The energy. I want the eagles to win. Swoop there it is. Have a championship game here, go to the superbowl. I know it is going to be electric. This is fox 29 news chase for a chap john chip. Gloat welcome back, it is cents so great to have you with us, live look inside and out of the link. We are just over an hour and a half away from kick off. Were going to have the countdown clock for you in just a moment. Were not just inside the linc. Were also as we mentioned outside. And if youre not inside, if you dont have ticket, dont worry, the only place you can see all of the action, the nfc championship game right here on fox 29. It is good to have you with us, thanks for joining us this special edition of fox 29 news, the chase for a championship. Im Thomas Drayton. Im lucy noland. Eagles nation ready to beat the vikings, so lets do this thing, Live Team Coverage for you of course. We have our reporters across eagles nation. Joyce evans, live, tailgating fans outside of the link. Dave schratwieser in center city as fans get ready to watch the game. Brad sattin at eagles fan party in mayfair, and brew gordon checking in with fans as we get closer to the game. All right, joyce evans. What you got . Okay, it is already been a long day. And it will be a long night. This road to the link back here paved by tailgaters. The ultimate eagles fans who have cheered this team onto this championship battle tonight. And guess what . Theyve already declared it a win. Lets take a look at some whatever theyve got out here, the tailgaters have on board. Look at this. Look at this. We have some sweet sauce, some hot sausage, footballs, cookies shaped like footballs. Ill have some of this, and have one of those, and as soon as were done with this. Yes, right after eagles win, right . We got it. Thats right. Thinking low scoring game. I dont know, like 13ten. Really . Little defensive battle. We got t we got the w tonight. We have to go back here. We have a threedog, and they think it will be a three dog kind of night. Thats a bad little joke on the old rock group. What a man. Gates of hell. Whats your name . Joe, joe. Joe, thats different. Pardon me . Thats different. Ya, i saw it on line, i had to have it. There are a whole bunch of dog masks around here, where are our dogs . Where are our dogs out here . Look. Look at this one with the gloves on like paws. I want a pair of those. Can i borough those . cheers . Okay, but im not trying to mess my hair up, okay . Were going to be out here all night long, enjoying the game with these fans. I get it, i get not want to go mess the hair on. You have to look spot on for when you celebrate, joyce, thank you. Showing every side of our face, arent we, the three dog masks . I love it. Inside of the link right now weve seen the players hitting the fields out there warming up on a day thats much warmer than the last time they played. Getting ready. So you saw the energy on the outside soon that stadium will come alive. So we are all around the area here celebrating getting ready for the big game tonight. Of course we are talking with the 730,000 plus people talking about security as well. Yes, south fill we go right now. Broad street and washington avenue where we find our Dave Schratwieser, hey, dave . Reporter lucy, talk about getting ready, the Philadelphia Police have been getting ready. Check it out. Everybody have been talking about these all day long, the grease polls here at broad and washington. Not just the polls, also, the mailbox next to the polls. Now, why are they doing that . Well when the game let out later when the eagles win, and there is cents a big celebration, this is a big time, see, fans, stopping by, trying to get a word in there. Had to cut them off little bit. One of the reasons they grease the polls is later when everybody celebrating they dont want you to go up those polls. Believe me, if youve been in the northeast down here in south philly during the big phillies celebration s eagles celebrations thats he can actually what they do. Now, im not a cooking expert, but im going to say thats probably crisco oil from what i can guess, and not only this pole across the street, on the other side, up on the other side, on washington avenue, right here, up and down all overbroad street, only on the corners where Police Suspect there might be a problem later on. We talk to you on friday. About no parking on broad street. You can see the know parking signs here started 2 00 this afternoon, goes until 3 00 a. M. , monday morning, thats to keep cars offer, there are still some cars here up and down, everybody argues and wants to know about the center median. Here is the center median. I have to tell you, being on broad street most of the cars are off, but it is kind of like a ghosttown out here, when there is no cars in the middle of broad street. You know the famous free parking in the middle of broad street. If you look all the way down there, it is pretty much baron. Four, five cars here or there. Folks to most of their have paid attention to whats going on here and what the police were advising and basically what they wanted to do was keep this way clear from 2 00 this afternoon until 3 00. The whole idea here to keep cars off the streets, so if the celebration breaks out later, and it will, because we know the eagles will win, if it breaks out they want to make sure cars arent damaged, cars arent turned over, cars arent set on fire, anything like. That will but again, Philadelphia