I have a mild dislike for both teams. In my walks around the neighborhood I have asked the other old guys if they care about either team, because sometimes you do hear someone say "Yeah I have a nephew who works for the Eagles," or some such. There was none of that today. In one conversation, I did allow that sometimes when some team is an underdog, or is staging a comeback late in the game, I will root for them. That guy said "I like to see them almost come back and think they are going to win, then have it snatched away from them," to which I said "You are an even more miserable sonofabitch than I am. But I kind of like that."
Saquon Barkley has had the sad misfortune of playing for the NYGiants his whole career but is now finally playing for a good team and has been spectacular. I'm rooting for him, and I don't think if they are ahead late in the game I will be happy if he fumbles and the Eagles cough up Super Bowl LIX. Go Saquon. Jason Kelce has won me many games in my keeper league, but AJ Brown has overcome a lot to be here. So call me ungrateful, but Go AJ. Go Eagles, sorta.
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From the fact that so many people watch the game (or have it on in the background during a party) -- far more than are otherwise fans of either team, I guess that the teams don't matter as much as the fact of the game and the rituals appended to it.
Rituals, yes. Compare to the World Series in the old days, or Tom Boswell's "Why Life Begins on Opening Day."
Or opening all community meetings with the Pledge or the Anthem
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