The Steelers were among the NFL elite this season and the Cardinals got red-hot in the playoffs after getting blown out four times in the regular season, but the biggest pregame buzz about Super Bowl XLIII was Bruce Springsteen's halftime show and the guessing game about the songs he would play.

That will change for Super Bowl XLIV, which will be Giants-Patriots II. It will be hard to match the anticipation of last year when the Patriots were going for a perfect season and the only fans rooting for them lived in New England. Just about everybody else was pulling for the Giants to topple the Belichick Empire after the SpyGate nonsense accentuated his arrogance.