Prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, Superdome officials considered installing natural grass for the game.

Prior to its North American release, game play footage from Super Mario Bros. 3 appeared in the Universal Studios film The Wizard, which helped fuel its fans ' anticipation.

Prior to 1937, Packard was still the premier luxury automobile, even though the lion's share of cars being built were the 120 and Super Eight model ranges.

Prior to that, the then-current lineup of the group recorded background vocals on two James-associated projects-James ' Street Songs and Teena Marie's It Must Be Magic, singing on " Ghetto Life " and " Super Freak " on the former, and the title track on the latter.

Prior to the broadcast, CBS rejected the MoveOn. org Super Bowl ad Bush in 30 Seconds because it was deemed too controversial.

Prior to 2013, the Super Quiz replaced one of the seven objective events each year ; from 2003-2012, it alternated between replacing science and social science.

Prior to the Super 12, the Super 10 competition had been in place, which NPC teams took part in ( including Waikato ).

( In 2010, qualifying was held on Saturday to avoid a conflict with Super Bowl XLIV ) Prior to that it was held the Saturday before ( except 1992 ), and prior to the 1980s, the Wednesday before.

Prior to 1998, the Bulls competed in the then-Super 12 as the Blue Bulls, as in those years South Africa was represented in the Super 12 by its top four Currie Cup unions instead of franchises.

Prior to the professional Super rugby leagues, Northern Transvaal ( Blue Bulls ) competed in the Super 10, which was a tournament featuring ten teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga and Western Samoa, which ran from 1993 to 1995.

Prior to 1998, South Africa did not use a franchise system for the Super 12, instead sending the top four unions from its domestic competition, the Currie Cup, into the Super 12.

Prior to Nippon Animation's television adaptation of Hunter × Hunter, a stand-alone OVA was shown as part of the " Jump Super Anime Tour " of 1998 alongside OVA's Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!

Prior to professional wrestling, Heidenreich played American football and in 1992, he was a member of the Washington Redskins, winners of that year's Super Bowl.

Prior to 1966, TAC routinely deployed CONUS-based North American F-100 Super Sabre wings to Sixteenth Air Force bases in Spain, as well as to Aviano Air Base in Italy.

Prior to the start of Giants mini-camp in May 2008, Toomer and the Giants were invited by President Bush to the White House to honor their victory in Super Bowl XLII.

Prior to Tony Dungy's victory in Super Bowl XLI, Green's 1998 season was the most successful season record ever by an African-American coach in the NFL.

Prior to reaching the playoffs, Billick forbade his players from using either the term " playoffs " or the term " Super Bowl ," with the idea of keeping them focused on winning each game instead of on their more distant prize.

Prior to his role at Texas, he was defensive coordinator for three teams in the National Football League: the Kansas City Chiefs under Dick Vermeil, the Denver Broncos under Mike Shanahan, where his team won two Super Bowl championships in 1997 and 1998, and the New York Jets under Pete Carroll.

Prior to the start of Giants mini-camp in May 2008, Coughlin and the Giants were invited by President Bush to the White House to honor their victory in Super Bowl XLII.

Prior to the advent of the Super Bowl for the 1966 season, the AFL went to great lengths to avoid scheduling its playoffs head-to-head with the NFL.

Prior to being nicknamed the " Wine Capital of Monterey County ," Gonzales was known as " The Heart of the Salad Bowl " ( due to its central location in the agricultural valley ).

Prior to 1995, only the coaches and the players made Pro Bowl selections.

Prior to the 1973 Rose Bowl, Hayes shoved a camera into the face of a news photographer ; Hayes was suspended for three games, fined $ 2, 000, and left California with a subpoena.

Prior to the event, a banner was raised to the rafters of the Wachovia Center in honor of Simmons's Wing Bowl accomplishments.

Prior to her joining the cast, in the episode " The Bat Jar Conjecture ", Raj suggests recruiting the real-life Bialik to their Physics Bowl team, saying " You know who ’ s apparently very smart, is the girl who played TV ’ s Blossom.

Prior to his knee injury in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, McGahee was considered " a cinch top-five pick.

Prior to the IHSA Football Championships ( 1974 ), Loyola won the Prep Bowl in 1965, 1966 and 1969.

Prior to playing at the Rubber Bowl, the Zips football teams played at Buchtel Field.

Prior to the early-to-mid 1990s, Ole Miss would play many of its big rivalry games, including the heated feuds with LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Arkansas at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in the state capital of Jackson, located approximately south of the Ole Miss campus ; and to a lesser extent, the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis.

Prior to the institution of a state playoff system for football in the 1970s, Fenwick competed to play in the Prep Bowl, which pitted the champions of the CCL against the champion of the Chicago Public League.

Prior to their stadium being completed in 2005, the Patriots played at the Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, and at Dudley Field, the former home of the El Paso Diablos baseball team.

Prior to that, Brennaman had been the voice of the Cotton Bowl Classic on Fox from 2000 to 2006.

Prior to Super Bowl XLI, only one other person that once lived in Abilene, Texas had played in the Super Bowl, Terry Orr.

Prior to the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the 1830s, the area now known as Tipton County was inhabited by the Miami and Delaware tribes.

Prior to Seinfeld, he made numerous guest appearances on a variety of television shows including Cheers, Night Court, Miami Vice and St.

Prior to the moving to its current headquarters in 2002, Burger King had considered moving away from the Miami area ; Miami-Dade County politicians and leaders lobbied against this, and Burger King stayed.

Prior to entering the NBA, he played college basketball at the University of Miami.

Prior to his cinematic breakthrough, he starred in the Miami Vice episode " Red Tape " ( 13 Mar 1987 ), portraying detective Bobby Diaz.

Prior to that, she spent five years in the Miami County Court in the Domestic Violence Court, Criminal and Civil divisions.

Prior to getting hurt, he had rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, as Miami would lose the game in double-overtime, 31 – 24.

Prior to being hired as Auburn's head football coach in 1951, Jordan spent one season as an assistant coach of the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference in 1946, and then four years as an assistant at the University of Georgia.

Prior to the 2004 – 2005 season, Jones signed a one-year, $ 2. 5 million contract with the Miami Heat.

Prior to his appointment to the Florida Supreme Court, he was a shareholder in the Miami firm of Adorno & Yoss.

Prior to his graduation from Miami, Russell was inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor bestowed by the university.

Prior to the school's split, Southwest High School also produced NBA basketball greats Norm Nixon (# 10 Los Angeles Lakers 1977-83 ), Jeff Malone ( Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, & Washington Bullets 1983-90 ).

Prior to the October 27, 2007 New York Giants – Miami Dolphins game in London, England, Crowder reportedly stated he " couldn't find London on a map ".