002: Super Bowl Survival Guide – Iconic Halftime Shows, Snacks, and Tom Brady's MVPs

Get game-day ready with our ultimate 2025 Super Bowl Sunday survival guide! From hosting tips and party hacks to must-know trivia, we’ve got your back. Relive iconic halftime show performances like Beyoncé’s Destiny’s Child reunion and Rihanna’s pregnancy reveal. We’ve got details about what to wear at a Super Bowl party, plus we share stories about women making history at the big game. Whether you’re here for the wings or the commercials, this episode has it all!

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Chapters

• 01:07 Memorable Halftime Shows: A Nostalgic Journey
• 10:34 Trivia Timeout: Fun Facts About the Super Bowl
• 23:58 Commercials: The Real Showdown of the Super Bowl
• 29:42 Super Bowl Party Essentials
• 38:09 Navigating Social Etiquette at Super Bowl Parties
• 47:29 Notable Women at the Super Bowl

Transcript

could this could help maybe however you're attending the Super Bowl. Here's how to pretend that you know football when you don't. Just yell run every now and then. It's like 90 % effective you know especially if your team is not competing. I don't know. Nobody really knows who you're cheering for just like yell run when somebody's running and you'll fool them all or pro pro pro tip listen to this episode on the way to wherever you're going for your Super Bowl viewing pleasure.

because you'll have all these fun facts and all this information to rattle off to look like you know what you're talking about.

Have you ever wondered why people get so hyped about their favorite sports teams? Well, it turns out it's not just about the game. It's about the community. My name is Teryn. And I'm Ambre. Welcome to Almost Fans, the sports podcast that's fun, a little bit educational, and will give you plenty to say when you're trying to keep up with those diehard sports fans in your life.

Welcome everybody. Thanks for joining us today. We are so excited to be with you. And today to start us off, we're talking all about the Super Bowl. So first and foremost, we start every single episode with our starting five. And today our topic for our starting five is favorite slash most memorable to us halftime shows.

So I'm going to have Ambre start and we'll go back and forth. So start with your number five. Okay. My number five is Katy Perry, 2015. She wrote in on a tiger lion mechanical thing. She was strapped into it. It was phenomenal. I didn't notice this in 2015, but apparently during this performance, social media was blowing up talking about left shark. So

for California Girl, think was the song. you know, there's beach ball people in like beach ball outfits and some, and a couple of sharks and they're right next to her when they do some closeups on her and left, both sharks were uncoordinated confused, but totally giving a hundred percent. can relate to all of those things, but left shirt in particular, his fans, he just anyway, so that was a really good one. I love that show. And then the very end for the shooting star finale.

She floated around the stadium again strapped to a star in the air with pyrotechnics in the back. mean, it was pretty amazing. I love her. Yeah, that was actually, had that run down as one of the, it was the most ever watched Superbowl halftime show to date. Wow. Yep. I would not have guessed that. Yeah, absolutely. Okay. My number five is

not Katy Perry, is Beyonce. So Beyonce and she reunited with Destiny's Child, which was so fun for our little 90s hearts. The interesting thing about this was right after her performance, or a little bit after, was the second half of the game when the lights went out in the Superdome. Oh, dang. I Yeah, for like 35 minutes. everybody who...

There was just like a joke that like the people who lost the game, they just blamed Beyonce. Yeah, we can go with that. had Beyonce on my list as well. For all the things you just said, you know, the first time Destiny's Child was back together. Fun fact, Destiny's Child was my first CD ever. You probably don't know what a CD is. It's a compact disc. It goes into a thing. was flat. Yeah, Destiny's Child, specifically the Say My Name.

album was my first CD ever. Amazing. That's great. Okay. So was that your number four? No, it wasn't. Go to your number four. Okay. My number four and this might be, I'm sure it's on your list and it's probably higher. It's Janet Jackson and the wardrobe mishap. Okay. So there is P Diddy, Nelly drove in in a red car. It was pretty awesome. Kid Rock sang wearing an American flag. Amazing. I watched this so closely. Justin Timberlake comes on.

He's the last singer to sing with her and they're standing on the stage and the music hits the last note and he reaches over. I swear I see Velcro. She is not surprised. That was 110 % staged, practiced. I do not believe that that was an accident. I mean, she looks down like, whoopsie. I mean, there's no way. That was totally on purpose, but that's my number four. Yeah, ironically, that is also my number four and because that's

I mean, it's got to be one of the most memorable. Probably. mean, I was young, but I don't remember seeing it. So I was young enough that like I was kind of half watching it, half not watching it. Right. But I remember just the uproar. We were at my house. There's a bunch of people at my parents' house when I was a kid. I'm like, I missed it. Like, I remember being a kid being like, what? I missed it. You know what's even crazier? It's it's all still on YouTube. The whole thing. You can pause it. You can see.

All the anatomy that gets revealed. It's just right there. All the anatomy. Wouldn't you think that'd be censored by now? Yeah, no, it's, mean, it's part of history. I guess. Yeah. It basically changed how, I think they put TV on a delay at that point. think before that it wasn't, there was no delay and now they have a delay. think it changed that changed the game. Just cause of the nipple. Yeah. The nip slip. Ambre, I have a question for you about that. That guy, do you know what team won that super bowl?

