Random Learnings, Big Game Edition
No one protects their trademarks like the NFL. There's a reason you don't see "Super Bowl" in ads; the NFL has a cadre of lawyers who will slap you with a trademark violation. Instead, you can say "Big Game" or "The Professional Football Championship Game." Never noticed? Pay attention and you will. My favorite was at a grocery store where they were selling "Game Grub." In the ongoing "How Many Logo Meanings Can One Miss" experiment, (the biggest miss is here) my kids pointed out the cool Tostitos logo where two people are sharing chips and salsa. Hmmm. So obvious!
If you're eating chips while you watch the game, you're probably going to be eating guacamole -- A LOT of guacamole. Estimates are people will consume 79 million tons of avocados this weekend. "That's enough avocados to fill a football field end zone to end zone and 30 feet high – just ten feet from the top of the goal post!" said Emiliano Escobedo , executive director of the Hass Avocado Board. Want to make an easy guac? My 3 ingredient version is here!
Only Thanksgiving tops the total amount of calories we consume on the Big Game day. Considering how much pie I eat on Thanksgiving, that stat is crazy impressive!!
Call "Heads!" Apparently heads has won the coin toss 25 of the 46 times the Big Game's been played. Who knew?! (Papa Johns gave me that fact!) The odds are still 50-50, but if I was making the call, I'd say heads.
If you REALLY want to give your money away, you can place wild and crazy bets from how many Raven receivers catch a pass, to whether there's a safety in the first quarter, to the shortest field goal of the game - - on and on and on it goes. See a complete Vegas list here. As for me, I can't even make up my mind for an office pool!Did you know that 10 % of TV sales happen in the two weeks before the Big Game? Our largest TV is about the size of a big computer screen, which must be why we never have Big Game parties!
Have fun watching the "Big Game" on Sunday (Don't you miss the Sup3r Bow1 word?!). For more on the ridiculousness, check out the fun Samsung video below.