PhoenixRising

Hey, my team has never won a Super Bowl after decades of trying, and we're in a state with another city, Pittsburgh, whose team, the Steelers, have won six, which is a record. So forgive me if I'm a little excited about my team having the best record in the NFL and could possibly go to the Super Bowl again.

sum1

So do they do bowling at the Super Bowl?

PhoenixRising

Nope. "Super Bowl" was originally a nickname that sportscasters gave the first two AFL-NFL Championship Games, which were a contest between the champion teams of the American Football League and the National Football League before the AFL merged into the NFL in 1970, and the modern NFL was divided into the American Football Conference(AFC), which comprised all of the AFL teams and some NFL teams, and the National Football Conference(NFC) that comprised the majority of the teams in the already established NFL. The third Super Bowl was the first to be officially called "Super Bowl III" instead of the AFL-NFL Championship. The term "Bowl" is a reference to College championship games called "bowl games."

The history of the bowl game began with the 1902 Tournament East-West football game, sponsored by the Tournament of Roses Association between Michigan and Stanford, a game which Michigan won 49-0. The Tournament of Roses eventually sponsored an annual contest starting with the 1916 Tournament East-West Football Game. With the 1923 Rose Bowl it began to be played at the newly completed Rose Bowl stadium, and thus the contest itself became known as the Rose Bowl game. The name "bowl" to describe the games thus comes from the Rose Bowl stadium. Today there are several college "bowl games" - Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sun Bowl, etc. The NFL adopted the name for two of its games - the Super Bowl(the championship game) and the Pro Bowl, which is the NFL's version of the All-Star Game in baseball.


And I have to go to bed, sum1, so I'll see you tomorrow. Have a good night and I hope you get some sleep!

sum1

You certainly know your American football history.

PhoenixRising

Thank goodness for Wikipedia.


I hope you got some sleep and had a good day, sum1. If not, I offer you a hug.


I'm going to bed soon, so I'll talk to you later! Goodnight!

sum1

Thanks. I hope you got sleep too.

PhoenixRising

You're welcome. I did, but not enough.

You feeling okay today? I heard from Sarah, and she said she might resume posting here regularly in January.

sum1

Today was not easy, but I'm ok now. Yeah, I heard something like that from Sarah too. She mentioned next year.

PhoenixRising

Aww, I'm sorry. I'm glad you're okay now. It was a rough day for me at work. I'm so sore and exhausted. I'll be glad when the Christmas shopping season is over.

Yep, that's what Sarah said. I do hope she's able to post more then. She PM'd me about the situation, and I'm glad it was resolved.


I've got a bit of a headache and I work tomorrow, so I'm gonna go to bed early, sum1. But I'm off the following day, so I'll have more time then. See you tomorrow! Goodnight!

sum1

Good night.

wickedrum

nice, supportive atmosphere in here

sum1

We can make it nasty if you want.

PhoenixRising

Thanks, Rita! We try our best.




OMG, I just feel bleh. Damn holiday season is murder if you work in retail. Why does everyone have to be so insane when it comes to shopping?

sum1

My sympathies.

PhoenixRising

Thanks, sum1. I'm assuming the shopping season isn't nearly as insane over there?