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The Super Bowl jumps off this weekend in San Francisco complete with the media hype the unofficial National Holiday deserves. If you’re more nerd than athletic fanatic, this shit is like Comic Con times $2 million per commercial. The Panthers making their second Super Bowl appearance in history, ran through the regular season, netting only one loss. Some thought their schedule was too soft, but when you start hanging 30 in the first half against playoff teams, that soft shit-talk starts to fade into the background noise. Kind of like how folks were conflicted on Superior Spider-Man for the first 10 issues, and then Slott turned it up a notch and folks said, “Oh.” They’ll be meeting Denver, making their second Super Bowl appearance in 3 years. And hopefully, with a rabbit’s foot. Vegas says they’re going to need it, especially since they looked like they got hit by Colossus the last time they were there in 2014. You know their quarterback, Peyton Manning. He’s one of the best QBs of all time, he was great on SNL, has a ton of recognizable commercials and has the tallest head you’ve ever seen (I mean, dude is uber smart, so, maybe that’s part of it). Even so, he isn’t the brightest start in this Super Bowl as he slowly walks into this impending retirement. The big beacon hovering over Levi Stadium is on the other side. His name is Cameron. Last name like a physicist. And Newton been droppin’ science all, year, long. We can talk about how Cam Newton is a freakish talent with Om…
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