Person of the Week
Over the last forty some odd years, one event has taken on a life of it's own. Super Bowl Sunday. What started out as a football game, that didn't even sell out in it's first game, now has turned into a perhaps the largest one day event in our society. The TV networks know this, as they prepare extensively, and charge the advertisers accordingly. Madison Avenue knows this, as they pay the 3.5 million dollars per 30 second commercial that the networks charge.
Bars and restaurants understand the impact of Super Bowl Sunday, and staff accordingly to handle the overflow crowds. Heck, even my neighborhood grocery store understands what this day means. I walked in Sunday morning, and they had snack foods, nacho chips, beer and soda, all on sale, and in the front of the store, so it couldn't miss it. It could be safely said, that New Years Eve, St. Patricks Day, and Super Bowl Sunday are the three busiest party days of the year.
In 1966, when Alvin 'Pete' Rozelle (that is done as a tribute to Howard Cosell by the way, who always referred to Rozelle by his given name) and Lamar Hunt came up with the idea of a championship game to end the football season, do you think they had any idea how big this thing would be? There is no way that anyone could have comprehended where this is, or even where it is going. No one at all would have predicted that NFL Football would be the most successful sports league ever, and that the season ending game, would completely obliterate anything that has been done before.
But in the end, it is still about a football game, and in case anyone has forgotten, last week the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots by the score of (quick what was it? Can you remember? 21-17. The MVP of the contest was one Elisha Nelson Manning, better known as Eli. This is the second Super Bowl that Manning and the Giants have won in four years, and the second time he has been named MVP. And for that, the graduate of Ole' Miss is our Person of the Week.
For you football fans, only six more months it it starts again. For you non-football fans, you have six months before it starts again. Both of you, enjoy.
Top Ten List coming down on Sunday...
We will talk soon
Jeff
Bars and restaurants understand the impact of Super Bowl Sunday, and staff accordingly to handle the overflow crowds. Heck, even my neighborhood grocery store understands what this day means. I walked in Sunday morning, and they had snack foods, nacho chips, beer and soda, all on sale, and in the front of the store, so it couldn't miss it. It could be safely said, that New Years Eve, St. Patricks Day, and Super Bowl Sunday are the three busiest party days of the year.
In 1966, when Alvin 'Pete' Rozelle (that is done as a tribute to Howard Cosell by the way, who always referred to Rozelle by his given name) and Lamar Hunt came up with the idea of a championship game to end the football season, do you think they had any idea how big this thing would be? There is no way that anyone could have comprehended where this is, or even where it is going. No one at all would have predicted that NFL Football would be the most successful sports league ever, and that the season ending game, would completely obliterate anything that has been done before.
But in the end, it is still about a football game, and in case anyone has forgotten, last week the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots by the score of (quick what was it? Can you remember? 21-17. The MVP of the contest was one Elisha Nelson Manning, better known as Eli. This is the second Super Bowl that Manning and the Giants have won in four years, and the second time he has been named MVP. And for that, the graduate of Ole' Miss is our Person of the Week.
For you football fans, only six more months it it starts again. For you non-football fans, you have six months before it starts again. Both of you, enjoy.
Top Ten List coming down on Sunday...
We will talk soon
Jeff
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