8 facts about the NFL Super Bowl

On Sunday, February 7, 2010, the NFL’s 44th SuperBowl competition takes place. This is a very important sporting event not only for millions of Americans in the US but all over the world. In fact, of all the live television broadcasts that take place in the USA during the year, this is the most watched event. But in addition to being the most viewed during the game, it’s when the most food will be consumed after Thanksgiving.

But along with the facts provided above, there are a few more that you may be interested to know about. Below we take a look at what some of these are.

fact 1 – The name Super Bowl was coined by Lamar Hunt, who used to own the Kansas City Chief after seeing his children in his backyard playing with a Super Ball.

done 2 – As you’ll see when the Super Bowl is advertised on TV, Roman numerals are used to identify the number of the game to be played rather than the year it will take place. So when the first Super Bowl was played, it was known as Super Bowl I, while this weekend’s is identified as NFL Super Bowl XLIV.

done 3 – The game played this coming Sunday is the one that will determine who is the overall champion of the 2009 American football regular season.

done 4 – The team that has won the most this title is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have been champions six times. However, there are two teams that have won this title five times and they are the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.

done 5 – In addition to winning the title five times, the Dallas Cowboys are also the team that has appeared in the most games. Since it began, this team has competed to win the NFL Super Bowl title eight times.

done 6 – This year the game will again take place in Florida and will take place at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens. Since the Super Bowl began, the final has been held 10 times in South Florida. Five times at Sun Life Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins, and five times at the Orange Bowl, which has now been demolished.

done 7 – Before the game begins, it is customary for the American National Anthem and America the Beautiful to be sung. This year the honors go to Queen Latifah and Carrie Underwood. While to keep the fan entertained during the halftime slot, The Who will perform.

done 8 – Any company that wants to run commercials during game breaks is expected to pay around $2.8 million to do so. The reason these costs to place commercials are so high is because of the number of people who are expected to watch the game on television.