II

Airings of what the NFL Network deems "the best and funniest Super Bowl ads ever," at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday

XI

THE SUPER BOWL IN WHICH THE VIKINGS LAST APPEARED, XXXV YEARS AGO.

XXX

SECONDS OF COMMERCIAL TIME DURING THE GAME COSTS $3.5 MILLION.

MCMLXXXVI

THE YEAR "FERRIS BUELLER'S Day Off," reprised in an ad this year, came out.

$77,500,000 *

Dollars spent last year by automotive companies, more than the previous three years combined.

$162,000,000 *

Americans watched at least some of the Super Bowl telecast in 2011.

Bill Ward

* Sorry, Roman numerals don't go up to the millions.