An Inside Peek to the Super Bowl Fun


MIAMI (Feb. 6) --So what's it like to be on the inside of a Super Bowl contender?


We contacted A.J. Foyt IV about what was going on down in Miami and asked him to send back a schedule of the festivities surrounding his involvement at the Super Bowl. For those of you who may have missed it this past summer, A.J. IV married Casey Irsay, daughter of Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, the AFC Champions who are in Miami contending for their second Super Bowl win in three years.


He obliged by sending nine texts!


The couple flew down to Miami Wednesday afternoon on the Irsay family jet and then joined Casey’s sisters and family for dinner that evening. “When we walked in, we saw Lynn Swann and Barry Sanders and knew we were at the Super Bowl,” he texted.


Thursday was spent lounging around the pool at the beautiful Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort where the Irsay family is staying--as is A.J. IV’s mother Nancy and his sisters Tonia and Casie. His dad Tony was hosting hunters at the Foyt Game Ranch this week.


Thursday evening they went to a Super Bowl Welcome Party from 7 – 10pm. “Everybody was there from Tony George to Stephen Stills (rock star),” he texted.


On Friday, A.J. IV played in a golf tournament at the famed Turnberry Resort which was hosted by his father-in-law for his family and friends. Friday evening they attended the Commissioner’s Party at the Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Among the “cool people” that A.J. IV met there were Colt McCoy, quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, and Tim Tebow, the Florida Gators star QB and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner. A.J. IV is a huge college football fan and has followed it since his high school days. He also saw NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and former Dallas Cowboys QB Troy Aikman.


Plans for Saturday include another Irsay-hosted golf tournament which will have lots of great prizes up for grabs. That will be followed by a big party and dinner at their hotel. Irsay is bringing down a band from Indiana as well as the same Hoosier comedian who entertained them in 2007 when the Colts won their first Super Bowl.


On Sunday, they will leave for Sun Life Stadium around 3pm and watch the game from the Owners suite. A.J. IV texted, “Then we watch the colts win 34-17 (my prediction), then who knows what happens Sunday if we win. All I know is that there will be a lot more partying involved. Back home Monday with a hangover. Go colts!”


Super Bowl XLIV between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints will be televised on CBS Sunday evening starting at 6pm. GO COLTS!!