Video Gaming News - January 2003
San Diego, CA (January 29, 2003) - Sony today released the
following regarding their Game Before the Game Results.
From Sony:
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' dominating win over the Oakland Raiders in
Super Bowl XXXVII, 989 Sports(R) Game Before the Game(R) extended its winning
streak to a perfect eight for eight in correctly predicting the winner of the
Super Bowl. On Wednesday, January 22, at the Eighth Annual Game Before the Game,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers' receiver Keenan McCardell led his team to a convincing and
prophetic 28-8 victory over Charlie Garner, running back for the Oakland
Raiders, in NFL.
GameDay(TM) 2003 on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. This
Bucs victory set the stage for its equally convincing win in Super Bowl XXXVII,
as going into the title match-up a perfect seven of the previous seven winners
of the Game Before the Game had gone on to victory in the Super Bowl.
Billed as the "leading Super Bowl indicator" by NFL Hall-of-Famer and Game
Before the Game co-host, Lynn Swann, the Eighth Annual Game Before the Game was
played in front of a packed house at the W Hotel in downtown San Diego, where
celebrity onlookers included Trista Rehn (The Bachelorette), Joey Fatone ('NSync),
Carson Daly (MTV) and sports stars such as Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders and
Marcus Allen. The standing room only crowd was treated to a remarkable display
of foreshadowing as McCardell and the Buccaneers' top ranked defense proved to
be too much for Garner and the Raiders' top ranked offense, with an unstoppable
pass rush and timely interceptions. Equally prophetic were McCardell's two
touchdown catches in the Game Before the Game, the same number of scoring
receptions he would log in Super Bowl XXXVII, en route to leading his Tampa Bay
Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title and a perfect 8-0 record for the Game Before
the Game.
Game Before the Game - Year by Year Results
Year Winner Loser Super Bowl Champion
2003 Keenan McCardell (TB) Charlie Garner (Oak) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2002 Troy Brown (NE) Isaac Bruce (StL) New England Patriots
2001 Qadry Ismail (Balt) Jason Sehorn (NYG) Baltimore Ravens
2000 Marshall Faulk (StL) Frank Wycheck (Tenn) St. Louis Rams
1999 John Mobley (Den) Terance Mathis (Atl) Denver Broncos
1998 Terrell Davis (Den) Robert Brooks (GB) Denver Broncos
1997 Edgar Bennet (GB) Terry Glenn (NE) Green Bay Packers
1996 Charles Haley (Dal) Carnell Lake (Pitt) Dallas Cowboys
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