What the Super Bowl Means To Me

Mere weeks until pitchers report for spring training.

I like pro football for purely social reasons; few things are more fun than gathering around the TV with a bunch of guys, beer, pizza and chips. And beer.

But as far as intrinsic entertainment? Just a few more hours, and that great annual time suck, NFL football, will be over, and America's real rite of spring, baseball, will be underway again.

Don't get me wrong: If the Bears were in the Super Bowl, or even in the chase, it'd be another matter. But they're not. So...

I predict New England 225, Carolina 3. Which should tell you more about how little I care than about how I think the game will go.

And good riddance to another Bear-less "Super" Bowl.