Super Bowl 2012: 5 Surprising Facts About the Biggest Game

The big story lines have been written about, discussed and analyzed to death.

Long before the New York Giants and the New England Patriots meet up one more time in Indianapolis Sunday, there will have been enough chatter about the Super Bowl to bury the subject 10 times over.

But there are little bits and pieces surrounding the game that can get overlooked.

Here are some gems we like:

5. A Voice for Puerto Rico

Hispanics make up just about one percent of the players in the NFL these days, and Puerto Ricans are just a fraction of that number.

Even so, there will be a Puerto Rican coming off the field with a Super Bowl ring.

Patriots’ tight end Aaron Hernandez hails from Puerto Rico, as does the Giants’ Victor Cruz.

And it’s not just about the ring. It’s hard to see either of these teams being here without Hernandez, a tight end, or Cruz, a wide receiver, having big years.

4. Last Chance to Dance

Dancing with the Stars went after the Giants’ Victor Hernandez to be a contestant next time around.

Cruz turned them down.

If he’s going to dance, it will have to be in the end zone Sunday.

3. Party Time

Statistics say that the average Super Bowl party will be attended by 17 people.

And while not all of those people like guacamole, it seems that most of them do. The people who sell Haas avocados say that eight million pounds of guacamole will be consumed Sunday.

To scoop all that up, about 14,500 tons of chips will be wolfed down.

Nachos anyone?

2. Who Is That Guy?

The bean counters say that about one in 12 people watching the Super Bowl will do it more for the commercials than for the game itself.

One quick question:

Who are these people?

Do you know any of them?

Does anybody?

1. Thinking About Going Corporate

How difficult is a Super Bowl ticket to come by?

Not hard if you work for a company with deep corporate ties with the NFL.

The estimate is that four out of every five tickets to the Super Bowl goes to corporate sponsors of the game and of the NFL.

And, let’s face it. The Super Bowl is not built for the average fan, not with the average ticket going in excess of $3,500 on the secondary market. Face value of most tickets go for between $800-$1,200.

Tickets for Super Bowl 1 (it wasn't called that until later) could have been had for about $6.