Super Bowl 49: How To Watch and Open Comment Thread

The football season essentially comes to an end this evening with the playing of the 49th Super Bowl. There's an unusually small Georgia Bulldog contingent, as only Seahawk Demarcus Dobbs will carry the red and black standard. As such, I personally will be rooting for the putative home team from the Pacific Northwest. That's just how I roll.

Kickoff is at 6:30 Eastern on NBC. Beyond that, the salient details are as follows:

Commercials: Of course the commercials are as big as the game, and the trend of releasing them before the game itself has really picked up in the past couple of years.  Marshawn Lynch's Skittles press conference commercial is all about that action, boss.

Teams: New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks

Date: Sunday, February 1, 2015

Kickoff time: 4:30pm MST (6:30pm EST)

Location: University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

Super Bowl score by quarter: Live SB Nation scoreboard

Live stream: NBC Sports Live Extra online and NBC Sports Live Extra app

TV channel: NBC. Full list of international television broadcasters is here. NFL Network will produce an international TV broadcast of the Big Game.

Radio: NFL on Westwood One (Choose your station here), with Kevin Harlan as the play-by-play announcer

Announcers: Play-by-play announcer Al Michaels will yuck it up with color analyst Cris Collinsworth. Michele Tafoya is your sideline reporter

Officials: Bill Vinovich and his crew

Current odds: The Patriots are slight 1.5 point favorites. Latest odds here.

Halftime show performance: Noted Ole Miss fan Katy Petty and Lenny Kravitz

National anthem: Idina Menzel (the lady who sings that insipid song from Frozen).

America the Beautiful: John Legend

This is your headquarters for all things game related, whether predictions, in-game discussions, "whatcha cooking'?" talk, or critiques of the latest beer company commercial. So have at it, and savor the moment. Until later . . .

Go 'Dawgs!!!