Well let the countdown begin for super bowl sunday . The AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs take on the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers. Beating he 49ers would make the chiefs the first super bowl repeat winner in 20 years. For Patrick Mahomes, he’s looking for his third super bowl title in his first six seasons. Brock Purdy is looking for his first championship ring in just his second year in the league. At just 44 years young, Kyle shanahan has been the head man in san francisco since 2017. He’s led the Niners to four playoff runs, three division titles, Four NFC championship games, and now a second trip to the Super Bowl… His father Mike won a super bowl as offensive coordinator with the niners in 1994, then later won 2 as a head coach in denver. Kickoff is set for 6:30 on CBS. Kansas city is a two-point underdog according to the wise guys in Vegas. Kansas City general manager brett veach said he is aware of the challenge the organization faces in re-signing both defensive tackle Chris Jones and cornerback l’jarius Sneed but said it would be an off-season priority to get both players under new contracts. Last night, lots of hardware thrown around at the NFL honors ceremony… Lamar Jackson was a near-unanimous choice for the league's Most Valuable Player award. Dak prescott was a distant second. Christian McCaffery became the first forty-niner to be named offensive player of the year since Jerry Rice in 1993. McCaffrey lead the league in rushing and total yards from scrimmage. Miles Garrett took home the Defensive Player of the Year. He’s the first Cleveland brown to ever win that award. The Houston Texans hit the lottery with two of the first three picks in the draft and both delivered the goods. CJ Stroud was named offensive Rookie of the year and willAndersonn the defensive Rookie of the Year. Joe Flacco edged out damar hamlin for the leagues comeback player of the year and for the second time, kevin stefanski was the coach of the year. The NFL hall of fame announced it’s 2024 class. Unfortunately, willie anderson came up short. Julius peppers, dwight freeney, devin hester, patrick willis and andre johnson are the modern-day players. As for the senior finalists, Steve mcmichael of the Bears and former Ohio state great randy gradishar. Speaking of the Bearcats, it’s a big-time game, with no doubt a big-time atmosphere tomorrow after at Fifth Third Arena when number five Houston comes to town. Kelvin sampsons team has lost three games all year, all in the big 12 to iowa state, TCU and Kansas. Uc has lost to kansas, beat TCU and will play iowa state next week. Tipoff set for 4 o’clock tomorrow. The game can be seen on ESPN 2. A sellout crowd is expected at the Cintas center tomorrow when X plays number 19 Creighton. The blue jays won the first meeting in omaha 85-78, a game that was tight until the final four minutes. The Muskies must improve their shooting from the first game…..40 percent from the field and just 33 percent from 3.