Stealing the Show

We have reached Super Bowl week.

The media has shoved a bunch of storylines down our throats for the last week and it will only get crazier this week. The hype for the game will be at an extreme high come Sunday afternoon.

Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that the Super Bowl game will be entertaining. In fact, more times than not, the game is usually dull and disappoints.

But there is one part of Super Bowl week that ALWAYS lives up to the hype.

Super Bowl media day.

Held annually on the Tuesday before the Super Bowl, media day is essentially a 2-hour free-for-all.

All players and coaches from the two teams head out onto the field and a swarm of media from virtually everywhere greets them and asks them questions of all sorts.

And by all sorts of questions, I mean stuff ranging from "Will you marry me?" to "How long have you been a black quarterback?"

(More ridiculous questions here and here)

So what can we expect this year?

Don't be surprised if Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger, recently accused of sexually assaulting a woman, gets reminded of that on media day.

Green Bay LB Clay Matthews will have about 43 questions relating to his hair.

There will be memorable soundbites on Tuesday afternoon, sometimes from the unlikeliest of players.

And this sort of free-for-all is a rare happening when it comes to sports journalism. Rarely are athletes available for several hours to answer questions like these, but Super Bowl media day is indeed one of those rare days.

And sometimes, media day will end up stealing the spotlight from the game itself.

So have your quirky questions ready, journalists.....because your question might end up stealing the show.