One part of me (the football guy) can’t wait for Sunday. I love the Super Bowl. The whole day. The game. The pomp and circumstance. I can pretty much remember every Super Bowl in detail, and the day surrounding it, since around 1994 or 1995. They are all etched in my sports fan memory.

But another part of me just isn’t into this particular game and matchup. It’s fine. It’s not necessarily about the 2025 Seahawks (the best team in the NFL) or 2025 Patriots (good team with some great schedule fortune). It’s about something that the game is missing, which is ironically something so many pretend they don’t want.