Superbowl LIX

[Alex321]

I've always watched UK TV coverage of it, though this year I had been mostly watching Youtube highlights.

Most years I have watched until half time in the Superbowl before going to bed, then trying to avoid the result until I could watch the rest.
This year, having gone part-time in work, with my normal pattern being wed-Fri, I was able to watch it all

I have loved watching the chiefs, but that really was a trouncing. I've never seen Mahomes put under so much pressure. The chief's defence didn't actually play that badly - as witness the fact that the Philadelphia quarterback had the most rushing yards of anybody in the game. Two of their touchdowns were pick-6, and another was from an interception within range of one pass.

 

[HLaB]

LIX? is that some type of new cereal

 

[DaveReading]

It really isn't.

Even without adverts, my experience (here in the UK) is that a game can easily last that long.

My younger son used to play. In the days before he could drive. I used to take him to a game, watch the first quarter, then go for a very long walk, stop off at a convenient pub for a drink, walk a bit more, then return to the venue in time to watch the last quarter.

 

[AndyRM]

Even without adverts, my experience (here in the UK) is that a game can easily last that long.

My younger son used to play. In the days before he could drive. I used to take him to a game, watch the first quarter, then go for a very long walk, stop off at a convenient pub for a drink, walk a bit more, then return to the venue in time to watch the last quarter.

Not disputing that it's a long game (3 hours is about the average), just that it's not 2 hours of adverts with some prancing about.

As I said up thread, it's just part of the game and I don't think there's a way to speed it up. There's also an element of it being tailored around it being a social occasion, whether that's at the game or at home, which is quite different to the UK approach to sport.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

It's an event that's wholly centred around the stadium, unlike football that starts in pubs & bars around the ground, for instance.