Super Bowl logic for amateurs
Super Bowl Sunday is a few days away and it’s been a little low key on the promotion this year. For those who no longer have a dog in the fight the last two teams standing, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, are up for game day fan grabs.
The Chiefs definitely have a lock on the underdog role, it was in 1970 when they won their last Super Bowl trophy. For reference, I was 18 years old and it was half a century ago. I’m thinking they will be bringing the will to win big time.
The West Coast 49ers would be the logical team to cheer for in this part of the world. Since my good friend Katie Brodie’s big brother John Brodie is an iconic 49ers quarterback, playing 17 seasons in the NFL and I’ve met him, I’m leaning that way. In 1970 he was the league’s MVP. John is still bigger than life and a generous sharer of stories who also gives world-class hugs.
As you can see I enjoy the hoopla of the Super Bowl despite knowing very little about football. The logic I apply to choosing my game day team is circular at best. Luckily if I wear red, I’ll have all of the bases covered. And yes, that’s mixing sport metaphors.
If the Seahawks played in every Super Bowl it would certainly make life simpler on the first Sunday in February. But what’s not to love about a day dedicated to consuming a week’s worth of carbs, calories and cholesterol and some of the most outrageous and creative television commercials? Oh, and football.
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Saturday, from 5-9 at The Coeur d’Alene Resort the 35th Annual Hospice Wine Taste event is taking place. There’s also a raffle, open to the public, to win a $4,995 travel voucher for an 8-day Aegean Sea cruise with only 500 tickets being sold. www.hospicewinetaste.org for event and raffle tickets.
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Happy birthday today to Rachel Riggs, Cindy Peugh, Allen Hildebrant, Don Waddell and David Gerzina Sr. Tomorrow Jim Custer, Shannon Damiano, Mel Palmer, Sierra Graham, Brylee Dresser and Helen Sargent hear the birthday song. On Friday Jennifer Alexander, Robert Brown, Cassidy Peacock, Sandy Scarlett, Erik Salvador, Linda Wolff, Mary Bell and Bernadette Myers celebrate. On the first day of February my first born Alyssa Stromberg, Laura Little, Colleen Provost, Leslie Tibbs, Tonya Myers, Kristi Rietze, Susan Cook, Deedie Beard, James Ownbey, Jesse Anglen and Jamie Benner will be doing the birthday dance. Donna Wemple, Randy Medlock, Chad VanBrunt and Seth Yost share Super Bowl Sunday birthdays. Jackie Jameson, Leslie Damiano, Cindy Spence, Denise Lundy, Dawn Magness, Kay Burke, Howard Martinson and Donna Armbruster will mark their birthdays on Monday. Gene Reed, Cindy Mead, Connie Johnson, Chariesse Gross and Nancy Wilson blow out their candles on Tuesday.
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Kerri Rankin Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. Main Street appears every Wednesday in The Press and Kerri can be contacted on Facebook or via email mainstreet@cdapress.com.