1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Wednesday “A STRANGE SUPER BOWL WEEK”
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“STRANGE SUPER BOWL”
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The Chiefs-Eagles showdown on Super Bowl Sunday is 5-days away, and this event has such a strange and distant feel from other Super Bowls.
Is it Super Bowl burnout…the fact the Chiefs are back again going for their 3rd straight win, a feat never-ever accomplished in modern day football?
Is there a dropoff in attention, because NFL-TV ratings have dipped in some segments this year, including many of the playoff games, even though this game could break last year’s 123M-viewership high mark?
Is it because there are no controversial storylines? No Spygate, no Deflategate, no Coach hate? No players caught breaking curfew rolling thru Bourbon Street?
Is it because there is no brother rivalry story..Travis-vs-Jason Kelce
There is no Harbaugh Brothers showdown.
The novelty of Travis and Taylor Swift has worn off
Why is there not more being made of the brilliance of Andy Reid, his in season record, his amazing post season record?
Why is there so little made of the front office football decision makers, Brett Veach and Howie Roseman, who built the Chiefs-Eagles rosters almost entirely thru the draft?
Is it because there are no combustible owners trying to steal the spotlight like Jerry Jones or Robert Kraft?
Is it because there are no loudmouth QBs in the likes of Jim McMahon, replaced by seldom quoted Patrick Mahomes-Jalen Hurts?
Even the Commissioner’s State of the League address was mundane, with inflammatory questions about Concussions, expansion, the Rooney Rule, NFL media, replaced by generic comments on future Super Bowl sights, expansion of instant replay etc.
There seems to be no special spin of who gets in-who gets left out in this weekend’s Hall of Fame vote-anyone talking about that?
The ticket price market has collapsed, hotel room rates have rocketed, and the get-in price for a game day ticket has gone from (7300-to-3400) as of Tuesday morning. Hotel vacancies are popping up, because it appears the hotels demanded 8X the room rate and 3-day stays if you wanted to rent downtown.
I think the game will be spectacular, but there is very little buzz right now nationwide, and very little substance in what used to be a ‘can’t miss a day-series-of media events’.
A very strange Super Bowl week.
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The media discountingthe Packers twice having three-peats that included the first two superbowls is hollow. People who have the attention span of a gnat need to be reminded of historical teams.