The Super Bowl! Let’s Go!

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of this week’s Lawrence Kansas Blog. Today we’re gonna discuss on this important topic that we’re gonna talk about.

That is… 

The Super Bowl!

Every February, this event in football history is held. When it comes to Super Bowl Sunday, it’s always nice to be prepared for the big game. This year, the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers here in Las Vegas!

I’ll be watching it this time here on Nickelodeon to see who will win. My family and I are rooting for the Chiefs to win. And we’re counting on Patrick Mahomes because he’s one of our favorites.

Now if I were to go to the football game in Kansas City, I’d take my family including my dad, or maybe bring my friends with me there. That way we can all enjoy football together. When I do, I think of many way to enjoy the football game on a daily basis. You should know that whenever there’s a football game on TV, it’s always nice for us to watch it. And for everyone to see it live.

Did you know that the first Super Bowl was held at the Memoriam Coliseum here in Los Angeles, California? If you do, then here’s what the origin of the Super Bowl is all about.

Since the turn of the 20th century, college football teams from across the United States have scheduled “bowl games” against each other.  The original "bowl game" was the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, which was first played in 1902 as the "Tournament East–West football game" as part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses.  In 1923, the Tournament East-West football game moved to the new Rose Bowl Stadium; the stadium got its name from the fact that the game played there was part of the Tournament of Roses and that it was shaped like a bowl, much like the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. The Tournament of Roses football game thus eventually came to be known as the Rose Bowl Game. Exploiting the Rose Bowl Game's popularity, post-season college football contests were created for Miami, New Orleans, and El Paso in 1935, and for Dallas in 1937. By the time the first Super Bowl was played, the term "bowl" for any major American football game was well established.

For football, Miami is home to the Orange Bowl, New Orleans is home to the Sugar Bowl, El Paso is home to Sun Bowl, and Dallas is also home to the Cotton Bowl.

Count me if I’m wrong or now, but in 1987, The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game, Super Bowl I.

The Jets were the first AFL team to win a Super Bowl III, defeating the Colts in 1986.

After the Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, some team owners feared for the future of the merger. At the time, many doubted the competitiveness of AFL teams compared with their NFL counterparts, though that perception changed when the New York Jets Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in Miami. One year later, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings at 23-7 at Super Bowl IV in New Orleans, which was the final AFL–NFL World Championship Game played before the merger. Beginning with the 1970 season, the NFL realigned into two conferences; the former AFL teams plus three NFL teams would constitute the AFC, while the remaining NFL clubs would form the National Football Conference. The champions of the two conferences would play each other in the Super Bowl.

The winning team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which was named after the former Green Bay Packers coach, who won the first two Super Bowl games as well as five NFL championships preceding the merger in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966 and 1967. Following Lombardi's death in September 1970, the trophy was named after him. The first trophy awarded under the new name was presented to the Baltimore Colts following their win in Super Bowl V in Miami.

In the early 2000s, the New England Patriots were playing against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.  They became the dominant team throughout the early 2000s, winning the championship three out of four years early in the decade. They would become only the second team in the history of the NFL to do so right after the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. Now that’s cool!

In the 2009 season, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV by a score of 31–17 to take home their first Championship. With this victory, the Saints joined the New York Jets as the only teams to have won in their sole Super Bowl appearance, a distinction the Ravens also enjoyed in winning Super Bowl XXXV after the 2000 season and the Buccaneers in 2002.

Now here’s what else happens in the future. We all know that Super Bowl 58 will be held at Paradise, Nevada. But there’s plenty more to it than just that.

In 2025, Super Bowl LIX will held at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California in 2026.

And Super Bowl LX at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California in 2027.

There’s plenty more where that came from, and you are gonna love this! So stay tuned for more Super Bowl updates.

Without further ado, let’s give the Kansas City Chiefs an official good luck this year! And I tell you, this is gonna be a good one. Fingers crossed!

Now let’s start with another thing I wanna talk about next. The Super Bowl Halftime Show!

During the Super Bowl’s first decade, the halftime show features a college marching band. The show’s second decade featured a more varied show, including a drill teams and other performance ensembles; the group Up with People produced and starred in four of the performances. The middle of the third decade, in an effort to counter other networks' efforts to counterprogram the game, saw the introduction of popular music acts such as New Kids On The Block, Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson, Clint Black, and Tony Bennett. Now that’s really cool, huh! Starting with Super Bowl XXXII, commercial sponsors presented the halftime show; within five years, the tradition of having a theme—begun with Super Bowl III—ended, replaced by major music productions by arena rock bands and other high-profile acts.

