Okay, you’re hearing from all the experts this week, now let me offer an alternative opinion on all the hype and hoopla that is Super Bowl week and tell you what it’s really all about.

Would you trade three Super Bowl wins and a Hall of Fame ring for a perfect season? I can see the allure.

The NFL has recently expanded its reach to playing regular-season games in London. But what about a Super Bowl there? BBC Sport reports that “substantive talks” have taken place in regards to bringing the big game across the pond. But Commissioner Roger Goodell dismissed the talks.

New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune reports that Miami, Phoenix and New Orleans all submitted bids for the 2013 Super Bowl ahead of today’s NFL-mandated deadline, according to league officials.

Two months after the first rumblings that New Orleans wanted to host another Super Bowl, city officials told the Times Picayune that they and the Saints today will bid for the 2013 game.

All it took was Faith Hill for our NFL set on Radio Row to be completely engulfed. The country-music singer and hubby Tim McGraw have been making the rounds around the room, drawing more interest than any of the former or current players. No joke. Everyone wants a photo of Faith Hill.

Eighth grader Sam Kimmel is just an ordinary13-year-old boy from Homer City, In. Only Kimmel knows what it must feel like to be a member of his favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Media Day is about to start, which also means this is a test run for stadium operations at Raymond James Stadium, site of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Lead negotiator Ron Forman said Louisiana state officials believe they’re near a deal with the New Orleans Saints to keep the team at the Superdome past the 2009 season.

Without a doubt, one number that will be made into a major storyline leading up to Super Bowl XLIII is 37. That will be Kurt Warner’s age on Super Bowl Sunday, making him the third-oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history.

NFL Championship Sunday has produced the first of two Super Bowl participants — the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals will make the first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla.

To sum up the state of the NFL coaching business, consider this: Only two active head coaches have won Super Bowls. Two! New England’s Bill Belichick has three titles, and New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin has one.

Je’Rod Cherry, former New England Patriots safety, is raffling off his ring from Super Bowl XXXVI. Why? Cleveland Plain Dealer writer Tony Grossi reports that Cherry wants to raise awareness for Asia’s Hope, which builds orphanages for kids rescued from slave trafficking in Asia and Africa.