MetLife Stadium, the home of Super Bowl 48.

Not a big deal, but an interesting bit of news that came out recently regarding Super Bowl 48 was worth mentioning.

The normal rule for a Super Bowl is that if the host city is an AFC city, the AFC team uses the host team’s practice facility, if the host is an NFC city, the NFC team uses the host team’s practice facility. Next year, we have a unique situation. Next year, with the Super Bowl taking place at MetLife, as we all know, there is an AFC host and an NFC host.

Due to this unique situation, the Jets and Giants came together to make a unique request. They asked the league that for the Super Bowl next year, the NFC team be directed to use the Jets facilities, and the AFC team be directed to use the Giants facilities. That way, rival teams of the Jets or Giants will not be wandering around their headquarters.

The league turned the request down, maintaining the standard operating procedure that the AFC team will use the AFC facilities, and the NFC team will use the NFC facilities. The request is understandable, and one the league should probably have agreed to. Does anyone really want Bill Belichick walking the hallways of Florham Park? I would think not. How about Mike Shanahan going through the Giants home? I bet Giants fans feel the same way we do.

No, the guest teams are not allowed to use office space, only common areas such as conference rooms. It’s not like Bill Belichick would be using Rex Ryan’s desk, far from it. But still, it would make a team uneasy to have one of their direct rivals using their team facilities. It would have been an easy request to accommodate, it kind of is silly for the NFL to turn it down.

After all, could you imagine the scene if Rex Ryan went to his bathroom and found Hoodie sitting in there?

Jan 28, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA;Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco during a Super Bowl XLVII press conference at the Hilton Riverside Hotel. Super Bowl XLVII will be played between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens on February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

Joe Flacco may be at the top of his game as a quarterback, but I think he might want to take back his media comments.

While meeting with the media yesterday at the site of Super Bowl XLVII, he was asked by a columnist from the Denver Post about his feelings regarding next year’s Super Bowl being held in a cold weather city, right here at MetLife stadium:

“Yeah, I think it’s retarded,” Flacco said at his Super Bowl press gathering Monday. “I probably shouldn’t say that. I think it’s stupid. If you want a Super Bowl, put a retractable dome on your stadium. Then you can get one. Other than that I don’t really like the idea. I don’t think people would react very well to it, or be glad to play anybody in that kind of weather.”

That’s an interesting response from a person that I have learned is a representative of the Maryland Special Olympics.

The R word may have been just a slip of the tongue, but clearly he is overreacting to the issue. Football is played in the cold weather all the time. Yes, people are used to the perfect weather in the Super Bowl, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The amount of money that the league can make by having the Super Bowl in the tri-state area is enormous. The NFL is a business, and money is what makes them go. Fiscally, having the game here makes sense, despite what Flacco says.

Are there weather risks? Absolutely, but they are worth it.

Jan 21, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; A general view of a banner in the window of the Hyatt hotel in preparation for Super Bowl XLVII to be played between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens on February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

Super Bowl 47 is just under one week away. As such, we will take some time this week to cover and talk about the game. This is a game, that, as we all know, people plan their days around. Whether they are planning to go a party to watch the game, running errands before the game, or both, the time of the game is crucial. Well, we have this and more for you right here, so you can plan your Sunday:

DATE: February 3, 2013

KICKOFF TIME: 6:30 PM ET

VENUE: Louisiana Superdome

NETWORK: CBS

LOCAL RADIO: WFAN 660 AM, 101.9 FM

SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius Channel 86 (49ers Broadcast)
Sirius Channel 92 (Ravens Broadcast)
Sirius Channel 88 (National Broadcast)

LIVE FEED: cbssports.com

SPREAD: 49ers -3.5 (per “Sportsbook”)

As the week goes along, we can talk more about previews, predictions, storylines, …etc. This post this morning is simply to give you guys and girls the schedule for the day, so you can schedule errands, what time you are arriving at parties or having people over…etc.