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This is the 47th Super Bowl, and -- follow closely here -- two teams play in each game, which means there have been 94 Super Bowl slots open over the years. There's parity in the NFL, and that extends to the biggest game: 28 NFL franchises have played in at least one Super Bowl.
But four have never made it.
Everybody will be focused this week and next on Baltimore and San Francisco, but let's take just a minute to play the sad trombone for the Failed Four. We'll look at them in order of accumulated pain, from least to most.
I hate the New England Patriots. I hate the Baltimore Ravens, Ray Lewis is particular. When two teams you strongly dislike play one another, that's what we Internet folk like to call a Meteor Game, because you're rooting for a... more »
SANTA CLARA -- Boil out the flimsiest, fuzziest story lines and this Super Bowl is supremely easy to summarize in less than 25 words. The 49ers are a little better at the best things the Ravens do and a lot better at the things... more »
Jim Harbaugh vs. Bill Belichick is the more significant story. That’s the Super Bowl we should all want to see. Jim vs. Bill would be bigger than last weekend’s Peyton vs. Ray clash. In fact, I find Jim vs. Bill more... more »
MOBILE, Ala. – Amid 45 minutes of contrite, turn-the-page talk, coach Sean Payton said all the right things to soothe the savage feelings that New Orleans Saints fans have for the NFL right now. In other words, Payton did NFL... more »
Jack Harbaugh should have suspected the grander scope of his new public life when the satirical web site The Onion did a story about him rooting for Tom Brady to win another Super Bowl and that Bill Belichick was by far the best... more »
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