The Packers? Ooh, so close. No, the New England Patriots. That's fine. That's fine. That's fine. Do you know how many Bowls the Patriots have ever won? Yeah, I do. How many? Nope, seven. Maybe it's Tom Brady. Tom Brady's won seven. Yeah, exactly. Tom Brady has won seven. the Bucks. One with the Bucks. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, that was number four. My turn? Your turn, yeah, because mine, that was also my number four. Okay, perfect. My number three is basically all the feels of my college years. This is Usher, 2024. Alicia Keys, Ludacris. During this halftime show, 100 % of viewers Googled, how old is Usher? Because he looks...

One day past 22, by the way, the answer is 46. I think at the time of the half at that show, he was 45. He roller skate danced. the roller skating was epic. mean, talk about, he was attractive already, but talk about competency hotness. I mean, to see somebody excel at roller skate dancing, new level. So that's kind of do you think he was actually singing? Cause that would be really Oh, is anybody ever, are any of them?

I don't believe enough. But yeah, there was no, there was absolutely no way. you imagine? was crazy. Yeah, no. Okay. My number three is Lady Gaga. Do you remember when she harnessed herself from to the top of the stadium and dove in via cables? was amazing. Yeah. Yeah. That I could not forget that. Like when I, as soon as we came up with this topic, that was one of the first things that popped in my head was

Lady Gaga jumping off the side of the roof. mean, leave it to her to do something so outlandish. That's amazing. Yeah, she's great. Okay, that was three. Now two is back to you. Okay, so my two was Beyonce, Destiny's Child. So why you do your two and then I'll do my one. Okay. My number two was the queen herself, Riri Rihanna, which was two years ago.

She was in full red, my gosh, pregnant. I mean, how did she even pick what hits to do? I mean, she could have, she missed some. I remember we had some friends over and we did like, you know, the betting games and stuff, which song is going to be played first and which song, blah, blah, blah, this and that. And some people didn't even get their song picked. Some people who thought she's going to play this song first because it's her best hit, that song didn't even get played because she has too many hits.

Her portfolio is too long. Umbrella, like one of my absolute favorites. Diamonds. so good. So anyways, and she was pregnant. What So let's just talk about the most epic pregnancy announcement of all time to millions of your friends all at once. Well done, Rihanna. While standing on a floating platform, yeah, floating in the air. Absolutely. Yeah, amazing. My number one, so if Usher, Urshir sounded like

my college years, then this squad sounded like my high school years. This is 2022, Dr. J, Snoop, Mary J, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar. It starts off with na-na-na-na-na. It's the one and only D-O-double-G Snoop. I mean, it was like the OGs and then they close it down. I love that they did this because there's so many stars that join halftime shows, but this crew closed it down.

all together on top of this makeshift building in the middle of the field singing a Dre song. I mean, like full body goosebumps. It was my high school years experience all over again. That was also my number one because the most epic halftime performance for ever and ever and ever. I didn't even realize this, but when I was like looking into some of the halftime performances, I didn't realize that Eminem

took a knee during lose yourself, which was an homage to Colin Kaepernick, which I think that's something we should talk about on another date, which is. We should. You know what? I noticed that he had taken a knee, but it didn't all like click in my brain. That and he's down there for like a long time. Yeah. Yeah. The knees he's old too. So good. Yeah. Colin Kaepernick's story. I think that's not to get too political, but I think that would be a good topic for us to discuss. Maybe for another day. Let's add it to.

the list. Okay, so a quick time out here before we get into more Super Bowl goodness in this episode, we're going to bring you a little nugget called a trivia timeout that you should 100 % work into a conversation in the coming week. So here is this episode's trivia timeout. Teryn, did you know that Super Bowl halftime show artists basically don't get paid? Yeah, I did know that. almost said that earlier.

Because yeah, they only get paid in like endorsements tiny. Yeah. Well endorsements I think they also get paid something like a thousand dollars per day, know, so say five thousand dollars is because I get there early and they need to do some Practice runs. I don't know, you know dress rehearsals, etc. The dancers get paid maybe six hundred bucks a day I mean, yeah, sure those dancers are gonna get paid by the star though, right? Don't you think? Probably I mean, I think you know

So yeah, the halftime show artists are getting endorsements and sponsorships, etc. The NFL does pay for the travel and they pay for all of the sets and the crazy special effects and platforms and etc. But the artists themselves basically don't make any money from the NFL at least. Yeah, a lot of times that's why I feel like you see some artists that are either about to put out an album or they're kind of maybe

I don't know what to call it, like a little bit. They're not really big stars right now. Like they're not going out touring and stuff. So they're just trying to get some extra promotion for themselves, which, you know, the Super Bowl, obviously one of the most watched probably, I think it is the most watched television thing ever. There's a soccer something in front of it. Oh, OK, got it. Yeah. So anyway. Yeah. So anyways, I think that's why they a lot of times are just

doing the halftime show because they're looking for some extra promotion. A little momentum for something else special special coming up, Yep. Cool. Great. Well, today, this episode, we're going to continue talking all the good stuff about the Super Bowl. We are not going to be tackling the X's and the O's in this episode. So, know, a lowdown on the teams, the stats, the wives, some friendly bets, all the hard hitting details.

