It’s that time of year again. Sunday, for the 43rd straight year, the NFL will crown its champion at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa.

Unfortunately, we had to deal with the terrible bye week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, but that’s a different column for another time.

The Super Bowl has seen many great games and moments since the Packers defeated the Chiefs to win the first Super Bowl after the 1966 season.

Of course there have been many games that have been over by the fourth quarter, such as the Buccaneers 48-21 blowout of the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII after the 2002 season.

But the great moments always out-shadow the lackluster ones. Any true football fan always remembers the great moments, from Joe Namath holding one finger in the air leaving the Orange Bowl after defeating the heavily-favored Colts in Super Bowl III to David Tyree’s leaping catch in last year’s game that led to possibly an even bigger upset, with the Giants beating the previously unbeaten Patriots.

And of course there are the hundreds of great moments in between. I wish I had enough space to list my top 100 Super Bowl moments. These aren’t necessarily certain games, but certain plays, performances, drives. However, I do have enough space to list my top five.

5. Super Bowl XXXIV-One yard short

Down 23-16 to the Rams, Titans quarterback Steve McNair drove his team to the Rams 10-yard line with six seconds left and the Titans called their final timeout.

On the final play of the game, McNair would complete a pass to Kevin Dyson, who would be tackled just before the goal line, leaving the Titans one yard short of a title.

4. Super Bowl XVII-Marcus Allen’s run

The Raiders were leading the defending champion Redskins 28-9 in the third quarter when it happened. I’m assuming most of the people reading this article have seen Marcus Allen’s 74-yard touchdown run. If you haven’t, look it up on YouTube the second you get to a computer.

Allen took the handoff from Jim Plunkett and ran left; the play looked dead. But Allen broke a tackle, reversed field, and burst up the middle and was barely touched on his way to the end zone, sealing a Raiders victory.

Allen ended up with 191 rushing yards and two touchdowns, helping the Raiders to their third Super Bowl title. Allen’s run was a Super Bowl record until Pittsburgh’s Willie Parker had a 75-yard run in Super Bowl XL.

3. Super Bowl XXXII-John Elway finally wins one

Elway made his fourth Super Bowl appearance after the 1997 season and faced the defending champion Packers. Elway’s Broncos hadn’t fared too well in his previous three appearances in Super Bowls XXI, XXII, and XIV, but now Elway had the help of players like Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharpe.

Davis ran for his third touchdown with under two minutes left in the game and the Broncos held on for a 31-24 victory. With the win, Denver became just the second wild-card team to win the Super Bowl, and Elway had his long-awaited title.

2. Super Bowl XXXVI-Patriots shock Rams

New England was a two-touchdown underdog to the Rams and “The Greatest Show on Turf.”

Tied with St. Louis with under two minutes left, quarterback Tom Brady drove the Pats into Rams territory and set up kicker Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yard field goal attempt. Unlike Scott Norwood 11 years earlier, Vinateri connected on his game-winning attempt, giving the Patriots their first Super Bowl title ­— and the start of a dynasty.

1. Super Bowl XXV-Scott Norwood’s missed field goal.

Not many people expected the Giants and their backup quarterback, Jeff Hostetler, to beat the Bills and their high-powered offense led by Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed.

All Bills kicker Scott Norwood had to do was make a 47-yard field goal at the end of regulation to give Buffalo its first Lombardi Trophy. Unfortunately for the Bills and the city of Buffalo, the kick sailed wide right, giving New York a 20-19 win. Buffalo would go on to the Super Bowl in each of the next three years, but came up short each time.