No one in the Connecticut media is more guilty of hyper-localizing sports than me. I admit, it will always be Cheshire's Brian Leetch and not the Rangers. And if I Heisman winner eats at a McDonalds off of I-95, I may cover it. I am guilty as charged.

But we do actually have a lot of Connecticut connections here at the Super Bowl in Arizona. Giants guard Chris Snee told me today that he bought a Southern CT State sweatshirt. It was his way of busting on two of his coaches--Chris Palmer and Kevin Gilbride---both Southern Alums. Gilbride, who is from North Haven originally joked with me that the shirt is the Giants key to success.

The CT ties do not end there. Palmer was the Head Coach at New Haven, Gilbride at Southern. Palmer and two other Giants assistants coached at various times at UConn. Patriots Coach Bill Belichick went to Wesleyan while Pats VP Scott Pioli is a Central alum. Maybe Gilbride is right: CT is the cradle of coaches.