Obama has a laser focus on the upcoming March madness bracket picks.
President Obama has predicted that Super Bowl XLIX will be a close game, and said under-inflation of footballs is “break[ing] the rules.”
Weighing in, in an interview aired late Sunday afternoon with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, the president declined to predict whether Seattle or New England would earn rings this year.
“I will say that it’s going to be close, and the question I have is whether Seattle’s secondary’s healthy or not,” Obama said, referring to the injuries to Seahawks Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, stars of the Seattle defense sometimes known as the “Legion of Boom.”
“That’s the heart and soul of their team,” the president said. “They’ve got three guys back there who are hurt, and I don’t know how that’s going to affect the game.”[…]
Asked whether he preferred football to basketball, he said, “I’m still a basketball guy, but I love football.”
Asked whether he preferred Buffalo wings or chips and guacamole, he replied, “That’s tough. I’m going to go with chips and guac,” but added, “I’m not a fanatic about guac.”
Asked whether he preferred Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, he was quick with a response: “Love ’em both.”