Not that she was particularly interested in football. She had never understood the appeal of watching a bunch of sweaty men fight over a ball.

I think it's the sweaty men part that holds part of the appeal.

Then, again, Lois doesn't need to head to a football game for that.
OMG! This is TOO FUNNY!
It happened as it had to happen: they agreed to a bet.
I really adore the inevitability of this! That's very early L&C, and I love that we see it continued into their marriage!
It was the simplest, most practical solution.
Naturally. LOL. Why would Lois ever turn down a flight?
A mystery that had to be solved. Well, certainly not the pinnacle of her journalistic career, but you had to take what you could get.
"Lo-is, no." Clark, who had noticed the sparkle in his wife's eyes and had now known her long enough to know what she was about to do, tried to stop her, but it was already too late.

This is such a great interaction! She's all in and he's already resigned to it!
...It's not like you're Elvis putting Priscilla off because he has to socialize with other big shots in the music industry at an event..."
It's always a great story when we get one of Perry's Elvis anecdotes!
(which was more like lunch if you cared about the time change from Metropolis to Paris, but who looked that closely?)
OMG, awwwww. I love this!
What a super fun New Year's story! And they got exactly what they both really wanted, too! SO sweet!