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The chips and dip are ready, the couch is extra fluffed and your friends are on their way ‑- your Super Bowl party is right on schedule! But if your small-talk skills feel challenged when it comes to football, we've got some surefire ways you can score with smooth game-watching chitchat that goes far beyond the normal discussions over extra points and clipping penalties. Before you watch, print our cheat sheet and you'll be ready to score.
1. Doctor's Orders or a Super Bowl Ring?
After receiving two screws in his ankle due to an injury in a December game against Dallas, playing in the Super Bowl is risky for Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. On the other hand, there are those obsessed Philly fans, afraid of failure after years of not reaching the big game, ready to take out anyone who could jeopardize their chances.
Discuss: Which is riskier? Playing or not playing?
2. No Ifs, Ands or Butts
Mickey Rooney's backside, once to be featured in a Super Bowl ad for cold medicine, was banned by Super Bowl broadcaster Fox. Meanwhile, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss was roundly criticized for pretending to moon the crowd in a first-round playoff game against the Packers.
Discuss: Who can really be offended in a sport where players slap each other's rears after every down? Shouldn't we bring back the booty?
3. Check Out the Undies... It's for Charity!
Why wait for a clothing malfunction on network TV? Straps are always slipping and sliding during the "Lingerie Bowl," a pay-per-view special again this year. This titillating alternative featuring scantily clad models playing tackle football offers new ways to rationalize tuning in by donating proceeds to AIDS research, so, uh...
Discuss: Yeah, dude, is that why you're watching?
4. Brad Hits the Bottle
The prospect of blond hunk Brad Pitt drunkenly brooding over his breakup with wife and best Friend Jennifer Aniston is far-fetched ‑- or is it? Pitt will show up during the game as the celebrity pitchman for Heineken.
Discuss: Is money Brad's true motivation here, or is it being surrounded by a dozen beer beauties? Or, hey, maybe he just really likes Heineken.
5. Beatle Boob Action
Paul McCartney is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, but at least the opening act is Alicia Keys, who will croon "America the Beautiful."
Discuss: Wouldn't we rather risk wardrobe malfunctions by somebody a little easier on the eyes than 62-year-old Sir Paul? Or is Fox right to play it safe?