We had a great evening with friends watching the Big Game last night. Let's just say it's a good thing the fast is over. We had a divided crowd with Brian and I among those hoping for the Patriots to go undefeated. We don't really like the Pats; we just thought undefeated was cool! Did anybody else notice KU athletic director Lew Perkins seated in the luxury box with Peyton Manning? What's the deal with that?Super Bowl Factoids :
- More people watch Super Bowls (141.4 million viewers in '06) than voted in the 2004 Presidential election.
- There are 7.5 million parties on Super Bowl Sunday (National Retail Federation
- 1.5 million TV sets will be sold the week leading up to the Super Bowl (National Retail Federation) and it's no surprise sales of big screen TVs generally show a fivefold increase during that time (National Electronic Dealers Association).
- The Super Bowl is the top at-home party event of the year.
- Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day of food consumption behind Thanksgiving (American Institute of Food Distribution), which makes it not a surprise at all that antacid sales increase 20 percent the day after the Super Bowl (7-11 stores).
- On Super Bowl Sunday, Americans consume 8 million pounds of guacamole (California Avocado Commission).
- Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend for weddings (multiple sources) for one simple reason. What bride in her right mind would want to start off her marriage by making her husband miss such a big event? I mean, it is the Super Bowl after all.
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