i got my cards, we sat down for a game
super bowl sunday!
Both the Eagles and the Chiefs have scored 546 points this year, regular season and playoffs.
546 = DXLVI in Roman Numerals. Today is Super Bowl LVII.
The use of Roman numerals in the Super Bowl was introduced by Kansas City Chiefs owner, Lamar Hunt, to keep track of the championship games.
The first game to be assigned a number using this approach was Super Bowl V (5).
The Roman numerals were used to avoid confusion as the Super Bowl is played in the year following the recorded season.
Hunt had an unpretentious, soft-spoken manner. Once, when a Chiefs official described him as the team’s owner, Hunt corrected him. “Please call me the founder,” he said. (Founder is his title in the Chiefs’ media guide.)
He also coined the phrase, “Super Bowl” after his Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers in January 1967.
“The words flowed something like this: ‘No, not those games — the one I mean is the final game. You know, the Super Bowl.’”
How’d he coin the name?
“My own feeling is that it probably registered in my head because my daughter, Sharron, and my son Lamar Jr. had a children’s toy called a Super Ball, and I probably interchanged the phonetics of ‘bowl’ and ‘ball.’ ”
Numbers
23: The MVP's team hasn't won the Super Bowl in 23 years, while the last undefeated team hasn't won the Super Bowl in 16 years. One of these streaks will end today.
3: Chiefs’ DE Frank Clark needs three sacks in tonight’s Super Bowl LVII to become the NFL’s all-time postseason sack leader.
19: For the first time in 19 years, the Super Bowl will not be called by Joe Buck, Al Michaels or Jim Nantz.
17: Travis Kelce has played 17 career playoff games, the equivalent of one full regular season. His stats in those 17 games: 127 catches, 1,467 receiving yards, 15 receiving TD
8: This marks the 8th time 1st and 2nd team all QBs have faced each other in the Super Bowl. If the Eagles win, it'll continue the pattern of the 2nd team QBs team winning
10 [TRIVIA]: With a win today, the Chiefs would become the 10th franchise to win 3 Super Bowls. With a win today, the Eagles would become the 14th franchise to win multiple Super Bowls. How many franchises are still looking for their first Super Bowl win?
Quotes
“There’s no reason why they should be this bad. . . . I get a little disgusted. I really get hot watching them, especially with a lot of lack of effort things. I don’t get it. I really don’t.”
Dick Butkus on the Chicago Bears
After 41 years as a university professor, here’s a first: a former student of mine has been chosen for the NFL Hall of Fame. @Revis24 was a serious and respectful student even when he knew he was leaving Pitt early for the NFL – a real role model. Congratulations to him.
Professor Marcus Rediker
“I don’t apologize for having fun. This is too hard not to have fun, and I do this because I love it. It is a little bit blown out of proportion with all of those things. I’m not going to hide my emotions at any point.”
Nick Sirianni on his emotions on the sideline
“I’d rather be playing down here. I’m gonna sit back, eat a tray full of nachos, drink a six pack and then I’ll start my diet. I’m just gonna watch it as a fan.’’
Brian Daboll after winning Coach of the Year
"I just get up and go. I have endless energy for a chubby guy."
Andy Reid doesn't drink coffee. Says he doesn't drink anything in the morning to get started
“He basically just said, ‘You are not in that category yet.’ At that time, I only had one Pro Bowl but now I’m at five, so I want to know how he feels about that now.“
Eagles cornerback Darius Slay still feels disrespected by Matt Patricia
"If I were to bet on this game, I would take everything that I own, get it in cash and put my money on the Kansas City Chiefs."
“What kind of chance they gonna get? The first time they dropped back, we’re going to break their quarterback — both of them. So I don’t know what chance they would’ve got. But shout out to him.”
Eagles CB Darius Slay responded to Brandon Aiyuk’s criticisms of Philly
Picks
6:30pm
Chiefs at Eagles (-1) (U51)
59% of the bets and 55% of the money is on the Eagles: -4% differential
41% of the bets and 38% of the money is on the Under: -3% differential
Record
ATS: 60-66-3 (-11.4u)
O/U: 17-32 (-16.53u)
Highlights
Trivia
12
Four have never appeared: Lions, Texans, Jaguars, Browns
Eight others made it but have not won: Cardinals, Chargers, Bengals, Bills, Vikings, Falcons, Panthers, Titans.