Police tell us we talked to Deputy Commissioner wilson, few minute ago, we talked to chief tom from septa police, so far everything is running real smooth, the commute down to the stadium, 18,000 fans, we were down there, saw them getting off, having a blast, a lot of eagles chants going on, coming off the septa line right there. So folks, having a blast in south philadelphia. But i have to tell you, there is no parking in the median on South Broad Street kinds of weird to look at that though, dont get to see that too often. Again those grease polls, stay away, i guarantee you you cant climb up that. Guys, back to you. Yes, it is strange not to see that, you remember, i mean, i was out there 2008. You remember the Celebration Day very well. People out there celebrating the phillies. Lets take live look. This is 95 north and south, the traffic flowing right around the stadium. Things looking pretty good. Yes, yes. I love that. I mean, hopefully it will stay that way for folks, because everybody got there little earlier. All right, so lets get on over to our kristen rodgers. She is talking about this amazing guy named Doug Pederson. Been around couple of years, already nfc championship game, kristen. Doing pretty good. Guys, weve been talking so much about how the eagles have been disrespecting as a team but i feel like Doug Pederson has been disrespecting even more so. Back when he was hired in 2016 no one thought that in just two years he would lead the eagles here to a nfc championship game. But here we are. Hes looking to do something that his mentor wasnt able to do. Now, everyone knows pederson isnt a head coach. He might be less qualified to coach a team than anyone ive seen in my 30 plus years in the nfl. Former nfl general manager, mike lombardi, raised a lot of eyebrows with that comment preseason. No one believed in Doug Pederson. But now hes getting the last laugh. Pederson was the most disrespecting coach hired in 2016. Those that were praised, chip kelly, fired. Mike malarky fired. Mike mackado, fired now pederson and the eagles on the bring after superbowl. So how did he get here . The second i walk up here in the morning and address the team, the way i am, you know, on the practice field, the way i interact with the players individually, the coaches, i think they see all of that, i think a lot of it, too, comes from just being genuine, real, and being me. It is clear pederson has the support of his players and coaches. His unique style of play calling has earned respect. What ive learned about him, and through watching him call plays is probably a little bit more unorthodox at times than in a good way. I would say coach pederson, hes very diviners his play calling, i think he has great feel for the game, whats going on, you know, times to be aggressive. It is hard to key in when youre defense what hes going to do. Doug pederson is all about team. He doesnt like talking about himself. But he can appreciate how far hes come in just two years. I just think im wiser, smarter, you know, you learn from past experience, i think im better situation allman injury in the games, and, you know, preparing the team and my messaging with the team. I just think you learn and grow, you know, every single day, every single week. It took andy reid six years to win a nfc championship. Today pederson can best that. It is the biggest game of his head coaching career. But he remains level headed. Nothing, nothing really has to change. I mean, at the end of the day it is football. And i got to make sure that, you know, my head is in the right spot. Im blocking out the phils, just like im telling the players to block it out. And im focused on my job. And helping this football team, you know, try to win a football game. Im joined here now live with howard eskin. Howard, most popular guy here on the field right now. Just look at those people. There you go. Ya. Lets talk about nick foles for a second, though, because hes been marble a polarizing person. Some love him, some hate him. What does he have to do to have a great game today . No turnovers. No turnovers. Has to be efficient as he was last week. And just won the offense like he did last week. Now, people love you when you play well. And people kind of wine and complain when you dont. I think ive seen nick for the last three weeks relaxed, feels comfortable in the offense, dave spadaro made a great point, he wasnt therefore camp. He wasnt, you know, he didnt practice that much because he ran a scout team. So it is just hes now ready to lead this football team. And i talk to troy aikman, the guys doing the broadcast, everybody thinks it is unless there is turnovers it, will really be low scoring game. So you have to be efficient in what you do. So how are the eagles just deactivated one of their linebackers, how is that going to perfect todays game . Jim swartz not going that deep with what he does. The one thing that you have to say about this team, every time somebody went down, somebody else stepped up. And thats, thats what has made this team in the position to be here today with a chance to go to the superbowl. It is that simple . Such a cliche to just say next man up. But the team has worn that like a badge of honor. And it has really, really work for them. It is a cliche. But not with this team. Not with this team. The actual truth. Howard thanks so much. Toss it back to you, lucy, thomas. Real quick question. I know youve had number of conversation was Doug