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• For each player who has been arrested on the night before the big game, take a drink.
• For each shot of a head coach pacing the sidelines in his officially licensed team gear, headphones and haircut, take a drink.
• For every mention of “The coveted Lombardi Trophy,” take a drink.
• Each time a beer commercial features an adult male getting hurt or humiliated, take a drink.
• When the camera pans in on a pale, grey-haired team owner and his trophy wife peering down at the game from their luxury box, take a drink.
• When the camera shows Roger Goodell in his luxury box, take a drink, take a knee and say a quick prayer thanking your Creator that you have year-round media coverage of the NFL to look forward to for the rest of your life.
• Each time the announcers speculate on whether or not this will be Peyton Manning’s final game, take a drink.
• Take a drink each time Peyton Manning cries out “Omaha!”
• Take a drink each time Peyton Manning throws an interception. Take two drinks if it is a “pick-six.”
• Whenever the color analyst mentions “good penetration,” “red zone,” or “taking it to the hole,” take a drink and exchange a knowing smirk with your significant other.
• For every commercial featuring horses, babies or puppy dogs, take a drink and keep a Kleenex handy to dab the grateful tears from your eyes.
• This year’s halftime entertainment will be Coldplay, Beyonce, and a “special guest.” If that secret performer turns out to be U2, slam the rest of your drink. If it turns out to be Taylor Swift, slam your drink and the drink of the person sitting next to you.
• For every commercial making a “statement” about a Serious National Concern like child obesity or rickets or binge drinking, take a drink and complain about how you don’t need to be reminded of this shit during the Super Bowl.
• Take a drink each time someone in the room reminisces fondly about the Bud Bowl.
• When the celebratory cooler of Gatorade is dumped on the winning head coach, take one drink if the liquid looks orange, and two drinks if it has more of a reddish tint.
• After the game and the locker room interviews and the post-game analysis, take two Advils and maybe take a walk around your neighborhood in the brisk night air. Tomorrow’s a working day, and you’ve got to be up by six in the morning.