Get excited for that coming in an upcoming episode. Consider today your Super Bowl survival guide. We're gonna talk snacks, fun facts, what to wear, how to avoid Super Bowl party fouls. So whether you're a football fanatic, a lover of barbecue wings, or just here for the commercials, I'm raising my hand right now. This episode is for you.

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So let's start with Super Bowl fun facts that you'll absolutely repeat to someone. And Teryn, during these fun facts, I have a game for you and it's called Over Under Seven Mill. It'll make more sense as we go. I mean, you can probably figure out what that means. But okay. Our first topic is Super Bowl rings.

So these bad boys can cost up to $50,000 each. Imagine basically spending a Tesla on a finger accessory and they're super extra. Of course, can you imagine walking around with an item on you that costs $50,000 and measures less than two square inches? I would be sweating the whole time. I'd be clenching my hand in a fist and like ready to swing at someone who

you know, gets too close anyway. Yeah. No, thank you. I don't, I don't need a body guard for my jewelry. Right. We have $50,000 each. So the NFL pays $5,000 per ring, which means that the teams pay about $45,000 per ring. Insane. Originally, here's a fun fact. Originally the rings were almost always gold and diamonds until 2010 when

the best team in the world won the Super Bowl is the Packers, obviously. And they designed, okay, listen to how ironic this is, the green and gold Packers moved away from gold and diamonds to platinum and diamonds. The irony, right? Anyway, but now, but now, know, rings are just, they're all over the place. It could be anything now. So Teryn, here's your over under quiz. How much does a team's full set of Super Bowl rings cost? it over or under 7 million?

full set like everyone who gets one. Everyone who gets one. I would say over because they give them to so many people. It's actually under. It's about $5 million. Yeah. Okay. Total set. Now, of course, you know, some teams are going to opt for way splashier, probably more expensive, but generally speaking, it's usually about five mil. Okay. Interesting. A Tesla on your finger. know, no big deal. No big deal.

There was a whole quote. There was like a whole video last year, or maybe it was the Kelsey brothers. We had their Amazon little documentary about themselves. And there was like a video of Kylie Kelsey asking Jason, where's your Super Bowl ring? And he was like, I don't know. And he was looking all over his house. He couldn't find it. He had lost it. So funny. you imagine? I mean, but couldn't you just get a replacement?

You know, yeah. Well, if you're him, like some of those guys definitely, definitely not, but yeah, if you're him, you could, but also just like get a safe. Yeah. Or just keep track of it. Just know. Yeah. No, like that's so him. That's very him. I feel like, okay, keep going. Insane. Okay. Next topic for over under seven mil is tickets right now. Roughly a ticket to the super bowl costs $4,700 if

You want to sit in the nosebleeds with the pigeons. Maybe you're not even sitting. You're so far away. You might even be in a different zip code or you could pay 50, 50 another, another Tesla $50,000 if you want to be in row one at the 50 yard line. So that an awesome seat or down payment on a house or Tesla. Here's my question for you though. A VIP suite at the Superbowl.

in 2025, does it cost over or under 7 million? I think it's over. I feel like there was a story last year about Travis buying one for Taylor and it was like 20. Holy cripes. Well, I did not find that. I found under. Man, I'm just overestimating things. It's great. Again, probably all of these are like asterisk, like C appendix kind of thing.

Okay, so what I found is that a VIP suite at the Super Bowl cost 2.5 mil. And what's included in your 2.5 mil package? Well, it's 20 people. So you plus 19 of your favorite, I'll join you for sure. There's a VIP entrance, private restrooms, hallelujah, right? VIP club access, I don't know what that means. HDTVs, obviously. And climate controlled suites. So just like a cool 2.5 mil.

for high-def televisions and some AC. I mean, like 2.5. stuff. Insane. It's all like the players' families and their friends that are using those or like big businesses and Ercher. I bet Ercher, yeah, he's probably wearing his roller skates in a VIP suite. Yeah, I'm sure they're With drain Snoop Dogg. Yeah, oh goodness. Maybe it was 2.5 million and then that was just moving the decimal place over one. He added a zero. That could have been.

I think that happens over a year. All right. So my next topic, three out of four, is food. You knew. You knew that we had to go here. knew we had to talk about all of the poultry being consumed, et cetera. Super Bowl Sunday is basically America's Thanksgiving for wings and dip. You know, like if there could be a subheader on the Super Bowl, that is what the tagline would be. We're talking over 1.4 billion wings.

