[Bette]

1 Game day has become a virtual national holiday
2 Speaking of parties, few soirees have as good of a chance of being unparalleled successes as Super Bowl get-togethers because a good Super Bowl party is easy to throw.
3 What, aside from the NFL, can produce a rocking U2 concert as its halftime show?
4 Ditto for the Rolling Stones.
5 In a TiVo-world, where commercials have become what we zip and zoom through, Super Bowl ads are Must-See TV.
6 Because super talkers shine during Super Bowl week.
7 And the Super Bowl has slipped into pop culture, with tickets to the NFL's big game providing an amusing basis for "The Label Maker" in Season 6 of "Seinfeld.
8 What else other than Super Bowl week could tempt Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and coach Bill Parcells to sing "Tomorrow
9 "Broadway" Joe Namath's guarantee.
10 Media day. Amusing questions such as the one the Redskins' Doug Williams understood as, "How long have you been a black quarterback?"
15 Getting there is not enough. Watch "Mr. Cowboy" Bob Lilly flinging his helmet into the air after a Baltimore Colts field goal beat the Cowboys. Losing hurts.
16 Not getting there hurts worse. Terrell Owens' waterworks after the Dallas Cowboys lost in the playoffs to the New York Giants should be all the evidence you need.
20 The drive. Who can forget 49ers QB Joe Montana leading his team on an 11-play, 92-yard touchdown scoring drive that ended with a 10-yard, Super Bowl-winning touchdown pass to John Taylor in XXIII?
21 A decade later, Cowboys QB Troy Aikman still ends every conversation with Michael Irvin with, "I love you, man."
22 The Lombardi Trophy.
23 Watching the man for whom the trophy is named, Vince Lombardi, carried off the field after Super Bowl II, his last game as Packers coach.
24 Kickers matter. Adam Vinatieri is why Patriots coach Bill Belichick is hailed as a genius, and Scott Norwood is why the Bills do not have a ring.
25.The Gatorade Bath


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Got any favorites here for your reasons to love the Super Bowl?

[Quality88]

Hard to argue with that

[Lefty Noob]

Wow... nothing to add. They covered all the bases - the games, the grub, the good times, and the goofball media day questions.

[Bette]

They actually had 40 but I got sick of pasting them in.

My favorite is the media questions, especially when they asked Doug Williams how long he had been a black quarterback.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Bette

My favorite is the media questions, especially when they asked Doug Williams how long he had been a black quarterback.

That's got to be the dumbest question anyone's ever asked at one of these, right? Is there even another one close?

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Bette

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My favorite is the media questions, especially when they asked Doug Williams how long he had been a black quarterback.

And the answer was ??? Is this some sort of trick question