Browns vs Ravens & return of real refs

[tony hipchest]

Originally Posted by Atlanta Dan

Between John Harbaugh's tired act and Belichick affirming his game by grabbing the ref at the end of the Sunday night game I am all in on Houston if the Steelers season falls apart

how strange would a ATL-HOU superbowl matchup be? 2 teams with virtually no SB experience and a guranteed 1st time winner.

outside of the 2 rather large markets, i wonder if anyone else would even really care?

[Atlanta Dan]

Originally Posted by tony hipchest

how strange would a ATL-HOU superbowl matchup be? 2 teams with virtually no SB experience and a guranteed 1st time winner.

outside of the 2 rather large markets, i wonder if anyone else would even really care?

It actually would be a tough ticket since New Orleans is within driving distance of Atlanta and Houston

And everyone always cares about the Super Bowl - if Tampa Bay-Oakland drew a huge audience so would a Falcons-Texans Super Bowl

I actually would enjoy attending a Super Bowl party in Atlanta where everyone else was a nervous wreck and I was just enjoying myself as opposed to parties when the Steelers have been playing and everyone else figures out by halftime that i really do not want to talk about the commercials

[TRH]

Originally Posted by tony hipchest

how strange would a ATL-HOU superbowl matchup be? 2 teams with virtually no SB experience and a guranteed 1st time winner.

outside of the 2 rather large markets, i wonder if anyone else would even really care?

the SB is such an institution that it will get great ratings, thats a given.
However....
In a certain sense, i don't know if i'd use the phrase "no one is going to care", but there would certainly be, at minimum, a dismissive attitude toward it across the board on a certain level and it would likely be forgotten about much faster than the other games. (not that different from a few of the recent sleep-inducing World Series...)
That said....if we aren't in it....i would much rather see something like this. Getting sick of seeing the Giants, Pats, Saints, Packers in the end. Need some new blood showing up at the very end.