Superbowl XLVII: Predictions and Favorite Commercials

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Nicknamed the Harbaugh Bowl, HarBowl, Super Baugh, and the Brother Bowl, this will be the first Super Bowl featuring opposing head coaching brothers, Baltimore's John Harbaugh and San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh, whose clubs previously met in a 2011 Thanksgiving Classic, in which John's Ravens won, 16–6.  The Ravens, after finishing the 2012 regular season with a 10–6 record, are making their second Super Bowl, having previously won Super Bowl XXXV. Ray Lewis, the MVP from that game, returns for this game, which he has said will be his last before his retirement from professional football.  The 49ers enter the game seeking their sixth Super Bowl win in team history (and first since Super Bowl XXIX), which would tie the Pittsburgh Steelers with the most Super Bowl wins, after going 5–0 in their previous appearances. San Francisco finished the regular season at 11–4–1.

 

 

This will mark the first Super Bowl in which both of the teams have appeared in, but not yet lost, a previous Super Bowl: the 49ers have won all five of their previous Super Bowls while the Ravens won in their only previous Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. This means that the winner will become the only remaining team in the NFL to have appeared in multiple Super Bowls without losing one. This will also be the first Super Bowl in which both teams can trace their lineage to the All-America Football Conference, as the Ravens are descended from the Cleveland Browns franchise, which joined the NFL along with the 49ers when the AAFC disbanded in 1949.

The Superbowl will air tomorrow afternoon starting at 5:30 PM.  Before that time, put out your predictions here and let's see who can get the closest to the actual result.  Since this has little midwestern interest, just predict your score.  Afterwards, comment on the game and your favorite commercials, and claim victory if you come closest in the categories:

1) Closest to actual score

2) Closest to actual point total

3) Closest to margin of victory

Maybe someone will get all three.

 

[Dave]

Been watching them since I took an interest in football in the late 70's.

There has obviously been much talk regarding the play in question, plenty of people feel the way I do that it was a reasonable no call situation, plenty out there as well that it was a missed call. Could of called penalties on both players even. IMO though, they let the players play for 59 minutes of the game, you got to let them play the last minute as well. There were a few other missed calls, its just what happens in pretty much any sport.

The 49'ers played a great game in the 2nd half and made it a game. I don't want you to think I was supporting one team over the other... I honestly didn't care who won as I'm not a fan of either team. The Ravens played a more consistent game and was able to hold off the 49'ers in the final minutes.