CAMPUS LIFE

Students rev up for Superbowl

Sports office staff member Jimmy Williams helps a student fill out his
Superbowl score guess. Torrence Williams | Washtenaw Voice

By Kristy King
Staff Writer

The 54th Superbowl is upon us, and it has every Lions fan chanting “SuperBowl 2021.” However, for those of you who are not in complete denial, you’d rather be talking about your Superbowl traditions.

WCC Students have the opportunity to guess the Superbowl champs and winning score, competing to win a prize through the WCC sports office.

Who will win, the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers? Sports office staff will be at a table in the Student Center to collect guesses from students. and you can also visit the sports office to place your guess.

Jimmy Williams, 21, works at the WCC sports office and said he’ll be rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs. He said his father used to coach football at Eastern Michigan and during that time Andrew Wylie, a current offensive guard for Kansas City, was a member of the team. Williams said it would be nice to see the Chiefs win because of that connection.

Williams said he likes watching the Superbowl with his father because his father played NFL for 12 years and the two enjoy discussing the game together, especially the errors and the plays that could have been made better.

Williams is not the only one who enjoys Superbowl time with Dad.

“I’m a huge football fan, and it’s a family affair,” said Gabriella Browning, faculty commons support specialist at WCC.

Browning watches the Superbowl every year, usually with her Dad and a deep dish bacon pizza. If she’s feeling ambitious, she heads for a local watering hole with her friends.

“Being a Latin American myself, I’m so excited to see JLo and Shakira perform this year,” Browning said. “I’m looking forward to what cultural references they will put into their halftime performance.”

Browning’s favorite halftime performance was in 2014 when Bruno Mars took the stage. She also loved when Michael Jackson hit the stage in his white gloves for the Superbowl in 1993.

Other memorable performances include Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Beyonce and of course, Prince, when it actually started to rain during his 2007 performance of “Purple Rain.”

Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Doritos stood out as memorable Superbowl commercials to many students and campus community members.

“That Doritos one was so funny last year,” said DJ Vroussard, 20, a performance arts major. He recalled Chance the Rapper and Backstreet Boys joining forces for a memorable and quite hysterical commercial.

Vroussard’s Superbowl traditions include hanging out with family and eating meat-lovers pizza or spicy buffalo wings.

“I’m a Lions fan, but it might be a hundred years until they even get to the Superbowl,” said Vroussand. “I root for the Seahawks, Bears, Packers and sometimes the Saints. So, it depends on who’s playing.”