Super Bowl and Roman Numerals

Cardinal Rule · 02-08-2005, 01:04 PM

Did you know that next year's Super Bowl, being the 40th in history, will be known as Super Bowl XL?

In ten years, should they continue the madness that is Roman numerals, the 50th Super Bowl will be known as Super Bowl L.

And, heaven forbid, should we arrive at the 59th Super Bowl, it would be known as Super Bowl LIX.

Does anyone else think it's lost it's panache? If, that is, it ever had any to begin with?

phenom · 02-08-2005, 01:08 PM

I think the next SB should be Super Bowl 0011010000110000

Qwerty75 · 02-08-2005, 01:30 PM

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id you know that next year's Super Bowl, being the 40th in history, will be known as Super Bowl XL

I should think this would add a little marketing value to the event. Super Bowl XL could be hyped as the Jumbo-mega Super Bowl. Chuckle if you get the joke.

spleen1015 · 02-08-2005, 01:34 PM

I can't wait for Super Bowl 88 or should I say Super Bowl LXXXVIII.

andjbock · 02-08-2005, 01:46 PM

I was thinking about this the other day. Superbowl L definitely sounds kind of week. I bet you they go with Superbowl 50 when it comes up.

Gastric ReFlux · 02-08-2005, 01:54 PM

I think they should switch to the year it's played in.

Super Bowl 2006. That makes sense.

atarizx3 · 02-08-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwerty75

Super Bowl XL could be hyped as the Jumbo-mega Super dump.

fixed that for ya, since XL is in Detroit.

jnshmoo · 02-08-2005, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by atarizx3

fixed that for ya, since XL is in Detroit.

Impressive. It took a whole 7 posts for it to begin.

atarizx3 · 02-08-2005, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jnshmoo

Impressive. It took a whole 7 posts for it to begin.

truth hurts sometimes.

would've been 2 posts, but it took me some time to get to the thread

Long_Long_Name · 02-08-2005, 03:18 PM

I'm sure such a discussion came up for the thirtieth Super Bowel.

TheRockCT · 02-08-2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardinal Rule

Did you know that next year's Super Bowl, being the 40th in history, will be known as Super Bowl XL?

Ex-Lax should already be filming their commercial.

boilermaker · 02-08-2005, 10:43 PM

As the most conservative league of the North American sports, it is the duty of the NFL to continue using Roman numerals.

Long_Long_Name · 02-08-2005, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by boilermaker

As the most conservative league of the North American sports, it is the duty of the NFL to continue using Roman numerals.

What the hell? It's much less conservative than MLB, and more than the NHL.

boilermaker · 02-08-2005, 11:30 PM

You know what the NFL stands for?

The No Fun League.

It's only a matter of time before celebrations in the endzone will be penalized with the play being called back entirely. Which I would support. You celebrate, no touchdown.

Johnny Slick · 02-08-2005, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by boilermaker

You know what the NFL stands for?

The No Fun League.

Actually, it stands for the National Football League. Please do not lie on the message board. It is very hurtful.

Jason Moyer · 02-09-2005, 04:31 AM

Wasn't NFL the first post-Ice Cube NWA record? Or was that N4L?

sporr · 02-09-2005, 11:12 AM

Why does the Super Bowl even have to have a number? No other major sporting championship does does it?

Cardinal Rule · 02-09-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sporr

Why does the Super Bowl even have to have a number? No other major sporting championship does does it?

Great point! When you think of World Series, you think of the year - ie Detroit won the 84 World Series. Same for college football - Nebraska won the 71 national championship.

jnshmoo · 02-09-2005, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardinal Rule

Great point! When you think of World Series, you think of the year - ie Detroit won the 84 World Series. Same for college football - Nebraska won the 71 national championship.

That's probably one of the reasons they do it like they do. To be different.

Maybe they are riding on the coattails of the Olympics. They also use the roman numerals to designate the ??? Olympiad.

Maybe they feared a lockout, strike, or world war would cause the cancellation of a superbowl and rather than having a missing year entry, they could continue on with the numerals as if nothing ever happened.

They consider the Superbowl to be the supreme sporting event that the world has ever known, so maybe it's an eliteist thing. Kinda like how the wealthy and powerful (including popes and kings) like to tack roman numerals on to the end of their children/successors to further add to the elitism factor. I'm kinda surprised we don't number our presidents that way.

Also, why do they use roman numerals to designate the year a movie was made in the final credits?

Dagrims · 02-09-2005, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jnshmoo

That's probably one of the reasons they do it like they do. To be different...

They consider the Superbowl to be the supreme sporting event that the world has ever known, so maybe it's an eliteist thing...

Also, why do they use roman numerals to designate the year a movie was made in the final credits?

Pro football is the only major sport that plays its regular season in one year (or nearly all in one year), and its playoffs and Super Bowl in another. I'm guessing that's why it's not called the 2005 Super Bowl - was that for the 2005 season or the 2004 season? As for Roman numerals instead of the standard numbering, the creators probably wanted it to sound more regal since they were trying to drum up its popularity, and numbering it in that way likely spurred more conversation about it. Super Bowl I just looks better than Super Bowl 1, anyway.

Regarding the movies, it seems to be a tradition of which the origins are not known.

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andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,637	I was thinking about this the other day. Superbowl L definitely sounds kind of week. I bet you they go with Superbowl 50 when it comes up.

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Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	I think they should switch to the year it's played in. Super Bowl 2006. That makes sense.

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boilermaker All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,956	As the most conservative league of the North American sports, it is the duty of the NFL to continue using Roman numerals.

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boilermaker All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,956	You know what the NFL stands for? The No Fun League. It's only a matter of time before celebrations in the endzone will be penalized with the play being called back entirely. Which I would support. You celebrate, no touchdown.

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sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Why does the Super Bowl even have to have a number? No other major sporting championship does does it?