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Houston, do we have a problem? Page 2's Bill Simmons does. For openers, he didn't bring his winter gear to a very chilly Media Day. But as the Sports Guy unloads his Super Bowl notebook and tries to warm up to the Bayou City, he just might find that life as an Urban Cowboy has its simple charms along with its saddle sores.
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Super Bowl Hot/Not Clicker Picker Bracket
It's halftime on Sunday night. What are you going to do? Page 2's Dan Shanoff provides a tip or two as he presents what's hot and what's not at the Super Bowl. Guess where Janet Jackson fits in that divide.
 Page 3's Clicker Picker Bracket roars into the quarterfinals with a knockdown matchup between '24's Jack Bauer and Nina Myers (Kiefer Sutherland and Sarah Clarke) and the crew from 'Alias.' Vote now!

THE DAILY QUICKIE
The Daily Quickie wants to keep a member of the All-Interview Hall of Fame active, so he has suggestions for a new role for the ailing Rick Majerus. Plus, the three-drink minimum Super Bowl press conference!


Should we expect the unexpected out of Sunday's Super Bowl? Should we look for the unheralded player to make the game's most critical plays? Hey, it happens. Not always, but it happens. In fact, it's happened often enough through the first 37 Super Bowls that we can rank the greatest Super Bowl subs in history
10]  Jack Squirek, Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII
Squirek's interception of a Joe Theismann pass from the end zone flat demoralized the Redskins. Why? With 12 seconds to go in the half, he returned it five yards for a TD and a 21-3 Raiders' lead.
9]  Dan Bunz, 49ers, Super Bowl XVI
The Bengals looked certain to score and pull to within a touchdown of San Francisco. But on third-and-goal from the 1, Bunz made a terrific tackle on Charles Alexander just inches short, and then assisted on a fourth-down stop of fullback Pete Johnson.
8]  J.R. Redmond, Patriots, Super Bowl XXXVI
He carried the ball only 35 times for 119 yards, and caught only 13 passes during the entire 2001 season. But as the Pats put together their game-winning drive against the Rams, Redmond caught three passes to help set up Adam Viniateri.
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It's All About The Players
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