Super Bowl XLIII: The Basics

·         This year, the Arizona Cardinals play the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa Bay, Florida.

·         This is familiar territory for the Steelers — they’ve been to the Super Bowl six times, winning five of those games (if they win another, it’ll be a record — they’re now tied with Dallas for most wins ever). The Cardinals, however, have never before made it to the Big Dance.

·         But after an improbable win over the Philadelphia Eagles, fans everywhere came to terms with the previously unthinkable: Arizona’s going to the Super Bowl.

BLACK & GOLD: The Pittsburgh Steelers

·         The team’s name is a reference to Pittsburgh’s steel industry history, and the team’s mascot is a laborer named Steely McBeam. Random fact: The Steelers are the only NFL team that puts its logo on only one side of the helmet (it’s the right side, if you care).

·         Who to Watch: Team quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is great, but wide receiver Hines Ward was MVP in the Steelers’ last Super Bowl win. Plot twist: He got a knee injury, but swears he’s going to play on Sunday (so Kerri Strug of him!).

·         Root for Them if: You like working-class heroes, grinders and teams who always win.

RED & WHITE: The Arizona Cardinals

·         The Cardinals move around like military brats. They started in Chicago in 1920, relocated to St. Louis in 1960, and and then moved to Glendale, Arizona, in 1988. The team currently holds the NFL record for the longest championship drought.

·         Who To Watch: Quarterback (and one of the most religious dudes in the NFL) Kurt Warner. Recruited in 1998 to play for one of the worst teams of the decade (St. Louis Rams), he MVP’d them to their first Super Bowl championship in 2000 … a pretty big success story considering he was working at a grocery store before that. Now the Cardinals have made it to the Super Bowl for their first time ever. Coincidence, or Kurt?

·         Root for Them If: You like underdogs, surprise endings and pretty birds.How the Game Is Played. Literally.

·         Here are the basics: Each team has 11 players on the field. The team with possession of the ball — the offense — gets four tries (called downs) to go ten yards, with the ultimate goal of making it into the end zone for a touchdown. If they do go ten yards, they get four more downs. If they get a touchdown during that time or use up all their tries, the other team gets the ball.

·         A touchdown is worth 6 points. If a team scores a touchdown, they try to kick the ball through the uprights for an extra point. (They can also try a two point conversion, but that gets complicated.) If a team doesn’t think they can make a touchdown — because they have used their first three downs and still have a lot of yards to go on fourth down — they can punt (aka, kick) the ball from wherever they are to the other team.

·         If they are close to scoring a touchdown, but have used up their first three downs, they may choose to try to kick a field goal through the uprights, which is worth 3 points.

STATISTICS: THE AVERAGE GUY AND THE SUPER BOWL (Men’s Health)

·         Number of Super Bowl parties held each year, more than any other at-home party: 141.4 million

·         Average calorie intake during a Sunday football session: 1,200 calories

·         Potato chips: The most popular football snack, accounting for 27 billion calories and 1.8 billion grams of fat on Super Bowl Sunday alone.

·         20 percent: Increase in antacid sales on the day after the Super Bowl.

 ·         13,333: Number of NFL linemen, at 300 pounds each, it would take to balance the 4 million pounds of fat consumed from potato chips alone by Americans on Super Bowl Sunday.

·         10 feet: Depth to which the 43.8 million pounds of avocados consumed on Super Bowl Sunday would fill a stadium.

·         1.5 million: Number of television sets sold the week before the Super Bowl.

·         30 million: Pounds of five popular snack foods Americans consume on Super Bowl Sunday (11.2 million pounds of potato chips, 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips, 4.3 million pounds of pretzels, 3.8 million pounds of popcorn, and 2.5 million pounds of nuts) — Snack Food Association

·         28 percent: Increase in number of fatal heart attacks among men on days when their football team lost at home (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION

According to the Flint Journal, how many available seats are in Raymond James Stadium?

