What you need to know about the Super Bowl game
Super Bowl XLIV will be the 44th annual edition of the Super Bowl and will be played on February 7, 2010 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
The game is to be broadcast live on CBS in high definition. In Canada, the game will be simulcast on CTV. Play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and color commentator Phil Simms will be in the booth, with Solomon Wilcots and Steve Tasker serving as sideline reporters.
For those that can’t watch the game, Sirius satellite radio will be broadcasting on 8 channels in 5 different languages. The Colts broadcast will air on channel 123, the Saints on channel 125 and the National Broadcast on channel 124.
The game pits the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts against the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New Orleans Saints to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The Colts have the home team designation and while wear their blue jerseys, while the Saints will wear white.
It is the tenth time the Super Bowl has been held in Miami at the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins, the fifth time being held in the Sun Life Stadium, and five more before those in the Dolphins’ now demolished former home, the Miami Orange Bowl.
The pre-game show – which will be four hours long – will be hosted by James Brown and starting at 2 PM US EST. Kickoff for the game is scheduled for 6:30 PM US EST.
Some other important Super Bowl questions are answered below.
Who will sing the National Anthem?
Carrie Underwood will sing the National Anthem and Queen Latifah will sing “America the Beautiful.” Underwood’s selection marks the third straight year that an alumnus of American Idol has been chosen to perform the Star Spangled Banner, joining Jordin Sparks at Super Bowl XLII and Jennifer Hudson a year later.
Who’s performing at the pre-game show?
The half-time show is due to feature the English rock band The Who. Pete Townshend has said that the band will play a medley of their hits, including “Pinball Wizard”, “Who Are You”, “Baba O’Riley”, and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.
What is the cost of a 30 second commercial?
It’s estimated a 30 second commercial will cost approximately $2.8 million USD.
Who won last year?
Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
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I love when ctv cuts in to the American signal and degrades the HD picture quality and forces us to watch the same crappy Canadian commercials 5000 times so we don’t have to watch the 3 million dollar new commercials the Americans get to watch. Love that!