This morning, along with every morning for past week, I have turned on ESPN to watch the highlights from sports around the country that I might have missed out on. Whether that be a nail-biting NCAA basketball game, or an overtime shootout win in hockey, I was just looking for my daily fix. Low and behold, this morning has followed suit in disappointing me from these game summaries to talk about the Super Bowl... again.
I get it, I get it. The Super Bowl is the largest single game sporting event in the world every year, and it is ESPN's duty to show its diligence in providing thorough detail about the game. But how can there be enough enticing information to take up 45% (ACTUAL STAT) of SportsCenter's hourly coverage? That is absurd! For two whole weeks, there is nothing but dissecting plays, injury reports, live press conferences, Tony Dungy, Trent Dilfer, predictions, coincidences, David Tyree montages, etc. I have had enough! I don't care to know Bill Belicheck's thought process on where he would play Julian Edelman when he drafted him out of Kent State as a quarterback. And yes, that is the entirety of the SportsCenter coverage I saw this very morning. It doesn't help that I already do not care about the two teams playing, especially considering the fact that Boston and New York fans are the ones relishing in this, but ESPN could not wait to jump on this bandwagon of city rivalries and beat the issues of this game to a bloody pulp.
I would say that I am excited for this to finally be over, but we all know that the week after the Super Bowl will have even more coverage of the game summary, tied with commercials about buying the memorable DVD collection for the victors. If this is the case (and we know it will be), I think I would rather opt to watch re-runs of whatever sitcom is playing on TBS these days. Thanks ESPN, for diluting my competitive spirit.
