It's hard to believe that I've been settling in with friends, family and fans to watch the Super Bowl for almost 50 years. Today is the super bowl's 49th birthday and on February 7th, the championship game will celebrate its 50th anniversary. It all started on January 15, 1967 with the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. It was the first AFL/NFL world championship game and it would later become known as Super Bowl I.

With about 60 million people tuned to watch the game on television, the Packers annihilated the Chiefs that day. Packers quarterback Bryan Bartlett “Bart” Starr completed 16 of 23 passes he threw that night leading the AFL team to a 35-10 win.  According to Green Bay coach, Vince Lombardi, the best of the AFL teams (the Chiefs) couldn't compare with the top teams in the NFL. Most people agreed with him -- until two years later when Joe Namath proved him wrong, leading his New York Jets to a 16-7 victory over the the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.

We don't yet know who will be playing in Super Bowl 50, but I know one thing: I'll be tuned in on February 7 to find out. Just like I have 49 times before.