28 million pounds of potato chips and 50 million cases of beer. Obviously 40 million of those cases of beer are consumed in Wisconsin. The other 1 million are in the other contiguous states of the US and probably like a whole lot of people hung over and

cursing the fact that why is the Super Bowl on a Sunday? Why is it on Sunday? That's a topic that we should discuss. Why? Just make it Super Bowl Saturday. We will all forgive you for changing the name. We will eat more, we will drink more. Yeah, we will eat more, we will drink more and or we could just make the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday. Oh, even better. I could use another national holiday in my life. Sounds phenomenal.

I can't, it doesn't make any sense. Let's just change Who do you write a letter to? It feels like a, what's his name? Commissioner. Roger Goodell. Yep. It feels like you'd be the right. By the way, I Googled this and I couldn't really find anything good other than there's just higher TV ratings on Sundays. So I wasn't satisfied by that answer. I don't think it would change at all. think, I mean, I think it would get better. I think so too. More people would, yeah. Anyway.

I don't know. Yeah. Super Bowl Sunday, people are going to be hungry. OK, here's your quiz. How many pounds of guacamole are eaten during the Super Bowl? Is it over or under 7 mil? this is going to be the one where you get me because I would go under. I if we want to look at the scoreboard, you're over 2. I know. I'm normally way better at these quizzes. OK, so my heart is saying under.

But I'm gonna go over again.

Because you couldn't get me three unders in a row. No, I couldn't. just my logic. Yeah, no. That's way too, no. It's eight million pounds of guacamole are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. I have to say, I make a really mean guac. What's in it? Everything. I put everything in it. I put obviously the avocado. I do tomato. I do red onion. I do garlic.

I do cilantro. put a little jalapeno in there because I like it spicy. Yep. Did you know you can at the grocery store, they have guacamole seasoning packets. It just adds like a little bit of salt and a little just bit of something else. I highly recommend. could add all the things that you just said and some of the seasoning. It's divine. Yeah. I was going to say my thing about like if you go to a restaurant and get guac, I always think it's under salted.

So I do lots of salt in mine. Very salty, you know, and it's just, it's like chunky because I put so many different vegetables in it. Yeah. I love that. That sounds amazing. Speaking of, what are we going to do for the Superbowl this year? I'm coming over. Okay. There's like a lot of kids in this house. Just going to that with you and they'll be like, Ms. Teryn, Ms. Teryn. my hair. Play catch with me. Yeah, maybe. And I will do it. Good.

I'm so glad. Can I just tell you? So they were in the car listening to episode number one with Aaron, my husband, and we got to the part where I ask you about your love life and the context is single elimination. Something along those lines. And my eight year old son walks in and says, mom, you're on the radio was the first thing they said. And then the second, I know it was so cute. I grinned and I was.

embarrassed and proud and all the things. And then the second thing he says is, why was Ms. Teryn doing single elimination? There are very few questions my kids ask me where I freeze. Usually I can pull something out and that one I was stumped. like, well, it was deep. I'll tell you when you're older. Yeah. I wish I would have pulled that one out. I don't even know what I said.

But he seemed satisfied. walked away. So he's going to ask you about that. He's going to ask you about your single elimination just to prepare you. Fair enough. I'll try and come up with something better than that. Yeah. Better than when you're older. So my fourth and final topic for this over under seven mil game is commercials. Oh, okay. Which let's be real, unless the Packers in the Super Bowl, this is why I'm here for the Super Bowl. Yeah. It's 100 % the commercials, the laughs.

Sometimes the tears, sometimes there's really moving, I'm here for all of those. Although I feel like the commercials sort of have gone down a little bit, but I do believe it's because we have just better content generally throughout the year. People aren't just like saving it up for Super Bowl. But I do think, do you ever go to like a Super Bowl party and people are just talking through the whole thing and you're like, it's fine, I'm gonna save these all on Instagram, you know,

Very promptly, usually within 24 hours, find something somewhere of the top 10 commercials played back. Yeah. That's your Super Bowl highlight reel, basically. We are fed so much good content all the time. Yeah. Yeah. Fair enough. Yeah. Doritos and Budweiser are letting us down in the last couple of years. Yeah. For real. Duncan last year had a killer commercial with Tom Brady. You remember that one? Yeah. No, I don't. But I'm it was good. Okay.

This year, a 30 second Super Bowl ad will cost about $250,000 per second. So I could say, Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl, and I'd owe you a house. Can you? pretty nice house. Please. Like three quarters of a mil. Yeah, right? Please. A better house than I've ever had or probably ever will have. optimism. So your quiz, maybe you're good at quick math. Probably you're not. I'm not.

How much does the average Super Bowl commercial cost over or under seven mil? I think it's over. Yep. You got it. Yeah. Over. It's like just barely over, but it's totally over. $7 million. Okay. So those were the four over under seven mil facts. Love it. Teryn, you know, I couldn't figure out a way to wrap this in. So just going to drop it right here. You know, my sustainable heart had questions.

about some of the things that the like losing team stuff at the Super Bowl, specifically the confetti. yeah, the Packers win the Super Bowl, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, And green and gold confetti. I can see Teryn just biting her tongue. wants to say something very mean. Green and gold confetti rains all over, you know, and the Patriots red and blue confetti. What happens to that? Well, you'll be relieved to know.

that the losing team's confetti either goes back to the manufacturer to just be recycled or it goes back to the manufacturer to be mixed in with other confetti to make, you know, a rainbow sort of confetti to then be sold in the future. It does not get thrown away, wasted, et cetera. Now the confetti that falls onto the fans in the field, like that probably goes in the trash can, but the losing team's confetti does go to another, goes on to live another life, a second life. I also have questions.

