Its my favorite time of the year. The time in which there always seems like there's something to watch on TV and there's always some big huge sporting event that will be taking place. Three of my favorite sporting events take place during this time and two of them happen about a week apart. Those events being the Super Bowl, the NBA All-Star Game, and the Men's Final Four (sorry ladies). I like these three events for several reasons. The first of which being that I enjoy playing these 2 sports. I played football in high school and college so I really enjoy watching the spectacle that is the Super Bowl and I love playing basketball so watching the NBA All-Star game and the Final Four/Men's Basketball Championship/NCAA Championship (apparently they change what this thing is called) is always enjoyable for me.
When these things are on I'm usually hooked from beginning to end, commercials and all. This year's Super Bowl was the most watched TV program in history (That means ever. EVER) so I wasn't alone. This further cemented the reasoning behind the $2 Million/per spot price tag for a Super Bowl spot. Super Bowl XLIV was watched by 106.5 million viewers. The feel good New Orleans Saints story and Peyton Manning and the Colts was the perfect combination to bring record number of eyes to CBS. I only wonder if a Brett Favre led Vikings vs Peyton Manning and the Colts would've brought in even more? I had a former teammate in the Super Bowl, Dwight Freeney, who I played with for 2 years at Syracuse. Yet another reason for me to like watching the Super Bowl. Its hard to stop watching the Super Bowl too. The commercials and the game keep me glued to the TV. My favorite commercial this year was Punxsutawney Polamalu. It was halarious. But there were other funny commercials and other commercials that were pretty damn good. One of those being a Google spot that Brandcenter alum, Tristan Smith, actually worked on. This spot showed a narrative of a guy meeting a girl through the internet and at the ending getting married and starting a family all through a series of Google searches. This was a very smart very and well done spot.
This year's NBA All-Star Game was played in Dallas Texas, well Arlington, Texas, in the immaculate Shrine to sports, Cowboys Stadium. Since the NBA All-Star Game is a exhibition game, TV viewership is never really anything too spectacular but since it was played in the Cowboys Stadium, this year's All-Star game had the largest crowd to ever to watch a basketball game. 108,713 packed into Cowboys Stadium. That number may stand for sometime for Cowboys Stadium even as next year's Super Bowl comes to the stadium since there's more room to fit people in a basketball configuration.
We're still in the middle of the NCAA Tournament but like every year its capturing huge numbers across the country. From the numerous basketball arenas across the country that hosts the tournament games to CBS coverage of the event both on television and online the NCAA tournament keeps audiences watching for 3 weeks. Such a perfect tournament, its hard to believe that they want to change things.
One of the other reasons why I like these sporting events is the cool logo's they come up with every year to represent them. My favorite of the three this year is definitely the NBA All-Star Game logo. The Super Bowl logo is usually the winner for me but this year I was not feeling it at all. I didn't get the concept behind the design of the logo at all. Seems like a logo you can tag on to any Super Bowl or even any football game for that matter. The NBA All-Star Game was great. The word "All-Star" in the shape of Cowboys Stadium holding up a huge star. Everything about the logo was perfect. The NCAA tournament logo, meh. I get it but doesn't look too special or new for that matter. I feel like they've used it before.
Anywho, thats the nerdy stuff that I do. I analyze the things I like to watch to the smallest possible detail. I hope you enjoyed this extra long post my imaginary followers. Till next time.
