Many of these fans had just stepped off the plane or gotten out of their cars after the long drive from philadelphia and were eager to take part in this experience at minneapolis. Been planning for two years but guess what . The actual air temperature without the wind chill was seven below zero this morning and that meant braving the bitter cold to do it. Its cold. Its real cold. I think ive got probably eight layers on right now and i cant feel my elbows or my wrists or my hands so. I lost feeling in my face like 20 minutes ago. Im not even sure its still there. [laughter] yeah, so lots of fans lamenting their wardrobe choice. Eagles jersey warms the heart but not much beyond that. Still not a single fan we encountered today would be anywhere else than here. Theyll deal with whatever elements come their way in order to see a victory firsthand on sunday. [laughter] thats good stuff outside today talking with fans. Of course the mascot of this team is an eagle, the proud symbol of the united states. But there is one eagle in pa really stan out to the bird gang fans across the country. Were talking about challenger. Meet this beautiful bald eagle. We had a chance to see up close and personal today. Hes now 28 years old. He was obelion from a nest during a storm in louisiana and then raised briefly by a human family. He was later taken in by the American Eagle foundation. And for the past five years challenger had been seen soaring high at eagles home games during the National Anthem and he always draws a huge roar from fans at the linc. It means a lot to the philadelphia fans. You know hes flew at five games this year right up to the nfc championship. He created a lot of excitement before the game started and the people started to relate to him as their ambassador you might say or their mascot. Yeah so challenger right there at the beginning of the nfc championship when the eagles beat the vikings. We are in vikings country here. Hes not flying at the super bowl this weekend, not scheduled to fly but is ready if called upon to soar high once again. All right. If called upon he will serve eagles nation. Thats right. We like it very much. Lots more to come from here as Super Bowl Weekend kicks into high gear again but for now for Sharrie Williams im brian taff live in minneapolis. Thank you guys. We want to show you the scene at Philadelphia International airport. Eagles fans flocking to minneapolis getting a sendoff with much fanfare. American airlines added flights and bigger planes for the travel to super bowl balloons greeted passengers at the gate and everybody on board received fly eagles fly rally towels. The situation at the end of destination super bowl city. Lets go to live to Sarah Bloomquist atolis saint paul international. A veimry th bu p eagles fans are havent seen a lot of Patriots Fans. Weve seen eagles green all over the place. This is the busiest day for arrivals this entire superd. Have waited very long time for this and they cant imagine being anywhere else. Eagles. Go birds, baby. Go birds. Reporter eagles fans have landed. I cant i got goosebumps. I couldnt wait to get off the plane. I wanted to get off that plane. I said lets go, hurry up. Reporter its the super bowl baby and look outause here they come. So excited. Were going to just like we beat the vikings at home were coming to this town to take over this town because were going to be champions come sunday night. Youre going down, brady. Reporter all day eagles chants echoed loud and proud across the arrivals hall. Eagles. You should have seen the plane. Did the chant about three times. Reporter fans came dressed in eagles green from head to toe. Theyre prepared to take over this town and leave it celebrating a super bowl win. Like i told a couple Patriots Fans on the flight we need this. We have to have this. The city deserves it. Its so many, um fans who have been fans for like 60 years. We deserve it. Ive been waiting my whole life for this and theres a ton of people back home that have been waiting double my time so i hope we get it done for those guys. Reporter get it done for those guys. Also there are hundreds of charter flights and private planes flying in with the most coming on super bowl sunday. In fact theres so many private planes coming they have shut down and theyre using an entire runway just to provide a place to park them. Live at Minneapolis Saint Paul International airport, im Sarah Bloomquist channel6 action news. Jim. Sarah thank you. The party has already started in the mayfair section of philadelphia. Area businesses held eagle pep rallies ahead of th on sunday. The community bleeds green and is a hub for celebrations for philadelphia sports teams. Many say this small rally is just a glimpse of what will come when the eagles defeat the patriots and bring home the lombardi trophy. Action News Reporter vernon odom has the latest, excuse me, vernon has the latest information from the city of philadelphia efforts to keep those celebrations under control. Vernon, whats the story . Reporter jim the Police Departments plan is to quell any bad situation quickly, very quickly. Right away without hesitation. So, everyone else including Police Officers can enjoy the night. At city hall tonight the metal barricades are already in place anticipating an eagles win sunday night. On south broad for many blocks its starting to look the same on this typical friday night with congestion starting to build. But how will these locations look by 10 00 or so sunday night . Will they be jammed with jubilant fans delirious from an eagles victory. Police have their plan in place from the far northeast south to oregon. Broad and walnut you can see that involved a lot easier because people are walking down broad street. Frankford and cottman thats neighborhoods and so it doesnt take very long at all for people to get out of their houses and show up at that location. Reporter tonight police are announcing parking restrictions for south broad beginning sunday afternoon at 2 00 until 3 00 monday morning. The police brass is having a knockdown constant speculation about tactics, businesses near city hall will not be asked to close early, for example. This is an opportunity for people in this city businesses to make money. Were not asking anybody to close. I dont know where that information came from. They have a right to be opened. Were going to be out there protecting those businesses. Reporter in light of crisco failing to keep pole climbers on the ground after the minnesota win the commissioner is shooting down reports that greasy nasty gear oil will be used. We are not using gear oil. I also will tell you were not telling you what were going to use as well. But it is not gear oil. Reporter jim, we can only hope now that philadelphia and our entire region finally get our taste of that lombardi trophy. