Off to the side, where it's hard to hear because of the nonstop chatter about Peyton Manning, there's a couple other quarterbacks about to play a Super Bowl.
There is no good way to do this justice. However loud you think it can be in an arena with 15,000 fans and two basketball teams that don't particularly like each other, it can be just a little louder than that.
Here at Colonial Cat Arena, before the usual house jam-packed with Blue, John Calipari's No. 1-ranked Kentucky Wildcats ran their home winning streak to 49 straight games with an easy 86-52 win over visiting South Carolina.
I don't mean to pull you away from the homestretch of ESPN and NFL Network's 6,040 consecutive combined hours of nonstop Super Bowl pregame coverage. Don't forget to turn your TV back on at noon, when ESPN rolls out its highly anticipated special, "The 10 Most Unheralded Long-Snappers in Super Bowl History," and NFL Network counters with a panel discussion on whether Archie Manning's daughter, had he had one, would be a starting quarterback in the NFL.
Cortez Kennedy crashed into the Pro Football Hall of Fame the same way he used to crash into people who tried to block the old Miami Hurricane.
Super Bowl hype arrives in so many story lines. Some are delivered with the spiritual gravitas of Myra Kraft. Others come with the historical possibilities of unparalleled success forged by a coach's bond with his quarterback. Still others arrive as a steaming dish of revenge.
You start here: the Dolphins would be negligent not to chase Peyton Manning. If healthy next season, he's still elite. If healthy at 36, he offers a great bridge to tomorrow.
The power of myth has persuaded many Americans that the New England Patriots are a great team that will beat the New York Giants. I say the Patriots are not, and probably will not.
You're wrong.
Kentucky and Utah were playing for the NCAA men's basketball title in the Alamodome on March 30, 1998. This was Tubby Smith's first season at Kentucky and the culmination of what had been nine years of good work for Rick Majerus at Utah.