Contemplating the Big Game

Today is my anniversary date for me joining the military, having joined 29 years ago today! It was about 33 years ago that I moved from Minnesota, the last time that they were in the Super Bowl. It would be nice to see Minnesota win today and people are split between wanting the New Orleans Saints win, going to the Super Bowl uplifting the Hurricane Katrina devastated city. It is a game today highlighting the quarterbacks. Drew Brees is far more than a football hero for a Saints franchise enjoying the best season of its 43 years. He is also a focus of the physical, financial and psychological revival of the region that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. People would like to see Bret Farve take the Minnesota Vikings return to the “big game”*1 because he represents the regular guy, who at 40, is still mixing it up in a sport where most have retired long before hitting 40.
I can remember George Blanda was about my age when he retired from the NFL, here is Bret Farve at 40, a semimetal favorite for over forty football fans like me, not unlike when George Foreman was boxing at the advanced age of 48 when he fought his last fight.
So here I sit just before the kick off hoping that the old guy and his team take this game and go off to the "big game" in two weeks!!

Go Vikings!!!

*1, The word Superbowl is trademarked name by the NFL. If you are a bar or a business, you have to pay them something to use it! Or you end up going to court or some such thing! The NFL is vigilant on stopping what it says is unauthorized commercial use of its trademarked terms "NFL," "Super Bowl,"; as a result, many events and promotions tied to the game but not sanctioned by the NFL are forced to refer to it with colloquialisms such as "The Big Game," or other generic descriptions.

Update

The Playboy headquarters in LA, Hef's palace to the players of the world, refers to the Super Bowl as Gameday, chances are that his legal department at Playboy must have recommendation to avoid litigation if the notorious over zelous NFL and their quest to someday trademark the Big Game, which they have tried! What is great about Hef''s big ticket event at the Playboy mansion is the proceeds go to charity, one of them going to causes like The Wounded Warrior Project.

In 2006, the NFL made an attempt to trademark "The Big Game" as well. However, it withdrew the application in 2007 due to growing commercial opposition to the move, mostly from fans of both Stanford and Cal who compete in The Big Game which concludes their Pac-10 season. Some critics say the NFL is exaggerating its ownership rights by stating that "any use is prohibited", as this contradicts the broad doctrine of fair use in the United States.

My Vikings lost in overtime and that is a bummer but the two best teams in the NFL did make the Superbowl and it will be a good game.