Pederson and the players. How do they prepare physically and mentally for game like this . How did Doug Pederson, soree . How did Doug Pederson, get ready . Yes, Doug Pederson has said that hes just relied on the support from his team. Hes relied on the support from his coaches. Said hes very unorthodox play calling. But it is that play calling thats garnered that support and that respect from his team, from his assistant coaches and his players. He had the biggest ovation so far with these fans, as well, so you know when hes aggressive on offense, the fans respond and he lovers that right back. Peter pederson telling his players, thank you will, not always eels toy do but you have to block out the noise when you hit that field. Tell you what, a lot of watch parties happening across the area, little noisy too shall actually. Great thing. Wonderful noise going on. So there is watch parties. laughing . Oh, brad sattin, flying high. I love it it is a good look, right . It is, fly eagles fly. We are at least a webbers house, throwing a party like this since 1993 when the phils ills were in the world series, any time there is a big party she throws one. And they got the cheer going. Were here with john, now through your company, youve had season ticket for years. You have an rv. Yes. At the barking at the parking lot. You have and youre here. Yes, yes, wells fargo pregame and getting red. I so why are you here . I had to be here with our party girl, lisa webber. Right. And all of our family and friends for the yearly party, and obviously getting ready to head up to frankford and cottman. The after party after a big win. Hey, here is a quick trivia. The eagles have played three times in the past, in the playoffs. How many times have the vikings won . Zero. Zero. The eagles are three and zero. So obviously, john got to make that four and zero. Yes, four and zero definitely. We have to do it. Philly, philly. Party on, guys, lets go. Bring it home. Lets go. In full agreement. Again the Party Continues here. Were going to check in, guys, with this group, a little later, one more time. For now i send it back to you. Oh, i love it. I want to see in you that, thomas. Do you think douglas would wear it . Mine is on order, i tell you what, ive seen him one on the field getting red. I oh, my goodness. Seen number of our players, you heard kristen say perhaps the biggest reception, Doug Pederson has led this team through what has been an incredible season through the ups and downs and of course, still being considered an underdog, but pushing through. Tell you what, well, one of the things that people must do is kind of shake it up a little bit here. So kathy orr is one of these people shaking it up a little bit. And you got your green dress on, which is incredibly unusual. I do. It was fun to see howard. Right . Always good to see howard eskin. And he always has something to say. Right . Howard. And the hat on brad, i cant get enough of this. It is all good. Looked almost like a seagull, didnt it . Outside to old city philadelphia. The sun is setting across the delaware valley. Once it does, it is going to get much cooler. Do have cloudy skies though. That will help out little bit. It is 51 in philadelphia, the normal high is 40. So on this game day, temperatures running at least 10 degrees above normal. We have the southerly winds and the cloud cover will keep temperatures up somewhat during the game. So thats another good luck charm. Winds out of the south at 6 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia at the stadium. That will not have an impact on this game at all. So, right now, comfortable for the fans, as they go into the stadium. 51 degrees. At kick off, 46 and mostly cloudy with light southerly wind. And by the fourth quarter, cloudy and cool, the temperature, 43 degrees, for the victory, and i know theyll be here in old city, as well. We send it back to you guys. All right, sounds good, thank you very much, kathy. One good thing so far has been the traffic on this day. It has been flowing little hiccup around 1 00 this afternoon, little bit after slow down, but ever since it has been flowing directly northbound. Ninetyfive north and south, all the way to the stadium. Looking pretty good. We will be following that, two numbers were looking at right now, an hour and 23 minutes to kick off. Also the temperature, 51 degrees. As kathy mentioned, it is going to be a beautiful evening for the game. So here we go. A lot of folks traveling from all over for the game. Earlier today we caught up with some viking fans who just touched down at philadelphia uand they shared their predictions and say the games going to rely on defense. I think it will be a great game. I think it it will rely on who gets the more turnovers, more defensive battle. Im going to go to the stadium with a couple my buddies here, viking jerseys on, on the way out ill wear eagles because i want to be safe. Im going to get in and im going to get out with a w. In and out with a w. Of course other viking fans we asked said theyre not too worried about eagles fans, not too worried about you. Lets hop back outside. Take another live look. Sun starting to set out there. The spirit are rising as the sun is setting. Tell you what, live look outside of the link, and it is a spirited crew as usual. Got to love the electricity, in philadelphia. You know, the eagles making it to the nfc championship. Isnt the only thing this man is celebrating. His name