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So it’s that time of the year again, the Sunday when men across the nation wake up with excited anticipation to a day full of over-eating, binge drinking and football. For most men, and women, the Super Bowl is more than just the biggest football game of the year, it is an event that’s been thought and planned out for weeks. This year, the heavily favored New England Patriots, are trying to complete a perfect season against a surprising, yet formidable opponent in the New York Giants. The Patriots and Giants met in the final game of the regular season, and the Patriots were barely able to hang on to a 38-35 victory. I expect much of the same in the Super Bowl. It will most likely be another close game with a good amount of points scored because of each team’s high powered offenses.

Here are my other 5 predictions for this year’s Super Bowl:

5. There will be no less than 7 bud light commercials, and at least one will feature some type of animal playing football.
Every year some of the greatest commercials are shown during the Super Bowl, and it usually seems as if Bud Light is featured in about 20% of those. Ok, 20% might be a little high, but you get the point I’m trying to make. My prediction this year is that there will be at least 7. Just like previous years, Bud Light will most likely come out with a advertisement displaying animals playing football, while their owners watch from the sidelines as if nothing is odd about this spectacle. Not sure what the point of these commercials are, but it sure seems to make people crave a beer.

4. There will be at least one girl at your Super Bowl party who knows nothing about football, but will root for the Patriots because, “Tom Brady is so hot!”
She will most likely be a significant other or a mutual friend of people at the party. She is loads of fun and a good person to be around with, so you’re glad she’s there. However, if you are a New York Giants fan, you will soon notice that anytime Tom Brady completes a touchdown pass or simply “looks cute in his helmet”, she will instantly turn into the biggest Patriots fan in the world. She will let you know this by screaming in your ear and clapping her hands in front of your face and remind you how much better “her” Patriots are than your Giants. The only chance you have at revenge is to hope Tom Brady breaks his leg, otherwise she will probably ruin your Super Bowl. Plan B…head for the beer cooler.

3. There will be at least one GoDaddy.com commercial featuring a well-endowed woman.
Ah…the GoDaddy.com commercials. For any of you who are not familiar with Go Daddy, they are an Internet domain registrar and a web hosting company. Their commercials usually consist of an attractive, well-endowed women meaninglessly pounding on her laptop giving the impression she is setting up her own website. We all know that she clearly isn’t, due to the simple fact that she can barely dress herself well enough to keep her shirt on. Regardless, 75% of men after the Super Bowl will probably go check out the website to see what it is.

2. There will be one guy at the party designated as “The Play Caller”
This is the guy at the party who interrupts all the announcer commentary by predicting every play that a team will run. He will use a variety of technical football terms he probably heard from playing Madden 2007, and will believe he knows more than the team’s offensive coordinator. He will also think he is the greatest man on the planet when once out of 50 tries he get one play call right. You want to watch out for this guy and make sure you don’t sit next to him while watching the game, because inevitably, after one too many beers, he will talk to you endlessly about his high school football days and how he would have been the next Joe Montana had he stuck with it.

1. Patriots over Giants 34-27
As much as I hate to admit it, the New England Patriots might be one of the best teams I’ve ever seen. Their offense is devastating and they have some big time players on the defensive end as well. However, there’s nothing I’d like to see more than the Patriots get crushed.

GO GIANTS!

Brent