If you haven’t been able to tell, I’m a big sports fan.  I sprinkle stuff in when I’m on the air all the time.  Yet I realize for many of you, sports rank a bit lower.  What we have in common…is alternative.  And that’s cool.

Sunday looms large, however.  The Super Bowl remains the most viewed event each year, hands down. Last year it was even the third most viewed TV event….EVER.  Which means many a non-pigskin person will be gathering to watch.  And there you are, needing to rub elbows with people who…just know football.  And no one wants to feel completely left out, right?

I ran across this primer from Lifehacker today and thought…this is perfect for those in 101WKQXland who want to at least have some sort of connection and know very little about the context of the game.  So, here you go.

I’d also like to add two things:

This is a court sketch artist’s rendering of New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady from a few years back.  Tom — well, hilariously doesn’t look anything like Tom here.  He was appearing in U.S. District Court in his first appearance in his lawsuit regarding Deflategate.  Find any Patriots fan.  Yell the word Deflategate.  And then run as fast as you can.

The NFL RedZone channel saved football fans about 35 hours of commercial watching this past season.  RedZone shows every scoring play in every game.  While they are waiting for scores to happen, they just show the team closest to pulling it off.  You can impress your football friends by telling them that RedZone is the only way you fly.

So, there you go.  And enjoy the universal truths of the big game:  big food and big drink. —  [eric]