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Super Bowl: Rams Against Patriots Amid Unprecedented Security
Aired February 01, 2002 - 20:00 ET
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BOB LORENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Bob Lorenz. In New Orleans, it's the Rams and Patriots in this year's Super Bowl amid unprecedented security measures. We're going to talk about that and a lot more with regards to Super Bowl XXXVI here in New Orleans, coming up on LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL.
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CHRIS ROSE, COLUMNIST, NEW ORLEANS TIMES PICAYUNE: This is the greatest show on earth. This is it. This is a celebrity and sports orgy like no other.
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ANNOUNCER: New Orleans is throwing a little party, no terrorists allowed.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We think we have the situation covered.
ISAAC BRUCE, ST. LOUIS RAMS: Police are everywhere, security on every floor.
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ANNOUNCER: A wide receiver has a better chance of shaking his coverage than anyone has of shaking security for this Super Bowl.
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MIKE GALANOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The cell phone, pager, oversized camera, binoculars, radios, all those kind of items that normally make your life more convenient will make it inconvenient on Super Bowl Sunday.
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ANNOUNCER: A Super Bowl, and then Mardi Gras. We'll ask the mayor about his game plan.
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MAYOR MARC MORIAL, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: We've got about 48 agencies, and I have to say it's going to be very safe on Sunday.
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ANNOUNCER: Safe, but will it be any fun?
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Does security intimidate you at all?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not at all.
TUCHMAN: Tell me why.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)
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ANNOUNCER: LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL, Bob Lorenz.
LORENZ: And welcome to New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl XXXVI, where it has taken center stage, and the focus this Sunday of course will be on the Rams and Patriots on the field. But behind the scenes, and in some cases right out in the open, there is another focus, unprecedented security measures that have been taken here at the Super Bowl to make sure that it is safe from any sort of terrorist attack. Here's Tom Rinaldi.
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TOM RINALDI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For the rest of us, it's a very big game. For the White House, it's officially designated as a national security event.
If you're wondering where the safest place in America will be this Sunday, security officials offer a precise, if hopeful answer, the Superdome in New Orleans, the first Super Bowl overseen by the Secret Service.
MIKE JAMES, U.S. SECRET SERVICE: We think we have the situation covered, not only at the venue site, but at the other sites that interact with that designated venue.
MILT AHLERICH, NFL SECURITY VICE PRESIDENT: These are the pros. That's what these gentlemen do for a living, these ladies and gentlemen do for a living is protect people and sites. They know how to do it.
JIM STEEG, NFL SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT: They are the ones driving the ship, directing us in how to do everything, what's going to take place to make sure that it's safe. The great thing about having them here is that they bring an awful lot of resources to bear that we couldn't touch as a private group.
RINALDI: Fighter pilots above, eight-foot fencing around, creating a security zone unique in New Orleans history this week. Likely, several thousand police officers, FBI agents, National Guardsmen, and state troopers, will be both conspicuous and concealed.
In addition to screening checkpoints far from the stadium, everyone entering the dome will go through a battery of checks, including metal detectors, pat downs and in some cases, face recognition technology, to match known terrorists, as much as can be done, but without the false promise of guaranteeing safety.
MORIAL: New Orleans is highly experienced and there is no city better in the country at dealing with large crowd events than New Orleans.
STEEG: What I most worry about right now is making sure that everybody knows what everybody's supposed to do, and with all the different things that are out there and communicating to them so that there's not confusion.
RINALDI: Of course the Super Bowl is equal parts carnival and contest, spectacle and sport. Part of the challenge is preserving that atmosphere while maintaining its peace for former Presidents, players, and fans, all gathered for America's biggest unofficial holiday, and one of its largest targets.
BRUCE: Police are everywhere, security on every floor. We're pretty safe.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't really consider it an issue. We had a security meeting. You know, Secret service is here for the first time ever for the Super Bowl. There's enough people watching our backs that I'm not even worried about all that.
