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=Superbowl III The Start of a New Era =

(The famous Joe Namath point in victory) http://sportslifer.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/joe1.jpg

The American Football League which was only seven years old, and the National Football League which was 44 years old, the two leagues were completely different entities almost different classes in a caste system. In 1967, they decided to make a championship game where the team from the AFL would verse the team from the NFL for the Superbowl. The old National Football League (now called the National Football Conference, NFC) was expected to dominate the old American Football league (or known as the American Football Conference, AFC) as it did the first two years in '66 and '67. Superbowls I and II both went to Bart Starr, the quarterback, Vince Lombardi, the coach and the person who the Superbowl trophy is named after today, and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. The American Football League was almost a joke with an amount of years history you could count with two hands. Out of nowhere, the New York Jets came to be. The New York Jets were heavy underdogs to the Baltimore Colts of the NFC in Superbowl III, season of '68, as a press conference with Joe Namath (quarterback of the Jets). The Baltimore Colts were arguably one of the best teams in the league with a 13-1 record scoring more than three times the amount of points then they let up which is unheard of. The Jets were lucky to be in the championship with their league having bascially 10 last place teams. If they didn't win the merge would be in serious jeopardy. The Colts were very confident in stopping Joe Namath considering their defense compared to absolutely none in the AFL. If the Jets were an NFL team their record would be a 9-5 at best compared to the 11-3 record they had in the AFL, which included a loss in the first game of the year to the 1-12 Bills. The odds makers made the Jets an 18 point underdog at the start of kickoff. The legend started at a Miami Springs Villa at a press conference and he was despising the lack of respect for his team. Someone at from the press yelled something, supposively harsh from the back and Namath responded, "Wait a minute, let's hold on. You Baltimore guys have been talking all week, but I've got news for you, buddy. We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it." This quote is arguably the most memorable quotes in sports as the New York Jets took the field and shocked the world with a huge 16-7 upset of the Baltimore Colts in Superbowl III.

(quote is from: http://sports.jrank.org/pages/3404/Namath-Joe-Guarantee-Super-Bowl-III.html)