Would you go to Super Bowl XLIV?
by John (obviousman) on May 7, 2009 10:58 AM PDT
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The first thing you should probably know about me is that I don't believe in jinxes. So before you write a comment telling me I've jinxed the upcoming season, stop and remember the millions of ridiculous Patriots fans who predict a championshup every single year. Tom Brady and Bill Belichek made them right, not jinxes against the Rams, Panthers or Eagles.
Now, a quick question.....if the San Diego Chargers won the AFC Championship in 2009, would you go to the Super Bowl? What would prevent you from trying?
Some people would argue that this questioned cannot be answered before the season. That you need to get a feel for the team's personality each season and generate your own feelings and dedication to them afterwards. I say bollocks. I say that your team is your team, and unless you've seen them at win a championship in person in the last 10 years already you HAVE to be there.
I've never seen any of my favorite teams win a championship, unless you count that time during my childhood where I decided to be a Cowboys fan to anger my friends who were all Eagles fans. I didn't really have a favorite team then. I hardly cared about football then. I care now and I think I would pay a lot of money to be in the same stadium as them as they claimed their first championship. I was at the 1998 World Series to watch the Padres get absolutely crushed by the best baseball team I've ever seen and while it crushed me, I'd do it again. If there's a chance you could be there for a game that big, to catch something the cameras don't catch or even just to stay way after the broadcast has turned off, you have to do it. Right?
The last time the Chargers were in a Super Bowl I was 11 years old. I didn't know anyone really, I just knew that San Francisco was supposed to be much better. So while everyone in my family rooted for the underdog Chargers, I rooted for the 49ers. And I gloated. I guess I wasn't a very nice kid. Either way, the Super Bowl is back in Miami this year and I've decided that if the Chargers are there, I will be too. Granted, it's about half the distance for me than it is for most Chargers fans and I happen to be a huge fan of the city of Miami.
My other answer to the complaint that you have to watch the team before answering a question like that is that every team that makes it to the Super Bowl has personality. To make it to the Super Bowl you have to get some silly bounces, have some unexpected players come up huge, overcome injuries and do the things that generally make a fanbase fall rabidly in love. Well, unless you're the 2007 Patriots who just destroyed everybody until losing to the nobody-believed-in-us Giants.
I can't predict what will happen this year. I know that I didn't feel that same connection with the 2008 Chargers until the Tampa Bay game. That's when their heart showed up. That's when they finally decided that they were the best team in the AFC West. The Indy game helped too, but it always does. My point is that with no other real strong force in the AFC West the Chargers have a good chance to do some damage. With some strong non-division opponents throughout the year the team is going to have some close finishes and will need to show some heart to get anywhere. If they win the AFC Championships, this team will be loved as much as the 1994 Chargers team. Not just because they will have both gotten that far, but because each team has it's flaws. If they're going to win, they're going to have to win with heart.
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I will not be going unless I win about 14 lotteries. It is waaaay to expensive. Besides I would rather watch a game, any game, with just my friends. That way you don’t have drunken idiots bickering about their team. This way we can hang out in comfy seats, with the A/C or heat on, drink and eat for super cheap, and watch the game on a very clear HD signal while being able to create our own replay with the DVR.
With all that said, I always do enjoy myself when I go to regular season games (which is few and far between). I have not been to a post-season game and would assume they are slightly more exciting. Which would make the SB even more so. So, my final answer would have to be maybe.
Besides, even though you are a fan, I hate going to Florida
If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong
by Diesel85 on May 7, 2009 4:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Miami is amazing
Warm water, tropical fishes, nice weather and delicious $15 mojitos
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John (obviousman) on May 7, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're talking about SD
except for the fishes part.
and the mojitos are cheaper in SD
If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong
by Diesel85 on May 8, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
San Diego has warm water? When? I’m talking 80 degree water. That’s really the only reason to go to Florida.
"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock
by John (obviousman) on May 8, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with diesel
I really think the NFL is best watched on TV. For all the reasons he mentioned. Plus, when you go to a live game, I’m always thrown off by the TV timeouts. “Why is everyone standing around?”
Plus, all the drinking and fighting and swearing. I would miss all that if I actually went to a game
by Stephen (shaynes41) on May 7, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have not been to a post-season game and would assume they are slightly more exciting.
^^^Understatement of the year.
However, I also wouldn’t go. Too expensive and the Super Bowl crowds seem so corporate–just a bunch of rich people, contest winners and a few diehard fans. PLUS, I’d want to celebrate in the bars and streets of San Diego immediately after. That seems like something to behold.
by 'Eaters on May 7, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I live in Oregon, but I would definitely fly to SD to watch a SB. I would want to be there with all of the fans who have waited their entire lives to see a SD team win it all.
I’ve never been to Florida and I don’t have plans to go anytime soon.
by The Kipper on May 8, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't go
too much money. Plus the crowd at a superbowl is made up random people who can afford the tickets, which makes me think the energy levels and excitement would be lame. And, like Diesel said, I want to watch that type of game with my friends at a local sports bar.
San Diego does seem to always run into “teams of destiny”. But if our team is healthy when we enter the playoffs this year, I think we have a pretty damn good shot.
by soulSD on May 7, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Does not matter how much money
There is absolutely no price tag you can put on going to the Super Bowl in person, especially when your team is there. I can call in some favors to get comped tickets, but still, it would 100% be worth it to spend a couple G’s to see it in person if I needed to.
Anybody else who isn’t able to make such a commitment isn’t a true fan.
"I bleed powder blue." - Antonio Gates
by matto619 on May 7, 2009 11:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I remember in 1995
Being asked that if someone gave me tickets, would I go? I said I’d sell the tickets. I’d get way more out of the money and watching the game at home. If I lived somewhere cold and I got to go to Miami or somewhere warm for a week in January, it might change my feelings. But, I live in San Diego, Miami ain’t got nothing on us. Well, nothing I want anyway.
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by Wonko on May 8, 2009 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Defintely go...
I was lucky enough to win the NFL Super Bowl ticket lottery for the game in San Diego in 2003 (Raiders v. Bucs), and the only thing that could have made that experience any better would have been to have MY team there and win it. We got the tickets for face value ($250 per I think ) and were in the end zone 5 rows from the action. There was a huge Raiders section to the left and to the right of us, but they all started leaving at half time. Overall, it was an unbelievable experience.
The best part of going to the game were the perks…the pre-game party out in the parking lot with food, concerts, and the NFL experience stuff. Granted, merchandise, food and beverages were super expensive (they don’t call it the SUPER bowl for nothing), but well worth the price, expecially if its YOUR team playing.
Oh, and once inside the stadium, every seat had a little gift pack under them, with a little transistor radio for listening to the game, and a cool seat cushion too.
So, bottom line, if (or should I say when) the Chargers make it to a Super Bowl, I would HAVE to go. It’s a once in a lifetime deal I think. I had the pleasure of being at Game 7 of the 2002 World Series with the Angels, and that is at the top of my list for sporting event experiences. I am sure the Super Bowl with the Chargers would top that though.
And don’t think one bit that there won’t be parties AFTER the game as well.
Count me IN!
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by Clip Show on May 8, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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