I don't know alot about American Football but I know who I will be hoping to win tomorrow...
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Living in London most of my life there has always been a measure of exposure to American Football, mainly from the game being televised here in the late 80's/early 90's (some of you older Brits might remember it being on Channel 4 back in the day). That said I could never claim to be a bonafide aficionado of the game, but by the same token I am not exactly hostile to it. The Superbowl has always been a big draw, mainly for the sheer spectacle of the event (Lets face it the Yanks know how to put on a big show!) but again I have never been particularly drawn to any one team (Except for a brief flirtation with the San Diego Chargers back on the late 80's).
So with the Superbowl on the horizon the British press has been talking about it here and there, and on one of the national papers an article on the Packers caught my eye:
I had no idea that the Packers were a team that was owned largely by the fans (in a manner reminiscent of the system employed by German Football clubs or the odd team in Spain like Barcelona or Bilbao for example). A small town team that bucks the big money trend that seems to dominate the other NFL teams (Again I am no genius when it comes to US football, so if there other 'Fan-owned' teams just point them out, don;t bite my head off). This really struck a cord in me, especially being a Football (Soccer) fan, a game which has become largely corrupted by big money and commercialism in a way I always thought was the case in the NFL (If I am wrong just tell me, don't bite)...to find out that the Packers go against the grain in this respect impressed me.
SO rightly or wrongly I am going to be hoping for the Packers to win it in style, yep for one night only the Cata is going to be a Cheesehead 
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