The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Pigskin

The Super Bowl is now set. It will be the Baltimore Ravens vs. the San Francisco 49ers on February 3rd.

Once again here are the front pages of the AFC and NFC Championship teams, in victory and defeat. [album]

Jim Harbaugh is an animal! [.gif]

The crowd in Baltimore celebrating the Ravens’ win on Sunday. [picture]

On Sunday Joe Flacco became the all-time leader in road playoff wins for a QB. [Twitter]

Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez will “probably” retire after this season. [ESPN]

Shannon Sharpe had strong words for Bill Belichick following the Patriots loss on Sunday. [PFT]

Here’s a neat fact: both Ray Lewis and Jim Harbaugh played on the 1998 Baltimore Ravens. [Wikipedia]

Finally here is an early preview for the game itself. [Yahoo!]