The Superdome won't be sitting idle after the Super Bowl just because the New Orleans Saints won't be playing again until August. The Endymion Extravaganza Mardi Gras Parade and Party are scheduled for Feb. 8, just two weeks after the Super Bowl. A procession of floats and characters numbering 10,000 strong will take over the Superdome floor for the event. Brett Favre's hometown of Kiln, Miss., has gone a little ga-ga over the Green Bay quarterback and the Packers. It's been a fun ride.
People there are really excited.
Favre also takes pride in his home state and school, Southern Mississippi. The state of Mississippi has been good to me. With more than 3,000 credentials issued by the NFL for Super Bowl week, the media becomes part of the story. TV announcers such as Joe Theismann are popular interview subjects, and one television reporter amused himself on Media Day by handing a Polaroid camera to players and asking them to photograph him. Players such as New England punter Tom Tupa don't get a lot of media attention, and he was spotted talking on a cellular phone amid all the hubbub around him.