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Super Bowl Super Hype
Aired January 21, 2003 - 13:39 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Out in San Diego, the hype machine is cranking up for Super Bowl XXXVII. By the time they take to the field, you may have learned more about the Buccaneers and the Raiders than you ever dreamed possible.
CNN's Josie Karp is keeping track of the show. She joins us now live from such a beautiful city.
Hi, Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra, how are you?
Specifically, we're on harbor island, which overlooks the big bay, San Diego Bay, and we're not far away from Qualcomm Stadium, where they'll play the game on Sunday, and where Oakland and Tampa Bay are going through a Super Bowl rite of passage. It's international photo and media day. That's one thing they have in common. But really, these two teams have a lot more things about them that are different. They've got east coast versus west coast. It's the number one defense of Tampa versus the number one offense of Oakland, and it's Super Bowl veterans against Super Bowl novices.
If you look at the Oakland Raiders, even as a franchise, they haven't been to the Super Bowl in two decades, they have a lot of the players who have won Super Bowls elsewhere. Linebacker Bill Romanowksi has won four Super Bowl titles. Wide receiver Jerry Rice has won three. Safety Rod Woodson has won one.
But if you look at that Tampa Bay roster, of course, the Buccaneers are making their very first ever franchise trip to the Super Bowl. But they don't have any players who can claim that they've won a Super Bowl title, although they have a lot of players who've very waited impatiently for that opportunity.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
WARREN SAPP, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Growing up as a kid, being a sports fanatic, you live for these times and you watch it all the time. And to be surrounded here today is just almost surreal for me. But I realize where I'm at, and there's a job to do here.
JERRY RICE, OAKLAND RAIDERS: This is awesome. This is awesome, but I'm still looking at the prize. Like I said, I don't want to just get here and not win this football game.
(END VIDEO CLIP) KARP: We've talked a lot about how much of the attention this week is going to be focused on Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden, because just until recently, February, he was coach of the Oakland Raiders.
And because of that, some of the attention will also fall to the person who replaced him, the Oakland coach Bill Callahan. And Gruden and Callahan have a lot of ties. It was Jon Gruden when he was the offensive coordinator in Philadelphia who hired Bill Callahan, and then brought him with him to Oakland when Gruden became the head coach. He made Callahan the offensive coordinator.
So one interesting thing about Callahan is that he's a rookie head coach, and he's trying to become the first rookie NFL head coach, Kyra -- not the first, the third rookie NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl title.
PHILLIPS: All right, Josie Karp, live from San Diego, we're looking forward to the coverage. Thank you.
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Aired January 21, 2003 - 13:39 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Out in San Diego, the hype machine is cranking up for Super Bowl XXXVII. By the time they take to the field, you may have learned more about the Buccaneers and the Raiders than you ever dreamed possible.
CNN's Josie Karp is keeping track of the show. She joins us now live from such a beautiful city.
Hi, Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra, how are you?
Specifically, we're on harbor island, which overlooks the big bay, San Diego Bay, and we're not far away from Qualcomm Stadium, where they'll play the game on Sunday, and where Oakland and Tampa Bay are going through a Super Bowl rite of passage. It's international photo and media day. That's one thing they have in common. But really, these two teams have a lot more things about them that are different. They've got east coast versus west coast. It's the number one defense of Tampa versus the number one offense of Oakland, and it's Super Bowl veterans against Super Bowl novices.
If you look at the Oakland Raiders, even as a franchise, they haven't been to the Super Bowl in two decades, they have a lot of the players who have won Super Bowls elsewhere. Linebacker Bill Romanowksi has won four Super Bowl titles. Wide receiver Jerry Rice has won three. Safety Rod Woodson has won one.
But if you look at that Tampa Bay roster, of course, the Buccaneers are making their very first ever franchise trip to the Super Bowl. But they don't have any players who can claim that they've won a Super Bowl title, although they have a lot of players who've very waited impatiently for that opportunity.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
WARREN SAPP, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Growing up as a kid, being a sports fanatic, you live for these times and you watch it all the time. And to be surrounded here today is just almost surreal for me. But I realize where I'm at, and there's a job to do here.
JERRY RICE, OAKLAND RAIDERS: This is awesome. This is awesome, but I'm still looking at the prize. Like I said, I don't want to just get here and not win this football game.
(END VIDEO CLIP) KARP: We've talked a lot about how much of the attention this week is going to be focused on Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden, because just until recently, February, he was coach of the Oakland Raiders.
And because of that, some of the attention will also fall to the person who replaced him, the Oakland coach Bill Callahan. And Gruden and Callahan have a lot of ties. It was Jon Gruden when he was the offensive coordinator in Philadelphia who hired Bill Callahan, and then brought him with him to Oakland when Gruden became the head coach. He made Callahan the offensive coordinator.
So one interesting thing about Callahan is that he's a rookie head coach, and he's trying to become the first rookie NFL head coach, Kyra -- not the first, the third rookie NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl title.
PHILLIPS: All right, Josie Karp, live from San Diego, we're looking forward to the coverage. Thank you.
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