Oh, thank goodness. Right. also had questions about the losing teams, hats and t-shirts. Well, Packers win the Superbowl and they're all of a sudden decked out in, you know, Superbowl, whatever the numerals are and their teams name hats and t-shirts and all the things. It's not like those were manufactured in 30 seconds. So the losing teams stuff has to be there somewhere too. What, you where does that go? It gets donated to countries like Africa, Asia, Middle East.

and between the Super Bowl and then other, you know, AFC championship, NFC championship, et cetera, between all of these games, there's something like thousands of items that are shipped over to these countries and donated to other citizens. So just in case you were wondering, like I was. So I have a probably insensitive thought about that, but do you think that there's a bunch of people all around the world who have no idea who won any Super Bowl because they have all this gear?

like if they're following sports at all in any way and they like live in Ethiopia or something like that and they're like, I know who won Super Bowl 51. I don't know if this is funny or not, but I'm laughing. I think that there are a lot of people around the world who very confidently believe that they know who won the Super Bowl and they are 100 % wrong-o. Yes. probably, and or they don't even know what it is and it's a hat and it's a shirt and you know. Right, for sure. Which is great. I love that we do that.

It's very sustainable and very good. Yeah, there's some organization that, you know, coordinates it, which is pretty cool. So, yeah, that's awesome.

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Now we're headed into your game day game plan. Whether you're hosting or attending or just headed to your local watering hole down the road, we've got some survival tips for you. So here's a couple of tips if you're hosting a Super Bowl party. Let's start off with food. We're just talking about guac and wings and all the things. Don't overthink the food. It does not have to be hard. This is not a dinner party. Really what you wanna think about is some salty, some sweet.

and a bunch of alcohol and finger foods. People are going to be standing up walking around. That's not the right time for forks and knives and spoons, et cetera. So finger foods and try to hit a couple of different categories. My suggested menu, and then Teryn, you should weigh in with whatever I miss. My suggested menu could include things like wings, chili, which is not a finger food, but I think, you know, still deserves to be on the list here. Chips and guac and salsa, queso, obviously.

veggies to help you feel a little bit better about yourself after your 20th wing. Cookies, brownies, beer, maybe a mixed drink punch. Here's my question for you. I put deviled eggs on this list. I feel like people are very passionately on one or the other side. Are you deviled eggs person or am I the only one here? I'm right down the middle. I will probably eat one and be fine, but it's not my most like, I'm not excited about it.

Yeah. It's a weird concept, you know, to like cook them kind of, and then pull the stuff out, mix it, and then put it back in the egg. It's a weird concept, but I'm totally here for it. I had a couple of wild card things on my menu, including pigs in a blanket. Maybe not wild card. Maybe it is pigs in a blanket. Sangria. Wait, on. You should maybe explain what pigs in a blanket are, because I feel like that's a Midwestern term. Yeah, And maybe not everybody calls it that. Okay. So it's many wieners.

Mini hot dogs. I just want a chance to say wiener on the air. Yeah. Many wieners and they're wrapped in some sort of a, maybe a crescent or some sort of a, yeah, some sort of a breading and they're great to dip in ketchup or queso or ranch or pretty much anything. Mustard. People probably do that too. So yeah. pigs in a blanket and then, sangria and jello shots are my three wild card.

items. So in conclusion, my menu includes wings, napkins, and basically backup wings and some alcohol mixed in. Yeah. It's your go-to. And alcohol. And alcohol. I like some mozzarella sticks. Don't forget those if you're a cheese person. We're in Wisconsin, so gotta have cheese and then some more cheese and then some more cheese. You could be safe and always do like a charcuterie board with cheese, crackers, meats.

You kind of nailed it though. sorry. No, you missed the most important thing. Pizza? No. Buffalo chicken dip. yeah. Yeah, you're You're a spicy girl so you don't do that. I'm not, but I could get on board with that. Yeah, buffalo chicken dip is the best. Yeah, I'm down for that. Okay, number two topic. If you're hosting is decor. Let's keep this simple. If your team is in the hunt, if they're playing in the game, then

Obviously deck the halls with your team's colors. If not, I highly suggest you just opt for some football napkins and call it a day. Yep. Don't overthink it. No, don't overthink it. Just like the food. depending on the size of the group that you're going to have, put out a bunch of seating. People always gather in the kitchen. So have all the stools, all the chairs you can find around the TV, maybe some pillows on the ground. Have lots of spaces where people can kind of perch and sit and lean and.

that kind of stuff. Number three topic is entertainment. Obviously there's the game, more importantly the commercials, but also highly suggest you have some friendly bets floating around. So maybe a sheet that people can fill out right when they come in. Here's a couple of common bets that I've seen. How long will the national anthem last? Who's going to win the coin toss? Which car brand will have a commercial first? Who among your group is going to have to pee first?

