# SuperBowl XXXIV: Detroit 34 - Jacksonville 23

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/81 "2000-01-31T03:50:00Z")

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Rams won. Close game. The spread was 7 points. It was a push.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Wing_Duck)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/82 "2000-01-31T04:42:00Z")

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I guess the Titans aren’t the only team with magic powers. Heh, heh, heh…

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/83 "2000-01-31T14:04:00Z")

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Great ending! When the whole game comes down to one open-field tackle, and the guy makes it, I don’t feel bad that the team I was rooting for lost.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/84 "2000-01-31T23:36:00Z")

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Yeah, it had a great ending, all right. It takes some of the sting out of picking the other team to win.

As far as the gambling is concerned, though, the Rams were never favored by more than 7 1/2, according to this story in the [Las Vegas _Review-Journal_](http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/jan-31-Mon-2000/news/12861655.html),

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> The line got to Rams minus-7 only minutes after the conference championship games on Jan. 23 and, with the exception of a few houses that briefly went up to 7 1/2, it rarely moved off that number.

At the Imperial Palace, you can already bet on who you think will win the next Super Bowl, with Jacksonville the favorite at 9-2.

See ya next year!

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\>\< DARWIN \>  
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**Author:** ![peligro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/35a633/32.png) [@peligro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peligro)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/85 "2000-02-01T00:46:00Z")

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CHEATERS! they owe 4 seconds to the Titans. They also owe them a chance at knocking off mr MADE FOR TV HERO, and his fruity looking wife!!!

YYeeck!

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-xxxiv-detroit-34-jacksonville-23/17361/86 "2000-02-01T03:18:00Z")

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Ah, but one Titan touchdown should’ve been called back because the guy’s knee hit the turf before he crossed the goal line.

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\>\< DARWIN \>  
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