STEEG: What we want in this whole thing, and it's not going to be seen and it's not going to be easy, we want the people to come here to have a good time. I mean they're here for a football game. We've always said that. We always tend to make the Super Bowl greater than what it is, but it's a football game.
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RINALDI: As a measure of just how intensive the level of security is for Super Bowl XXXVI, here are two examples. NFL head Paul Tagliabue who earlier in the week told the media that the league had received no credible threat, himself has been flanked by Secret Service Agents serving as his escorts all week.
And on our way here to the parking lot surrounding the Superdome, which is effectively a locked-down compound, we ran into some National Guardsmen. They're working in 16-hour shifts. When asked how long they plan to work, one guardsmen responded, "as long as the mission lasts" -- Bob.
LORENZ: Well, Tom, you were at last year's World Series between the Yankees and Diamondbacks and that came right in the wake of 9/11. Compare this year's security in the Super Bowl to that.
RINALDI: Well most people familiar with the World Series, obviously the games played in New York know that President Bush came there to throw out a first pitch, overwhelming security there. I, in fact, had to do some things outside the stadium and got caught for over an hour, trying to get back into the stadium while the President was being escorted back out.
This security dwarfs that, and I think it's only going to increase over the next several days, as Sunday approaches, and fans who plan to come here better be very well prepared to get here early and not have very much with them. Bob.
LORENZ: All right, Tom, thanks. And there is a little tip for everybody who plans to attend Sunday's game. Make sure you pack patience and a positive attitude, and if you can help it, little else. The NFL and security officials are encouraging fans to come to the stadium at least five hours ahead of time, because the screening process will be long, and even longer if you feel you can't live without your cell phone, pager, or your binoculars.
For more on that, here's Mike Galanos.
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GALANOS (voice over): One common thread with Super Bowls is hype, but it is no exaggeration with the heightened security measures taken, the fan experience for Super Bowl XXXVI will be unprecedented. But the goal in all this, the borrow line of hype, is to make the Louisiana Superdome the safest place in American come Super Bowl Sunday.
It is hard to believe, but twice the money is being spent on security, double the manpower is in place, as compared to the last time the Super Bowl was held here in New Orleans. That was in 1997.
But beyond the patrolling of the Superdome, what the fan will go through when they arrive, that's what's going to make this experience most unique.
Now every fan entering the fenced-off dome complex area will be subject to a security check. That might include going through metal detectors, X-ray machines, being subject to questioning, pat downs. Now these security checkpoints, they're going to open roughly five hours before kickoff, so all fans are being advised, show up early and travel light.
If you show up with a wallet and a ticket, you're doing yourself a favor. Your security check is going to go very smoothly. But that's not enough for some people. Everyone's got to make that phone call from the Super Bowl.
To use a cell phone, pager, oversized camera, binoculars, radios, all those kind of items that normally make your life more convenient will make it inconvenient on Super Bowl Sunday. You will have to go through what they're calling an arduous inspection. Electronic items are being discouraged.
Even items you normally see from a fan at a game, things like foam fingers, beach balls, horns, noise makers, Frisbees, all these things included in a very extensive list of items that are banned from Super Bowl XXXVI.
GALANOS (on camera): Security officials have been forming their game plan since the middle of November. They believe they are ready for Super Bowl XXXVI. Now it's up to the fans to be informed and ready for what they will encounter as they arrive for the big game.
I'm Mike Galanos.
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LORENZ: All right, Mike, thank you. You might think with all the heavy security, that people are just decided, you know, I'm going to stay away from this year's Super Bowl. Yeah, right. It's the biggest party of the year. It's in a city that's nicknamed the Big Easy, and Mardi Gras is just starting to heat up.
So how have fans been affected by what's going on? Gary Tuchman hit the streets to find out.
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TUCHMAN (voice over): On the moonlit Mississippi, on the edge of the French Quarter, the solitude is quite misleading. The spirit of New Orleans is alive and well this Super Bowl week, despite security that even the most spirited reveler can tell is different and more apparent than ever before.
