Super Bowl

50th Super Bowl will be held February 7th. It’s the final coin toss of the season in a game that decides the best in the NFL. Some major events have marked the last 49 years. Let’s take a look at the highlights. Super Bowl XLIV, Peyton Manning and the Colts were heavy favourites to take on the New Orleans Saints. In the fourth quarter, on third down, as Manning attempts to keep the Colts alive, he throws an interception for a 74 yard touchdown- delivering the Saints their first ever Super Bowl…

On Sunday February 5, 2017, Super Bowl LI took place in Houston, Texas. The best teams from the AFC and NFC face off to see who is the best of the entire NFL. The NFC team was the Atlanta Falcons while the AFC was the New England Patriots, both with high powered offenses and decent defenses. The Falcons started off on fire going up 21-0 with a pick six, rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown. At the end of the half the Patriots only scored a field goal which put them down 21-3 at the end of…

Championship Game later known as Super Bowl I. Being able to play in the Super Bowl is something every team wishes to achieve, however, there are many obstacles they need to overcome in order to get there. There are thirty-two teams in the league, divided into two Conferences with sixteen teams each. The two Conferences (AFC and NFC) are then divided into four divisions of four teams each. The champion of each division will then confront each other at the Super Bowl. Over the years, Pittsburgh…

example, than someone who abstains” (APA 2012). Commercials regularly promote different liquors and the use of these sales go up in the adolescent age ranges. Many of the commercials that play a major role in the increase of adolescent drinking are super bowl commercials. The more promotions used in these commercials the younger and younger the adolescent may be and the increase of alcohol…

“Good morning class, today we're going to do an essay on a current event of your choice and your opinion of it,” My teacher said, “It doesn’t matter what event you do, it can even be about the Super Bowl.” When she said this, a smile spread across my face, turning a light bulb on in my head. I immediately got to work, writing furiously for the next half hour. I wrote about the defenses,the play calling, and how it could have ended better if the…

DeShawn Young Section 4305 October 19, 2015 Introduction I. Attention Getter: In 2014 111.5 million people watched the Super Bowl. (Riccobono, 2014)In 2015 114.4 million people watched the Super Bowl. (Riccobono, 2015). How many people watched the Super Bowl this year? How many people watched it and got to see the commercials that are anticipated every Super Bowl? Well all of you have just been involved in sports marketing. II. Thesis Statement: Today I want to talk to you about sports marketing…

For anyone who remembers this year’s Super Bowl LI commercials or the conversation surrounding them, then they may remember that many advertisers decided to take on a message of unity and diversity within America in their ads. It could be assumed that this was due to the more recent trends of making sure that there is more diversity or potentially in light of the presidential election. Regardless of the intensions, Google was no different than other advertisers in that they too decided to make a…

This year the the super bowl commercials I thought were very unique and different than previous years. For example, in the past years most commercials were very American oriented with a lot of classic american images being broadcasted. This year commercials ranged from being very American to unique and different. In a very broad sense, the target audience was 25-35 year old men and families throughout America. The commercials were a lot for beer, insurance, skittles and food/drinks which are all…

Of all the 2016 Super Bowl commercials, the commercial I have concluded the most effective is the Hyundai commercial with Kevin Hart. However, effective is a subjective word in this case, but the criteria used in my perspective of it is that the commercial created a connection with the viewer, was able to be memorable, and set itself apart as more than “just a product”. Through a mix of storytelling, playfulness, and outrageous acts; Hyundai was able to achieve and surpass those criteria. The…

Many of these controversies come to the forefront of media outlets around the time of the Super Bowl. Advertisements that air during the Super Bowl have been associated with many of these Super Bowl related controversies. Many companies have even been known to produce advertisements specifically for the reason of creating a situation in which their ads will disrupt the normal family oriented flow of the Super Bowl. The choice and responsibility of either rejecting or accepting these ads can be a…