In a little less than three weeks, the Jacksonville Jaguars will either have a hot seller or a laughable embarrassment on their hands.

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Taking a cue from the 1985 Chicago Bears, who recorded the widely renowned Super Bowl Shuffle, Jaguars Jimmy Smith, Keenan McCardell, Leon Searcy, Gary Walker and Fernando Bryant recorded a rap song in November titled "Uh Oh, The Jaguars Super Bowl Song."

The song has been making a splash across town the past few weeks.

"It was something we did just to have fun, to enjoy what we're doing this year," Bryant said. "It was fun. It loosened everyone up going to the playoffs."

That point is still debatable.

Quarterback Mark Brunell and safety Carnell Lake were among those not excited about the idea.

And coach Tom Coughlin? Clearly not thrilled.

"I don't have an interest in knowing about that," Coughlin said. "What are you going to ask me: 'Am I going to dance to the song?'"

Bryant claimed the song makes no predictions and focuses simply on the team's regular-season achievements. But clearly, the title and many of the lyrics state otherwise.

Part of Smith's rift goes like this:

"You can't catch me, Super Bowl bound.
Players don't catch me, touchdown.
82 in the end zone, I'm 'ancin', prancin', looking like I'm dancin'.
95 south to the Alltel.
Go fans let me here y'all yell.
So run tell your friends that we're bound.
Jaguars gonna come to your town."

Smith took offense at the notion that the song may be hitting the airwaves a few weeks early.

"How is it a distraction?," he said. "We want to get to the Super Bowl. And we want to build confidence on this team. We have enough players to where we should get there. We have confidence that we're going to the Super Bowl and I think that's what we need. I think we did it for fun and for charity. So why not?"

Lake and Searcy were members of the 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers, who decided against making a Super Bowl video after a local radio station recorded a fight song in honor of the team. The Steelers lost to Dallas in the '96 Super Bowl.

"I hope it's not too much of a distraction to the team," Lake said. "I don't think it will be."

Searcy declined comment.

"It was something we did to mess around," McCardell said. "I didn't think it would get the air play that it did."

It has.

Station music director Tiffany Green told the Florida Times-Union the song is being aired about 25 times a week on WJBT, the Jacksonville station that helped record the song and is playing it. Green says several listeners have asked about purchasing copies of the song.

Some players believe the more airtime it gets, the more awkward things could become, especially if the Jaguars don't win their next two games.

"I don't think those type of songs should come out until after you win the Super Bowl," Brunell said.

Smith disagreed. He said he's proud to be an artist on one of the most-requested songs in the city.