phil, turning 100 years old. Hes been an eagles fan his entire life. As an early birthday present, for his 100 birthday, his family bought him a ticket to the game today. So, he has been getting a lot of attention on social media. In fact, it has blown up. His grandson tweet add photo of him in response to a viking fan tweet about her grand ma. He got me this. I tweeted out our favorite picture of him in his wentz jersey, i guess, you know, he is so cute. How do you not retreat it . So i guess it started to get some attention. Fly eagles fly he was born in philadelphia, in 1918. And raised in a jewish orphanage. He fought in world war ii and the korean war before opening his own advertising company. Currently lives in new york, but his heart is back here in philadelphia. And hell be celebrating the big win. I want to get him and the 99 year old viking grand ma together. Wouldnt that be great. To watch the game. That would be great. Keep it going. Live inside and outside as we gear up for the game. We are about an hour and 21 minutes from kick off. A live look outside at the linc. Keeping it going. Chase for the championship right after this. Fly eagles fly on the road to victory this performing the eagles fight song, world life cafe. The drummer of the bands is a guy named david, and he was a hooters drummer. The hooters big eight zeros rock band, 90s, from levittown, bucks county. More famously known as i said, for being with the hooters, but, they had i actually played them when i was a disc jockey. Isnt that great . Love it. Keep it going. Eagles spirit. Oh, chase for a championship. And it is on outside of the link. Tailgating inside the linc. The players are on the field. I love the setup. You see the trailers come out. You see the grills, the big screen tvs, the excitement. Thats outside. Lets head back inside. Kristen rodgers, creeping in the cowboys territory for a one on one. Whats this all about . For good reason, though, earlier this week i had the chance to catch up with our fox nfl analyst, troy aikman, who knows a thing or two about playing in nfc championship games. He says that this is the biggest game, because youre just one win away from the superbowl, everyone can feel it right in front of them. He had a really great take. Heres what towed say. This is why youre in the ffl. This is why you work so hard, this is why you went through two a days, and all of the stuff during the season. And, you know, for some of these players, whether it is the eagles or the vikings, this may be the biggest game when they look back that theyve ever played this. Nick foles found his stride in the second half of the game with the falcons, how important is it to find his stride early in the game . I dont know establish rhythm early. That would be nice if it happened. But the important thing if i were playing quarterback in this game, knowing what the defense have on each side of the ball, i would say you dont expect it to be a high scoring game. You dont expect either team to be able to run the ball that effectively. And i think early on these quarterbacks just kind of ease their way into it, and just dont make the big mistakes. And the game will eventually slow down. Hell finds his rhythm at some point. If it doesnt happen early, thats fine. Just dont do anything early in this ballgame that will hurt the team overall. It is a battle of the back up quarterbacks, no one thought it would be nick foles and case keenum for the nfc championship game. What have you liked out of those guys. Well, i like them because theyre guys who really are appreciative of what they have right now. They havent been given anything. They had to work hard to get where they are. You know, of course with case keenum, hes been a big reason as to why that team was here. Foles was a little bit different. Carson wentz, both easy going. I like them both. The way in which they played, one of them is going to play in the superbowl in two weeks. One of them will play in the superbowl in two weeks, and it is not like the eagles or even the vikings needed a reminder of what is at steak here, one team football, one team going to minnesota for superbowl 52. And if they did need reminder these side lines are packed right now. Ive never seen the linc this crowded. The stands are already pretty darn full. People are excited, it is getting loud out here, during warm ups, can you feel it, guys . Can you feel it . Actually, i heard the chant. Ya. You can hear it. Kristen, here we go, your heart has to be pounding, i know mine has all morning long, waking up just knowing tonight is the night that were going to get it done. All right, eagles fans outside the linc, a chase for a championship. Theyve been out there all morning long. Theyre keeping the energy going. Were coming right back after this. Stay with us. Hit them low hit them high and watch those eagles fly fly eagles fly on the road to victory eagles, eagles 70,000 different stories, talking about my time growing up here in burlington county, sitting and watching the game with my family, and each and every year, hoping, and praying, that we would reach this moment and the disappointment tonight is the night that we will get things done. One game away from the lombardi trophy, getting over thereto play for that thing. All right, so thats inside the stadium. Outside the stadium of course weve got joyce evans, live, with all kind of tailgaters. Who have you found now, joyce . Hey, joyce. Hey, thomas, and