

The following year, Hurts transferred to Oklahoma, where he had the best season of his collegiate career and finished second to Joe Burrow in Heisman Trophy voting. Hurts stuck around the following season as Tagovailoa's backup, and led a comeback victory against Georgia in the SEC Championship Game after Tua left the game due to injury. However, when the Crimson Tide fell behind 13-0 at halftime against Georgia, Hurts was benched in favor in future Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who led a second-half comeback. Hurts began his college career at Alabama, where he quickly became a star quarterback and led his team to the National Championship Game.

That includes a halftime show that generally lasts 20 to 30 minutes. And how long is it going to last?Īs our Cody Benjamin noted a few years back, the average Super Bowl broadcast over the past 20 years or so has been about three-and-a-half hours. Last year, the Los Angeles Rams did the same. That had worked every year up until two years ago, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in their home stadium. The NFL rotates the location of the Super Bowl every year because it generally wants to provide a neutral site so no team has home-field advantage. The game will be played in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Numerals I through IV were added later for the first four Super Bowls." What time is the Super Bowl? Where is it? According to the NFL's media guide, "The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game - the Super Bowl - is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season. The NFL has been using Roman numerals for every Super Bowl (except Super Bowl 50) since Super Bowl V (five). It's called Super Bowl LVII because it's the 57th Super Bowl, and 57 in Roman numerals is LVII. The Eagles wear green, white, and black uniforms, while the Chiefs are in red, gold, and white. The two teams can be told apart by their respective color schemes. Representing the AFC, meanwhile, are the Kansas City Chiefs. That means betting experts at Caesars Sportsbook think this is going to be a close game, but that the Eagles are the slightly better team. They're favored by 1.5 points as of this writing. Representing the NFC, we have the Philadelphia Eagles. Who's playing in Super Bowl LVII? And why is it called Super Bowl LVII?įirst and foremost, it's important to know everything about the participants in the NFL's title game.

This is the sixth annual casual fan's guide to everything you could possibly need to know about the Super Bowl. If you're a die-hard football fan, I don't have to tell you that the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs are only a few hours away from battling it out in Super Bowl LVII for a chance to call themselves champions.īut what if you aren't really that into the NFL? What if, say, the only things you know about chiefs and eagles are that they're actually birds and tribal leaders? What if the extent of your annual engagement with the Super Bowl is going to a party and trying to think of things to contribute to the conversation in between commercials?
