Regarding the Super Bowl XLIII...

[magicyte]

Go Cardinals. Sorry, I couldn't resist...

[Snookerman]

Wow, that is so cool, I was just about to start a thread regarding the Super Bowl! I'll have to stay up all night to see the Steelers win!! By the way, did you know they used to be one team, the Card-Pitts

[Twey]

Remind me why this is a) called the 'super bowl' when it has nothing to do with cereal and b) so mysteriously popular?

[Nile]

Well:
1) The stadium is pretty super.
2) It looks like a giant cereal bowl.

[Medyman]

Remind me why this is a) called the 'super bowl' when it has nothing to do with cereal

The first organized, post-season game was played in the Rose Bowl Stadium. It's so called because of the shape of the stadium. "Bowl" has since them become synonymous with post-season football (American) games.

[Snookerman]

I'll have to stay up all night to see the Steelers win!!

WooHoo

[jscheuer1]

Best superbowl I can remember, even the 1/2 time show was good this year.

[Twey]

The first organized, post-season game was played in the Rose Bowl Stadium. It's so called because of the shape of the stadium. "Bowl" has since them become synonymous with post-season football (American) games.

What about the much older game of bowls?

[djr33]

It's football, Twey. It doesn't have to make sense-- people will watch it anyway. (I realized after this thread was posted that I'd missed it, though... can't say I'm a fan. I prefer hockey.)

[magicyte]

(I realized after this thread was posted that I'd missed it, though... can't say I'm a fan. I prefer hockey.)

I'm not a (American) football fan either. I much prefer REAL football (I call it soccer). I just wanted to watch the super bowl because I was born in Phoenix, AZ and the Cardinals have never been to the super bowl... Man, I thought that the Cardinals were gonna win!! Too bad the Steelers made that lucky catch at the end...