Anyone else can't stand Super Bowl parties?

[shabooyah1124]

I dunno about y'all but I can't stand Super Bowl parties. I hate being distracted when football is on and I can only watch football with a certain few here at school. With people that normally don't watch sports it's frustrating because there's always that one dude that thinks he's Jaws and talks the whole damn game yet he's talking out his #%@ just to impress the girls there. Ladies I don't mind much, they're usually there for the commercials and socializing, but I prefer to eat my wings with 4-5 friends without being distracted instead of everyone blocking my damn view with bandwagon fans screaming and claiming they've been a fan since __.

 

[dlo13]

Enter Gunna's anti-social !%!...

 

[airblaster503]

This is me for every game. All my friends seem to be bandwagon fans too except for college sports. It is annoying as hell to watch with them and try to have conversations about sports in general, cause they don't know @*$@. I have one friend who reps the Bears so hard, but the only player he knows is Brian Urlacher, and he couldn't tell you how the Bears even did this year.

Just using that as an example. So yes OP, I feel you on this, I'd rather sit at home and watch football with my dad and brother who know what they are talking about and can have intelligent conversations, rather than some blow hard that doesn't know jack about either team and what is going on.

 

[downtown43]

i agree OP. call me antisocial or whatever but i'd rather just watch the game alone while reading/posting on NT

the only person i can really watch sports with is my little brother.

 

[jch3]

I know where you are coming from OP, but it really just depends who you surround yourself with. If I have money on the line Sunday, damn sure I rather be in seclusion than with a group of people.

 

[banks2pierce]

We had a super bowl party for that patriots 18-1 season at our off campus house and it got real sloppy because they lost. There were fights, damage to the house(by people that lived there), and girls/guys crying everywhere. I am a Pats hater so it was awesome. Surprised no one threw a haymaker at me with my Shockey jersey.

 

[jus3]

I'm with you OP... It'd be more stressful if my team was in it...

The Guy Who Hasn't Paid Attention to the NFL in a Decade
He won't be able to get over the fact that the 49ers aren't in it this year and may ask if Reggie White or Walter Payton still play football. If you're bored, it's fun to make football references to him all night so he feels like he is some sort of eunuch-like non-man.

The Guy Who's in It for the Commercials

He won't pay attention to the game, but he'll shoot to the TV like a laser when the commercials come on. He'll spend the first few minutes after each commercial break--important plays or not--analyzing what everyone else just saw, routinely mentioning that "that last ad was pretty good, but not even close to the George Costanza Rold Gold ad in '98 or the P-Diddy Pepsi truck ad in '04." This guy also probably loved the Bud Bowl and will get really quiet and attentive during the ads for E.D. drugs.
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The "Tomorrow Should Definitely Be a National Holiday" Guy

In this tool's view, a day when everyone's hung-over and unproductive would fit perfectly on the federal holiday ledger between the day in mid-January commemorating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the day in mid-February commemorating Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
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The Guy Who's in a Squares Pool at Work

In a squares pool, everyone throws in a buck or two, and a couple people walk away with an extra 50 bucks. It's a friendly way to keep everyone involved, but there will always be one overly intense guy who shows up to your party with his own squares chart from work, where he bought a $250 square and--as he'll be certain to remind you--could win a ton of money if the Pats manage a field goal and a safety, and the Giants get a touchdown and a two-point conversion. You'll be able to spot him as the one furiously shouting, "Why the hell didn't they go for two?" when the Pats score a TD to go up 14-3.
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The Football Pro Guy

Not necessarily a fan of either team, the Football Pro will spend the whole party watching the game on one of the smaller TVs on the fringe, "because I don't want to miss a play and I can't hear the announcers in that other room." He's likely to be a meatier fellow, probably will spend halftime reminiscing about high school football and will constantly use phrases like "fade hook route" and "flanker-back." He'll also let is slip at some point that he would have made it to the pros if not for an unfortunate knee injury in high school. Which may be true. Although the fact that he's 5-foot-8 with short, stubby sausage fingers probably didn't help.
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Obnoxious Girl Who Cheers Way too Hard

Moderately attractive but not actually hot, she'll be decked out in full regalia of whichever team the guy she wants to sleep with likes. She'll celebrate a relatively innocuous first quarter field goal like it's just clinched the win, and will instantly show a disturbing amount of concern if a player on her adopted team is slow getting up. It'll be clear that she was molested by her father during NFL games as a child, and should be pitied, not reviled.
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The "Is it Cool If I Smoke in Here?" Guy

Even though people will be politely smoking in the backyard, at least one guy will pop up during a semi-important moment in the game and ask, "I don't want to miss this drive--is it cool if I smoke in here?" The answer, as always, is an awkward "I guess," although it's definitely not cool at all.
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The "Line Just Moved Half-Point" Guy

Likely to befriend the Guy Who's in a Squares Pool at Work, this guy will bet on everything and let everyone know it. He'll lose $150 on the opening coin toss, but hit nice on his 6:1 wager that a tight end will produce the first score. He'll be really concerned that the third-quarter line moved a half-point during halftime, but he'll look real good on the over, so he won't mind laying that extra half-point. He also threw down $10 bucks at 850,000:1 that a tornado will tear through the stadium during the third quarter... you know, just for the hell of it.
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The Little Kid[/h1]
He's there because his parents were too cheap to hire a babysitter for the night. And while they brought their kid, they probably forgot to bring the chips and beer they signed up for. So while it's not really the kid's fault that he is there to keep sticking his hand in the pretzels after picking his nose, if he does it again he's getting cracked upside the head with a beer bottle.
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The "Told You So" Guy [/h1]
This guy will spend the entire game informing everyone that everything that he predicted would come to pass has happened. Did he? Probably not. But who knows--no one has listened to the #%@+#*%@ that constantly flows from this guy's mouth in years.






