Super Bowl 50

Super Bowl 50

Nyani Ngabu said:
Uni Watch: Broncos to wear white in Super Bowl

In a major surprise, the Denver Broncos have decided to wear white jerseys in Super Bowl 50.

The Broncos had the privilege of choosing their jersey color by virtue of being the designated home team, a status that rotates every year. The AFC champion is the home team for even-numbered Super Bowls; the NFC champ gets that designation for odd-numbered Super Bowls.

A few facts, figures and observations about the Broncos' choice:




    • The Broncos may have chosen to wear white out of superstition. They are 0-4 when wearing orange jerseys in a Super Bowl, having lost Super Bowls XII,XXI, XXIV and XLVIII. They're 1-1 in white and 1-0 in blue.
    • Bonus superstition: Teams wearing white jerseys have won 10 of the past 11 Super Bowls.
    • Double-bonus superstition: Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is 1-2 in Super Bowls. His victory in Super Bowl XLI came while wearing a white jersey.
    • According to the Gridiron Uniform Database, the Broncos have worn white at home only 10 times in their history. Seven of those games were in 1971, when they wore white at home for the entire season.
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        The Denver Broncos are 6-2 while wearing white jerseys this season. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire
      • The Broncos went 6-2 in their white jerseys this season. They went 7-1 wearing orange (5-1 in the regular season and 2-0 in the playoffs) and 1-1 in their blue alternate jerseys.

        • This marks the fifth time a designated home team has chosen to wear white in the Super Bowl. The four previous teams to do so were the Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII, Washington in Super Bowl XVII, the Cowboys again in Super Bowl XXVII and the Steelers in Super Bowl XL. Those four teams went a collective 3-1 in their Super Bowls.

        • Historical footnote: The Cowboys were the designated home team for Super Bowl V and wanted to wear white, but Super Bowl home teams were required to wear colored jerseys in those days, so Dallas wore blue and lost to the Colts. This was a key building block in the legend of the Cowboys' blue-jersey curse.

        • Bonus footnote: The Patriots wore white at home throughout the 1985 regular season, but then they were forced to wear red on the road in two of their three playoff games (because the Jets chose to wear white at home in the wild-card round and the Dolphins did likewise in the conference championship). They won both of those games, so they chose to stick with red -- their usual road color at the time -- in Super Bowl XX.

        • As for the Carolina Panthers, they'll be wearing their black jerseys. It's possible that they could also wear their black pants (teams aren't required to declare their pant choice in advance), which would create the first all-black versus all-white matchup in Super Bowl history.

        • The Panthers have appeared in only one previous title game, Super Bowl XXXVIII, where they wore white and lost.
        A few other uni-related notes regarding the big game, all regarding the quarterbacks' uniform numbers:
        • Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is poised to become the first quarterback to wear No. 1 in a Super Bowl. (Obviously, this also gives him the lowest uniform number ever worn by a Super Bowl quarterback.)

        • Peyton Manning's No. 18 is the second-highest uniform number ever worn by a Super Bowl quarterback. The highest: No. 19, worn by Johnny Unitas in Super Bowls III and V.

        • The gap between Newton's and Manning's uniform numbers -- 17 -- is the largest such gap in Super Bowl quarterback history. The previous record was set two years ago in Super Bowl XLVIII, when Manning wore No. 18 and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson wore No. 3.
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Mkuu wanasema hizi uniform wana bahati nazo ngoja tusubiri. Their D will have to play to the highest level for them to have a chance!
 
sam2000 said:
Mkuu wanasema hizi uniform wana bahati nazo ngoja tusubiri. Their D will have to play to the highest level for them to have a chance!
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Wako 1-1 na hizo uniform.

Hiyo ina qualify kama bahati?

Manake ni 50-50.

Ila ukiilinganisha hiyo na 0-4 ya jezi za rangi ya chungwa basi hata mimi nitachagua hizo nyeupe zenye rekodi ya 1-1.

Tutaona.

Lakini kwenye [American] football, kwa vile hakuna cha series wala nini, timu itakayokuwa na siku mbaya ndo itakula kwake.

Ni one and done. Hakuna cha fursa ya kufanya adjustments wala nini.

Fursa ni moja tu.
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
Wako 1-1 na hizo uniform.

Hiyo ina qualify kama bahati?

Manake ni 50-50.

Ila ukiilinganisha hiyo na 0-4 ya jezi za rangi ya chungwa basi hata mimi nitachagua hizo nyeupe zenye rekodi ya 1-1.

Tutaona.

Lakini kwenye [American] football, kwa vile hakuna cha series wala nini, timu itakayokuwa na siku mbaya ndo itakula kwake.

Ni one and done. Hakuna cha fursa ya kufanya adjustments wala nini.

Fursa ni moja tu.
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Kweli kabisa mkuu you have to do all the adjustments in those four quarters otherwise umeumia. I am just hoping for an entertaining game.
 
Super Bowl tidbits:

This will be the 4th straight year in which a black player will be quarterbacking a super bowl participant team.

There are only 2 black quarterbacks who have won the super bowl: Doug Williams [Washington Redskins in 1988, Super Bowl XXII] and Russell Wilson [Seattle Seahwaks in 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII].

Interestingly, both of those black-quarterback led teams beat the Denver Broncos.

Now the Carolina Panthers, who are led by another black quarterback in Cam Newton will be facing the Denver Broncos.

Will it be deja vu all over again come Feb. 7?
 
Cam Newton is a Heisman Trophy winner; a BCS National Championship winner; 15-16 NFL MVP [I think he will be named the MVP next week]; and he could very well be a Super Bowl champion.

No QB has ever collected all four.

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King Shaat said:
Ranking 50 greatest players in Super Bowl history: Nos. 10-1
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Mkuu sometimes I think ESPN writers are high on some very potent substances! How in hell do you rank Aikman on top of probably the best QB to ever play the game Joe Montana? The man was 4 for 4, no interception, passing rate above 110% playing in an era where QBs and WRs were not protected by the rules and against some of the toughest Ds to ever play. In my opinion, I will rank Montana over Brady any day. I think this was just created to get people talking waiting for the SB week ahead.
 
Panthers pep rally in downtown Charlotte. The Queen city is gonna be rockin' next Sunday.

 
What up good people?

The biggest spectacle in American sports is finally upon us.

It's going down on Sunday Feb.7 in San Fran.

So let's kickoff Super Bowl week with Madden.

Last year it nailed the final score. This year it has the Panthers win in a thriller.

'Madden' predicts Panthers will win Super Bowl
A simulation of the pro football video game predicts the Panthers will top the Denver Broncos 24-20 in Super Bowl 50.
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Both teams are already in town and Cam Newton arrived in style.


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Meanwhile the future hall of famer was all business

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Monday [Feb. 1] was Super Bowl Opening Night 2016.

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Apparently Drake and T-Mobile teamed up to make a Super Bowl commercial.

Can't wait to see the rest of those SB 50 commercials.

They are the best.

 
What's good JF massive...

It's about that time.

The big game is on Sunday. So who ya got?

As for me I'd like to see that perfect story book ending where the surefire hall-of-famer walks into the sunset a SB 50 champion.

I know the odds are overwhelmingly against the Broncos but I also know that the game is never played on paper. It's played on the field and on any given Sunday anyone can lose.

So the Denver Broncos are my sentimental pick to pull off a major upset.
 
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