Are you rooting against the Patriots in the Super Bowl?
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Why is Super Bowl Sunday significant for fans?
Yeah, man.
Growing up, This was a big, big day, no matter who was playing in the Super Bowl. And God knows it wasn't the Bills for a long time in my childhood, Donnie. It's a Donnie football Friday. The first Super Bowl I have a conscious memory of was Miami, Washington in the Garrow-Yapremian throw game. That horrific all-time football blooper. That was the first one I have a memory of. My dad used to make it a very special day in the household, meaning that we could actually have pop, potato chips, things like that that weren't normally in the house. It was like a little Super Bowl party.
How do personal memories influence Super Bowl feelings?
And him having passed in September, I was thinking about him this morning as I was texting you guys and planning the show. So it was always a special day. And it always is. I mean, my God, it's changed. What was that? 1972 Super Bowl, I think, from that season. It's become bigger than anyone could have ever imagined before. And it's a giant party. It's a giant party. And people who don't even like football join in and watch for the halftime show, for whatever it might be.
What factors affect interest in the Super Bowl this year?
And for me, it has remained just a kind of a special day through my whole life because of those first few. I remember that one. No, that was 73. That was the undefeated Dolphins, right? Is that 72 or 73, Donnie? Which Dolphins were the undefeated Dolphins?
The 72 Dolphins.
72.
So it would have been like January of 73 when they played the Super Bowl. Right.
How does the potential for Patriots' history impact fans?
That's exactly right. And, of course, I remember the early Steelers Super Bowls being very jealous of the Steelers. And I still think that their dynasty is the greatest of all time for four and six years. It was just six years is a lifetime in the NFL. And it was just everybody in America got to know Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris and Mean Joe Green and Chuck Knoll. They were the they were the evil empire in some ways. It was just like they ruled the NFL during my formative years. But I kind of wind into this, Donnie. And Austin. How are you today, my friend?
What makes the current Patriots team less hateable?
Doing well. Excited for the big game. Excited to be with you guys today. Very simply, Donnie, you asked a question when we were putting the show together, and I put out sort of a twist on the same thing. How into the actual game are people this year? Seattle, New England, sort of no-name teams, really, by and large. And does it factor in with your passion level for the game out there? that the Patriots have a chance to surpass the Steelers with their seventh Super Bowl win, which would obviously be first all-time. Donnie, welcome aboard.
I think something, and thank you, Joe, I think something that people will cling to is that fact that the Patriots could win No.
How do the Steelers' past successes affect current perceptions?
7. I know some people will point out, well, Tom Brady has seven by himself, so now it doesn't matter anymore what the team count is. But that will be something that's absolutely on the minds of people. On Sunday, if New England does win the game, that would be their seventh as a team. That would put them beyond the Steelers. Really, one of the only things that the Steelers have any sort of bragging rights to anymore. And a lot of it is very old history, as we know. I mean, a lot back in the 70s. a pair in the 2000s. There's not much left to hold on to other than, hey, we have six Super Bowls.
What are the implications of the Patriots winning another Super Bowl?
Only one other franchise can say that. So that's going to be something on the minds of people. I do wonder how into the actual game a lot of people are because even though it's a Super Bowl rematch of sorts, it's not the same as it was in Super Bowl XLIX when you had the Brady Patriots and you had the Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll Seahawks.
Legion of Boom.
Yeah, and it led to one of the great finishes in Super Bowl history, the Malcolm Butler play that won New England the game, one of the all-time gaffes made by Wilson and Pete Carroll. It doesn't have that same juice to me, but I also think it's because this is a rare time that you go into a Super Bowl, and for a lot of fans, just a lot of football fans, Neither of these teams is really unlikable. Drake May seems like a pretty likable guy.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is Super Bowl Sunday significant for fans?
0:00–1:08
2
How do personal memories influence Super Bowl feelings?
1:08–1:43
3
What factors affect interest in the Super Bowl this year?
1:43–2:09
4
How does the potential for Patriots' history impact fans?
2:09–2:47
5
What makes the current Patriots team less hateable?
2:47–3:32
6
How do the Steelers' past successes affect current perceptions?
3:32–4:10
7
What are the implications of the Patriots winning another Super Bowl?
4:10–5:11
8
How do fans feel about the lack of recognizable characters in the Super Bowl?
5:11–35:07
Speakers
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