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NFL ditching Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50
CBS Sports ^
| June 4, 2014
| John Breech
Posted on 06/04/2014 11:54:31 AM PDT by C19fan
If you don't know your Roman numerals, the Super Bowl can be a confusing time. However, no one will be confused when Super Bowl L kicks off after the 2015 season because for one year only, the NFL will be making the switch from Roman numerals to standard numbers.
That's right: Super Bowl L will be Super Bowl 50. The first-regular numbered Super Bowl will air on Feb. 7, 2016 on CBS.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: arabicnumerals; nfl; roman; romannumerals; super; superbowl; superbowl50
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To: Steely Tom
A Roman walks in to a bar and holds up two fingers - “give me 5 beers please”.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:10:05 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
A Roman walks in to a bar and holds up two fingers - “give me 5 beers please”. LOL!
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:11:08 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: C19fan
What?! They can’t ditch them before Super Bowl Large! We already had the Porn Bowl (XXX) and Extra Large. Now I am disappointing.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:12:46 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
To: C19fan
Prolly due to pressure from the WH.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:13:25 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: C19fan
Can the Silver and Black make it to the “Silver Anniversary” Super Bowl?
Go Raiders.
To: Steely Tom
LOL...
There you go again with that 50-ought-50....
I don’t get it!
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:16:33 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
Good question!
L = 50
O = Appears to be “an unding”, a “zero”, a “non-value”
When placed prior to a larger-value number, subtraction is implied.
SO LOL would work out to be 50 + (50-0) giving 100 which is appropriately represented by ‘C’.
YMMV and, y’all white people need to get out more.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:16:34 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
To: MrB
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:16:42 PM PDT
by
sappy
(criminaldems)
To: C19fan
just when it was getting easier.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:17:44 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Benghazi)!!!)
To: C19fan
Got to consider so many illiterates who can't interpret roman numerals.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:17:55 PM PDT
by
kenmcg
(b)
To: morphing libertarian
Can’t wait for my techie friends to announce Super Bowl 110010.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:19:59 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
To: MrB
There you go again with that 50-ought-50.... I don’t get it!
The Romans didn't have "zero" or "ought."
The lack of which makes multiplying Roman numerals a task for a computer.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:22:50 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: al baby
If they changed to meters but stipulated everything remain based on 10 meters , ie 10 meters for a first down...it will force every classic foot ball play to be changed. At 10 meters, vs ten yards...coaches would have to calculate for an extra 33 inches or so. and the field of play enlarged.
To: C19fan
They don’t want to get to 59.
Frankly, I hope the NFL is a non-entity soon. The league has become a big festering consortium for liberal political engineering and propaganda.
Good riddance.
To: yarddog
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:33:43 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
To: Tallguy
How could I have forgotten Max? Of course that is the one.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:36:30 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: C19fan
hope they dont using cursive . . .
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:36:37 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: C19fan
To: SpinnerWebb
They know 50 cause that means the po-leece, and change back from a Benjamin when you buy crack.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:41:23 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: MrB
The same Roman was upset because after waiting at the bar for fifteen minutes to get six beers, he only got four.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:49:29 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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