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Super Bowl 50 in 2016 Will Be The First Without Roman Numerals
Kinda cool RT @darrenrovell: Here's the regional Super Bowl 50 logo with SF landmarks engulfed in fog pic.twitter.com/9a8AgxmnKy
— Chris Biderman (@ChrisBiderman) June 4, 2014
So apparently the letter L (the roman numeral for 50) wasn't as sexy as a series of XXX's so the NFL just used the numbers instead (Super Bowl 30 was my favorite!).