Here are a few tidbits to prep you for today's 47th Super Bowl in New Orleans' Superdome:
- Kickoff between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers is at 4:30 p.m. on CBS. It will be streamed on NFL.com and CBSSports.com.
- Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's will deliver approximately 5 million pizzas.
- The head coaches are brothers John (Ravens) and Jim (49ers) Harbaugh.
- The halftime performer will be Beyonce in a reunion with Destiny's Child. Alicia Keys will sing the National Anthem.
- Thirty-second ads will cost up to $4 million — up from last year's $3.5 million. Last year, NBC aired 62 ads totaling 40.5 minutes — not including 30 more for their own promotions.
- The 49ers are 5-0 in Super Bowls. A win would match Pittsburgh's record for wins.
- The Ravens are 1-0. This will be the first meeting between two teams who have previously appeared in and never lost a Super Bowl.
- Dallas (5-3) and Pittsburgh (6-2) share the record for most appearances.
- Teams that have lost four times include New England (3-4), Denver (2-4), Minnesota (0-4) and Buffalo (0-4, from 1990-93).
- Other teams that have appeared but never won are Arizona, Atlanta, Carolina, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle and Tennessee.
- Teams that have never appeared are Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston.
- I pick the Ravens, 27-24. If they win, I also predict that devoted Christian Ray Lewis — father of six with four women — will credit divine intervention.
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