The best thing about the Super Bowl is sitting on the couch and eating. Scott recently built a house. He has an entertainment system that he installed in his house for one occasion... the Super Bowl. It's a lot like a movie theater. Scott wants to be able to eat food and watch the game, all in one space. Jason has his family get together and his wife spends a lot of time cooking food and it is a lot like Christmas. They will even leave church early. Once the pregame show starts (about 4 hours before kickoff). He watches the game very closely.
Last year, when the Falcons had a 28-3 lead, Scott had people in his house left early because it was a blowout. They ended up missing a historic ending. Jason still enjoys the commercials even when the game is not close. Scott doesn't like to talk to people when watching the game. He is just focused and then makes observations. He also has a hard time seeing stupid things happen in the game and he yells. Jason is the same way.
Do you know how much it costs to run a 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl? 5 million dollars! Jason loves the commercials, Scott doesn't really care about them. But it's a risk for the advertiser because some of the commercials are not very good then you have legendary ones. A lot of people watch the Super Bowl, last year 125 million people watch the game. The World Cup Final? Over 3 billion people.
Then you have the Halftime performances. Some that are great and some that are not so much. Like the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake incident. Also, Beyonce and her anti-police thing.
The best part of the episode is the favorite Super Bowl food. Jason likes the little sausages and all of the different dips for the chips. Jason wife also makes a great salad. But ultimately it is all about the wings in the Buck household.
Scott is doing something different, he is smoking his chicken wings. But he also has a great dip that is a BLT dip that has sour cream, cream cheese, tomatoes and bacon. That is heavenly for Scott.
Scott Mitchell and Jason Buck, hosts of Rivals are past football rivals at the university and professional level, come together to talk life and sports. Scott Mitchell was a record-setting quarterback at the University of Utah. He then went on to play for Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, and Cincinnati Bengals. Jason Buck was drafted out of Brigham Young University in the first round of the NFL draft. He played on the defensive line for Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins. He earned a Super Bowl ring in the Redskins victory over Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.
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