... represented by the patriots who were loyal to the anti-england sweet !!
similarly any other city in the area near boston north and east of new York state probably cheer in support of the patriots.
the patriots had the most wins in the "conference" so in January they played the other team [nobody remembers second place] with the most wins in the conference [called pro-bowl] and won the "championship". now they face the eagles who won the championship of their conference so the best of nfc faces the best of afc... while the acronym shown on tv is the traditional nfl... when in fact the nfc champion plays the afc champion with most wins for their conference.
altho I find the qb=quarterback of the eagles more handsome, and neither of these teams is my city team, i still chose one and I am interested in the game because they are the best teams challenging each other. that is interesting and still from the two I hope brady leads the "pat's" to victory. go patriots.
the patriots qb has many years of experience and more than the eagles qb while the defensive important position called de=defensive end is the inverse... the eagles have more experienced de most with around 5-6 years experience, while the de of patriots are less experienced in the post college level... of course they have much experience in college football and perhaps have the advantage of being relatively younger.
so the best of afc challenges the best of the nfc.
I think it is surprising how they decided what is east and what is south Indianapolis is south while Baltimore is north while truly they are so near each other but that adds variety to each subsection.
the first super bowl was in 1965 so this will be the 52.
the afl was considered "weaker" and players rejected from nfl played for afl despite the fact that afl won two superbowl over the best nfl team in superbowl 3 and 4 in the late 1960's now the best of the afc faces the best of the nfc so that will be an exciting game even people from other cities not boston and not Philadelphia will be interested in...
so if your city is neither [not i before e? what the heck? stupid brits] who do you hope will win? i do not bet on winners and recommend to my readers not to bet but you can support one and feel excited at their success and angry at the opponents success!

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