A: 72,500

·         Here’s how the tickets are distributed: 75 percent are given to the 32 NFL teams. The Cardinals and Steelers get nearly 18 percent of those, and the host team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, gets 5 percent. The remaining tickets are controlled by the NFL and distributed to NFL affiliated companies — NBC (the network broadcasting the game), corporate sponsors, media, VIP’s charities, the host committee — and then what’s left go to the fans. Of those tickets, 1 percent are put into an annual random drawing — the NFL’s only method of distributing tickets to the general public.

Here’s a Superbowl ad that has been pulled because of its suggestive nature.  Who would have thought is came from PETA!  WOW!

WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT!

Well, if the CEO of Merill Lynch can spend $1.2 million to spruce up his office, i’m sure we won’t have a hard time getting this by the budget department.  Just imagine this beautiful Sea Ray adorned with the Mighty ROCK 101 logos cruising the waters of the Upstate cranking out 101 % Classic Rock gathering listeners and I’m sure lots of revenue from everyone around…

All it would cost would be $386.000!  That’s Boat Show price as well, normal every day price is close to $600,000, so thats a massive savings!  John Hall General Manager of Sea Ray of Greenville said he would even give us a bigger discount on top of that because it is for the ROCK 101 Gang.  How cool is John!

See you on the water…

 Fours ago the Junior Senator from Illinois had a dream to become President, the first black President.  Who would have thought in just four years he, Barack Obama would become the 44th President Of The United States.  After watching all of the festivities today, the speech that he presented was powerful, and there is a renewed hope for the future of our country, and our thought processes.   

The last time I saw so many american flags waving, was September 12th, 2001.  There is once again passion for the USA, passion for what the United States Of America stands for.  For one, i’m glad to see, I look forward to see what is ahead.  

The funniest thing I heard over the weekend was a report about the Obama family studying Lincoln’s inaugural words, carved into the memorial’s stone, they began discussing Mr. Obama’s own inaugural speech, he told CNN. His 10-year-old daughter, Malia, then turned to him and blurted out: “First African-American president. Better be good.”

From the mouths of babes… 

I can’t remember the last I heard of an aircraft landing safely on the water, but I do know what normally happens,

watch the video,

Remember Air Florida flight 90 in Washington DC?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ff0_1231720489

Feburary 15th was not going to be a normal day for the passangers & flight crew of US Airways flight1549, thank God!  The praise that is coming the flight crews way is well diserved, not only for BOTH of the pilots, but the 3 flight attendants!  It’s all about training, saftey and being a type “A” personality to keep things focused and under control when those around them are loosing theirs.  It was one of those days where EVERYTHING went right!

Is it a Miracle, that no one was killed, YES!  Was it skill and professionlism for the flight & cabin crew, hell yes!   And let’s not forget the first responders, tug & ferry boat captains that got to the Airbus a320 in record time!  So next time you fly, when the flight attendant is doing their little presentation with the saftey card, you might want to pay attention to what they are saying.  Not only do they bring you drinks and bags of peanuts, they WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!

I’m not one for going to the movies, but I might change my mind on this one.

From one of the one of the warped minds here at 25 Garlington, Thanks Fred Sanders!

A Chicago funiture store ad, brilliant!

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Twisted Todd from out sister station 93.3 The Planet reminded me of this.. So I had to find the video, enjoy.

 I trust you had a safe and happy New Year!  I feel asleep 10 minutes before that damn ball dropped.  Good thing though, I got a new DVR, so I recorded it!  Now I can play it back all weekend and turn it into a drinking game, every time Ryan Seacrest does a selfless promotion, we can do shots!   Over the holidays I did alot of web sufing and found alot of company name do not trasition well into .com names, for example,

1. “Who Represents” is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity.  Their  web site is: www.whorepresents.com  

2. “Experts Exchange” is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at:   www.expertsexchange.com  

3. Looking for a great pen?  Look no further than “Pen Island”.  It can be found at:  www.penisland.net   

4. Need a therapist?  Try “Therapist Finder” at: www.therapistfinder.com   

5. Then there’s the “Italian Power Generator” company.   Check it out at:  www.powergenitalia.com 

6.”IP computer” software, there’s always: www.ip_anywhere.com 

7. And the designers at “Speed of Art” await you at their wacky Web site:   www.speedofart.com

So if you’re looking to go digital in the new year, put a .com after  your name and see what happens..