Did you ever imagine you'd be on Bourbon Street during the Super Bowl in the middle of Mardi Gras, protecting Americans?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. I would never have thought I'd be asked to do such a thing, but I have.
TUCHMAN (on camera): The security is elaborate, unprecedented for a Super Bowl. It would be too much for many cities to handle, but this is the city known as the Big Easy, and people don't come here to take it easy.
TUCHMAN (voice over): The city of New Orleans agreed to pause Mardi Gras, which it already started, until after the Super Bowl to help in the security effort. But there are no other overt signs of trying to reign in the fun.
ROSE: This is the greatest show on earth this week. This is it. This is a celebrity and sports orgy like no other, and people like it here. We like that it's here. We think it should be here every year.
TUCHMAN: So do many of the Super Bowl tourists, like this Rams fan, who says the security doesn't phase her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I actually like it. It's like this anywhere else you go in the world, so it might as well be here also, you know.
TUCHMAN: Does it stop you from having fun though, seeing all the cops and all the National Guardsmen? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They'll never stop us from having fun.
TUCHMAN: At the Acme Oyster Bar, are you having fun?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So far. We got in about two hours ago, and we're waiting for the fun to start, but we're just getting warmed up.
TUCHMAN: Warm up doesn't take long. At the NFL Experience, a football carnival especially for kids, the party atmosphere also lives on, despite the fact National Guard Troops patrol the entrance.
But it's the French Quarter that's the heart and soul of New Orleans. Does the security intimidate you at all?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not at all.
TUCHMAN: Tell me why.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
TUCHMAN: The decadence and the frivolity live on.
Gary Tuchman, CNN, New Orleans.
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LORENZ: Decadence and frivolity in New Orleans. I've heard of frivolity. Decadence I'm not too sure about. Anyway, let's ask the Mayor Marc Morial.
MORIAL: How are you doing?
LORENZ: In New Orleans, are you kidding?
MORIAL: Hey, we are party town U.S.A. and we're glad to be hosting Super Bowl XXXVI.
LORENZ: Well, an unprecedented ninth Super Bowl for you. You've seen a lot of them now, but this one is very different in terms of security.
MORIAL: Very different because of the level of security, because of the involvement of the Federal Government, because of, I think the attention we've paid to security, which is so necessary in the post 9/11 environment.
But I'm confident it's going to be safe, and I'm also fairly confident that this is the way security is going to be handled at Super Bowls from this point forward.
LORENZ: I have to think at some point though, at least privately, you said "all right, Paul Tagliabue has to move this back a week, Mardi Gras is just starting. This is going to get crazy."
MORIAL: It did get a little crazy and it got a little testy for a minute there. But at the end of the day, moving everything around was good because it meant that New Orleans was able to host all of these great events, even though not on the dates originally scheduled. And we understand it was a good problem for a city to have.
LORENZ: How long did it take to prepare for this?
MORIAL: The preparation for this game has been underway for about two years. The security picture, which is already strong, changed dramatically after 9/11, but we've had a host committee working many, many years to lay the groundwork, to prepare the city, to do all the things that are necessary for a Super Bowl game, which is a huge undertaking.
LORENZ: How do you sort of make it a seamless transition? You want to make it as transparent and as comfortable for fans as possible, but you've had to take extraordinary measures.
MORIAL: Well, I think by talking about people, the segments that you all are doing, which sort of say to people, look here's what you can expect when you come to the game. Here's what you can expect when you're here in New Orleans, I think goes a long way to really help people. I think the other thing that's so important is that in advance of the game, there's going to be an exciting pre-game show. There will be entertainment, so it's going to be a party before the game. The game's going to be a hell of a game, and then there's going to be a party after the game, a bigger and better party for the winners though.
LORENZ: Well what's interesting too is that two local guys have made good in this game. We got Rams star running back Marshall Faulk comes back home. Aeneas Williams, he joined the Rams.
