With the national excitement of another Super Bowl less than a week away, Fairfield students have surprisingly little idea of what they will be doing for the Big Game.
The match-up between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts is riddled with story lines, from Peyton Manning getting the chance to win the big game to the first time a black head coach will be in the Super Bowl. But has the lack of an East Coast team dulled the excitement for students?
While a few people have lost interest in the game, the majority of the people interviewed maintained a high level of excitement for doing something socially.
“I’m not sure what I’ll be doing for the game yet, but I’m sure I’ll do something,” said Rich Falcone ’08. “I think that it’s such a huge event that there always will be some interest in the game, even if neither team is from around here.”
Even though the majority of Fairfield’s students are from the Northeast, the Midwest is not entirely without representation.
Ellen Kramer ’10 is from Chicago and has been rallying friends to cheer for the Bears, or more importantly, against the Colts.
“I have been recruiting a lot of friends to root for the Bears with me,” she said. “It’s mostly Patriots fans who are rooting against the Colts more than they are cheering for the Bears.”
Although she has strong interest in the game and has been raising that interest in the people around her, she still has no idea where she will be watching the game.
“I don’t have any plans yet, but I really should since I’m from Chicago,” Kramer remarked. “I’m sure I’ll wind up watching it somewhere.”
While it appears that the Super Bowl is not the hottest topic on campus, most students feel the need to watch the game.
Freshman Kara Ginnetty claims that she is not really into football, but will still take time to watch the game.
“I’m not a fan of either team, but I’ll probably watch it,” she said. Like Ginnetty, Brittany Shaw ’10 also intends to watch the Super Bowl.
“I don’t care who is in the Super Bowl, but I’ll probably be watching it in Dolan,” she said.
While some freshmen are just getting into the groove of Super Bowl rituals, many seniors already have their Super Bowl traditions.
“We’re picking up some wings and then a six foot sub and some pizzas,” said Jimmy Kalinoski ’07. “And then we’ll be enjoying college festivities to the max, going between my house and the Grape.”
Senior Jackie Macchi will be enjoying her Super Bowl festivities at the beach with a similar tradition of eating wings, six-foot subs and pizza and “assigned seating arrangements.”
However both Macchi and Kalinoski do not have favorites for the Super Bowl and are just excited for a fun-filled night.
There is still time to make a plan or join a party if you don’t have a tradition.
For other students looking for a way to make the game more enjoyable there are places you can go to watch and enjoy plenty of snacks for the game.
Archie Moore’s Bar and Restaurant is a prime place for great chicken wings and a staple of Fairfield fun. According to the owner of the restaurant, 25,000 wings were sold last year from the time they opened until kick off.
The popular restaurant is not, however, having any kind of Super Bowl celebration. It’s such a busy day for the take out portion of the restaurant that they simply can’t have any kind of celebration.
If it is a Super Bowl party you are looking for, however, the Stag is certainly a place to look. For the last few years, the Stag has had food specials and prize giveaways all throughout the game.
“We’ll have wings and stuff like that,” said supervisor Al Torcasio. “There will be prize giveaways, deals on food and 3-foot and 6-foot subs. We’ve been doing stuff like this for the last three or four years.”
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