Hype! Drama! Story lines! Analysis! And a football game.(NFL)

When I returned home from the NFC championship game and got online to read a story or two about the Eagles and Patriots, I couldn't believe how much already had been written about Super Bowl 39. Several stories were matching up the Philly offense against the New England defense and vice versa, all in great detail.

Sheesh, I thought, we've got two weeks of this!

The hype surrounding the Super Bowl was nuts when I played, but you can multiply that by 100 now. FOX Sports, which is broadcasting the game, will be all over it. The NFL Network promises "marathon coverage" of Super Bowl week. That network didn't even exist 10 years ago. Neither did the Best Damn Sports Show Period or Totally Football. The Internet was in its infancy, so your best bets to read about the game were magazines such as the SPORTING NEWS and your local newspaper. Now you can access countless websites, each breaking down the game bit by infinitesimal bit. The media analysis is endless.

That's because nothing is happening for two weeks (unless you count the hourly updates on Terrell Owens' ankle). Yet everybody with a laptop or microphone is weighing in on the game. The coverage runs the gamut from hard-core analysis of schemes and formations to thorough breakdowns of each player's breakfast menu, ...