The A to Z of the Super Bowl

A - Arizona

The Arizona Cardinals may have had a season to forget, winning just four games and finishing bottom of the NFC but at least they can take a semblance of solace in the fact that they're hosting the Super Bowl.

The game will be played in the Cardinal’s home ground of State Farm Stadium with an expected crowd of 73,000.

B – Blowout

Super Bowl games are usually close affairs but there have been several notable exceptions.

1990 saw the biggest ever margin of victory when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV, while this year’s finalists Kansas City Chiefs were on the wrong end of a 31-9 hiding against Tampa Bay two years ago.

C – Commercials

Along with the half-time show, they’re the reason that people who don’t even have a passing interest in US sport get sucked in. From Fred Astaire dancing with a vacuum cleaner to Larry David pushing now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, they can be awful but they’ll get people talking.

If you want to run a 30-second commercial during half-time, it’ll run you about $7million. Money well spent for fans of Breaking Bad and/or Doritos.

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D – Dungan, Myles

The face and driving force of RTÉ's efforts to bring the Super Bowl and American football to the Irish audience in the 80s.

RTÉ’s Conor Neville has written an excellent piece on the history of the NFL on RTÉ television, including Dickie Rock’s brief stint as a pundit. You can read the feature here - Harp and the Fridge: Ireland's 1980s NFL flirtation.