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SUPER BOWL XLVIII
February 2, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Fox, 6:30 p.m. ET

 

Perhaps you’ve already heard this is going to be on TV today.  And here it is: the NFL’s best offense (the Denver Broncos, led by QB Peyton Manning) against the NFL’s best defense (the Seattle Seahawks, featuring Richard Sherman, whose last-second defensive play and defiant postgame rant in the NFC Championship Game drew equal attention). Despite initial fears, the weather is expected to be good enough to allow for the Broncos’ passing game, which should test both teams’ strengths, and weaknesses, equally. There are team legacies at stake, but individual ones as well: Sherman, with a win, could turn into the defensive equivalent of Joe Namath – while Peyton, with a win, would become the first QB to win a Super Bowl with two different teams. And in addition to the game, there’s the halftime show – Bruno Mars this year – and, of course, the commercials.

 
 
 
 
 
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