Eastern students comment on their plans for the face off between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots this Sunday.

Rebecca Rosignolo, a freshman communication studies major, said as a child her family would get together for the Super Bowl.

“We used to always have pizza and watch TV,” Rosignolo said.

Rosignolo said it became harder to be with her family on Super Bowl Sunday with complications with school and work.

Like Rosignolo, Makenzie Mazibrook, a freshman elementary education major, said her family also throws a Super Bowl celebration party.

Mazibrook said she feels like her mom because she will be cooking food for friends for the game.

Mazibrook said she watches the game for the football but she has no team that she will be rooting for this year.

Katie Eckberg, a special education major, said her family tradition also involves hosting a Super Bowl party.

“Our whole family comes over and it’s a big get together,” Eckberg said. “Taco dip is always involved.”

Eckberg said she will be watching the game with friends this year and rooting for the New York Giants even though she is a Chicago Bears fan.

Eckberg said she will be rooting for the New York Giants because she does not want the New England Patriots to win.

Jennifer Vogt, a sophomore special education major, will also be watching the game with friends this year.

Vogt said she had just recently started getting into football at the start of this season, seeing as how her older siblings are fanatic football players.

Vogt said she picked the New York Giants to root for at the beginning of the season because she was a fan of the New York Giant’s quarterback, Eli Manning.

Vogt said she had always been to a party on Super Bowl Sunday and will be watching the game this year with friends.

Maurice Green a sophomore accounting major, will also be going to a friend’s Super Bowl party, but he will be traveling to his hometown of Downers Grove.

Green, like Eckberg, said the game only has significance to him if the Chicago Bears are playing.

While many students had Super Bowl traditions of family parties, Ethan States, a senior mathematics major, said Super Bowl Sunday was like every other Sunday at his house.

States said, however, he might watch the game at a small Super Bowl party.

“Otherwise, I’d probably be doing homework,” States said.

Kathryn Richter can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].