Feb 1, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; General view of the Super Bowl XLVII roman numerals on a barge at Woldenberg Park in advance of Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

I’ve always been the type to stay at home to watch the Super Bowl. I like having a beer or two, snacking throughout the day on the food we’ve prepared, and heck, yeah we’ve even invited a few friends over from time-to-time.

No, we’re not the crazy partiers that most of you are … though when the Packers are in the Bowl, we do decorate, have a few of our closest friends over and then go crazy. But when it’s teams we don’t give two rips about – like this year – well, it will be pretty low key.

But like all humans, we’ll be watching … not sure if I’m rooting for the Niners or not. I don’t like Jim Harbaugh … that’s just me. But then again, I’m not a big Ravens fan either.

I just want a good game … and some good commercials to watch …

Anyway, here’s the basic information you need to watch the game  - enjoy.

What: Super Bowl XLVII

Who: Baltimore Ravens (AFC) vs. San Francisco 49ers (NFC)

When: Sunday February 3, 2013

Kickoff: 6:30 p.m., ET

Where: New Orleans, Louisiana

Stadium Info: The Superdome

National Network: CBS

Baltimore, Maryland: CBS WJZ-TV 13

San Francisco, California: CBS KPIX-TV 5

Radio: WJZ-AM 1300 Baltimore, WJZ-FM 105.7 Catonsvle/Baltimore. KNBR-AM 680 San Francisco

Live Stream: CBS Sports: Super Bowl XLVII live stream

What about you guys – you throwing a Super Bowl Party?

The Packers faithful should be excited about next year's schedule

The 2011 regular season just ended, so it’s time for all but the 12 teams in the NFL Playoffs to start thinking about next season.

So, without further adieu, the league announced next season’s schedule.

Frankly, if the Green Bay Packers nearly went 16-0 this year, their schedule next year shows even greater favor … at least on paper.

While the Packers will play the always-tough divisional foes in the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, they will also play teams from the AFC South (yawn) in addition to NFC division winners San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and New York Giants.

But they also have on their schedule home games against Arizona, Jacksonville, and Tennessee. Road games will include St. Louis, Seattle, Houston and Indianapolis.

The full home and away schedule is below; exact dates and times will be determined later. However, the league did announce that the regular season would kick off Thursday, Sept. 6, and conclude Dec. 30.

Super Bowl XLVII will be played Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the New Orleans Superdome.

See the Packers 2012 full schedule after the jump.

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NFL News and Rumors is the newest NFL blog to join FanSided.com. Chris Kolb runs the site and gets us all the low down on the newest news and rumors in the NFL.

Tim Redinger, lead blogger over at BuffaLowdown, has taken over the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres blog, Sabre Noise.

Lead blogger of The Pewter Plank, Dustin Staggers, now also writes for Bolts by the Bay, a Tampa Bay Lightning blog.

Rounding out the NHL blogs is Capitals Outsider, headed by some guys from Gunaxin.com.

Heading over to the hardwood, we now have Hardwood Houdini, a Boston Celtics blog, Pippen Ain’t Easy, a Chicago Bulls blog, King James Gospel, a Cleveland Cavaliers blog, Lake Show Life, an L.A. Lakers blog, Buckets Over Broadway, a New York Knicks blog, Howard The Dunk, an Orlando Magic blog, Rip City Project, a Portland Trail Blazers blog, and Air Alamo, a San Antonio Spurs blog.

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In the American League, the Evil Empire itself, the New York Yankees are covered by Yanks Go Yard, the Baltimore Orioles get Birds Watcher, New England’s own Boston Red Sox are covered by BoSox Injection, the Cleveland Indians are at Deep Left Field, the Kansas City Royals have the most cleverly titled site Royales With Cheese, the Twins of the Twin Cities have Twinkie Talk, the Tampa Bay Rays have RayHawk Review, and the Toronto Blue Jays can be found at Jays Journal.

Check out all these sites and slip them into your bookmarks!