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Something I have always wondered was how some people would react if a team won the Superbowl playing on their home field. As most of you know, next year the Superbowl is in Miami. IF the Dolphins win the Superbowl next year, does it spark any sort of controversy? Just curious.
 
Naa there is no way to know who is going to be in the SB years before when they make that selection...it's just a little perk Miami has yet to take advantage of being a southern team with nice weather in Jan/Feb. Hopefully they will though with two coming up in the next 5 years I believe.
 
no team should be allowed to play at home in the SB.

i know that the tickets are sold in advance and you dont know who would be in the SB, but im sure a majority of the fans would be chearing for the home team.

luckaly that has never happened before.

i would give the home team a HUGE advantage, in the only game that is not supposed to have a home field advantage.
 
I doubt it would make much difference. SB tickets are divided up among all NFL teams, sponsors, etc, with I believe blocks of tickets also available to the playing teams for their season ticket holders. I doubt that it being a 'home' game for someone would really alter the makeup of the crowd by very much.

Of course, there might be some difference. It would be easier for local fans to scrape together whatever outrageous price was being charged for scalped tickets and go, if they didn't also have to pay for travel, hotel, etc, to some neutral location.

Preventing a 'home game' like this is pretty much impossible though, since you don't know who will be in it until two weeks before the game, and many months of planning are involved.

The closest I can recall to a 'home game' for the SB was the one Miami lost to San Francisco, played in northern California. Wasn't it someplace odd like Stanford, for some reason?
 
ScrepsMJ said:
Something I have always wondered was how some people would react if a team won the Superbowl playing on their home field. As most of you know, next year the Superbowl is in Miami. IF the Dolphins win the Superbowl next year, does it spark any sort of controversy? Just curious.
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luckily we won't have to worry about that situation arising :D It wouldn't be a problem, the SB has mostly been played in Stadiums NFL teams use and there is always that chance and it has never happened. Someday it will but the SB is not about the fans, it's a corproate event and it's not like the building will be pro the hom team b/c the tix are distributed for the most part well before the matchups are set.
 
Superbowl XIV LA Rams v. Steelers in Pasedena Ca. Steelers, obviously, won
 
TexPhinPhan said:
Superbowl XIV LA Rams v. Steelers in Pasedena Ca. Steelers, obviously, won
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The rams played in the Coliseum through that year then in Anaheim starting in '80 so it wasn't in their hom Stadium. I'm sure you guys remember SB XIX, that was in the Bay area at Stanford Stadium. Another close one but obviously it wasn't the Niners home Stadium.
 
ch19079 said:
no team should be allowed to play at home in the SB.

i know that the tickets are sold in advance and you dont know who would be in the SB, but im sure a majority of the fans would be chearing for the home team.

luckaly that has never happened before.

i would give the home team a HUGE advantage, in the only game that is not supposed to have a home field advantage.
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Have you ever attended an Arizona/Dallas Cowboy game in Phoenix? The home team for that venue is definately Dallas. So we should all be corrected when we say no team has ever played in their homefield for a SB. Dallas beat Pittsburg at Sun Devil stadium back during there hey day in the 90's
 
Basically all I'm saying is, if we win it next year, I don't want to hear s*** from people about the game being in Miami.
 
ScrepsMJ said:
Basically all I'm saying is, if we win it next year, I don't want to hear s*** from people about the game being in Miami.
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No one would complain if that happened but let's get real. Worry about getting to the playoffs next year before you start thinking SB wins. You still have a long way to go but you are headed in the right direction.
 
ScrepsMJ said:
Something I have always wondered was how some people would react if a team won the Superbowl playing on their home field. As most of you know, next year the Superbowl is in Miami. IF the Dolphins win the Superbowl next year, does it spark any sort of controversy? Just curious.
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That would be KILLER. The Dolphins would be the only team to go undefeated and the only team to win a SB at home. :cool:
 
nyjunc said:
The rams played in the Coliseum through that year then in Anaheim starting in '80 so it wasn't in their hom Stadium. I'm sure you guys remember SB XIX, that was in the Bay area at Stanford Stadium. Another close one but obviously it wasn't the Niners home Stadium .
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It might as well have been, if i recall correctly the 49ers practiced and stayed in SF until the night before the game.
 
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