Like watching the parade, don't care about the football game. The floats are the best part, the people announcing usually are reading from a prepared notebook and really don't seem to know anything about them. We were visiting relatives one year who lived near the parade and got to see it in person. The floats covered with live flowers/plants are amazing to see in person and on TV you don't get a sense of the details involved in making them look authentic. Occasionally there are shows about how the floats are built which is fascinating to watch.