Super Bowl Week: The Weekend is Upon Us

Friday, February 4, 2010

It is officially Super Bowl Weekend and everyone is getting pumped for 6:30pm Sunday evening. For some, the Super Bowl activities will start even earlier.

I will be playing my official prediction game on Madden 11 Sunday morning and then posting my final preview early in the afternoon so keep an eye out for it. In the mean time, this will be the final preview until then. I won’t be posting tomorrow.

Steelers Center Maurkice Pouncey is officially out for the Super Bowl, as he did not practice today. Though a hit to their offensive line, the loss of Pouncey shouldn’t be too detrimental to their hopes of winning. Head Coach Mike Tomlin said it will not affect Pittsburgh’s game plan and Doug Legursky will make his first start at center and his fifth career start on the offensive line overall. He has previously started at the guard position and should be prepared to protect QB Ben Roethlisberger.

On the Packers side, Donald Driver missed practice for the second consecutive day. He sat out yesterday due to a quadriceps injury and did not practice due to the same issue again today. Head Coach Mike McCarthy says Driver sat out as a precautionary measure and that he will be shocked if Driver doesn’t play on Sunday.

The only other news out of North Texas was ice falling from the roof of Cowboys Stadium. It began falling this afternoon and six or seven people were apparently injured, six transported to a hospital. According to NFL.com, the two most seriously injured were listed as ‘stable.’ There was one possible concussion and a shoulder injury among other minor injuries. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took time away from his CBA talks to address the issue. He said that within the next 24 hours there should be workers on the roof clearing the snow and ice so that there will be no such issues on Sunday.

Finally, 156,464 people have submitted votes on NFL.com concerning who they think will win Super Bowl XLV. The vote still stands at 53% in favor of the Packers and 47% in favor of the Steelers.

Look for my post early in the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday. Thanks for reading and enjoy the game!