- Everybody misses the Super Bowl because of a funeral. Therefore, they all try to go 24 hours without finding out who won so that they can watch the game together on Monday night.
- It's tradition for Ted, Barney, Marshall, Lily and now Robin to watch the Super Bowl together. The 2007 edition of the game is different in that they have to attend a funeral the day of the game. They expect to be home in time for the 6:00 kick off, but just in case they're not, they're Tivo-ing the game. When the funeral goes longer than they expect and they miss the game altogether, Ted proposes that they watch the game on Monday night in eighteen hours to keep the tradition alive, but also to avoid finding out who won the game before watching it. It's difficult enough for Robin to avoid knowing since she works in the media and Ted since he is tasked with buying the hot wings at a sports bar for the game, but it ends up being just as difficult a situation unexpectedly for Marshall. Barney, on the other hand, does whatever he can to find out who won since he's got a lot of money riding on the outcome.—Huggo
- Ted's favorite holiday is Super Bowl Sunday. He has everything planned out continuing their tradition of watching it together with hot wings. The gang's plans are cut short when they find out a worker "Mark" at the bar has died. The gang doesn't know or remember Mark, but they are forced into going to the funeral otherwise they won't be allowed back in the bar. The funeral starts at the same time as Super Bowl XLI, so they tape it figuring they'll watch it afterwards. The funeral is the one time that Barney does not suit up. Barney says suits are full of joy and thus only for the living. When he goes, he want to go in an open casket and buck naked. Open bar for the guys and a open casket for the ladies.
The wake lasts too long (as Carl keeps them at the bar telling favorite Mark stories till 2 am) and they run out of time to watch the game. Ted wants to keep the tradition going as they have watched every game together since 2003. Marshall introduced Barney to gambling in 2004, when he won $20 on a bet that he didn't even understand. Since then, Barney is hooked to gambling. They plan to not find out the score of the game until the next day to watch it together (which means they have to survive 18 hrs without finding out who won.. No TV, no internet, no newspapers, nothing). Ted works at home so no one can tell him the score while Barney handcuffs himself to Ted's wall, so he can't find the score, because he has a lot of money on the game. Robin does the best she can to avoid the media, even though she works in news. She stalls the sports report by constantly repeating the weather report, the traffic report and so on. But she closes her ears and drowns out any voices with her song when the actual report is read out.
Finally Marshall goes to class with Lily for show and tell, but must bribe one of her students not to reveal the score. The boy is mean and gets Marshall to take the blame for his misdeeds Ted leaves him alone while he goes to get the wings. He wears the "Sensory Deprivator 5000" (Duct tape on sunglasses with just 2 tiny holes to see out of, blinders with cardboard out of cereal box and high tech noise canceling headphones) to keep from learning anything about the game while he goes to the sports bar. He returns to the apartment, but realizes he has to make a second trip out for missing dipping sauce and heads back out. He slips on a stray pool ball and narrowly avoids hearing the score.
Meanwhile, Barney escapes from Ted's and tries as hard as he can to find the score of the game. He runs into many people including Emmitt Smith, who have all missed the game.
Marshall continues to be tormented by the student until he gets him back by spraying juice on his pants and threatens to tell everyone he wet his pants. Marshall gets his money back and the boy's pudding snack pack. While Ted is back in the bar getting the sauce, he trips but doesn't find out the score, Barney checks the newspaper, Robin hears the winner at the station, and a janitor has the radio on in the school revealing the score of the game to Lily (who covers Marshall's ears to keep him from hearing too), thus almost all of them know the score of the game without even watching it.
Marshall, Lily and Robin head to Ted's but don't reveal that they know who won, and Barney promises he won't tell - only to be heard loudly screaming in Ted's room that he lost every bet thus ruining the game for everybody, since Ted knew who Barney bet on. Despite this, the five decide to sit down and watch the game anyway and still manage to enjoy themselves as much as ever.
Future Ted finishes the story by telling his kids that he doesn't remember who won or even who played, but he'll always remember the evening as a fun one he spent with his friends. Later, Ted uses the sensory depravating device when Barney complains about all the sub bets he lost on the game.
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