These shows were considered "family friendly" and the time in which they took place has been described as "the age of reactionary halftime shows". Since Super Bowl XLV, the halftime show has returned to featuring popular contemporary musicians, with the typical format featuring a single headline artist collaborating with a small number of guest acts.

Here’s some I really like from back in the day.

The 2000s

 

The year 2K, there was the Tapestry of Nations produced by Disney. It featured Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, and Toni Braxton.

In 2001, it was the Kings of Rock and Pop featuring Aerosmith and *NSYNC. One of my favorite songs from the them is “Bye Bye Bye”, “It’s Gonna Be Me” and “Pop”. And one of Aerosmith’s songs I like are “Walk This Way” and “Jaded”.

Now 2005 featured Beatles member Paul McCartney where he sang his songs from The Beatles and one from his band Wings. I really love his music because whenever I hear The Beatles on the radio, it makes me wanna dance and sing along.

2006 had The Rolling Stones. My favorites from them were “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Start Me Up”. One fun fact about that song is that it was featured on the Windows 95 commercial for Microsoft. Groovy!

But that’s not all! Prince also performed in 2007 at the Super Bowl! I feel like I’m about to party like it’s 1999! I mean literally!

2008, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. One of my all-time favorite songs is “Free Fallin’”, "The Waiting", and “I Won’t Be Down”. The best part is that the band also performed on the season finale of SNL with Alec Baldwin.

Then in 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed the hits that year. It was a rockin’ good time! A couple of the songs I love are “Born To Run”, “Born In The U.S.A.”, and “Glory Days”.

Okay let’s move on to the 2010s.

There were plenty of musical acts performed here at the Super Bowl that decade to name a few. So let’s begin with the year 2010.

The Who performed at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. One of the songs they played are one of my all-time favorites. ‘Pinball Wizard’!

2011. The Black Eyed Peas were incredible at Cowboys Stadium. Usher and Slash were the special guests too. Their music was the bomb!

2012 was when Madonna performed with special guests LMFAO and Cirque du Soleil. “Give Me All You Luvin’” was a song which performed at the Super Bowl that year and it was a theme made for football fans everywhere. I listened to the song once and I liked it. Both of those were sponsored by Bridgestone

Now let’s jump to 2014! And this one’s the best part I learned since I played Blazin’ Trivia at Buffalo Wind Wings. Bruno Mars performed at the Super Bowl with Red Hot Chili Peppers. Trust me on this one, it was actually fun! He also performed in 2016 with Mark Ronson, and Beyoncé. Way cool, huh! Pepsi sponsored it though. Coldplay was also the performance that played there too.

In 2019, Maroon 5 performed the Super Bowl Halftime Show at where? The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta! That’s in Georgia. The band played the songs from their albums from past decades, and Travis Scott was the special guest. “Sicko Mode” was the rap song that he performed. Before that, there was that scene where SpongeBob and the ‘Band Geeks’ made a cameo appearance here.

Now this year, the halftime will feature Usher to perform. On the Nickelodeon version of the Super Bowl, ‘Sweet Victory’ will be featured. And they’ve asked for it. And I’m telling you right now, it’s never been that much sweeter! SpongeBob and his friends will be there, and so do I. And I can’t wait to watch it.

Now I’ve been thinking on next year’s Super Bowl, I’ve always wondering. What would it be like if Nickelodeon did another Super Bowl broadcast, only this time, with an all-star cast of Nickelodeon stars and Nicktoons. There would be The Loud House, SpongeBob, Blue’s Clues, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rock Paper Scissors, Rugrats, Big Nate, Baby Shark, and Dora The Explorer. It would also feature special guests of any kind and a huge halftime show introduced by The Really Loud House cast. Now that would be really cool too, won’t it! We’ll have to wait and see.

If you like my next blog about Super Bowl, feel free to get me more information about me coming over for a special Super Bowl Party in my neighborhood. Also let me know about when the next Super Bowl will be held so that I can plan on watching it when I come over too. Well anyway, that’s about it for now. Check back later to see the next story about my first dance party at the Learnard house when I was in Lawrence. See you later and have a great Super Bowl weekend.