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Were you being very precise in your language about postseason football in Detroit not happening until 2016. The Silverdome in Pontiac hosted the Super Bowl in 1982 (it snowed and people worried about getting to the stadium!). Loved all the history on the Lions! Bobby Layne and Tobin Rote (whom I thought was only an AFL guy).

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You're right. I blanked on the Pontiac game, which I attended. It's been fixed -- one of the beauties of this format, you can edit yourself.

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Bill Walsh of the 49ers was the "luggage attendant" in that Super Bowl in Pontiac. The Eddie DeBartalo dynasty was started...

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