Now, the Super Bowl is a stimulation extravaganza. Watching the big game is about high-contact sports, alcohol and the proud American tradition of advertising. So take some time away from looking at a giant screen by looking a smaller one — a cellphone with some of the following apps.
NFL Tailgate
iOS
free
NFL Tailgate is a social media network built around football. It’s linked to and heavily based off Facebook, but with different features. The user can follow teams to receive information like score updates, as well as making posts for conversations. Like any social network, it’s more fun with friends.
NFL Mobile
iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone
Free
It’s the National Football League’s flagship app. It comes with team updates, rosters and statistics, and it can link with fantasy teams run through NFL.com. Users can check out video highlights once games are over, and Verizon customers can stream games live through the app after paying a subscription fee of $5 per month.
Super Bowl Trivia (Android) or Super Football Trivia: Unofficial Super Bowl Edition (iOS)
Free
Who says Buffalo Wild Wings is the only place to test sports expertise? There are tons of Super Bowl and football related trivia apps out there across most platforms. Try to stump friends with these lists of multiple-choice questions. To get on the level of a real wiz, download several to keep the questions coming. Super Football Trivia for iOS even has a catalogue of the best Super Bowl commercials of all time, so features like this are easy to find.
Seattle Seahawks (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry
Free
If you’re going to watch the big game, it only makes sense to have the official mobile apps for both the Broncos and Seahawks. Both apps have most of the same features, like statistics, rosters and updates on the team. Both have fantasy team tracking for players even from different teams, photo galleries and social media streams to keep the viewer well-informed and entertained before, during and after the game.
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