• Cyanity@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    this was such a great setup, but in the end it fell flat because i don’t know anything about superbowl or detroit, can someone explain?

    • gen/Eric Computers@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      If I had to guess, the joke is "Hell will freeze over before [Insert Sports Team] will win [Insert Sporting Event].”

    • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The Detroit Lions are the only American football franchise operational for the entirety of the Super Bowl era to not appear in the Super Bowl.

      • Echo Dot
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        5 months ago

        So the equivalent of relegation league, for everyone else