MORIAL: And Otis who plays, Otis plays for the Patriots also.
LORENZ: That's right. It's got to be a great story for this town.
MORIAL: It's a great story to see guys who grew up on our own playgrounds, in our own recreation system who have hit the big time, and most important, both Aeneas and Marshall have been people who have given back to the community, and we really appreciate it and we want them to play well.
LORENZ: Maybe back at that time because they were selling popcorn in the Superdome, right?
MORIAL: They were dreaming about playing in the Super Bowl one day in their own hometown.
LORENZ: This will only be the 555th time you've been asked this this week. Do you want to make a prediction on this game?
MORIAL: Let me tell you something. I have to tell you that I love the Patriots. They're a hard-hitting team. They're a great team, but because of Marshall and Aeneas, I'm partial to the Rams.
LORENZ: All right, Mayor Marc Morial, thanks for your time. We appreciate it.
MORIAL: Thanks for having me.
LORENZ: You're quite welcome. A week from today, another major sports event will take center stage. That will be the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In fact, the Olympics and this year's Super Bowl share the distinction of being the only two U.S. sports to receive national security status. CNN's Rusty Dornin now has the story of how Salt Lake officials and security officials have approached this game with extraordinary measures before they plan to host the world.
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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Problem, keeping 900 square miles, one million spectators and 2,500 athletes safe and secure. Solution, bring in more military troops that are serving in Afghanistan for a start. Bottom line, Olympic goers can expect to see camouflage in a lot more places than the airport.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a significant presence, but it's a very significant event.
DORNIN: But that's not all.
DAVE TUBBS, UTAH OLYMPIC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMAND: We're going to have 11,000 to 12,000 people involved in public safety and that's not just law enforcement, that's fire and EMS and everything else.
DORNIN: Plus another 50 Federal agents. Touring the Olympic sites, Attorney General John Ashcroft decided there were some sites outside the games that needed additional security, and the numbers could change again.
JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES: We believe that we will continue to do everything we can to make those, any last adjustments, not only up until the Olympics begin but through the process. I firmly believe that we will, during the process, find ways to improve our performance.
DORNIN: Every piece of baggage coming through Salt Lake City Airport will be electronically screened. Nobody flies in or out during opening and closing ceremonies. During the games, there's 45 miles around the city that's restricted airspace. Black Hawks will patrol the skies, F-16s ready to launch at a moment's notice.
Last fall, this Department of Energy helicopter took radiation readings above Olympic venues. Any spike on those readings and the nuclear response team will be called.
Miles of fences, biological and chemical sensors, surveillance cameras and other top secret, high-tech gizmos will all be monitored here at the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command Center. For nearly three weeks, this will be the front line of homeland defense, the most heavily guarded city on the face of the planet.
Rusty Dornin, CNN. (END VIDEOTAPE)
LORENZ: All right, Rusty, thank you and we're going to take a quick break. But coming up next, much more LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL.
ANNOUNCER: Before you tune in to "the game" you'll want to know what "the analysts" have to say. From CNNSI, Trev Alberts has his say coming up. And when the Super Bowl takes a commercial break, lots of folks use the remote, not to turn away, but to tune in to the state- of-the-art ads.
We'll take a look at Sunday's Super Bowl ads after a quick peak at today's.
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ANNOUNCER: An American flag that survived the collapse of the World Trade Center will be featured during the singing of the National Anthem at Sunday's Super Bowl. The flag was recovered from Ground Zero three days after September 11th.
LORENZ: And welcome back to New Orleans, and as the weekend arrives, so too do the corporate high rollers who are coming into town for this game, and one of those is Pepsi, which is spending $8 million to air commercials featuring Brittany Spears.
Now in the first quarter of the game, a 90-second spot will air with Spears spanning the decades from the '50s to present day. Pepsi then wants viewers to vote online for which of three eras from that commercial they like the best, the Do Wop '50s, the Beach Blanket Bingo '60s, or the New Millennium. That 30-second spot will then air in the second quarter.
