O/T:- Super Bowl

[queenslandpie]

That's scandalous! I can offer return transport, entry ticket and a couple of beers to the greatest sporting event on earth* for a mere £55 at the Cheltenham Festival next month.

* in my personal opinion of course. We're all different, some may consider the Strictly final as the greatest sporting event on earth.

If we get to the play off final and the FA Vase final I may well be tempted to fly back for 10 days to do both games.

A return ticket will be around $2000 AU, say $100 each for tickets to the game and my spending money maybe $1000 at most.

So I can fly around the world see 2 games at Wembley and get pissed for a week and still have plenty of change from the cost of a ticket to that nonesense. Each to their own I suppose! Of course if I get COVID it may get a lot more expensive!

[MancMagpie]

I understand the rules and was brought up as a Chicago Bears fan by my Dad.
Do I like it? No. Give me real 'football' any day.
Snooker is my 2nd 'sport'. Although I preferred it when they were downing pints and smoking cigs.

[SwalePie]

If we get to the play off final and the FA Vase final I may well be tempted to fly back for 10 days to do both games....

It's the FA Trophy we're in, rather than the FA Vase. Things haven't got quite that bad just yet.

[caj85]

Did I read correctly that the cheapest seat at a super bowl final is $4,000 US?

I wouldn't even say that is the worse of it. Once there you're stuck with paying £16 a pint of lager!!

I thought Sundays game was a cracker, back and forth which kept it interesting down to the last minute.

I've been very fortunate as a Chiefs fan to see us be competitive for the past few years now. Hopefully we can grab another SB win before Mahomes salary kills the team.

[laddo]

I have loads of fun growing vegetables (my onion seeds have formed a second leaf), never been to Benidorm. I prefer to have fun and enjoy the main event, rather than have fun and avoid it. Counting down the days to Cheltenham.

Why "tailgate" when you can do the real thing?

Now that sounds like a man who's never tailgated

Why? I've done both and although loved both it's not even close. Tailgating wins by a good 7 lengths maybe more.

I'm absolutely certain you would love Benidorm plenty of bars offering cheap foods and cheap drinks.

[laddo]

I think that's right. Similar to the price charged to leave a match early at Meadow Lane when Steve Thompson was in charge. I paid it!

Well that's line of the day probably week.

[laddo]

Glad we have such a varied interest.
The actual match was pretty good. We’ve been blessed this year with a superb post season and some fantastic performances.
Not a major fan of the hip-hop stuff but the production of the half time show was good. I preferred the Weeknd last year.

Now the close season begins and the rumours begin to fly and solidify.
I obviously expect Cleveland to win the SB next year!
Very jealous of those that have had the chance to go to the US and see a game live. We’re saving like mad to go for a long holiday there so I can take in a few Browns games.

That's the advantage of college over the pros, ticket prices and availability. The atmosphere is better, the crowds are often bigger if you visit a big school. I've been lucky enough to go to 5 seeing some entertaining games under the influence in front of huge crowds.

But I get it when it's your team it's your team. Still ye to to see my beloved side at their home but have seen them at Wembley and at the Superdome in Nawlins. Very different atmospheres both plenty of fun albeit poor tailgates due to stadium locations / surroundings.

There have been some cgood.close Superbowls in recent years and this one sounds like it can be added to the list.

[Elite_Pie]

Now that sounds like a man who's never tailgated

Why? I've done both and although loved both it's not even close. Tailgating wins by a good 7 lengths maybe more.

A Stewards enquiry and dope testing have been announced.

[Elite_Pie]

Now that sounds like a man who's never tailgated

I must admit it's not a term I'm overly familiar with so I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary, and it was quite an education. There are some widely varying descriptions of what it can mean, but these three amused me:

Following a car too closely with your miniature pickup truck while blasting Eminem on the stereo; a form of overcompensation for economic failure and small genitalia.

Following a man around a locker room while being nude and having a boner, Hoping that he'll get mad, and "slam on his brakes " so you can make your move on his anus.

The act of following someone too closely in order to checkout their butt.

There are plenty of others that are a bit too s exually explicit to put on here, but not a lot of it appealed to me!

Edit - link added to prove I haven't made it up:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...erm=Tailgating

[laddo]

Classic urban dictionary lol.

To get you back on topic, Try typing the word and add one of the following:

Party
American football
Football
NFL
SEC

That should help perk your interest a little and you would struggle to be impressed the more you read.