It’s a known fact that not everyone in the world likes sports or for that matter even cares about sports. However, I’m one of the people that love sports. First and foremost it’s my job and I’m not going to follow something I don’t like.

One of the biggest events in this industry for a person like me is the Super Bowl. It doesn’t matter if my team is playing in it or not. This is the event that you dream of going to whether it is as a fan, player or a journalist. Where else can you get such high emotional drama and real-life heroics?

A perfect example was last year when the Saints won. If you would have told someone that after Katrina the Saints were going to win the Super Bowl, let alone still be playing in New Orleans, people would have said you were crazy and out of your mind. But with that victory they not only proved everyone wrong, but they single handedly re-energized a city and a community through sports.

We’ve also seen that even the most unstoppable forces can be derailed in the Super Bowl. New York proved that when they took down the Patriots in Arizona thus tarnishing what otherwise would have been a perfect season for New England. Eli Manning went from being the “Other Manning brother” to a hero in one night through his play and his commitment.

This year people of Amarillo, especially Palo Duro High School, have something to cheer about. One of their own is playing in the Super Bowl, Ziggy Hood. It’s not often that players from this area get to showcase their talents in the NFL but Hood has been one of those blessed with an incredible opportunity. He has shown through his play that he deserves his spot and through his actions that he’s never forgotten where he came from either.

So when you combine all of these things and look at the big picture, it’s kind of hard to argue against why so many people love the Super Bowl and sports in general.