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Saturday, February 3, 2007

Are U Ready 4 Some Football?


Chicago Bears VS. Indianapolis Colts

GO BEARS!!!!!

A Few Fun Facts About Super Bowl Sunday:

While the United States grinds to a halt on Super Sunday, there will be more than 800 million fans from 182 countries around the world which will join in the festivities. We will consume over 8 million lbs. of guacomole, 11 million lbs. of potato chips, 4,000 tons of popcorn. The Super Bowl is the top at-home party event of the year, surpassing New Years Eve and is the second largest day of food consumption behind only Thanksgiving. The average number of people attending a Super Bowl party is 17. Ninety-five percent of Super Bowl watchers watch with at least one other person. Eight of the 11 most-watched TV programs of all time are Super Bowls. Sales of antacid increase 20 percent the day after Super Bowl Sunday, 6 percent of Americans will call in sick the day after Super Bowl Sunday and 54% of all Americans will drink coffee the morning after. Tickets to the first Super Bowl cost $6-$12 per seat. The name "Super Bowl" was not used officially until the 3rd championship game in January 1969. New Orleans has hosted more Super Bowls than any other city. No NFL team has ever played the Super Bowl in their own stadium. The NFC won 13 Super Bowls in a row, starting in 1985. The streak was broken in 1998 when the Denver Broncos defeated the Green Bay Packers. The largest margin of victory in a Super Bowl was 55-10, 49ers over the Broncos, in Super Bowl XXIV. The Dallas Cowboys hold the record for most Super Bowl appearances with a total of 8. The Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New Orleans Saints have never appeared in a Super Bowl. MTV, who produced the halftime show in which Janet Jackson experienced a "wardrobe malfunction", has been permanently banned from producing another half-time show by the NFL. The Vince Lombardi Trophy, crafted by Tiffany and Co. and valued at $25,000, is made of sterling silver and weighs 7 pounds. To date, 3,698,356 have attended Super Bowl games. The largest crowd was 103,985 at the 14th Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. An estimated 50 million women will watch Sunday's game, according to NFL surveys.
Sources: NFL Football Store, Newsenquirer.com, Empire Tickets, Canoe

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