THE SHOALS-Well it’s that time again….Superbowl Sunday. If you watch because football is your life well this is your day. If you watch because it is always a great time for a party…well this is your day. And if you watch for those pithy commercials ….well of course Sunday is the day. Here are just a few wild, weird, and way-out-there facts you just might find will make your Superbowl Sunday a little more “super”.
On the Monday following the Super Bowl, on average, 6% of the workforce calls out sick. While it is often assumed that people are just faking, in reality, quite a few people are actually sick. Overdoing it with the food, drinks -or both – often causes quite a few people to wake up feeling sick.
AFL Founder and Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt came up with the term when he saw his daughter playing with a popular kid’s toy called a “Super Ball,” in 1967. After the AFL and NFLmerger in June 1966, the two leagues agreed to play a “championship game.” It wasn’t until Super Bowl III (1969) that the term gained popularity and was adopted by the media and football fans.
The longest Super Bowl winning streak has only been two in a row.
According to the Insurance Information Institute, there are more alcohol related accidents on Super Bowl Sunday than any day of the year aside from St. Patrick’s Day.
Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys was the first defensive player ever named Super Bowl MVP and he was also the first player to be named a Super Bowl MVP from the losing team.
Thanks to Janet Jackson’s and Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004) “wardrobe malfunction” and the boob seen round the world, the F.C.C. now implements at least a five second delay on all live television. Since that Super Bowl mishap, all the half-time performers have been of the less risqué variety. But this year with Madonna set to perform, the F.C.C. official with his finger on the button better not blink.
Minnesota, Buffalo and Denver have lost the most Super Bowls at 4 times. Buffalo lost 4 times in a row.
The toilet is flushed more times during halftime of the Super Bowl than at any other time of the year.
Miami has hosted the Super Bowl the most at 10 times.
The Super Bowl is the most-watched TV program in America, drawing an estimated 111.3 million viewers last year alone, and 2013 is sure to be no different. Check out some fun facts about this time-honored sports tradition and its storied history.
The average number of people at any given Super Bowl Party is 17.
1.25 billion chicken wings will be eaten on Superbowl Sunday. Yes, billion. That’s a lot of wings. If you’re not up for the game, have some just to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Buffalo Wing at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. Source: National Chicken Council.
How many of the past 47 Superbowl coin flips have landed heads up? 24 of them have been heads, the other 23 have been tails. Guess there is something to probability.
John Elway was the oldest quarterback to play in the SuperBowl at 38.