If you're ever, if you had a party with me, pick me all the time. What color Gatorade is going to get dumped on the winning team's coach, AKA the Gatorade shower and who will the MVP thank first? And this list is a starting point for some of the bets that Teryn and I are going to be making. So when we get closer to the Superbowl, follow us on social media to see what bets we're making and maybe tell us how you would bet.

at Almost Fans podcast. I have a question for you Ambre. What is the most frequently colored poured Gatorade? Do you know? My favorite is blue. So I'm just gonna go with that. Nope. It is orange. Really? mean, I guess that's the color of the Gators where Gatorade was born. True. Go Gators. Go Gators. Also orange Gatorade is pretty yummy.

That's pretty gross, really whatever. What's your favorite Gatorade? Probably blue. Yeah. Ice blue, right? Yeah. Yeah. Like the OG in my opinion. Yeah. Okay. Great. Great. Same team here. Okay. A couple more things here. Three rules. If you're going to a party at someone else's house, just bring something. It's the rule number one of going to somebody's house. Bring something. Don't show up empty handed. Not a thing that, you know, says you care too much. Probably something that

was pre-made at the store and my preference is something pre-made that I can just dump into a nicer bowl and pretend. And hopefully nobody asks me if I made it. Second, be a chill guest. Don't touch the remote. Don't comment on how it's like too hot or too cold. Don't eat the last wing, chicken wing. And then thirdly- have a question for you. Wait, before you go on to your third one about the food, about bringing food. Yeah. Are you someone who brings food to a party and then takes it home with you or do you leave it?

Since I brought it in a sneaky, faux, fancy bowl, I'll probably have to take the leftovers home with me. If I bring a thing of cookies that is not in a piece of cookware that I own, I will leave that stuff so fast. Yeah, for sure.

That's what I was gonna say when I bring stuff, I try and like bring it in not a fancy bowl because then I can just leave it and not feel bad about being like, hey, can I get my bowl back? But my thought is on like alcohol or something like that, leave it. yeah. Leave it. Do not take it home with you. Even if nobody touched it. That is such a bad move. Such a bad friend move. If you brought over a bottle of wine and nobody wanted to drink wine, you're like, hey.

Thanks for hosting. You can have a bottle of wine. Unless the host is like insistent that you take it back because they're like, I will never drink that, but you must fight about it before you leave. Yeah. You got to put up a good like, you to be a little bit indignant before you take it with you. Otherwise you leave it. Yeah. All right. I'm on board with that. Okay. I totally support you. Good deal. Third tip. If you're going to be at someone else's house and this could, this could help maybe however you're attending the super bowl.

Here's how to pretend that you know football when you don't. Just yell, run! Every now and then. It's like 90 % effective. You know, especially if your team is not competing. I don't know, nobody really knows who you're cheering for. Just like yell, run when somebody's running and you'll fool them all. Or pro, pro, pro tip, listen to this episode on the way to wherever you're going for your Super Bowl viewing pleasure.

because you'll have all these fun facts and all this information to rattle off to look like you know what you're talking about. Another thing you could just do is be like, oh man, jeez, that was close. Oh, so close. Or just like look at everybody else around you and follow their lead. Yep, clap when others are clapping, groan when they're groaning. If you're not really sure, just look at your phone for a minute. Yeah. Or you know what I really like? You know what a tactic I really love is like, if you just don't care, say that.

Like I really don't care. Yeah. Multiple times. Make sure everybody knows. yeah, go get food during the game and just come back only for commercials. Yeah, there you go. All of the above is acceptable. I will tell you one thing about that. So if you are a person who really truly doesn't care about the game and sometimes like you care about sports, but you just don't care about this particular set of teams who are playing, don't ruin it for everyone else. You know, because maybe none of your teams are playing.

But like some people care and they care enough that they want to actually watch. So try not to like ruin it for everybody and talk through the whole game or talk through all the commercials. Yeah. Have some awareness. Read the room. Read. Read the room. sure. Read the room. If there's another like person there who also doesn't care and you all can go into like a corner and just chit chat about whatever you want to chit chat about, do that. But try not to ruin it for everyone else who's trying to watch the game. Or you're not going to get invited back the following week.

This will be your last Super Bowl party. Okay. Here's two quick things. If you're going out to a bar, get there early because seats are going to fill up fast and pace yourself. The average Super Bowl lasts three hours and 44 minutes. And if you get there early, you're going to be there even longer. So pace yourself with the wings, pace yourself with the beers, jello shots. Yeah.

And tip your service people well, because you have just taken a table from them for multiple hours. Really long time. So just think about that if you are going out to tip your service people That's such a good point. Such a good point. I was a waitress once upon a time. Such a good point. Amen. Amen, sister. Okay, finally, what to wear. We know that some of you are only here for the sporty fashion. We see you. Oftentimes we are you.

