Super Bowl Suffering

[pert -5]

With the big game on the way, it becomes apparent that....(insert cliched intro here).

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/health/01mind.html?src=twrhp

Excerpt:
“The belief that these patients have is that the world will end if the Steelers — uh, I mean, their team loses,” said Mark Hogue, a psychologist at Northshore Psychological Associates in Erie, Pa., who owns a trunkload of Pittsburgh Steelers paraphernalia, including a Snuggie. “As a therapist, you need to take that fear seriously.”
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The end of the world?  Really?  Do people really take football that seriously?  Do I really need to ask? 

Maybe I'm a tad sardonic, but, I am.

Peace.