All I can say about the Superbowl is….mmmm…cheesesteaks.

Actually, maybe because I didn't watch the pregame stuff at all or maybe because I was watching it with people with a vested interest in the game (Iggles fans), it actually felt more like a football game than most Superbowls do. Usually, the football blends so much into the rest of the hype that it's just one component of it. You know, like somehow it gets blurred with the commercials and the pregame concerts and all that stuff so that you can't remember which is which.

Or maybe it's just because most games are really boring. Or maybe it's because there's so much partying going on, I can't remember a thing.

So, I thought it would be fun to go back over each Superbowl and see what I remember. And I'll start with the College years because anything before that doesn't really count because, well, the fun doesn't really start until you hit college.

XXI NYGiants 39 Denver 20
Watched it on the rec room floor of my dorm. It being Santa Barbara, most people I knew didn't really care. I think, in fact, I was one of a few people from my floor to head to the rec room. Everyone else I think went to the beach or were too hungover to leave their room. The only thing I remember was spending the entire game totally paranoid that everyone who was watching the game could tell how stoned I was.


XXII Washington 42 Denver 10
This one was right in the middle of mid-terms and I remember thinking that I'd study up til the game, behave myself, and then go back to studying after the game. Didn't happen. Don't remember a thing about this game either.

XXIII San Francisco 20 Cincinnati 16
I remember feeling that this game was really boring and Montana's last minute drive totally inevitable. I remember too that I watched it at a friends' house, but not sure which friend's house and for some reason, I remember watching this game in my Sophmore year apartment which is totally wrong because this game took place my Junior year.

XXIV San Francisco 55 Denver 10
Mich, Kym & Lu threw one hell of a keg party for this Superbowl. And that's all I remember.


XXV NYGiants 20 Buffalo 19
I actually watched this in Stockton. I know. Stockton? The college friends and I spent an exciting weekend there because a friend's parents were out of town and we watched this game at another friends house with all their family. Which is why I remember being totally sober for this one. Still don't remember a thing about the game other than thinking "hey, whadda you know, it was a good game." Also remember this weekend gave us the running joke "gotta feed the dog" which amused us for years.

Good times. Good times.

XXVIII Dallas 30 Buffalo 13
XXVII Dallas 52 Buffalo 17
XXVI Washington 37 Buffalo 24
Frankly, all these games blur into one. I remember watching one of them at Stoner's house on the edge of Dolores Park, the one with an incredible view of the city, but can't remember which one. I also think I might have been in Tahoe for one them, but that seems a little weird. Then again, I don't really think anyone remembers these games either as they were all pretty much one big, huge Bills butt-kicking.

XXIX San Francisco 49 San Diego 26
We watched this one in Brew's tiny studio in the Tenderloin. I remember the game was such a blow out that it seemed like the Niners were basically playing a scrimmage out there and feeling bad for CJ who is a big Chargers fan. I also remember the best part of the game was teaching Mrs. Brew how to get into football because she didn't have a clue. When the Niners won, we ran down to Market street to watch all the celebrating, a thing that consisted mainly of cars honking up and down Market street and everyone high-fiving each other.

XXX Dallas 27 Pittsburgh 17
Watched this game in bed with food poisoning. That Friday night Hoser had a dinner party where he tried out a new recipe and several of us went down the next day. Last time he threw a dinner party.

XXXI Green Bay 35 New England 21
Rothbart's house. I think we watched most of the game with the sound turned down and Rush cranked on the stereo. Highly recommended, by the way.

XXXII Denver 31 Green Bay 24
Cherry's apartment in North Beach. Great football game, or at least that's what I remember of it. Don't remember the game other than it was good.

XXXIII Denver 34 Atlanta
Ditto. Except it wasn't a good game. I did have a lot of fun, though, I just don't remember any of it.

XXXIV St.Louis 23 Tennessee 16
I watched this one at SEBy's downstairs neighbors' house. I do remember the ending, but the main thing I remember about this game was it had the spread to end all spreads. Damn, that was some good eats.

XXXV BALTIMORE 34 NY Giants 7
Don't remember a thing about this one other than how dangerous brownies can be. I do remember CJ in a corner, totally glazed over, half drooling and unable to talk through most of it. I think this one was the one where Britney and N'Sync rocked out to Aerosmith and thinking that we, as a nation, couldn't sink anymore culturally even if we tried.

XXXV NEW ENGLAND 20 St.Louis 17
I would like to say that this game, the one right after 9/11 and the one with U2 and the one with Adam Venuteri's field goal to win it was something that I'd remember forever, but I mainly remember this game as yet more misadventures with Medical Marijuana as someone brought the World's Biggest Joint. That joint will go down in history.


XXXVII Tampa Bay 48 Oakland 21
I watched this game mainly with a bunch of lesbians. Don't ask.

XXXVIII New England 32 Carolina 29
The Nipple Shot Heard Round the world and nobody I saw this one with even knew what happened. Which just goes to show just how ridiculous the whole thing was. Most of us found out when somebody went online after the game and saw it on ESPN.com. I do remember that I made a point of watching this game as it was pretty good, but I was so stressed out about being unemployed I couldn't really get into it. I also remember everyone's disappointment when the World's Biggest Joint didn't make another appearance.