Though the Super Bowl is being held in Dallas this year, only a few SMU Mustangs will be in the stands.
This year Southern Methodist University students have many options on where to spend their Super Bowl Sunday.
The Granada Theater on Greenville is hosting a Super Bowl watching party and sports bars in the area will definitely have it on its screens.
Campus organizations such as The Wesley Foundation are hosting Super Bowl events for students to attend. Wesley is throwing a “Super Bowl Sunday” party in which attendees are to bring a can of soup to donate to the North Texas Food Bank.
“It’s just a good time for fun and fellowship,” junior Katie Newsome said. “It’s a nice way to combine watching football and doing something good for others.”
Super Bowl parties also provide a good excuse to take a break from schoolwork in favor of spending time with friends.
“Sundays are usually pretty busy days for me, so there’s usually no room for anything else besides doing homework, going to Mass and eating dinner,” sophomore Adrienne Yim said. “This Sunday, however, I’m bucking my routine in favor of gorging on junk food and hanging out with friends in the name of ‘watching the Super Bowl.’ I don’t really like football, but I’m excited to spend time with people I don’t get to see very often.”
Other Mustangs are looking for a more low-key Super Bowl experience.
“I’m not doing anything too exciting,” senior Andrew Stallings said. “I’m just having a couple of friends over to my place. We’ll order some pizzas and drink some Miller Lite.”
“Even though there’s lots of Super Bowl parties going on, I think I might just go to a friend’s dorm room and curl up and watch the game,” sophomore Jen Nguyen said. “I’d rather not face the cold!”
Many on-campus options for watching the game are also being offered. Residence halls like Hawk, Martin and Moore are hosting a watching party with free food for the residents and the Hughes-Trigg Student Center will also being playing the game.
So whichever team you are rooting for this weekend, Super Bowl Sunday is sure to be filled with friends and football for the Mustangs.