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news at city hall. Jim. Thank you, vernon. In glassboro new jersey theyre all about the birds especially one in particular. Today schools in the district held pep rallies and supported Glassboro High School alum and eagles running back corey clement. Students took part in various activities including football trivia. So we ask you to kick off your Super Bowl Weekend right here on channel6 tonight. Join us for the action news championship preview live from minneapolis at 8 oclock. Extensive coverage of the eagles Super Bowl Weekend continues next. Ducis rodgers and Brian Westbrook live in minneapolis minnesota with team preparations. Guys. Reporter yes, jim, the practicek to Brian Westbrook about that. Hell also bcoaching matchup in the super bowl. Jim. The vikings nfc loss is a big win for a Gloucester County father and son. They scored coveted tickets to the super bowl thanks to a defeated minnesota fan. Wind chills right now in the teens and our super bowl mainly wet but snow forur viewing ill explain in the accuweather 7day forecast. Those stories much more when action news continues tonight. Cancer is smart. It pushes us. We push back. Challenging conventional thinking. Finding smarter solutions. Thats what makes Cancer Treatment centers of america one of the leaders in precision Cancer Treatment. Using tools like advanced Genomic Testing and immunotherapy to bring more options to our patients. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Were not just fighting cancer any more. Were outsmarting it. Visit cancercenter. Com outsmart to learn more. So there will be two essentials for really good Super Bowl Party on sunday an eagles win obviously and also good food. Action News Reporter chad pradelli cant guarantee the victory but he can point us to some very good food. Chad. Reporter yeah, as you know jim, this town has a lot of great food. Heres a little bit of whats being offered Come Super Bowl sunday. Inside dibruno brothers the wings were tasty and the stuffed baked potatoes made to salivate. Fill it up. There you go. Great for us when the eagles do well. We want them to do well because were philly through and through. Im buying a few things to snack on while i watch the game. Reporter what did you go with. Today . Reporter yes. Well i have a sandwich i have some locks. Reporter employees made sure fans were in the spirit. Eagles reporter down at dinos party center in south philadelphia, balloons and other green party favors were flying out the door. These are decorations for my front window. For the eagles game. Having a bit party sunday with all my cousins. Reporter how many people will be at the house. Go to broad street once win. Reporter few cannulis in the italian market the pigs are roasting and butchers have been busy cutting the beef. Were doing tons of meatballs tons of chicken wings. We specialize in the roasted pigs. We have over 40 of them going out for the weekend and everybody is ready and excit to go. Reporter yes everybody is ready. The vibrant town is electric to party sunday. Im life at the art museum chad pradelli channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, chad. Cole fitzgerald and his father, bill are headed to their super bowl thanks to a broken hearted yet big hearted vikings fan. Grader from sewell ot the rock star treatme left Philadelphia International faerairport t given from an anonymousdonor who won them ine when the vikings lost to eagles in the nfc thel eagles fan and he fo cole beat cancer and the dir connection 30 minutes, 501 chicken wings, this was the tally for this years wing bowl champion molly schuyler. The 26th edition took place this morning at the Wells Fargo Center the truly philadelphia tradition started so birds fans could have something to cheer about during Super Bowl Weekend when the team almost never made it to the big game. Not a problem this year. No wings left for super bowl sunday around here. There will be wings left. The game plan is installed. All they have to do now is execute and make sure that nobody else gets the flu. No problem for the eagles, right . Third time the charm in the super bowl. The eagles have been talking a big game even before their first game and now just days away from the biggest game of them all the super bowl, the eagles receiver Alshon Jeffrey says were bringing that trophy back to philly. Lets go live to Ducis Rodgers and Brian Westbrook in minnesota. The eagles have sounded confident and relaxed all week. Perhaps a reflection of their head coach, guys. Reporter we shall soon find out. Brian, the eagles had their final workout today an 80 minute workout at the university of minnesota. Their families are in town. What is this last 48 hours like for them . Well, i think early on in the week they got the tickets out of the way all the responsibilities they needed to make sure their families could get into the game. Thats handled. You want to make sure youre focused. Make sure that every t is crossed every i dotted so when you start thinking through the game you can handle any situation thrown at you. Thats what the coaches want you to do think of the things that could happen