Great Super Bowl Party Ideas

Super Bowl XLII is bound to be great without the help of any one thing in particular. But we can try. So let the old lady do her thing with the decorating and we'll take care of the man stuff. Here are a few ideas that might help put a good spin on the ordinary Super Bowl sunday.

Food. It has to be the most important part of Super Bowl Sunday. No? So here are a few ideas that I am sure everyone has already thought of but hey, sometimes pizza rolls and bean dip just aren't enough.

Wings

Every guy likes wings so couple of tips for ya. Try buying the bags of wings in the frozen area of the supermarket. They are like $10.00 for five pounds and you can do with them what you want. I prefer frying them myself but it does take a while. If you have a friend in the restaurant business, have them fry them up in their mondo friers. Then just ad your favorite sauce such as one of the many FRANK'S® RedHot® sauces.

Brats

Brats are great for any occasion. Try this out. Grill your brats on the grill even if its ninety-four below. Then throw them into a large pot or dutch oven filled with beer and water. Add a rainbow of peppers, onions and mushroom, or whatever you desire. Then season and let simmer on low heat for a few hours. Don't forget to get a good spicy mustard and then pile everything high.

Chili

There is seriously nothing like a huge bowl of hearty chili during a game. A great tip would be to make up the chili the night before. Then throw it back in the crock pot or on the stove the day of so the flavors activate like the Wonder Twin Powers, form of...steam. Sorry. Also try adding grilled steak, grilled pork, or chorizo. I sometimes add a couple cans of green chile sauce.

Those are just a few good foods that might make the Super Bowl or any event great. Along with those you might try meat ball sandwiches, pulled pork sandwiches, sloppy joes, fried chicken, bbq chicken, battered mushrooms, bread sticks, spinach dip, mozzarella sticks or even my favorite, dried beef wrapped around cream cheese and a pickle.

Drink! Most of us have our drink of choice but some of us are up for new things. I might suggest tomato beers instead, or set out some green olives for the daring. Also get some heavy mugs and throw them in the freezer. Mmmmmm, cold mug with beer in it.

For those of us who aren't getting a keg, you might try purchasing a large cooler for the entertaining area. Keep it close so you don't miss anything. If that won't work, use a kiddy pool and fill it with ice.

Drinking Games? I'm not talkin' those hardcore games where you drink so much you might think your actually at the game. No. Simple spontaneous games will do just fine. Try this one.

Every time the following happens you drink. Fun as hell eh?

A computer commercial comes on: Take a drink!
The chains come out: Take a shot
FUMBLEEE!!!!: Chug

Make up your own version or whatever. Just don't chug the whiskey.

Half Time Fun. There are a ton of things you can do at half time. Besides eat and go to the bathroom. If you have had too much to drink or there is too much snow on the ground for a punt, pass and kick contest. Try an eating contest.

A hot dog eating contest, a hot wing eating contest or even a twinkie eating contest. Hey, whatever floats your boat. Just make sure everyone agrees on the rules. Try these out.

Criteria: Must eat as much or as many in time frame aloud
One round of eating: 2 minutes
Disqualification if: Vomiting or cheating

That should take care of half time. I have a feeling that it would bring laughs upon laughs. But so would a drunken punt, pass and kick contest in the snow. Hey, try that after chugging a beer and spinning around ten times. No?

Other Games. I am sure some of us have time for tons of fun. Well instead of seeing who can pee there name in the snow the best maybe try one of these ideas.

Gamble

Low stakes or high? It doesn't matter. It's the thrill of the win. Try placing a bet on who will win, who will be MVP, or the point spread.

Fantasy

Got this one from www.evite.com, "Start your party before game time so you can psych everyone up. Everyone loves to root for their favorite player, so up the stakes a bit by having everyone draft a Super Bowl fantasy player: Have a bowl with star players' numbers written down on pieces of paper. When guests arrive, they pick a player to cheer on (again, separate the teams into two bowls so fans aren't rooting for the wrong team)."

Have fun and let me know about it.