The Simpsons is Trending after predicting Super Bowl 2022 Champs

Fans of The Simpsons have been forced to step in after it was claimed the series had possibly predicted this year’s Super Bowl 2022 winner. The 56th Super Bowl is taking place on Sunday (13 February) at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Facing off this year will be the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams, with the latter the current favourites to reign supreme. However, a series of Simpsons stills shared online convinced people that the animated series once predicted a win for the underdogs. The stills are taken from the eighth episode of season 16, which is titled “Homer and Ned’s Hail Mary Pass”. Originally broadcast in February 2005, the Super Bowl-themed episode arrived after the New England Patriots won for the third time.

The episode sees Homer become a viral sensation thanks to a victory dance filmed by Ned Flanders, which is then put on the internet by Comic Book Guy. After his dance gains popularity, Homer is recruited by NFL bigwigs to help choreograph the halftime show. As they arrive at his house in Springfield, they tell him: “Mr Simpson, we work for the commissioner of football and he wants to see you.” Homer replies: “I want to see him too. Maybe he can tell me how to get this off; it's soaked through to the other side.” He lifts up his vest to show that “Go Bengals” has been written on his stomach in permanent marker. However, the other stills show cheerleaders at the Super Bowl as well as a news report suggesting the Bengals won, which has naturally left those who haven’t watched the show thinking The Simpsons once predicted a win for the Bengals. But this is not the case: while the stills are taken from episodes of the show, and Homer really did get “Go Bengals” written on his stomach, the headline hinting at a Bengals win was added in by the person who created the post. This makes it yet another example of a Simpsons moment being manipulated in the hope that it’ll convinced people the show eerily predicted future events correctly.

Super Bowl LVI : All You Need To Know

Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J Blige, and Kendrick Lamar will perform together at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show. The five artists will be featured on 13 February during the sporting event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. A trailer for the joint performance has been released.
“The opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show, and to do it in my own backyard, will be one of the biggest thrills of my career,” Dr Dre, a native of Southern California along with Snoop Dogg and Lamar, said in a statement following the announcement in October last year. The seven-time Grammy winner promised that the performance will be an “unforgettable cultural moment”.

All five artists together have a combined 44 Grammy Awards. Eminem leads with 15 trophies. This will be the first time that the Super Bowl one of the biggest sporting events of the year in the US will return to the Los Angeles area. The game and the Halftime Show will air live on NBC. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Blige, and Lamar join a list of celebrated musicians who have played during Super Bowl halftime shows, including Beyoncé, Madonna, Coldplay, Katy Perry, U2, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Shakira.

After what were some wild and somewhat bizarre games this past weekend, all the tickets have been punched for NFL Championship Sunday.  What just might be the best weekend on the NFL calendar got off to a dramatic start Saturday. The NFL divisional playoffs figured to be exciting with four intriguing matchups on the slate, and the first game didn't disappoint. The action kicked off with the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans in Nashville and came down to a game-winning 52-yard field goal by Bengals rookie Evan McPherson, which lifted Cincinnati into the AFC title game. The nightcap also came down to a walk-off field goal, as veteran Robbie Gould kicked the 49ers into the NFC title game and sent Aaron Rodgers and the Packers into an unknown future. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams upset Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-27, in the third consecutive thriller of the weekend to end on a walk-off field goal.

The weekend ended with what may have been the best game of the NFL season, and possibly the greatest postseason game ever, in Kansas City as Buffalo's Josh Allen and the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes put on an aerial show. The visiting Bills rallied for what figured to be a game-winning touchdown with 13 seconds left for a 36-33 lead, but that was still too much time for Mahomes, as the Chiefs kicked a game-tying field goal as regulation ended to send the game into overtime. The Chiefs won the toss and marched down the field to win on a Mahomes to Travis Kelce touchdown pass.

Here are the dates and times for the remainder of the 2022 NFL Playoffs.

Super Wild Card Weekend

Saturday, Jan. 15

    (4) Bengals 26, (5) Raiders 19  
    (3) Bills 47, (6) Patriots 17  

Sunday, Jan. 16

    (2) Buccaneers 31, (7) Eagles 15  
    (6) 49ers 23, (3) Cowboys 17  
    (2) Chiefs 42, (7) Steelers 21

Monday, Jan. 17

    (4) Rams 34, (5) Cardinals 11

Divisional Round

Saturday, Jan. 22
(4) Bengals 19, (1) Titans 16
(6) 49ers 13, (1) Packers 10

Sunday, Jan. 23
(4) Rams 30, (2) Buccaneers 27
(2) Chiefs 42, (3) Bills 36, OT
Championship Sunday

Jan. 30
AFC Championship
(4) Bengals at (2) Chiefs, 3:05 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+)

NFC Championship
(6) 49ers at (4) Rams, 6:40 p.m. ET (Fox)
Super Bowl LVI

Feb. 13
AFC champion vs. NFC champion in Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. ET (NBC)