ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!?

Live Blog with us as the Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints February 7, 2010 in Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida broadcast on CBS at 6:30 pm EST. The National Anthem will be performed by Queen Latifah (“America the Beautiful”) and Carrie Underwood with Half Time performances by The WHO.

The game features the Saints’ FIRST Super Bowl appearance since their foundation in 1967, while it is the fourth time a Colts franchise team has appeared, since their foundation in 1953 as the Baltimore Colts. In their three previous Super Bowl appearances, all also in Miami, the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts have lost once in 1969 and won twice in 1971 and 2007. They’re also the first NFL team with another African-American head coach to lead them into another Super Bowl since Tony Dungy when they won it in 2007 against the Chicago Bears.

The Saints enter the game with a 13-3 record for the 2009 regular season, compared to the Colts 14-2 record. In the playoff games, both teams had a 1st round bye. The Colts entered the Super Bowl off of 20–3 and 30–17 victories, while the Saints advanced with scores of 45–14 and 31–28 (in overtime), defeating last years runners up the Arizona Cardinals in their first game. The Pittsburgh Steelers as defending champions, failed to make the playoffs based on tiebreakers. It is the first time since since Super Bowl XXVIII (16 years) previously that both number one seeds have reached the Super Bowl.

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. Per convention as an even numbered Super Bowl, the Colts as the AFC representatives have the home team designation, wearing blue jerseys, while the Saints (who wore their white jerseys in several home games this year) will wear white.

The game will be televised live in the United States on CBS, which will celebrate coverage of its 50th NFL season (1956–93; 1998–present). CBS also broadcast the most recent Super Bowl held in South Florida (XLI). Play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and color commentator Phil Simms will be in the broadcast booth, with Solomon Wilcots and Steve Tasker serving as sideline reporters. The game will be preceded by The Super Bowl Today, a four-hour pregame show hosted by James Brown and starting at 2 PM US EST. Kickoff for the game is scheduled for 6:28 PM US EST.