All about the "Super Bowl"

Super Bowl Sunday has always been on a Sunday and is usually the last Sunday in January. However, for the first time in it's history, it was held in February = February 3, 2002. The reason is, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the television schedules were all delayed by one week. The super bowl was shown on the Fox network and not on one of the main television stations ABC, CBS or NBC also. It was also held on Sunday, February 1st for 2004. And, on Sunday, February 6, 2005. I see a new pattern!

So, I'm not sure why, but it now seems that the Super Bowl has been set for the first Sunday in February now for the next several years as follows:

February 4, 2018 (Minneapolis, MN)
February 3, 2019 (Atlanta, Ga)
February 2, 2020 (South Florida)
February 7, 2021 (Los Angeles, Ca)

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It is solely a United States celebration. Just like in the old old days when the old king was dethroned and a new king crowned at the start of the new year, the Super Bowl determines who wears the crown in football after a long series of elimination games.

The opponents are the winning teams from the AFL (American Football League) and the NFL (National Football League) that play each other at a pre-selected city (usually in a warmer climate or one with a covered stadium).

Super Bowl Sunday has become more than just a championship play-off event. In some cases, it is a national holiday. It is said that even the criminals take Super Bowl Sunday off. LOL :) In 1985, when the San Francisco 49ers played the Super Bowl in Palo Alto, CA, the crime rate in San Francisco dropped 75%.

For some wives, it seems that the Super Bowl has gone on forever! But, it actually all began on January 15, 1967 in the Los Angeles Coliseum with the Green Bay Packers beating the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

How the Super Bowl got started?

How did the name "Super Bowl" get started? Originally, many suggested it be titled, "The Big One" or "The Final Game." But a Texas financier and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, Lamar Hunt, came up with the idea of calling it "The Super Bowl" after watching his daughter play with a Super Ball - a small, high-bouncing ball very popular at that time. Ironic, that it's a woman that was responsible for naming this well-loved, beloved male annual event!

The games have been identified with Roman numerals rather than numbers since 1971. It wasn't until Super Bowl IV in 1970 that the title, "Super Bowl" actually appeared on tickets. However, on June 4, 2014, it was announced that in 2016, Superbowl L will not be in Roman numerals. They didn't like the L as 50. As a result, they are breaking from tradition for one year and using "50" in the logo. However, for 2017, they will return to the Roman numerals and use LI to represent 51 once again.

Pre-game Shows

It took a few years before the pre-game show became a tradition. In 1976, Super Bowl X broadcasted it on television. And Super Bowl XII in 1978 was the first indoor game and drew the largest crowd at that time to have ever watched a sporting event on television also. Super Bowl XV in 1981, displayed a huge yellow ribbon (bow) over the main entrance of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to commemorate the 52 American hostages who had just been released by Iran after 444 days in captivity.

It was NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle who made sure that the Super Bowl provided entertainment on a big razzle dazzle scale. The first pre-game show released 4,000 pigeons and continuing pre-game shows have featured top Hollywood celebrities, jets with tailing plumes of dyed smoke of red, white and blue.

Another tradition of the pre-game show is who will sing the "Star Spangled Banner"? It is usually sung by a well-known American pop singer. Usually, but there have been exceptions. (Scroll down and we have more about the singers of our national anthem.)