While recognizing that Duane Thomas’ observation above remains the best Super Bowl quote on record, check out this discussion as to why football is such a big deal: Seth’s Blog: Why do we care about football? Here’s an excerpt:
Going forward, no other sport will ever have a run like this, because the TV-cash part of the connection can’t be recreated. Mass TV built many elements of our culture, but mass TV (except for tonight) is basically over. The new media giants of our age (Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.) don’t point everyone to one bit of content, don’t trade in mass. Instead, they splinter, connecting many to many, not many to one.
Two photo’s for you. First is son Brady’s pre-game shot from inside the Super Dome. Second is an end of game shot from CBS.
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