Super Bowl VIII was also held in Houston, where the Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in a record game time of two hours and thirty minutes. Sports Illustrated writer Tex Maule was famously quoted as saying the game had, “all the excitement and suspense of a master butcher quartering a steer.” This was the Dolphins second consecutive championship.What do the Cornishes, the Dorsetts, the Grieses and the Tuiasosopos have in common? They are the only four father-son combinations to play on a Super Bowl team together. More common is the occurrence of two brothers playing on the same team, which has happened 13 times.Do you like the odds of 9 to 37? If not, don’t get behind by seven points in a Super Bowl game because those are the odds of you coming back to win. The last time was in Super Bowl XXXII when the Broncos beat the Packers 31-24. How about 1 to 38? I didn’t think so. Only once in the history of Super Bowls has a team come back from a 10-point deficit. This happened way back in Super Bowl II when they overcame a 10-0 score against the Broncos to win 42-10.And for the superstitious out there, it seems that if you want to win the Super Bowl, your quarterback should wear the number 12 jersey. They have led their team on to a championship 11 times. Some noteworthy quarterback’s with this number are Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, and Joe Namath. Tice can be reached at ctice@campustimes.org.
Baseball
Super Bowl superlatives
While looking for something to do on a Friday evening, five of us at the Campus Times made our way down to ESL Ballpark April 17 to catch a Rochester Red Wings game. Our group boasted a Mets fan, a Yankees fan, a Padres fan, a Twins fan, and one person more familiar with cricket than with baseball. Read More
BladeSmart kitchen knife
Super Bowl superlatives
So, you have a degree in Biochemistry and English. You served in student government for four years, clustered in Astrophysics, and speak passable German. In other words, you’re unemployed. Read More
Commencement
Super Bowl superlatives
For graduated senior Helen Jackson, who hadn’t been able to go home for breaks for the past two years, these last few months have been a much-needed break. “I’m moving halfway across the country in July for my PhD program, so I probably won’t be able to come home very often after this,” she said. Read More