It turns out that the Superbowl will be televised in Scotland. However, it’s billed as the biggest American sports event. That is, when it’s billed at all. Most of the focus here is on “real” football (soccer). After that, there’s a big rugby tournament going on which is getting a lot of attention. The local university’s girls field hockey team will be having a match soon. the superbowl ranks somewhere after that. Honestly, I think the only reason it’s getting any attention at all is because it’s on at 10:40pm here and doesn’t have a lot of competition in that time slot. A few of the pubs (pronounced “poobs” over here), are even running superbowl specials and staying open until 3am to show the game. But that seems more about selling beer.

And they won’t be showing the U.S. commercials, so what’s the point?