I've been wanting to relay my trip to The Super Bowl for awhile now and here it is. Nate Hirsch and I had the opportunity to head down to Miami recently for the Super Bowl media day. And to quote the great Dennis Green, "it was what we thought it would be." Still, there's nothing like getting a chance to see it for yourself.

Our main goal was to interview former Eagle great Adrian Peterson who plays for the Chicago Bears. It was clear from the beginning that this was a who's who of well known media members. Standing in line I met Jorge Sedano who is a radio personality for Fox Radio. Moments later I was face to face with sandwich eating Michael Strahan who was less than friendly. It was at that time Nate decided that media day meant a day to interview the media. After interviewing Adrain I'd wished I'd followed his lead.

It was nice to catch up with AP, a great guy and always generous with his time, but his stuttering problems seem to have gotten a little worse and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use too much of what he'd said.  Luckily it wasn't quite as bad as I'd thought but I panicked a bit and went looking for other people to talk about Adrian, and that was something I wasn't prepared for.

After the Bears media session it was time for brunch and time to start playing the "Do I know this guy" game. I ate luch with Michael Wilbon from ESPN's PTI show and saw quite a few other ESPN personalities. I also ran into Bob Ryan, a personal favorite from The Boston Globe. I had actually talked with him a couple times before at The Masters.

The highlight of my trip came just after lunch as we were walking back to the field as I spotted Bill Simmons. Simmons writes a column for ESPN.com called The Sports Guy. I have been reading his stuff since he went by the title of The Boston Sports Guy about 8 years ago. If you haven't read his stuff I urge you to go there now. Stop reading this. Seriously.

I wasn't sure and so I asked him if he was indeed Bill Simmons. He said yes, and I told him how much I enjoyed reading his column. He asked me what I was doing in Miami, I told him and then commiserated with him about The Patriots losing to The Colts and how tough it would be to see Adam Vineteri in a Colts uniform today.

I had brought a camera but being in the tunnel waiting to get in wouldn't exactly have been the best picture so I hoped to get a picture with him on the field. He said no problem. I saw him a little later and pushing my luck asked him for an interview. He said he needed to get a few pictures and could we do it later. I said yes but unfortunately got busy and then couldn't find him.

A couple other quick thoughts on some of the media members. Warren Sapp is fat. Chris Berman's hair looked like something from Jim Henson's muppets. Mike Golic - nice, Mike Greenberg - not so nice. John Clayton - lets leave looks out and just say quite nice and very knowledgeable. Shannon Sharpe - comes across a lot smarter in person than on TV. Peyton Manning - as much as I'd like to say someting bad, I can't. Quite a nice guy.

In closing I had a great time and once again thanks to Nate for making it happen.