I can't be the only football fan that hates the buildup to the Super Bowl. After a draining season, two weeks is too long to wait. Everything that surrounds the game has little to do with, you know, actual football. I try to block it all out for as long possible.

The tide started turning for me this evening while I started diving into some old Bears game tape, already preparing for our ridiculously early deadline on our football annual this season.

An actual football game is going to be played Sunday starring the greatest quarterback (guess who), wide receiver (not Bernard Berrian), linebacker (Mr. Urlacher), and kicker (Adam Vinatieri) of this generation. If you can't get excited for that, something's wrong.

Now ... I'll get back to the tape, and keep trying to tune out the hype as long as possible.