Super Bowl Pregame

SI Staff | Feb 4, 2008

Super Bowl Pregame

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Fans gather outside a gloomy University of Phoenix Stadium before the start of Super Bowl XLII.

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Normally this New York bar is known as Brady's ... but not for Super Bowl XLII.

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Giants or Patriots? Mike Harper, of Round Rock, Texas, clearly is a passionate fan, even if his allegiance isn't immediately clear.

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Is Patriots fan Jay Belanger asserting his team's status -- or does he just need a ticket?

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You have to wonder if Giants fan Ken Angell of Bethel, Conn., is more worried about the Patriots or the possibility of a lightning storm at Super Bowl XLII.

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Wondering whether the weather will cooperate and allow an open roof, fans await Super Bowl XLII at University of Phoenix Stadium.

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To his family, he's Derek Shanahan of Rockland, Mass., but to the legions of Patriots fans he's known as Captain New England. He still needs a ticket to get in, however.