SUPER BOWL: WITN’s sports team reports from California

North Carolina had quite the season, and what are haters gonna do?

Today was the final practice for the Denver Broncos before Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, and Head Coach Gary Kubiak really liked what he saw this and last week from his team.

See, this Broncos team is spectacularly different than the one the Seahawks beat by upwards of 200 points probably in Super Bowl 48. And if your answer is Cam, who is your second choice?

They’ve agreed to become the experts and make their picks public. You might have noticed from watching Riley Cooper disappear, or first-round draft choice Nelson Agholor at times seem overwhelmed, or Josh Huff struggle with inconsistency that the Eagles also don’t have an elite outside wide receiver.

“I know it’s going to sound cliche, but yet just having fun”, said Newton, when asked what has fueled his run to the Super Bowl and why he celebrates. “Manning goes out a victor and rides off into the sunset”.

If the Broncos can’t crack the century mark on the ground at the least, Carolina wins. Manning’s lone Super Bowl win came in 2007, Super Bowl XLI, while he was with the Indianapolis Colts. They can’t give up big plays, and they’ll need to create several momentum changes of their own. They are a magnificent team with an impressive record and likely the “future face of the NFL” at quarterback.

“At the end of the day, it’s not our defense versus their defense, it’s not our offense versus their offense, it’s not one player versus another player; it’s the Panthers versus the Broncos”, Panthers defensive lineman Star Lotulelei said. “That’s what wins you a championship”.

Even though it will be after midnight in central Europe before the opening kick-off at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, more than a million people in Germany are expected to stay up late into the night to watch the action. “(Newton) is young, mobile and I think Carolina is going to go in and take it away”.

The Panthers then went 15-1 this season before winning their two playoff games by the combined score of 80-39.

Quarterback Cam Newton is at the number 2 spot, just behind Tom Brady and at number eight, Luke Kuechly.

J.C. Arceneaux, Church Point: PANTHERS – “It’s the Panthers in a blowout”.

That would be the Carolina Panthers. They have a great offensive and defensive line and a great quarterback. Ultimately, though, I think the Panthers are an unfavorable matchup in nearly every way. Especially in the NFC Championship Game, the Panthers defense ravaged the stone-footed Carson Palmer.