It's occurred to me that when watching the Super Bowl – or any televised competitive game – that a side must be chosen. I have less than an hour to overcome my ambivalence and express a preference for one team over the other. Given that I haven't seen any of this seasons' games and know virtually nothing about either team, this is going to either very challenging or completely arbitrary.
Seriously, how does a sportz ignorant such as myself pick a side?!
Let's start with basics, look at our options and weigh their pros and cons:
GREEN BAY PACKERS
[+]Green Bay, Wisconsin sounds like a pretty boring place - however it 1. sounds kind of like Green Day, and 2. was name-dropped in NOFX's "Punk Guy". So far, Green Bay is feeling pretty punk rock to me.
[-]They have poor taste in team colors. Green and yellow? This team has a Limon Twist that isn't sitting right with me.
[+]Wisconsin is well known for exporting delicious cheeses. Hence, their team is named for the men and women who make their livings packing these cheeses into containers. I appreciate these working class vibes.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
[-]A few great bands have come from Pennsylvania: The Dead Milkmen, The Human Beinz, Atom and his Package, but all those are from Philadelphia or Youngstown. Even after a decent amount of research, the only band I can find from Pittsburgh is Rusted Root. Not very rock n roll, Pittsburgh.
[+]What's up wit this helmet logo? most teams just have a mascot or the first letter of their name. These guys have some weird three star shit going on. I don't know what this means, and I don't know what a "Steeler" is. So, I feel like there's perhaps some mysterious masonic, illuminati shit going on behind this team. I like it.
eh. okay. i've got 2 pros for Green Bay and only one for Pittsburgh.
GREEN BAY IT IS!
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