We don't judge. If your team is playing, do it up. Wear the jersey, the hat, the socks, the face paint, the stickers, tattoos, probably temporary. Just do all this stuff. Cause this is your moment to be part of the maybe winning group. And that is so fun. Even if you haven't watched that team all season, do it up. If you are watching the Superbowl and your team is not playing,

think sporty chic. So an oversized jersey, maybe of your team, even if they aren't playing, know, totally cool. Or a sporty, you know, like a jersey, something, something sporty, leggings, sneakers. I'm totally into like a quilted vest situation. All that's good. When it gets closer to the Superbowl, let us know what you're wearing. AlmostFans podcast on Instagram. We would love to see your game day outfits and dress in layers because

one minute you're going to be jumping up and down or laughing really hard at a commercial or maybe crossing your legs because you really have to pee and you don't want to lose the bet. And then the next second, somebody is going to open the front door and forget to close it and you're in Wisconsin and it's February and you're freezing. So just bring lots of layers. It's a good rule of thumb whenever you visit somebody else's house. Yeah. Okay. I do have a question about this and you sort of touched on it and I was going to ask you this either way. And now I feel like I know what you're going to say. So I just want to ask you.

If you are coming to a Super Bowl party, can you, should you, would you, Ambre, wear some sports team that is unrelated to the teams that are playing in the Super Bowl? Would you actually wear a Packers jersey to a Super Bowl where they are not playing?

First off, the only Packers jersey I have is Brett Favre and he's made some questionable life choices. So I don't really wear in public all that often. However, let's pretend that I did have a jersey I really, really loved. Here's my answer. If I'm going to a Super Bowl party and I know at that party are gonna be people who are fans of the teams that are playing, I'm not gonna bring my Packers stuff around.

But if I'm going to a party and it's, just eating, we're just eating, we're watching the commercials, like we're here for all the fluffy sideshow stuff. Yeah, maybe, might bring my Packers stuff. Yeah. How about you? What would you do? answer. No, no. Why? Why? Disrespectful. whatever. No, I just don't, I probably just wouldn't wear my Patriots jersey. I mean, let's be honest, they're probably invisible, so like it's fine.

Maybe not this year. But maybe. No, I would either wear something of the color of the team that I'm quote unquote rooting for. Rooting for. Because you always have to pick one or the other, right? You're kind of like, I want this team Yeah, probably. In a lot of cases, it's just like, I don't want this team to win. that's probably more likely. Yeah. So then you wear your purple instead of red or whatever.

whatever it is. I think that's what I would do. Or just, I would just go full neutral in something fun and sporty. probably just some leggings because I'm a comfy gal. So that's fair enough. And I mentioned at the beginning, but in a future episode, we are going to cover the X's, the O's diving into all the details about the big game, like the teams, the stats, the drama, behind the scenes stuff.

obviously a little bit of gossip. So think of it like a sports center that you'd actually watch with your friends. So be on the lookout for that episode dropping very soon. Yeah. And before we get into our, she's got game, I do have a couple trivia questions for you. I'm hoping that you know some answers to these. So, okay. What is the team that won the very first Superbowl ever?

I mean, if you win the first Super Bowl, that would have to mean that you're the best team in the whole world. You know, unless, mean, you know what though? That's probably not true. I think you could probably only be the best team in the whole world if you win the first two Super Bowl. All right. Fair enough. got it. The Packers, the Packers. knew this. Yeah. You looked that one up, didn't you? Yeah. And they played in LA against who did they play against? don't remember this part.

Oh, I had that's why the trophy is named after Vince Lombardi, who was the Packers head coach back, it's the Lombardi trophy, it's a Super Bowl trophy. know, like obviously named Kansas City, the first one was against Kansas City, the second one was the OG Oakland Raiders. Oh, rest in peace. Yep. Yeah, got that Okay, but that's fine. Who has won the most Super Bowls ever?

It's the Patriots, right? Or Steelers, tied? Yes, it's a tie for both. Only because I was researching. would have never pulled that out. I know. You're doing a great job. Hey, good job on doing your research before this one. I just Googled all Patriots Super Bowl facts. like, Teryn is for sure going to ask this. Who's won the most Super Bowl MVPs? I looked this up too. His last name is Estate.

No. I don't remember. Come on. Tom Brady. No. Really? Yeah. Most Super Bowl MVPs. Huh. Who has the most Super Bowl rings? Brady. Yeah. Okay. I always stop asking you Patriots questions. You did bring up the Lombardi Trophy. How many pounds do you think it? You looked it up. We're on the same website here. Probably. We're probably on all the same articles. I have a good one that I thought was kind of funny.

What team has played in four Super Bowls but has never had a lead ever? I have no idea. This would be the Minnesota Vikings. poor guys. Okay. Here's some back. Which city has hosted the most Super Bowls? New Orleans. Miami. no. Yeah, you're right. You're right. right. You're right.

