By: Kacie Rioux
The Super Bowl is a great American tradition. Whether you like football or just enjoy watching the commercials, one aspect that everyone looks forward to is the food. The Super Bowl is a great excuse to throw a party and eat cheesy, delicious foods like mozzarella sticks, chicken wings, and quesadillas with friends. In fact, the Super Bowl is second largest day of food consumption behind Thanksgiving according to yummly.com.
Boston University students have been preparing for Super Bowl festivities all week and BU Dining Services helped get students in the mood. Dining Services let students vote between New York Style Cheesecake and Boston Cream Pie for Super Bowl Sunday dinner to represent their favorite team. Ultimately, Giants fans were victorious (in both contests) and cheesecake was served. Raising Cane’s also offered tailgate boxes so students could host their own parties and get their fried food fix while watching the game.
Agganis Arena also hosted a free Super Bowl party with pizza and wings for BU students. After indulging in all of the delicious (although maybe not the healthiest) snacks, students could get a little exercise and ice skate while watching the Giants eke out a win over the Patriots. 
And even if you did overindulge or emotionally eat last night, you are not alone: 7-Eleven reports that antacid sales increase by 20 percent on the day after the Super Bowl.
