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It amazes me that people would have a problem with the price of Super Bowl tickets. Who cares? If somebody wants to pay $1m for a Super Bowl ticket, that's their business. If it's too expensive for you, don't go. It's the reason I turned down a chance to see four old geezers (Rolling Stones) a few years back. I might pay $20 to see old Mick Jagger croak his way through "Satisfaction" a half century after the record first came out - but $350? Forget about it. I'd rather blow it on a blackjack table at Vegas. At least I'll have free drinks.

Anyway, the Super Bowl for me is mostly an unpleasant experience. All the wives are suddenly interested because they want to see the commercials (which are almost always horrid anyhow) and then you have to sit there and explain the game to them. "What's a cornerback?" "What does 3rd and goal mean?" "Why do field goals count as three points?" And all the junk food...bowls of chips and pretzels and goopy stuff that you don't know what it is. Everybody sticking their grubby hands in the bowls of food and little pieces of chip falling on the rug and between the cushions on the couch. Gets me nauseous just thinking about it.

I'm taking the dog for a walk. A very long walk. And I don't care how cold it is outside.

Anyway, the Super Bowl for me is mostly an unpleasant experience. All the wives are suddenly interested because they want to see the commercials (which are almost always horrid anyhow) and then you have to sit there and explain the game to them. “What’s a cornerback?” “What does 3rd and goal mean?” “Why do field goals count as three points?” And all the junk food...bowls of chips and pretzels and goopy stuff that you don’t know what it is. Everybody sticking their grubby hands in the bowls of food and little pieces of chip falling on the rug and between the cushions on the couch. Gets me nauseous just thinking about it.

I’m taking the dog for a walk. A very long walk. And I don’t care how cold it is outside.

Haha! I watch the game in my basement alone. Usually have the TV sound down. Some snacks, sure, but they’re all mine. This past year, I could have met up with the million people I MIGHT have watched it with at the parade downtown a few days after the game. But that was good on TV too.

P.S. Kept the sound turned up for the parade. Chris Collinsworth wasn’t there.