Superbowl Sunday
Ready, Set, Hike! February has one day that matters. Not Valentine’s Day. Super Bowl Sunday. This is what we’ve been grinding toward since September kickoff. Thirty-two teams started the season. Now it’s down to two, and the rest of us are planted on couches with enough buffalo wings to take down a linebacker. Super Bowl Sunday isn’t just about the game, though the game is everything. It’s about the entire experience. Your buddies crammed into the living room, jerseys on, beer cold, volume cranked. Everyone’s suddenly an expert on defensive schemes and play calling. The refs are blind. The coach is an idiot. Your team would have dominated if they’d just made the playoffs. The prop bets are where it gets good. Forget the spread. We’re betting on the real stuff. Gatorade color dumped on the winning coach? National anthem sung off key over/under? Will someone streak the field? How many times will the announcers mention Tom Brady even though he’s not playing? Loser makes everyone’s plates. Stakes are high.
Food is non-negotiable and requires game-day strategy. Wings are mandatory. Pizza, nachos, sliders, seven- layer dip, mozzarella sticks, anything you can grab with one hand because you’re not missing a play. The debate: order everything and wait three hours because every joint is slammed, or cook it yourself and miss the first quarter? Either way, someone’s taking the loss. Plan accordingly. Commercials have become part of the competition. Some are legendary, some are trash, but we watch every single one and argue about them like they matter. Halftime show? Either epic or a complete train wreck we’ll be roasting for the next decade. The game itself is why we’re here. Fourth quarter, score tied, two-minute warning. This is peak football. One team walks away champions. The other goes home thinking about what could have been. Win or lose, Super Bowl Sunday is what separates football from every other sport. It’s tradition. It’s battle. It’s the biggest stage in sports, and we wouldn’t miss it for anything. Just don’t expect anyone to function at work Monday.
10 Estrella Publishing - Up The Hill magazine
February 2026
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