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The "Favored Team Apparel Guy"

You can spot this guy immediately upon entering the party--he's decked out in logoed apparel of the team favored to win the game, in this case The Patriots. The stuff is so new it looks like he may have picked it up at the mall on the way over to the party. The tags may even still be attached. You can attempt to call the guy out on his duplicity: "Hey, weren't you a Colts fan last year and a Steelers fan the year before that?" But he'll just mumble something about having an aunt who lives in his new favorite team's city which is why he's rooted for them since he was a kid. It's all #%@+#*%@, of course, but at least the guy isn't completely lacking in loyalty. Which, he'll be sure to tell you, is why he still lives with his parents.
[/td] [/tr][/table][h1] [/h1][h1]The "Fantasy Football Guy" [/h1]
Fantasy Football Guy spends the entire game pointing out to all who would hear which players were on his fantasy football team this year and in years past. "Oh, man. Great touchdown by Laurence Maroney there. I wish he would have done that more for my fantasy team this year." Hey, buddy, if you like fantasies so much, here's one for you: we all hope you're killed by a drunk driver on the way home tonight.

 

[ham city]

You just gotta be with the right people. Give me a select handful heads who know their football, let the birds sit in the other room and play bingo idc, add alcohol and good vittles to the mix and I'm straight.

 

[jehlers02]

I like food, so i like them. Just go create your little circle of people with a stacked plate and concentrate on the game. Thats what i do.
If it were my team in it though, it would be different.

 

[therenegade23]

SB parties are only great when you're team is in it. If not, it becomes more like social event.

 

[N41D]

If I really have no cheering interest in the game or am just flat out not interested in the matchup, I'm all about it...

If it were the Cowboys or a game I'd love to watch (Colts/Saints qualifies) I'd rather watch it alone or with a few people I know would watch it too...

 

[doctorshoes]

That obnoxious girl who tries too hard up there is really hot. I prefer to watch football by myself or with a small group of friends, not really into the whole superbowl party thing. I watch the game to witness greatness and failure, not to pay attention to the stupid commercials.

 

[big j 33]

Originally Posted by HAM CITY

You just gotta be with the right people. Give me a select handful heads who know their football, let the birds sit in the other room and play bingo idc, add alcohol and good vittles to the mix and I'm straight.

Agreed.  I was never one for big gatherings for watching sports, there's too many variables that can go around.

Most of the time I like watching sports with only a couple people who actually want to watch the game.

 

[M. Fresh]

im cool with my wife, mom and a few friends . I always get invited to sb parties with a lot of people but i rather be comfortable in my own house and able to listen to the game

 

[doublejs07]

If the SB was played on a Saturday, I could really cut loose....can't really enjoy myself as much as I could knowing I gotta grind it out on Monday in a few hours following the game. For that reason alone, I'm not big on SB parties....

 

[extraordinary swag]

I like watching it by myself too. I hate trying to explain the game to non football fans and I especially hate it when someone thinks it's cool to turn the channel

 

[dmxfury]

When Pitt plays, I'm with the wife and that is it, or my brother if he is in town. But when it is neutral teams, I'll watch with people, but would rather be with a few friends and that is it. It is stupid watching one football game with people that don't normally watch the NFL

 

[jch3]

Originally Posted by DoubleJs07

If the SB was played on a Saturday, I could really cut loose....can't really enjoy myself as much as I could knowing I gotta grind it out on Monday in a few hours following the game. For that reason alone, I'm not big on SB parties....

I have heard some sports talk radio shows debating this topic the last few days...I think it may be worth a shot, it's not like ratings would suffer at all.

 

[gumbottombandit]

i'm the complete opposite. the only time i don't mind having a gang of folks around is during the SB. there’s nothing like when the whole party reacts to a big pop, or nail biting td.

 

[you go boy]

besides the actual game i just care about the food rather than the actual party itself

 

[mr jordan04]

 i agree with the tool thinking he knows everything about football/any sport to impress chicks and says some of the dumbest %@%% while spitting his "knowledge." but the girl knows as much as him so shes super gullible
i also hate the girls who are "so into the superbowl" but keep asking you "who's playing again"? #***% %@%% up and look pretty!

 

[size 15 please]

Been watching the SB by myself for a few years now, get my own food and chill..ill talk about the game after its over lol

 

[mez 0ne]

Ya'll rather be alone in ya rooms on Niketalk rather than socializing have a few beers/good food with women and friends?

No thanks.

 

[banks2pierce]

Originally Posted by Mez 0ne

Ya'll rather be alone in ya rooms on Niketalk rather than socializing have a few beers/good food with women and friends?

No thanks.

I agree. Only way I would stay home would be if the Bills were in it. So yea, I'll go to some party, eat their food, and root against the team everyone in the house is rooting for and have fun.

 

[651akathepaul]

If it were Minnesota than yes, I'd be all by my lonesome watching the game. However, since it's not, I don't care and wouldn't mind hanging with friends and drinking beers while enjoying a great game and good commercials. Although, it does seem that the quality of the commercials has been declining with every year.