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Sports

'Super Week' not so super

Out of Bounds

Jordan Overturf

Monday marked the start of "Super Week," a week when the NFL spends ridiculous amounts of money on hyping up the Super Bowl in the city of choice, which happens to be Detroit this year.

As a sports fan, it would seem natural to feel some some excitement, right? But this Super Bowl really doesn't interest me, even though there are some notable achievements from both teams.

For instance, Pittsburgh is the first sixth playoff seed ever to win three consecutive playoff games on the road, earning a Super Bowl appearance.

Seattle finally overcame its longtime stint of flunking in the first round of the playoffs. The Seahawks even won without one of their biggest key playmakers, Shaun Alexander, who, in the divisional game against the Washington Redskins, went out early with a concussion.

With such an amazing build-up through the playoffs, and so many teams with great potential vying for a spot and teams who proved unworthy being shut down in the face of their own egos, why is there no desire to watch the Super Bowl?

That would be because the build-up to it is more monumental than the game will be itself -- a complete let down. The idea of the game is somewhat reminiscent of Super Bowl VI in the early Hunter S. Thompson movie Where the Buffalo Roam. It's just that I could find something better to do.

Both teams have put in an extreme amount of work to be called the best in both conferences. The real excitement will come with the start of next season, when the world watches to see how the teams have progressed and how they will perform in coming seasons.

It just seems more memorable for a team to begin a "dynasty," (excuse me, Tom Brady, for taking away your throne) and show continued excellence. The best part of a team is sticking with them from the gutter to the glory.

Which seems to explain the number one reason to not watch the game -- the Chicago Bears aren't playing in it. So it's for selfish reasons, but still -- best of luck to both teams in the big game.

To the players on these teams, it will be the most memorable game of their lives. And if I had to pick a winner, I would say the Steelers, just because Jerome "The Bus" Bettis is lucky to have avoided a fumble-induced playoff loss to the Colts that would have been his fault.

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