I read that one, but I forgot. to this. So Lambeau field, the Packers will never host a Superbowl because that, yep, it's too cold. The NFL prevents it. If the location of the, mean, you know, global warming. maybe in 20 years, but if the, if the temperature of the climate is less than 50 degrees and is not an enclosed stadium, then you're out of

running. Tell me some teams that I've never ever played in a Super Bowl, one of which might arrive there this year. Yeah, I do know this one. It's the Cleveland Browns, the Lions, the Texans and the Jaguars. That surprised me. To me, it's the Texans that surprised me little bit. Anyways, that was fun. I enjoyed that.

All now we'll move on to our section of the podcast where we talk about some amazing women who are doing amazing things. And since we are on the topic of the Super Bowl, I really wanted to hit on a She's Got Game that is specific to Super Bowls. So I really wanted to share about Super Bowl 57. So that was two Super Bowls ago. And it was the Super Bowl where Taylor Swift

boyfriend played against Taylor Swift's boyfriend's brother. Do you remember that one? Yes. It's the Kelsey brothers, Travis and Jason. What team is Jason on? He's not anymore. He's retired now, but he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. So was the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Eagles in Super Bowl 57. Were Taylor and Travis together at that time? No, they were not. So we could...

absolutely highlight both of the women of those two relationships, i.e. Taylor Swift, the queen, and Kylie Kelsey, the other queen who is killing it in the podcast game right now. We love that for her. But I want to tell you about some amazing women who did some things surrounding this specific Super Bowl. Starting with, you know how they always do a flyover before the game? It's usually like at the end of the national anthem. Yeah. Well,

For the first time in NFL history, the Super Bowl pregame flyover was piloted by all women. That's amazing. Yes, it was in honor of 50 years of females as US Navy pilots. So they were led in a diamond formation by Lieutenant Peggy Dente, Lieutenant Ariel Ash, and Lieutenant Saree Moreno.

Lieutenant Moreno mentioned the impact of flight on the next generation. And if young girls wanted to be a jet pilot, that was well within the possibility for them. So how cool is that? I love that. Lieutenant Peggy sounds like the perfect, I mean, that is the person who should be leading a squadron of very expensive, very fast planes over a huge sporting event. love that. Yeah, totally. That's fantastic.

That's just the beginning though. So at this particular game, the Eagles actually made history with their assistant coach, Coach Autumn Lockwood. She was the first ever black woman to coach in a Super Bowl game. So there were four total who have done it, but Lockwood tweeted on National Women in Girls in Sports Day that she was grateful for these other women and for all women in sports that had led the way and have been

the light for her and so many others. And I just want to say that we are also so grateful for what you have done, Autumn. So thank you for being just an absolute light and paving the way for other women to be able to do awesome things, especially in coaching football. I think that is so, so cool. Yeah. Man, can you imagine her first day on the job walking into this, you know, group of huge dudes? And I know we've talked about this before, but also

kudos to the men around Autumn and women like her who said, you're doing an amazing job. You deserve this opportunity and I'm going to help make this happen for you. So, way to go women. That's really cool. Way to go women and way to go men who support women. I love that. Okay. So this particular Super Bowl, we also had Rihanna, which we touched on before the beautiful goddess that she is soaring high in her brilliant red as the halftime show while we mentioned this.

pregnant with her second child. This actually marked the first time a pregnant woman ever headlined a Super Bowl halftime show. And she mentioned that the pregnancy reveal was somewhat unplanned, but her outfit wouldn't zip up properly because of her little baby bump. And we all stand in solidarity with Rihanna on that one, Tomei. We see you in those non-stretchy pants, Rihanna. She agreed to do the Super Bowl just three months

postpartum from her first child's birth. my. Yeah. And she was quoted as saying, when you become a mom, there's something that just happens where you feel like you could take on the world and you can just do anything. So she added that the Superbowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. So as scary as that was, there's something totally exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And she said it was important for her son to see her doing that and how moms can work.

and be powerful, kind of expanding on her quote a little bit, but dang, we really love that for all the moms and women out there who are working and doing things their own way, we salute you and we support you. Okay, the next and the last woman that I wanted to highlight from this Super Bowl is America's mom herself.

Donna Kelsey, she's the mother of Travis and Jason. She was the first mother to have two children playing in the Super Bowl in the same year. She's known for wearing her dual team jersey. It's split in half with the Chiefs and the Eagles. No favoritism around here, Donna. Nope. Donna was often actually spotted at

both of her kids games when possible to do so. if it was possible, she would sometimes go to one kid's game. And if they played on different days or like one played in the morning and one played in the evening, she would be at both. And now Jason is actually retired, but he's doing Monday night football as like a kind of halftime commentator. And she says she plans to support him in his effort. And she's going to be at those games as well as Travis's games.

whenever the Chiefs play. she's like, I'm really looking forward to the days when the Chiefs are playing Monday night so that I can just hit them both in one fell swoop. Two birds, one stone. Yeah, she really is a super mom, isn't she? Mm-hmm. She sounds amazing. Yeah, she really is. All right, that's a wrap on this episode of Almost Fans. We hope you had as much fun listening as we did chatting.

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