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It has become a cliché to point out that pointing out that Super Bowl hype has gotten out of control has become a cliché. That much is crystal clear.
The ancillary events that surround the Super Bowl offer something for everyone: haters, watchers, hate-watchers, hate-watcher haters and hate-watcher hater-watchers. There are even some events that appeal to football fans. Here are the 10 most absurd, wackiest and most self-consciously hype-propelled events and phenomena of Super Bowl week. We love them, we loathe them, and we can ignore them as easily as a jumbo jet parked in our driveway.
You pretty much need range, scope and span to break into this list. It helps if your hoax stretches across years or at least months. It helps if it can envelop a slew of people. If it can cross international borders and... more »
Man, is this hard. This is so hard that your brain feels like it just drove the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is so hard that it might make me take up wine if I had not done so already. If you get your Harbaugh on and start... more »
For perhaps the first time in his sporting life, Jack Harbaugh will go into a football game without a plan. There will be no calculated schemes or strategies when he walks into the Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl... more »
There are few surer tacklers or harder hitters in the NFL than Baltimore safety Bernard Pollard. So when I consulted him on where the game is going, I wanted his take on what the league might look like in, say, 10 to 15... more »
Super Sunday is still six days away and already the “Har-Bowl” has consumed the national conversation for a week. It’s the biggest sporting event in America, one that has transcended sports to average 100 million viewers... more »
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