Posted on 01/29/2016 3:47:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
The NFL's grounds crew may have forgotten that another team was playing Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50.
On Jan. 26, the grounds crew mistakenly painted the Broncos logo in the wrong end zone at Levi's Stadium while readying the field for next Sunday's big game. The error didn't go unnoticed on Twitter.
Yahoo Sports' Samuel Lam posted a photo displaying both the correct Broncos end zone, and the still-visible Broncos logo in Panthers' territory. James Martin, a CBS photographer, shared a close-up image of the field, showing the faded remains of the Broncos insignia before the grounds crew corrected the error.
By the day's end, all was in order on the Santa Clara, California, field.
The NFL declined to comment.
No. I worked with Eddie DeBartolo. Sorry for the confusion.
I worked in real estate and had Monday morning meetings to go over operations. It always stunk when the 9ers lost. Luckily they didn’t lose too often then.
He is a good man, but I wouldn’t have a need to go fishing with him.
Ah, Eddie DeBartolo. It pains we we have such awful owners now.
Nah, simply “Panthers OVER Broncos”....Oh, Yeah!
Jimmy Hoffa must be spinning in his grave.
I’ve got a question. How is it determined who’s logo gets what end zone?
First thing that came to mind.
I don’t know. But shouldn’t the headline really be “Broncos Logo painted in both end zones?”
I feel so much better now.
I have not watched a "professional" sports game of any sort since the mid 90's.
I am specially totally ignorant and totally disinterred in this sort of trivia, but that is an intriguing question.
Does mecca play a role in the answer?
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