I'm just not seeing Ray Jay in this image. This is the worst SB logo since the pre-9/11 SB XXXVI logo was. (Go to wikipedia and find it.) Granted it sorta had a New Orleans theme to it, but it just seemed to be, eh, boring. Perhaps AA will expand his empire by doing a best and worst Super Bowl logos post.

I could do that, but I would have to start with worst Olympic mascots before moving onto logos.

I don't see the stadium either...maybe I have the wrong logo.

maybe this is like that seinfeld episode where elaine and the old dude she was working for were looking at that painting with all the dots. let's see, if i squint and mumble 'bloody mary, bloody mary'....nope, still can't see it.

-dan

"the first official Super Bowl logo to use the color green"

Is NBC celebrating that or Crayola? What PR person or designer thinks they deserve a raise for looking thru 42 logos and realizing green was never used.

I don't see Raymond James Stedium represented in this logo at all.

Super Bowl XLW? I didn't know W was a Roman Numeral...

This looks like an overlay is missing, like it's the middle stages of it's design.

Horrific.

I'm glad that the five yard line now has a prominent place in Super Bowl lore.

It doesn't look like a stadium but I do see a bit of the Patriots logo reversed in the bottom 3 stripes

It's the bank of america logo!

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/financialaid/new/images/927019A2B31D4DB7BEB63817788D8F791_1_2.jpg

Only 365 more days until it is Super Bowl Sunday Night is Football Night in America (SBSNIFNIA!) on NBC! Woo hoo!

Next season: Will Tiki refer to the Giants as Super Bowl champs or just leave it out every time because of his petty jealousness?
I gotta believe he refuses to say it. The NBC big wigs are telling him not that to build up the controversy and attract viewers.

that is a horrible logo, and now it is getting really hard to read what number it is. enough with the roman numerals already.

horrible logo, i seen it i didnt think it was the offical one, best logo was super bowl xxxvi in new orleans 2002 with the usa, flag red white and blue, but cant wait for NBC's coverage

If you cross your eyes while looking at the logo you can see Peter King on his cell phone with Brett Favre. No...wait...it's Keith Olberman's ego. Yea! Football Night in America!

Last I checked the natural elements of Tampa Bay was the bay. Since you know it's just water.

Terrible logo, but not quite as bad as Super Bowl XX - THAT was a boring logo.

Anyone notice that the logo sorta looks like the Pats' flying Elvis, is the NFl predicting that the pats would get stomped on by someone with the number 43........its all a conspiracy

Can they just do away with SB logos altogether? Please?

I don't see how this logo is horrible, and I really don't see how people are coming to this conclusion. I know it's not the flashiest or most gimmicky, and yes, it's a poor representation of the stadium, but it's simple and inoffensive without being too plain. It's a good logo.

Then again, in my experience most sports fans tend to have bad taste in aesthetics anyway (i.e. obsession with ugly throwbacks).

first time green was used in a super bowl logo? I guess they didn't look back at super bowl 27

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/SuperBowlXXVII.png

Worse than this years' logo...andlast years' logo...and the one before that.

Anonymous said...
Feb 5, 2008 12:45:00 PM
"I don't see how this logo is horrible, and I really don't see how people are coming to this conclusion. I know it's not the flashiest or most gimmicky, and yes, it's a poor representation of the stadium, but it's simple and inoffensive without being too plain. It's a good logo.

Then again, in my experience most sports fans tend to have bad taste in aesthetics anyway (i.e. obsession with ugly throwbacks)."

Thanks you whoever you are. I don't know why everyone thinks it looks that bad. I agree not the flashiest or the best, but definately not the worst. Its fine people. Just because you can see Raymond James Stadium in it and they say you should be able to, doesn't mean it sucks. In closing though I must say it would be kind of difficult to come up with new designs year after year. You'd think that after 41 Super Bowls, they'd have run out of ideas.

Sorry I meant 42 Super Bowls*

id do a better job comin up with a better logo for this years super bowl. it looks like whoever came up with this design just didnt put the effort into it that a game like that deserves. hopefully theyll make a change and get a different logo or get someone else to do it....... Go Bucs!

oh yeah, where exactly is ray jay in this logo? come up with a different logo, the games in tampa this year, find a way to use the hosting team colors in the design of the logo(the bucs), it'd change every year with where the game is or something that represents the city and its people. hopefully a representative of the nfl will see our comments and use them in the future when designing a logo for the super bowl or any other multi-million dollar event design.... im just sayin, its just my opinion.

I can't wait for Super Bowl L. That's going to look idiotic.

Green actually was used in super bowl xxvii -rose petals in logo

it is absolutely the worst super bowl logo i have ever seen.it reminds me of vomit after drinking too many wine coolers