# SuperBowl XXXIV: Detroit 34 - Jacksonville 23 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 6, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361 "1999-12-06T00:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/1 "1999-12-06T00:57:00Z")
You heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/2 "1999-12-06T02:42:00Z")
Hearing ain’t necessarily believing. I think the Colts will be the AFC representative, and Minnesota and Green Bay are more likely the NFC reps. But what the hell, good luck Lions. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/3 "1999-12-06T12:33:00Z")
I wouldn’t pick eithr the Lions or the Jaguars, myself… but the way this year has gone, ANYTHING except a Falcons-Broncos rematch seems plausible! The NFC has been so awful (except for the Rams, and I’m still not sold on them), ANY team that makes the playoffs (and most teams still could) has as good a shot at making the SUper Bowl as any other. As for the AFC… I’m leaning toward the Colts, mainly because they’re dominating the league’s best division. But their defense is only so-so, which means they can be had. Jacksonville COULD be good, but they lost the only game they played against a winning team… so who knows how good they really are? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/4 "1999-12-06T15:13:00Z")
IMO, it’s time to call it Super Bowl 34. Just because they’re into Roman numerals doesn’t mean we have to be. * * * “From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun” – Matchbox 20 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/5 "1999-12-06T19:14:00Z")
Colts 45, Vikings 38, in the Super Bowl with the highest Over-Under in History. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/6 "1999-12-06T19:18:00Z")
I think that it’s gonna be Jacksonville destroying Minnesota, something on the order of 38-16 or so. * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/7 "1999-12-06T19:24:00Z")
Peyton Manning and the Colts will take Hyperbole 34. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/8 "1999-12-06T19:37:00Z")
What, no one is going to pick the Saints? I don’t think they are mathematically eliminated yet, are they? * * * “Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/9 "1999-12-06T19:48:00Z")
Oh, what the heck. Panthers 84, Saints -2. * * * “It is lucky for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/10 "1999-12-06T20:02:00Z")
Yeah, but what if the rest of the Saints stay home and it’s just Ditka going against the entire AFC? Ditka 95 - AFC 17 * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/11 "1999-12-06T22:16:00Z")
What happened last year determines what happens this year. Here’s what I mean: The day after last season’s NFC Championship Game, Dennis Greene, coach of the Minnesota Vikings is talking with the Devil: G: I thought you said I’d coach the best team in the NFL this season. D: I did, and you did. G: Then why did we lose to Atlanta? D: Dan Reeves wanted to _beat_ the best team in the NFC. Greene cries for a bit, then: G: So I guess this means Atlanta will win the Super Bowl? D: No, it’s going to be Denver. The Big Guy wants John Elway to retire a champion. But next year, Denver doesn’t even win the division. G: And what about us? D: Can’t tell you. The deal was for this season only. But I will tell you that St. Louis will be the team to beat. G: _The Rams?!?!?!_ D: God ain’t the only one who can work miracles. G: But that’s so _perverse_. D: Now, you’re catching on… * * * I think it’ll be Jacksonville over the Rams, but last year, I thought it would be Denver over Minnesota. * * * Fighting my own ignorance since 1957. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/12 "1999-12-07T02:11:00Z")
Indianapolis Colts 34 Detroit Lions 24 ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/13 "1999-12-07T22:37:00Z")
Oh, and the name of the coach of the Minnesota Vikings is Dennis **Green** , not _Greene_, as I wrote above. Oh, and it looks like the best thing that ever happened to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is Trent Dufus-- uhm, _Dilfer_ breaking his collarbone. When will Minnesota put Dante Culpepper in? Guy broke all kindsa records at Central Florida. Most of CF’s opponents were from Division II, it’s true, but a record is a record. * * * Fighting my own ignorance since 1957. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/14 "1999-12-08T19:36:00Z")
I hereby withdraw my suggestion that the Vikings will make it to the big one. I had forgotten about the Denny THEBIGGESTGODDAMMORONCOAHINEXISTENCE Green factor. He’s been here 8 years. He _always_ loses in the playoffs, usually in the first round. (Take-a-knee-with-30-seconds-left-in-order-to-force-overtime-and-not-even-be-assured-that-you’re-going-to-get-the-ball-back-what-a-_jerk!_ ) I hate him lots. And, re: Daunte Culpepper. I had a chance to observe him a few times during the preseason. He should start, alright, but as a linebacker. I’ve seen deer in my headlights that were more decisive than he was. The only way he’ll start is if both George and Cunningham are on life support. ---
**Author:** ![Jahender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jahender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jahender)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/15 "1999-12-08T20:40:00Z")
Super Bowl champs usually have a QB who is very good (i.e., Elway, Favre, Aikman, Young, Montana) or is having a career year (Simms, Williams, McMahon, Plunkett, Rypien). That disqualifies these teams (Lions, Bucs, Titans, Bills, Raiders, Chiefs, Seahawks, Redskins, Cardinals) and includes these teams (Colts, Jags, Rams, Vikings, Packers & Dolphins) out of these teams only one will make it out alive Packers/Vikings, Dolphins/Colts, to play the Jags and Rams. The Packers have been too streaky and the Vikings defense sucks too much to handle the Rams offense. The Colts beat the Fins barely, but they really didn’t play that well and I don’t think that the Jags can score enough to beat either team so I’m going with a Rams/Colts Super Bowl which means that pigs will start flying, Hell will be very cold and the Earth will stop spinning, and we are all going to die!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jahender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jahender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jahender)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/16 "1999-12-08T20:42:00Z")
As far as the score, I was born and raised in Indy, so I’m going with Colts 34, Rams 27. ---
**Author:** ![RonaldBarnhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RonaldBarnhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonaldBarnhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/17 "1999-12-13T21:27:00Z")
Vikings? Packers? Lions? Ha! King is gonna turn out to be the best QB in the league. Jacksonville 24 Tampa Bay 28 baby. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/18 "1999-12-13T21:42:00Z")
Like I said, the best thing that ever happened to the Buccaneers was Dilfer’s injury. But the road to the Super Bowl now officially goes through St. Louis. Warner and the Warner Brothers will go all the way to Atlanta (where they play the SB this time). And lose to Jacksonville. * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/19 "1999-12-13T22:26:00Z")
Rysdad - easy on the hyphens, guy; that stretches out the page. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/20 "1999-12-13T23:18:00Z")
Bucs in the Superbowl!! It feels strange to think it after week 14, but here I am, the eternal optimist rewarded at last. Now if only it does last. Bucs D vs Rams O in the NFC championship game: 2 young, uproven (in the NFL) QB’s; 1 team that has been tested with a strong division and learned how to win hard games on the road; 1 team that looks magnificent against the NFC Worst but has lost to the only winning teams it has played this season. Bucs in the Superbowl!!! Where they lose to Indianapolis 27 - 17. Damn. But I’ll still celebrate. * * * - The best lack all conviction The worst are full of passionate intensity. \* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361.md?page=2)