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Superbowl sideline

By Times staff reports
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 1, 2002

Just the facts

WHEN: 6:20 p.m. Sunday.

WHERE: Superdome, New Orleans.

TV: Fox (Ch. 13); pregame begins 1:30 p.m.

BROADCASTERS: John Madden and Pat Summerall.

LINE: Rams by 14.

BY THE NUMBERS

0 -- Turnovers by Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV win over Tennessee.

6 -- Turnovers by Patriots in Super Bowl XX loss to the Bears.

$10,000 -- Value of this year's Super Bowl ring.

TOP THREE

Top three in Super Bowl career scoring:

1. 42 POINTS: Jerry Rice, San Francisco (3 games)

2. 30 POINTS: Emmitt Smith, Dallas (3 games)

3. 24 POINTS: Four tied (Franco Harris, Pittsburgh; Roger Craig, San Francisco; Thurman Thomas, Buffalo; John Elway, Denver)

TRANSLATORS WANTED

Sunday's Super Bowl will be broadcast to 166 countries and reach an estimated audience of 800-million, according to the NFL. The game will be broadcast in 26 languages, including French, Danis, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese and Russian.

E-BAY ITEM OF THE DAY

Online auction site eBay.com has more than 5,000 Super Bowl-related items up for bid this week, and each day until Sunday's game, we'll take a closer look at one of them:

The NFL already is looking ahead to next year's big game in San Diego, offering up a "once in a lifetime" experience for two that includes roundtrip airfare, four nights' lodging and tickets to Super Bowl XXXVII. The package, bidding at $6,000 on Thursday, also includes invitations to the official players party and the NFL's Saturday night shindig, complete with "themed dinner buffet and live musical entertainment." Mr. Tagliabue, can you leave some crab legs for the rest of the league? Check out cgi.ebay.com/w-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1327426475

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

You don't want to say that they are unbeatable, but the conventional things you can think of to stop the Rams offense just don't work. I believe Bill Belichick is the best defensive mind in the NFL -- not just in terms of game-planning for an opponent, but in making game-day adjustments. If anyone could come up with the scheme and wrinkles to contain the Rams, it would be Belichick. But I have to quote Marshall Faulk. It may have sounded cocky and arrogant, but it's true:

The only people who really stop the Rams are the Rams -- with turnovers.

-- Andrea Kremer, ESPN.com

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