in the game and be prepared for them. Reporter we focus on the coaching matchup Bill Belichick against coach doug pederson. On side a relative new guy who completed his Second Season as an nfl head coach. On the other side its the experience and pedigree of a Living Legend a man who has won five super bowl titles with the patriots. Probably the greatest coach of all time and obviously the greatest quarterback on their team but doug is sharp. Thats our guy. Were with him every day. Reporter that is a sentiment that permeates throughout the eagles locker room. They love their coach. It almost seem like doug out there with a helmet on. I think he knows his players well and put players in positions to succeed based on things theyre good at. Reporter the birds also love the aggressiveness pederson shows. The eagles were second in the nfl in fourth down attempts, third in fourth down conversions. He has a lot of confidence in his guys, you know. It means hes playing to win. Go back to when we played minnesota, 26 seconds on the clock end up kicking a field goal. No one does that. Reporter pederson has not only earned the respect from his players but also his opponent. Doug pederson has done a great job with this Football Team with the offense. They lost a couple key players this year but continued to roll along with tremendous production. Reporter so, why might coach pederson have the edge in this coaching matchup. Ducis in Football Games in seasons you have mood swings, momentum. Doug pederson and this Football Team have had a great fantastic especially throughout the playoffs. If you look at the patriots last game they struggled. They won that game against jacksonville but they struggled. I think the eagles have a lot more momentum. Reporter doug understands and has a great feel tore this team. I think that gifts him the advantage. Reporter at the end of practice doug told his players to seize the moment but also havings of eagles fans here at the mall of america. For Brian Westbrook im Ducis Rodgers. Back to you. Super bowl sunday. Sixers are avoid losing ight for the first time in more than a month tonightth have mind and on their chest. The sixers are honoring during tonights game. Eagles dropped off customized jerseys and the brotherly love eagles shirts during pregame warmups and hopefully there will be aebration comemonday. Hopefully. Little synergy at. It is the friday before the super b schools, it madeto spende day rallying for the birds. Fly eagles fly on the road to victory. Students at Belmont HillsElementary School in bala cynwyd held a pep rally complete with live music games and of course the eagles fight song. Students also collected nonperishable food items to donate to charity. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick t at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. We have some weather to talk about this weekend in addition to a football game. Mainly rain for super bowl sunday. A little bit of snow at the onset. But mainly a rain event and until then its just pretty cold. The action cam today taking a look at Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center where yeah, the underdogs hanging out getting all ready for the big game. And were live on sky6 taking a look at the ben franklin bridge. Glowing in eagles green on this very cold friday night. That cold front that brought us that round of rainw has opened the door for some cold winds to blow in. So temperatures have been dropping through the day. The high today 40 right after midnight. Now were generally acrosstto mid20s but then you factor in the winds. Weve had winds gusting close to 40 Miles Per Hour today. The current wind chill makes it feel like 11 in philadelphia, 14 in beach haven, eight in allentown, feels like seven in lancaster and wilmington. The winds will be diminishing tonight but the temperatures will also be dropping so wind chills will be stuck in the teens and Single Digits essentially all night long. So satellite and radar showing that front moved off. A lot of clouds to start the day and now were clearing and you can actually see the direction of the clouds. Thats our wind direction out of the northwest. Thats what is pulling down the very cold air. So, tonight clearing skies, diminishing winds. Overnight low 17 in philadelphia, 10 in allentown, wilmington 14 and cape may 19 degrees and tomorrow not nearly as windy as today. Well see increasing clouds but you factor in a little bit of a breeze only up to about the freezing point. Its going to feel cold. Wi 7 oclock around 10 degre theafternoon like the wind chills are in the mid20s. Then we have sunday. Super bowl sunday. Future tracker showing the clouds are thick. By the Morning Hours we will see some snow showers breaking out in the mid morning in the lehigh valley, in the poconos northern berks county. Then the main event really waiting until the early afternoon. You can philadelphia it moves in as rain. Could have few wet snowflakes. The lehigh valley, berks poconosits still snowing but ts rain snow line advances pretty quickly changing it over to for the poconos and it will be y rain at timegame. So expect the s totalsn, i95 corridor southtwo madelaly rain. The far north and west suburbs a coating to an inch before that changeover. The poconos likely snit 4inches of snow expected there. So planning out your day 43 degrees that rain is here during the game rain heavy at times 42. Time to celebrate 40 degrees, no icing and the rain will be shutting off. So the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, its dry its cold tomorrow 33 degrees. Sunday cloudy. That rain moving in in the afternoon 43 degrees. Behind that system on monday, kind of like today blustery and cold, 34. Clouds roll back on 41 degrees. Y 52 but periods of rain. Thursday and friday temperatures back in the 30s but we do dry out and super bowl in minneapolis, the high only about six, coldest super bowl in history. Good thing they play in a dome. 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