Writer's Block: Superbowl madness or sadness?

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Well based on my post of two weeks ago when the Saints made it to the Super Bowl, you can probably guess that I'm going to watch it.  The part you might not guess, is that this is the first Super Bowl in recent memory that I will watch (and really ABC Family is showing The Sound of Music tonight and a large part of me kind of wants to watch that instead).  I have a hard time watching sports unless I am invested in one of the teams.  I can't just watch a sport for the enjoyment of the sport, or to see how this one game will effect my favorite team later, or because one particular game is THE GAME TO WATCH.  I have to care about the outcome.  (I also find watching the Super Bowl for the commercials ridiculous.)

As for favorite teams, I am a big believer in sticking with the local team.  Therefore teams I support include Tulane (my university), the Eagles and Sixers (because I grew up outside of Philadelphia), and the Saints (since I now live in New Orleans).  Nothing annoys me more than fair weather fans, particularly the ones who just support the winning team regardless of where they are from and then switch to a new winning team as soon as the first one gets bad.  It is one thing to only care about sport when the local team is winning, and another to need to win so badly that you will attach yourself to whoever is in the winning position.  (And that is a large bit of my problem with the Dallas Cowboys stemming from that period in the 90s when they were calling themselves America's team.  No, just no.)

I do allow a few exceptions to the local team rule.  Obviously, if you have moved you can still support a former team.  If your family all roots for a certain team (say the local team to where your parents grew up) you may root with them.  Also, if a friend or family member is actually a professional (or university level) player, you should support them and their team.  There may be other reasons I will entertain, but I haven't come across them yet. 

Writer's Block: Superbowl madness or sadness?

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Well based on my post of two weeks ago when the Saints made it to the Super Bowl, you can probably guess that I'm going to watch it.  The part you might not guess, is that this is the first Super Bowl in recent memory that I will watch (and really ABC Family is showing The Sound of Music tonight and a large part of me kind of wants to watch that instead).  I have a hard time watching sports unless I am invested in one of the teams.  I can't just watch a sport for the enjoyment of the sport, or to see how this one game will effect my favorite team later, or because one particular game is THE GAME TO WATCH.  I have to care about the outcome.  (I also find watching the Super Bowl for the commercials ridiculous.)

As for favorite teams, I am a big believer in sticking with the local team.  Therefore teams I support include Tulane (my university), the Eagles and Sixers (because I grew up outside of Philadelphia), and the Saints (since I now live in New Orleans).  Nothing annoys me more than fair weather fans, particularly the ones who just support the winning team regardless of where they are from and then switch to a new winning team as soon as the first one gets bad.  It is one thing to only care about sport when the local team is winning, and another to need to win so badly that you will attach yourself to whoever is in the winning position.  (And that is a large bit of my problem with the Dallas Cowboys stemming from that period in the 90s when they were calling themselves America's team.  No, just no.)

I do allow a few exceptions to the local team rule.  Obviously, if you have moved you can still support a former team.  If your family all roots for a certain team (say the local team to where your parents grew up) you may root with them.  Also, if a friend or family member is actually a professional (or university level) player, you should support them and their team.  There may be other reasons I will entertain, but I haven't come across them yet. 

Yay!!!

So the Saints won.  Now I wonder when all the horns honking and fireworks are going to stop.  Looks like it will be an ear-plug night tonight. 

One of the things I love about New Orleans is how it seems that everyone and their mother plays a brass instrument.  The game had not been over for a minute before there were people out on the street playing the trumpet and second lineing.  We got a couple of renditions of Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In), one of Second Line, and then one of a WHO DAT? cheer, then the impromptu mini parade went back inside. 

When I called my mother earlier she said that the news in Philadelphia was reporting that New Orleans had already closed the schools for tomorrow.  That may be a little overboard.  Of course, if my company decided to cancel work tomorrow that would not be over board at all.  Not one little bit. 

Yay!!!

So the Saints won.  Now I wonder when all the horns honking and fireworks are going to stop.  Looks like it will be an ear-plug night tonight. 

One of the things I love about New Orleans is how it seems that everyone and their mother plays a brass instrument.  The game had not been over for a minute before there were people out on the street playing the trumpet and second lineing.  We got a couple of renditions of Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In), one of Second Line, and then one of a WHO DAT? cheer, then the impromptu mini parade went back inside. 

When I called my mother earlier she said that the news in Philadelphia was reporting that New Orleans had already closed the schools for tomorrow.  That may be a little overboard.  Of course, if my company decided to cancel work tomorrow that would not be over board at all.  Not one little bit.