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But, after yesterday's grand gala in Arlington, here's the roster of Super Bowl XLV's other coming attractions:
NFL Headquarters: Hilton Anatole Hotel
NFC Team Hotel: Omni Mandalay, Las Colinas
AFC Team Hotel: Omni Fort Worth
AFC Team Practices: TCU
NFC Team Practices: Valley Ranch
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Twiddling - or I should say Tweeddling - my thumbs until the 6 p.m. release of the NFL schedule and the unveiling of the Dallas Cowboys' path to 9-7, I stumbled upon a couple of things.
Apparently these guys are tweetin' back and forth. Who knew?
1. This year's NFL Draft is extraordinarily weak. (More on that later.)
2. The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee is surprisingly hip. (More on that now, after the jump.)
Enjoyed lunch today rubbing elbows with Pro Football Hall of Famers and pretending to be all casual and comfortable at the well-to-do Fort Worth Club. Reason?
Ticket emcee Craig Miller was right. Cropped him right out.
Don't know if you've heard, but Super Bowl XLV is coming to North Texas. According to the countown clock I was given, in fact, it arrives in 709 days, 20 days and 30 minutes.
I sat at a table across from Roger Staubach, just down from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and right next to The Ticket's Craig Miller.
What'd I learn?
Steelers 27, Cardinals 23: Best Super Bowl ever?
To the victor go the spoils. Right, Hines?
Santonio Holmes' tip-toe TD: Best Super Bowl catch ever?
The Boss: Best Super Bowl halftime show ever?
Better late than never, I've got XLIII thoughts about Super Bowl 43:
43. Gotta make it snappy. My free Grand Slam at Denny's is calling.
42. If you watched the Australian Open final, you saw Roger Federer break down into tears after losing to Rafael Nadal. Which begs the question, "After a loss, you want a guy (Federer) who cries or a guy (Tony Romo) who shrugs?"
41. My favorite Super Bowl: XII.
40. I think Troy Polamalu's hair is ridiclous. What's that? Yes, I assume it could be jealousy.
39. Two years from today I'll be blogging about my memories of the just-completed Super Bowl XLV played in Arlington's Jonestown Coliseum.
38. Though Dreamgirls was likely the most annoying movie I've ever seen heard, no denying that Jennifer Hudson can sing. Wow.
37. Wonder who North Texas will trot out for its musical entertainment come XLV?
36. My guess is Carrie Underwood for the national anthem.
35. Willie Nelson at halftime.
34. With Petty Theft for pre-game out in the parking lot. And Jessica Simpson serving beer. On roller skates.
33. Worst commercial was the one where the guy throws a crystal ball into another guy's crotch. Really? That's funny? Let's see him hurl one into a woman's ovaries. Now that would be a knee-slapper. No? Why not?
32. We had ads about stupid horses, talking babies, yadda, yadda and more yadda. But give me Danica Patrick in the shower any day. Or GoDaddy.com and its array of cleavage. I'm simple. Sue me.
31. I can get Kelvin Martin's Super Bowl "trophy". What?
30. It was a fumble, but why didn't we review the last play involving Kurt Warner. I really didn't have a rooting interest, but I was intrigued by a final-play Hail Mary to a leaping Larry Fitzgerald in the end zone. You?
29. Speaking of Fitzgerald, I think Terrell Owens still thinks he can do those things.
28. He can't.
27. Love or loathe the Steelers, you gotta admit the Terrible Towel is cool.
26. I know they put on a good show and damn near won the game, but isn't having the Cardinals in the Super Bowl like having the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series or the Clippers in the NBA Finals?
25. Were Cowboys' fans wearing black armbands of mourning Sunday? Or has last season's haplessness already melted into this season's hope?
24. In the amazingly uncreative/copycat NFL, the Steelers direct-snapped the ball to running back Willie Parker. Betcha a nickel the Cowboys design a couple similar plays for Felix Jones next season.
23. I hate Terry Bradshaw. Yes, still.
22. I've forgiven Jackie Smith. But I'll never be able to forget.
21. Ratings for the game here in Dallas were 44.3, ranking only 26th-highest in the country. Proving yet again that we're not a sports town, we're a winners town.
20. As for halftime shows, give me Prince. Every year.
Some of us are old enough to remember when the Dallas Cowboys had a band. If you’re in that group, take pride and confidence today that Bill Lively has been named President and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.
Lively, who on Jan. 1 will officially begin reporting to Host Committee chairman Roger Staubach, has deep Dallas roots. He spent 25 years on the faculty and administration at SMU, and for the last eight years has been Prez/CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
But if you’re a sports dork and his name rings sorta of a “Where do I know that name from?” bell, you must have attended a Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl or in the early years at Texas Stadium.
So I’m driving to visit my cousin in a Fort Worth hospital yesterday morning when all the sudden it hits me:
Hang your head in shame, Tom Landry. Hang your head.
Because, don’t look now – no, really, don’t look – Interstate 30 headed west out of Dallas to Arlington (better known as Tom Landry Highway) is suddenly the country’s ugliest stretch of freeway. If you haven’t driven it in a while, here’s the Cliff’s Notes:
We got a logo! Can February 6, 2011, be that far off?
At the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s initial press conference today out at the Cowboys new stadium, all sorts of dignitaries -- Troy Aikman, Ross Perot Jr, Tom Leppert, Terdema Ussery -- pledged their support and oohed and aahed at the shiny, Star Trek-y artwork.
North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Chair Roger Staubach promised, “North Texas will present the most exciting and comprehensive Super Bowl experience in history.”
And who are we to doubt him? Despite the fact that this woman somehow found her way onto the committee. -- Richie Whitt
