NFL Super Bowl Report No. 6, Friday Jan. 30, 2009
TAMPA — It took The Boss to add a little life to a Recession-dimmed Super Bowl Week in Tampa.
During Bruce Springsteen’s love-in with the sports media at the media centre this week, the halftime show told a story about how the 12-minute “party” is going to work.
Those familiar with Springsteen’s concerts know that his shows run between three hours and three and a half hours and anyone who has seen one will tell you its the best money he or she ever spent on a rock concert.
So yesterday, when Bruce arrived for his pre-Super Bowl visit, he explained how he’ll get his three-hour show to 12 minutes.
“The idea of the show is that you’re going to the Meadowlands, the regulars are playing and you get lost on the way,” Springsteen said.
“And you’re watching your clock … you stop in a bar and get some directions and the bar gets held up while you’re there. It takes another 45 minutes to get out of there. Then you come back and you miss your exit on the turnpike, see. And you drive around to get back around. And so you make it into the stadium at 2 hours and 48 minutes into the show. That’s what you’re going to see: the last 12 minutes.”
Clear?
2) In an effort to make this year’s Super Bowl more exciting, people down here have decided that a rivalry between Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh’s Hines Ward.
It’s a crock for one reason. Larry Fitzgerald doesn’t care about Hines Ward and vice-versa.
You have to give these two receivers credit. They are at the Super Bowl to help their teams win, not to help give bored sportswriters something to scribble about.
3) The following headline came blaring off a sheet of paper in the Super Bowl Media Centre on Thursday:
NFL NETWORK FEATURES 8.5 HOURS OF LIVE PREGAME AND POSTGAME COVERAGE FROM SUPER BOWL XLIII
“On Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network features six and a half hours of NFL GameDay Morning pregame show coverage and two hours of NFL GameDay Final wrapping up Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa.”
What in heaven’s name could they possibly talk about for 8 1/2 hours?
It’s Pittsburgh’s defence vs. Arizona’s offence. There, save yourself 8 1/2 hours of tedium.
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