lucy, there is so much food out here. There are so many people out here. Some of the folks are beginning to kind of trickle their way toward the stadium we spotted some purpose epp purple around here. But it is not with a we think. We spotted purple. You say this is not what we think. Whats that . About making eternity incorporated. Not about minnesota. , no weve been around for 106 years. Weve been around way longer than minnesota. Really . Well, i see you have all of your eagles gears on. You guys are the true dogs, true dogs. True dogs barking . Ya. You guys are some q dogs, some ogs here. Exactly, got a few ogs, right here, we all support the green, though. What about the set up here . Take a look at this set up, greg. Theyve got the television sets. Theyve ready for the oh, you know what . I kind of like this seat that i have here. I think i might hang out here for a little while. Hey we send it back to you guys, because i have certainly lost it here outside. I love it. Oh, were at the linc, i dont even know where i am. All good. You just keep eating some good food there, joyce. Party on, joyce evans, party on. All right, so, jake elliot, what a year for this rookie, thomas. Fivenine. Yes. But powerhouse, what was it at 61 yards field goal . Against the giants. Whew. Won the game. So lets see what he has in tonight. Can you imagine just we talked about this just preparing physically. But meant lip, going into this game. Knowing the pressure that youre up against. Well, he works well under pressure. I have to tell you. Speaking about pressure, bruce gordon was jam packed in a train. I cannot believe youre actually alive and made this thing. Clause cents tree phobic nightmare, bruce. Yes. All finally able to exhale. That was one tightly packed line there. Broad street line, headed down to 18d station where we are right now, whats fascinating, we talk about this crowd of 70,000 or thereabouts. The fact is there were thousands more down here, if you look hine me, youre seeing as many people leaving as coming. And thats because all throughout the afternoon, we had thousands of folks coming down to the stadium, coming down to the parking lot, purely, for the enjoyment of tailgating. Purely for the idea of being able to soak up the atmosphere, soak up the fun. Obviously these folks did not have tickets, but that didnt matter. They were having some fun. And thats all that really mattered. Now theyre headed back to their homes, back to the opportunity to sit in front of their tv set. Fox 29 of course to watch the billing game. The lines have impacted all afternoon. Weve seen hands full of minnesota viking fans here and there. They dont look like theyve been mistreated all that badly. But, in general, it looks like things have gone pretty smoothly from the septa stand point. Thats obviously good news, thats huge issue for any of these transit authorities, when youve got massive event like this. So things seem like theyve gone smoothly, and again, as many people leaving as coming in the stadium right now. But it has been a good afternoon, a loft fun, and again it, does not look like any minnesota viking fans were harmed during this afternoons events. Well see, though. Those viking fans, you know what theyre up against, bruce, thank you. Of course septa adding more trains and discounts, as well, to help travelers get around. You see our Dave Schratwieser hes been mentioning all evening long, weve been talking about the extra crowds of course, extra security as well, dave . Reporter thomas, were in center city right now, and it is the calm before the storm here. Ill let you take a look at city hall from south philly. Excuse me at broad and south. Almost no one out on the street. You know where near game time. Folks are headed for their favorite bar, favorite restaurant, favorite house party to watch the eagles game, kind of erie down here in center city. We will swing it around this way, back to South Broad Street. Look back down South Broad Street. See right here. The Center Parking shutdown, all the way down. No parking on both sides of the street from 2 00 this afternoon until 3 00 tomorrow morning. Pretty much empty all the way down to the stadiums now, few cars here and there. But folks have listened, they dont want it get their carries off there in case big celebration breaks out later and we know big celebration will break out later. Again, so far from Philadelphia Police and septa police, no problems at all, the subway ride as you heard bruce say pretty smooth. 18,000 people were expected to take septa down to the stadiums. And take it back out, a lot of folks as you heard bruce say headed back up this way to their favorite bar or their house party to watch the eagles, a lot of go eagles, you can hear them in the backgrounds there, lots of things to wait for later on tonight. We expect this to be jammed when the eagles win this evening, and follow that right here on fox 29. Guys . And not just getting ahead of the game, if you will, the celebrations, clearing out the traffic, but also been working with businesses, right, dave . Philadelphia police . No doubt about that. Yes, they want folks to get all of their flower pots and things like that, trash cans out from in front of their business it is youre not open pull your roll gates down in case things break out little bit. You know we had little violence after the 2008 phillies win in the world series. We dont want to see that tonight. They dont want to see that