Game 3: Thomas Jefferson vs. Super Bowl III

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The third President defined American values and encoded them in a government built to maintain individual liberty. It's a resilient and glorious system that has endured more than two centuries.

But he didn't guarantee a victory.

That's what Jets QB Broadway Joe Namath did when he led his AFL champions into Super Bowl III against the NFL's mighty Baltimore Colts. When the Jets did the impossible, dominating the Colts on both sides of the ball in a 16-7 win, it didn't just alter the balance of power in professional football. It ushered in a new era in sports. Jefferson himself said: "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." And now that Jeffersonian ideal was coming true on the gridiron. Sports Illustrated called it "The Age of Audacity," a time of upheaval when outspoken athletes like Namath, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Bill Russell spoke out, and the Hendrix version of "All Along the Watchtower" was playing in the background. Thomas Jefferson gave us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; in Super Bowl III, Namath and his Jets took those freedoms to another level.

This is an epic President-vs.-Super Bowl match-up. Choosing a winner wasn't, you know, self-evident. In the end, it came down to who wanted it more. Sorry, Joe. We're going with TJ.

SCORE AFTER THIS MATCH: Presidents 3, Super Bowls 0.

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