XLV

This Sunday is a day for celebration for everyone. Super Bowl XLV is upon us after an agonizing two weeks where the only football seen was the consistently lackluster Pro Bowl. The Media Day is now of the past and everyone can rejoice. Wives and girlfriends await the return of their men after the hypnotic spell of football will lose its grasp come Monday morning. Advertisers await to see which commercials will be enshrined in Super Bowl history, a topic I spoke of this past Monday. Teachers across North America are finally seeing the only remaining use of roman numerals (it’s Super Bowl 45). Fans of neither competing teams realize that come Monday, everyone is undefeated again. And one of the historic franchises, either the Green Bay Packers or the Pittsburgh Steelers, will add yet another Super Bowl title to their trophy cabinet, while the other will quickly be forgotten amongst other mere Super Bowl finalists (and their Quarterbacks). Does anybody remember these Super Bowl attendees? Jake Delhomme, Carolina Panthers (2004); Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle Seahawks (2006); Rex Grossman, Chicago Bears (2007). History only looks kindly upon winners it would seem.

This Sunday is the only day where every major network dedicates full day pre- and post-game coverage. It is the only sport where amid the major news events in Egypt, Sudan, and Tunisia, it will still earn its place on the front page of almost every newspaper. It is a larger than life event.

After the Super Bowl, there is a sporting void that neither hockey nor basketball combined can make up for. Even the addition of baseball’s opening week is not enough for fans to feel the void in while waiting for next September. So ladies, enjoy the next three months of a productive husband/boyfriend. Draft Day is less than three months away.