But not many corporations have followed Pepsi's lead. CNN's Susan Lisovicz now on a less than super ad market this year.
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SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There are celebrities. There are special effects, and there is skin. Madison Avenue is working feverishly to outdo itself in the so-called Super Bowl of advertising, but FOX had to work hard to get those advertisers to commit.
Even with the nation's best-watched event, an estimated 130 million people will tune in. Ads for Super Bowl XXXVI have been a tough sell. The economic recession is just one reason why.
EDS says it raised crowd awareness by 50 percent with its running of this Super Bowl spot last year. But it's opting for the Salt Lake City Olympics this year, which begin just five days after the Super Bowl.
DOM UZZI, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING EDS: The reason was really strategic in nature, in that we felt we have a much larger story to tell this year in that we're moving into the next phase of our advertising.
LISOVICZ: And with prices at $600,000 per 30 seconds, Olympic commercials are a fraction of the cost of the average $1.9 million price tag for Super Bowl.
CAROLYN BIVENS, PRESIDENT AND CEO INITIATIVE MEDIA: The Super Bowl advertiser is looking for big name recognition, a one-day event, a major, major kind of a splash. The Olympic advertiser is looking for something that builds a little more over the long run. They'll use those rings throughout the entire year.
LISOVICZ (on camera): Edie Ann Amrose (ph) says competition from the Olympics, as well as scaled-back Super Bowl programming, which translates into fewer commercials, will hurt FOX' third quarter results. It expects an operating loss of $15 to $20 million.
LISOVICZ (voice-over): But FOX says it expects Super Bowl revenue to bring in $200 million. One advertiser contributing to that sum is Levi's.
ROBERT HANSON, PRESIDENT, LEVI'S: Advertisers have to look for opportunities to engage with the American public in a way which is about an event, about delivering appointment television or appointment media events. The Super Bowl is that, and when you look at it on a return on investment basis, it absolutely delivers.
LISOVICZ: Anheuser Busch has purchased five minutes of Super Bowl airtime and one of its agencies says there are no regrets.
BOB SCARPELLI, CHAIRMAN, DOB CHICAGO: The guys we're trying to reach are watching women's figure skating. I don't know. They could be.
LISOVICZ: Susan Lisovicz, CNN Financial News, New York.
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LORENZ: Thank you, Susan. We're going to take a final break, before we come back to break down Sunday's game for you. Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, 24 years old, but he's been a sensational story in a sensational year after taking over for the injured Drew Bledsoe. But can he come through on the greatest stage at all. Trev Alberts joins me with that answer and more when we continue LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL.
ANNOUNCER: Why do you watch the Super Bowl, for the game, the commercials, entertainment acts, or you don't watch it? To take tonight's quick vote, head to cnn.com. The AOL keyword is CNN. A reminder, this poll is not scientific.
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ANNOUNCER: New Orleans is king when it comes to hosting Super Bowls. Sunday's Super Bowl XXXVI will be the ninth game to be played in the Big Easy. Miami is a close second. It's hosted eight Super Bowls. LORENZ: And we welcome you back to New Orleans as I'm joined now by (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on the NFL preview. Let's get into this game a little bit. The Rams have been a huge 14-point favorite. I think people are scratching their heads and wondering, is this going to be another blowout or are we going to have a good game?
TREV ALBERTS, CNNSI CORRESPONDENT: Bob, I think it's going to be a good game and for the reason Bill Belichek is the head coach of the New England Patriots. You know, week after week, we see opposing quarterbacks when they're playing the Patriots have terrible games, and sooner or later it's not just a mistake. Even Payton Manning of the Colts would have a bad game.
I think Bill Belichek does a great job of game planning quarterbacks. We all talk about our (UNINTELLIGIBLE) had 400 yards passing the first time. He also had two interceptions. I think that's the key. He can force Warner into making mistakes.
