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HURRICANE HARRY’S
SPORTS
THE BATTALION
Tuesday, January 27, J
Houston nothing more than a
business trip to Panthers, Patriots
By Eddie Pells
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — With
his crisply knotted blue power
tie and sharply tailored blue
blazer, Ty Law could’ve been
mistaken for a CEO.
But no, he’s just a CB — a
cornerback on a business trip.
Law’s New England Patriots
and the surprising Carolina
Panthers began the biggest busi
ness trip of the season Sunday
when they arrived in Houston to
start the weeklong countdown to
the Super Bowl.
“We’re here to do a job,”
Law explained. “We can go
hang with the ‘in’ crowd when
we’re done playing.”
For the better part of the last
three decades, the NFL’s title
game has been as much about
the hoopla leading to kickoff as
the game itself. The goal for
the players and coaches has
been figuring out how to han
dle the distractions and still be
ready for the game.
Different coaches have han
dled things in different ways.
Chuck Noll won four titles by
rarely setting curfews and actu
ally encouraging the Pittsburgh
Steelers to soak in the atmos
phere. Bill Walsh dressed up
like a bellman to loosen up the
49ers on their first Super Bowl
trip. Other coaches, especially in
more recent years, have pre
ferred more structure, less fun.
Both John Fox of the
Panthers and Bill Belichick of
the Patriots were using the busi
ness-trip mantra with their play
ers, and neither was making any
apologies for it.
“We’re not here to go sightsee
ing, we’re here to play Carolina,"
said Belichick, who led the Pats to
the title two seasons ago. “I don’t
know how anyone could take this
any other way.”
Still, there are perks to mak
ing a Super Bowl. Near the top
of the list for these teams was a
respite from the weather.
The Patriots arrived in Texas
about an hour behind schedule
— “How late are we? A minute?
Five minutes?” Belichick said
— but not before saying good
bye to about a month straight of
cold, nasty weather. The temper
ature in Boston on Sunday: 2
degrees, about 68 degrees colder
than in Houston.
The Panthers, meanwhile,
were sent off by about 1(),(XX) fans
who braved a nasty sleet storm to
line the streets of Charlotte and
wish their team luck.
“I woke up this morning
and was like, ‘It’s snowing?’”
linebacker Will Witherspoon
said. “Then, to see all the peo
ple, all the fans, supporting
you, you just tell yourself,
‘Man, let’s bring this home.
Let’s show them what they’re
out there in the cold for. what
they’re cheering for.’”
Almost all the Panthers
brought video cameras to record
moments from the first Super
Bowl appearance in the nine-
year-old franchise’s existence.
The same was true of the
Patriots, many of whom went
down this road just two years
ago, but wanted to capture some
memories, nonetheless.
Yet despite the moments of
fun, both teams talked as if
they’re girding for a hard week
of work.
“I think everyone has to know
that this is a business,” Panthers
receiver Steve Smith said.
The Panthers surprised
almost everyone and went 14-5
this season, including playoff
wins at St. Louis and
Philadelphia, to make it to the
Super Bowl.
Carolina is a 7-point under
dog against New England, which
is on a 14-game winning streak, a
run equaled only by the 1972
Miami Dolphins, who went 17-0.
“Fourteen straight wins, it’s
pretty incredible,” Patriots quar
terback Tom Brady said.
But he knows if they don’t
get the 15th. it will be Carolina
that everyone remembers from
this season.
That may have explained
why there was so much sincere
talk about the biggest football
celebration of the year being
nothing more than a business
trip for these guys.
“A lot of these guys haven’t
experienced the Super Bowl the
same way I have,” said Law. a
nine-year veteran who also lost
a Super Bowl with the Patriots
in 1997. “When you lose, that’s
a terrible feeling, and nobody
wants to go through it.”
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