Connections abound as the entire football world eagerly awaits the kickoff of Super Bowl LI.
Houston is a great host for this game, befitting the city's status as the fourth largest municipality in America.
This is not the first pro football championship game hosted by Houston, which has served in the past as proud host of Super Bowl VIII (Miami defeated Minnesota, 24-7) and, 25 years later, Super Bowl XXXVIII (New England defeated Carolina, 32-29).
But neither of those games were Houston's first foray into hosting a pro football championship, either. You have to go all the way back to 1960 for that, and that game has a great connection to Super Bowl LI, in the national television broadcast rather than on the field.