For those about to rock: the music was loud and the mood light as the Patriots got ready for the Panthers. Get your groove on as we take you Inside New England's Super Bowl 38 preparations.(See A Different Game)

You see the stone face on the sideline and hear the monotone, expressionless voice in interviews and assume Patriots coach Bill Belichick is a dark cloud with a whistle around his neck, and his team is forever bracing for a clap of thunder.

Image and the reality don't always mesh. During Super Bowl week, the coach was plenty loose. His team reflected it during its victory over the Panthers and in the week preceding it.

"Did you like the music?" Belichick said as practice ended three days before the Super Bowl. Here he was, the allegedly uptight coach in one of the most pressurized weeks of his life, and he was more interested in discussing U2 than cover ...