Wrapping Up Day One In South Florida For Super Bowl XLIV

Photo of Colts RB Joseph Addai comes courtesy of my Sprint Palm Pre

SB Nation's Joel Thorman of Arrowhead Pride is on the ground in South Florida, providing reports, commentary and impressions from Super Bowl week.

Ray Lewis has described the Baltimore Ravens defense as "organized chaos" and that’s exactly how I would characterize Monday’s Super Bowl Events in South Florida.

From the rain causing delays and practice schedule changes for the Saints to the media blitz that is radio row to our own Big Blue Shoe talking to the Colts players front and center….it’s been a whirlwind.

The day started off with some logistical things like finding out where the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center is, picking up credentials and finding a place to write stories throughout the day.

Every media outlet you can think of is here. Yahoo! Sports, CBS, Sports, Sports Illustrated (Curiously I only saw one ESPN guy today). Heck, I even saw a table for the local radio station back in my hometown of Kansas City.

Shuttles are available to take you everywhere but timing is tricky because multiple sources have told me that not one thing in the history of Miami has ever started on time. Nope. Nothing. Ever.

I had to move out of a room so a bomb sniffing dog could make way for the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. I bumped into Peter King. I huddled outside in the rain with ESPN’s John Clayton while armed military personnel escorted the Colts into their hotel. I listened to the Bill Polian radio show from 15 feet away and confirmed in person that Peyton Manning has a large forehead (I kid, I kid Colts fans!)

I also saw our own Big Blue Shoe from Stampede Blue make his way to the front of the interview stands to get his questions in.

And tomorrow we’ll do it all again.

Make sure you check out first-hand reporting from Stampede Blue all this week. Canal Street Chronicles is holding down the party in New Orleans until the day of the Super Bowl so make sure you check them out for on-site reaction immediately following the game. For now, gets your Saints fix from CSC’s radio appearance on Monday morning.