LORENZ: Well on the flipside, the Patriots are a great story because of their quarterback and what he's done, Tom Brady, 24 years old takes over for the injured Drew Bledsoe. Can he do anything to kind of shock the world maybe?
ALBERTS: Well, he can shock the world, but I think what he can do is this. I mean he does a great job of doing the short passes and I think that's the key, controlling the clock, rolling to the back field, throwing to Williams the tight end in the back field. I don't think he's a great quarterback at going down the field time after time. But ball controlling, running and doing the short passes, Tom Brady's been fantastic at that all year long.
LORENZ: When I talked to the Mayor of New Orleans earlier, I mentioned that one of the great stories too, of Marshall Faulk. The local kid kind of comes back and makes good. Do you think on one hand he could feel pressure to perform well, but what kind of impact do you think he might have?
ALBERTS: Well, Marshall Faulk will have a huge impact in this game. I mean the bottom line is, Marshall Faulk's the best player in the National Football League. I mean, here's the guy who should have been MVP in the league in my opinion. I think the bottom line is the Patriots simply don't have an answer for Marshall Faulk, especially in the passing game. Sure you can stack up and try to stop him in the run game, Bob, but all of a sudden you split him out, which he does so well, caught seven balls for 70 yards the first time they played. Nobody on the Patriots, no corner, no safety, nobody can cover Marshall Faulk.
LORENZ: Let's get into the intelligence of the game a little bit. You talk about Bill Belichek and how he plans quarterbacks well. But on the flipside, you have Mike Marks who is one of the "offensive geniuses" of the game. Are you tired of hearing about that? Are you looking at that maybe having an impact on this game?
ALBERTS: Well I think he has a huge impact, but you know I think Mike Marks has an awful lot of pressure on him as a head coach right now. I mean if you look at the Rams right now, especially offensive probably in my opinion the greatest assemblance of total offensive talent ever on a team in the history of the National Football League, you throw in the fact that now defensively he's got Lovey Smith as his defensive coordinator, the #3 defense in all the NFL. I think if the ST. Louis Rams don't win Super Bowl XXXVI, it's the biggest upset in the history of the National Football League. I truly believe that.
LORENZ: Yes, too much talent. That is one thing people need to keep an eye on is that Lovey Smith has really changed what was one of the worst defenses in the NFL last year into one of the best defenses. One of the things of the game that people might overlook is special teams, and if you had to say maybe one team has an edge over the other, which might it be?
ALBERTS: Well, I like the Patriots. I mean Troy Brown did a fantastic job in the AFC Championship Game. He returned a punt for the touchdown. They blocked a field goal for a touchdown. This is a team that pays attention to the little things. Sure the Rams are OK on special teams, but I think the New England Patriots, if they're going to win this game, special teams, they're going to have to make a big play on special teams.
LORENZ: And if you don't think special teams are important, let's remember back to the last Super Bowl that was played in New Orleans in 1997. Desmond Howard of the Green Bay Packers, 244 total yards, including a 99-yard touchdown return. He was MVP that year when he spearheaded the Packers. Let's wrap this thing up with a prediction now. Who's going to win and why?
ALBERTS: It's very simple. I mean if you're a betting man, I'd take the points and the Patriots. I mean, look the St. Louis Rams are going to win the game. They have too much talent, but I don't believe what everybody says that it's going to be a blowout. This is the Super Bowl. You're talking about Bill Belichek. This will be a well- played game. In the end, the Rams just have too much firepower. They're going to win the game. Clearly, take the points man.
LORENZ: You really think it's going to be that much of a...
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ALBERTS: Absolutely, I think it's a good game.
LORENZ: All right. Weather won't play a factor by the way. It does for us, but thank goodness it's inside the Superdome on Sunday. That is going to do it for us. Thanks for joining us on LIVE FROM THE SUPER BOWL. We hope you stay tuned now on CNN, because "THE POINT" is next.
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