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Why Super Bowl 50?
M' haid
| 9/27/2015
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Posted on 09/27/2015 3:47:37 PM PDT by 1raider1
Why was it OK to have Super Bowl I, V, X, but not L?
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: superbowl
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To: nascarnation
Thanks. That is a nice look. Rule with Roman Numerals is the fewest symbols to express a number.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:14:16 PM PDT
by
grania
To: 1raider1
I watched the First Super Bowl on TV. It was really hyped but there were lots of empty seats. I have no idea why.
I still remember Max McGee making several catches. Bart Starr was MVP.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:17:46 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: soycd
Why not Super Bowl (.5 * X)
Because that would make it Super Bowl V and they already did that one 45 years ago.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:19:29 PM PDT
by
762X51
To: Dilbert San Diego
50th season since the NFL-AFL merger?
To: needmorePaine
No, that happened in 1970.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:23:59 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: yarddog
I remember it vaguely too - thee were a lot of empty seats as I recall.
To: Don Corleone
Super Bowl L would mean "Super Bowl Large." We have already had Super Bowl Extra Large. Super Bowl Medium is hundreds of years in the future. There will never be a Super Bowl Small.
Instead of using Arabic numerals to replace the Roman numeral, they could have used the Greek numeral. That would be "nu" for 50, Super Bowl N.
To: 1raider1
Who wants to play in the LoserBowl?
To: rabidralph
Just want to say that I am...
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:35:27 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:35:45 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: nascarnation
How about Stupor Bowl 59 - LIX?
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:41:10 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: yarddog
I watched the First Super Bowl on TV. It was really hyped but there were lots of empty seats. I have no idea why. I think despite the hype the public still saw it as an exhibition game between the NFL champions and some upstarts.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:42:33 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
To: fhayek
To: 1raider1
Ebonics: Chumb azz Big Bowl be all like half ah hunert naw.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:48:34 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: Dr. Sivana
I’m not gonna be around for #69......but I can just imagine the jokes!
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:49:39 PM PDT
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
KC had a defensive back who was nicknamed “The Hammer” because he would hit the receivers with his forearm. He made quite a deal about how he was gonna hit the Green Bay players with his “Hamma Blow”.
Donny Anderson ran over him and knocked him cold. All the GB players were laughing while they carted him off the field.
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posted on
09/27/2015 4:51:40 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: 1raider1
Roman numerals are so western civilization.
To: nascarnation
I see your Mike Moore and raise you one Penny Marshall:
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posted on
09/27/2015 5:00:55 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: needmorePaine
Whatever the case, the NFL seems to be counting their history from the start of the Super Bowl era, with this golden celebration.
To: Mr. Jeeves
That’s my recollection too. The NFL and AFL were not considered to be on the same level by people at that time.
And when the Packers beat the Chiefs in that first Super Bowl, 35 to 10, it just confirmed for many people that the AFL had some catching up to do.
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