So yesterday I was prepared to go down to The Woolshed Baa & Grill to watch the Super Bowl. Trouble is that everyone of the people that was going to go with me backed out. To be honest, nothing made me happier. I really wasn't in the mood to go down to the City Centre (yeah - that's the proper English spelling) and stay out until 3am just to watch the Super Bowl.
The funniest response was from the Brit that was out with me for rugby on Saturday. His response: "Might give the super bowl a miss tonight - have felt better."
I was feeling a little guilty about sticking him with the bill, so I emailed him back: "I just wanted to check. Do I owe you any money for Shanahan's? I'd hate to have had somebody else pick up the bill for an expensive steak with 1 bite taken out of it. Good time on Saturday, sorry I had to leave the party early. "
Being cool, he responded: "Hi Steve – don’t worry about it! If you fancied going again, let me know. Hopefully we can turn up in a state where we get to enjoy it!"
I guess I wasn't the only one who didn't get to truly enjoy the steaks.
So what did I do for the Super Bowl? I watched it from my bed in my hotel room. Great game to watch. However, I thought that I'd share the one big difference in watching the Super Bowl on the BBC as opposed to CBS:
No commercials - seriously, everytime CBS cut away to a commercial the BBC cut back to the studio for analysis. One of the guest commentators was San Francisco QB, Alex Smith, who was promoting the San Fran - Denver game at Wembley Stadium next season.
Just to let you know that the British commentators are just as likely to curse the players on the field as American commentators. Prior to the Manning throwing the pick-6, the studio host noted how mistake-free the game had been.
A different experience, but it would have been fun to head down to The Woolshed.
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You didn't miss much with the commercials. I think everyone's budget was cut so there weren't many good ones this year. Snickers had a funny one with Betty White and Abe Vigoda (who has to be like 200!) in it. Doritoes had some good ones too.
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