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Some Super Bowl Weekend Links

• Chris Mottram at The Sporting Blog went to the Madden Bowl Party in Tampa, where he terrified Santana Moss and then watched him play video games (in addition to a few other hijinks).
• Michael David Smith at NFL Fanhouse has to go and get my hopes up regarding Russ Grimm’s Hall of Fame chances.
• The National Football Post breaks down the franchise and transition tag numbers for you.
• MJD at Shutdown Corner sits down with sports-blogging Godfather (and enormous fan of the “Buzzsaw Known as the Arizona Cardinals”) Will Leitch for a pre-Super Bowl interview.
• And Awful Announcing does their level best to help you sift through the frankly insane amount of pre-, post-, and in-game TV coverage you’ll be facing on Sunday. Enjoy!

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Jason Taylor, Robe Model

Jason Taylor’s many talents are common knowledge by now. Aside from being in the top twenty all-time in sacks, and aside from his experience on Dancing With The Stars, he’s also a Neutrogena spokesman, a magazine cover guy, a bit player in Jackass 2, and a calendar model.

In addition to those many talents — and, it should be noted, in addition to his charity work — he has also found the time to model the much-admired SportRobe.

Sure, it’s a strange number 99, not the Redskins 55 for which he’s so well known, but that’s very definitely an official Jason Taylor SportRobe. (Also, I hate the Dolphins’ aqua and orange color scheme as much today as I did 26 years ago during Super Bowl XVII.) I wonder if Taylor used these as cover-ups between shoots for that calendar.

If you’re interested, someone called “Redskins Fan Eric” models the Art Monk SportRobe after the jump.

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Friday, January 30: Today, 26 Years Ago

26 years ago today at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, the Washington Redskins defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII. Many of today’s most passionate Redskins fans weren’t even born yet, but those who were probably remember where they watched the game, who they were with, what they were wearing, what food was served, and everything else.

What they might not remember, unless they were there, is that the temperature at kickoff was 61 degrees, and the wind was slight from the north. That Don Orr was the field judge, and that the attendance was 103,667.

I don’t remember those things either (although I do know from watching the highlights that the weather was good that day), but I know them because I just found in the files here at Redskins Park the detailed game summary produced by the teams’ stats crew.

These are still generated today, with updates handed out in the press box after each quarter and a complete booklet photocopied and distributed after the game, but they look a little slicker now.

Here are two pages of the game book from the preseason Hall of Fame game in Canton, just as an example. Read more »