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!
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Super Bowl Week: Just out of Reach
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
We’re so close to the Super Bowl I can hardly contain my excitement. This is without a doubt my favorite sporting even of each year, and now that we are just less than four days until the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLV I just want it to start now. The two teams playing on Sunday, meanwhile, are in the middle of their final week of preparation for the final game of the 2010-11 NFL season.
Not much happened today, so I wasn’t sure if I would write anything. But I did say yesterday that I would so I didn’t want to just not write. Instead, I will write on the two or three updates to come out of Arlington today and then say that whether I write tomorrow will depend on what happens from now until then.
One of the biggest storylines this week in North Texas is the weather. There have been some power outages all week, though none have, or are expected to affect Cowboys Stadium. Because of the weather both teams were forced to go indoors for practice. Pittsburgh used the indoor facility at TCU while the Packers held practice at Highland Park High School’s indoor football facility. Highland Park is the alma mater of Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford.
Steelers Center Maurkice Pouncey took his boot off today. He has a sprained right ankle and has been in a boot for some time. Though he did take it off today and did not use crutches to get around, he did not practice. He isn’t quite ready to get on the field yet but it still holding some hope of returning. He did say, however, that if he wants to play in Sunday’s game he will need to practice by Friday but feel confident that it will happen. He set his chances of playing at about 75%.
The only other notable Super Bowl news today is a poll on NFL.com. So far 122,711 have voted on who they think will win the Super Bowl. Currently, the Packers are considered the slight favorite by fans with a 53% vote to Pittsburgh’s 47%.
We’re so close to the Super Bowl I can hardly contain my excitement. This is without a doubt my favorite sporting even of each year, and now that we are just less than four days until the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLV I just want it to start now. The two teams playing on Sunday, meanwhile, are in the middle of their final week of preparation for the final game of the 2010-11 NFL season.
Not much happened today, so I wasn’t sure if I would write anything. But I did say yesterday that I would so I didn’t want to just not write. Instead, I will write on the two or three updates to come out of Arlington today and then say that whether I write tomorrow will depend on what happens from now until then.
One of the biggest storylines this week in North Texas is the weather. There have been some power outages all week, though none have, or are expected to affect Cowboys Stadium. Because of the weather both teams were forced to go indoors for practice. Pittsburgh used the indoor facility at TCU while the Packers held practice at Highland Park High School’s indoor football facility. Highland Park is the alma mater of Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford.
Steelers Center Maurkice Pouncey took his boot off today. He has a sprained right ankle and has been in a boot for some time. Though he did take it off today and did not use crutches to get around, he did not practice. He isn’t quite ready to get on the field yet but it still holding some hope of returning. He did say, however, that if he wants to play in Sunday’s game he will need to practice by Friday but feel confident that it will happen. He set his chances of playing at about 75%.
The only other notable Super Bowl news today is a poll on NFL.com. So far 122,711 have voted on who they think will win the Super Bowl. Currently, the Packers are considered the slight favorite by fans with a 53% vote to Pittsburgh’s 47%.
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