tonight. Plenty of cops out here tonight just so you know and if youre doing something wrong, 76 people got arrested after that celebration, 12 businesses were damaged, they dont want to see that tonight. Theyll have plenty of Police Officers out here to guard against that when the celebration breaks out. Guys . Thank you very much. Fans will make our city proud. Thank you. From broad and south we go back to the link and on the inside we have kristen rodgers. Hey, kristen. Mychal kendricks, eagles linebacker knows thing or two about competition, mostly against his brother eric, who is also a linebacker, but for minnesota. So i know that philly is the city of brotherly love. But today it is the city of brotherly rivalry. Because the competition between these two kendricks brothers runs deep. It is unreal. Still, you know, ive tried not to think about it, you know, just because, i mean, ive lived in a room with this kid for 17 years, you know what i mean . And weve pretty much lived the same lives on opposite sides of our state. I always make jokes. I feel like my brother gets a little bit of the advantage as far as with the family, you know, roots for, because he is the first born. But, you know, it is all love though. So michael told me on friday that the two brothers and the family werent going to get together before the game last night. Said he wasnt sure if he was going to talk with him pregame. Depending on how today goes, they may not talk to each other for awhile. Thats how strong the rivalry is between these two guys, mom and sister are going to be sitting on the eagles side lines, thats where they got the tickets from. No words yet if theyll do purple or green kind of half jersey combo. They say thats probably the route they were going to go down. You got to play it safe for the brothers. Definitely safe. Kristen, thank you. So looking at the number there just a little over an hour away from kick off. Then another number fans are certainly looking at, that 51 degrees. Everyone, we saw ryan howard former phillie out there, as well, getting ready for the big game. It is a chase for a championship. Our coverage continues right after this. New tv, new speakers, netflix. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. Good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 fiberoptic network made for streaming. Switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a twoyear agreement. The chase for a championship, that guy right there, local guy, cory clemens, un drafted rookie, hometown, glassboro, new jersey, and Thomas Drayton there is has got to be one big night for him. Glassboro high school. Can you imagine . What the kids, theyre saying, as they look on tonight. Local done good. We love those stories, and imagine what hes going through, and so many. Our birds and fans, as we look live at the linc, always such a lot of people just telling me today, this is such an emotional moment. We talk about the different generations cents who have been watching the eagles, and now is another time that were going to try to make it to the big game, the superbowl, and get there and make history. In fact, joyce evans earlier was talking to eagles fan, 30 years, 30 years strong this eagles fan saying if we win tonight hes getting his eagles tat for the first time. Never had one before. Going to get it. I have a feeling those tat shops will be very busy those shops. All right. Another look here, it is 51 degrees, keep looking at the temperature that we have, the left side of our screen there. Cant believe it. You cant believe whats going on outside. Inside, were seeing so many of those watch parties, brad sattin, people getting together tonight. Did you say it was cents 61 . Fiftyone. In january, right. Still good. It is january. Oh, i got real excited. I tell you what, it feels great out here. They moved the party. Actually were at least a webbers house, they moved the party outside. You know, we hear that the eagles are underdogs. But you guys have something to say about that . Who let the dogs out we want to introduce you to nicole because the last time the eagles went to the superbowl were you there. I was, yes. Talk to plea about that experience . It was very unbelievable. It was something once in a lifetime experience. Im sure as heck hoping we get there this year again. That was in jacksonville. This superbowl will be little cold nerve minnisota but thats okay . Thats okay. Were used to the cold. Eagles, eagles hey, i got a quick trivia for you guys. Trivia question. Nick foles is only the fourth quarterback to start a championship game with three or fewer regular season starts. Of those other three quarterbacks, how many of them won a superbowl . None. All of them did. All of them did. That was too complicated a question. All of them won a superbowl. We want nick foles to be number four, right . Lets get an eagles chant going. Eagles, eagles guys, were only a few blocks away from cottman and frankford, where the party hopefully is going to continue tonight after a big eagles victoriment back to you. All right, brad, enjoy. Thats one of thousands of parties spontaneously and or long prepared. All across the delaware vale, i was at the acme in swedesboro, new jersey, the lines down the aisle. People getting ready for their watch parties tonight. Doug pederson, early in the season, a lot of doubters, boy, what a season, a difference a season makes, right . He said block out all of the noise, what hes been doing all season long, he told his players tonight block out all of the noise and get it done. Except for the eagle chants. That will get them pup p up even more. Drivethru. Chase for championship continues, right after this. We got this. Chase for the championship, there is the man, zach ertz. Tightend. Warming up. Getting red. I getting everybody pumped up even more than we already will are. One guy in the stands right now, he is 99 years old, we introduced to you him earlier. That is phil. This is his 26th game. Do you know he was actually born 15 years before the eagles first took the field . 