It's Official: Super Bowl XLV is a Living, Breathing Thing

We got a logo! Can February 6, 2011, be that far off? At the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s initial press conference today out at the Cowboys new stadium, all sorts of dignitaries -- Troy Aikman, Ross Perot Jr, Tom Leppert, Terdema Ussery -- pledged their support and...

By Richie Whitt

May 5, 2008

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We got a logo! Can February 6, 2011, be that far off?

At the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s initial press conference today out at the Cowboys new stadium, all sorts of dignitaries -- Troy Aikman, Ross Perot Jr, Tom Leppert, Terdema Ussery -- pledged their support and oohed and aahed at the shiny, Star Trek-y artwork.

North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Chair Roger Staubach promised, “North Texas will present the most exciting and comprehensive Super Bowl experience in history.”

And who are we to doubt him? Despite the fact that this woman somehow found her way onto the committee. -- Richie Whitt

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