Super Bowls have become the stage for things to go spectacularly right. But things haven’t always been that way. Some of our favorite bonehead episodes:
5. And thus was born the “wardrobe malfunction” » Just imagine if the FCC hadn’t unleashed its wrath on MTV and CBS after Justin Timberlake‘s swipe of Janet Jackson‘s clothing, exposing her right breast to the masses at the end of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.
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4. Robinson cruisin’ — for prostitutes » A long and highly respected career. A Pro Bowl invite. A Bart Starr Award for moral character in the morning. An arrest for hustling an undercover police officer later that night, before Super Bowl XXXIII. That’s how it went for Atlanta Falcons safety Eugene Robinson, who capped it off with a poor performance in a 34-19 loss to Denver.
3. Thurman needs a tether » Freshly named the NFL MVP, Buffalo running back Thurman Thomas complained that he didn’t receive enough attention or respect. Then he couldn’t find his helmet on Buffalo’s first series of Super Bowl XXVI — and finished with 13 rushing yards on 10 carries as the Bills lost 37-24.
2. O’Donnell’s dumb interceptions » Pittsburgh quarterback Neil O’Donnell‘s best passes of Super Bowl XXX were both to wide-open Dallas Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown. If Ben Roethlisberger does this on Sunday, the sports talk apocalypse can’t be far behind.
1. Lett it go already » Showboating kills reputations. Dallas won Super Bowl XXVII handily, 52-17, but Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett was the game’s goat, having been stripped from behind by Buffalo’s Don Beebe after he started celebrating his fumble return before he got to the end zone.