1818 1918. So to say he was a lifelong fan. He is a lifelong fan. This is his 100 birthday, the present he wished for was to get to this nfc championship game. He lives in new york sit. I his grandson inspired. The vikings fan. Who happens to be 100 years old. Right. We got to get these two together. To watch the game. Just saying. Would will make history for you there, go all the way, my friends, 99 years young, and going strong. There go. So, going strong on the field right now is our very own kristen rodgers. Kristen, how is it feeling in the link as all of the stands fill up . I just keep saying, but it is crowded, and it is loud. I mean, the side lines feel like all of the stands are just poured out for free game. It is loud as all of these players are coming out here, we got zach ertz, we got a lot of guys. But yesterday, i had the chance to talk with howie long of course, nfl broadcaster for us here on fox. And father of chris long. He said he wasnt sure if he felt more nervous as a player or if he does now as a father watching chris go for another superbowl. He had some great insight, though, on just how big the nfc championship game is. And what this means for a player. Take a listen. The nfl is a really incredible product. And one of the reasons why is our playoff format. And it is unlike the nba, nhl, major league baseball, it is not the best of five, not the best of seven. It is one game. And you could be off that one game, one mistake could be made, and you dont have an opportunity, sudden death, and you advance to the superbowl. And these four teams that are getting ready to play tomorrow are well deserving, and some would say in some cases improbable. But, you know, philadelphia has earned the right to be here at home and this is why you played the way you play in the regular season, and it is exciting for philadelphia. As a father, whats it like to see chris back on the stage . It is great. Hes chris is as im sure the folks in philadelphia have come to realize, is special guy. You try to teach. You try to live a life that they can look up to, and respect, and admire, and if youre fortunate it, comes full circle. And, you know, your son ends up teaching you and inspiring you, and thats kind of where we are now, and thats a great place to be. He and his wife megan are doing some incredible things, as you know, in east after, a i think theyll build the 32nd n initiative in boston, philadelphia, charlottesville, st. Louis. He donated his entire sal retirement i said, son, are you sure you want to donate your entire salary . But hes really unique guy. He has a tremendous sense of the world around him. And some of the inadequacys, and he has a great kind of barometer for, you know, where the help needs to go. Hes one of those guys, and it is rare, that i think hes one of those guys when it is all said and donnell have no regrets. Whats your prediction for tomorrows game. Oh, philly. I dont care if it is by one, by ten, by six. I mean, you know, im broadcasting the game. And i can be impartial in my assessment, but, you know, in terms of who i am rooting for obviously, you know, having gone to school here, and having so many friends from philadelphia, all texting me with game plan note, one in the morning, im like guys, please, stop. Stop. Of course howie long will be all in on philly when hes not being, when hes being unbiased or being biased for the game. You know who is also a big philly fan mike trout. I cant he just got here to the game, actually right behind us, behind our photographer. Put on the dog mask so you know hes feeling this underdog mentality. How about you, kathy orr, you feeling it, too . Im feeling it give fell, oh, ya. What a game youll watch there, kristen. We cant wait to watch it hereof course on fox 29. There are few clouds out there, but this weather already perfect and comfortable, still five; game Time Temperature is going to be in the upper 40s, so no weather issues, a light southerly wind with some cloud cover. Keeping it warm for the fans in the stands and the players. So right now, 51 degrees. We kick it off, be between the mid to upper fours, then by the game end we will be about 43 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, and a light southerly wind. I dont think anyone is going to consider the temperature after this victory, what do you guys think . Theyre in the going to really care. So right around the 9 00 hour, is when we start celebrating. Temperatures going to holdup. Mike trout. There you go. Kristen said he was in the house. And hes in the house. Had his dog mask on little bit ago. We saw trout. We saw ryan howard. Getting ready here. Hello he says. All right, fly, eagles fly. Chase for championship continues right after this. New tv, new speakers, netflix. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. 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