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Who will win the superbowl? |
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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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 The Super Bowl, grand spectacle that it is, creates some scintillating, history-making moments — before the game, during the game and even at halftime.
Here’s our Top 3 moments, in order. (Your favorite probably didn’t make our list. Hey, you can’t please everybody when boiling 40 years into a list of three, so cut us some slack.)
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3. The Elway spin
Super Bowl XXXII in 1998
Denver 31, Green Bay 24
Yes, we’re being homers, but this can easily be justified. Quarterback John Elway, headed for the Hall of Fame, had experienced nothing but failure in the big game. Thrice he had been thrashed. The franchise had never won it. Green Bay was heavily favored. And the NFC had spent a decade beating up on the AFC. Elway helped turn the tide with a third-down run and leap — in which he was spun in the air by a big hit — to help the Broncos win.
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2. The boob
Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004
New England 32, Carolina 29
No way you missed the furor over Janet Jackson’s “exposure” during the halftime show. You’d think the country had never seen a nipple before. And oh, by the way, New England won another championship off the foot of Adam Vinatieri, who kicked a 41-yard field gold with four seconds left.
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1. The guarantee
Super Bowl III in 1969
New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7
Brash quarterback “Broadway” Joe Namath guaranteed his Jets, from the maligned American Football League, would beat the National Football League champions and heavily favored Colts. The Jets did win, legitimizing the AFL and laying the foundation for the game to be the spectacle it is today.
NEXTnc staff
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