Are following right now on action news. Can you feel the excitement it is eagles game day. We have everything that you need to know leading up to todays nfc championship. Fans are already getting in the game day spirit. Many of started to tailgate, we will hear what they have to say about the big match up. Plus heading down to the linc we will tell but parking restrictions and some options forget together game. More on those stories in a moment but First Exclusive accu Weather Forecast with meteorologist chris soyers. Great game day, chris. It is 51 at this midday hour in philadelphia. Atlantic city i has a pair of fives. Fifty wilmington, millville, dover. Trenton 50 degrees. So were expecting temperatures very mild. Not quite as warm as what we saw yesterday. Yesterday we actually managed a high of 57. But, with that said, it is very, very nice for this time of the year. Satellite radar shows cloud cover increasing from the west , all this green, spritz, sprinkles, scattered drizzle
Ceremony. Its pretty incredible. Its pretty incredible and to have played here a long time ago and to kind of experience the passion then, to what theyre feeling today, im excited for them for our fans and, you know, theyre a lot like a lot like us. I mean, weve been underdogs you know for the last couple of weeks and our fans feel that and they understand that and were excited to have won these last two games obviously and we hope to have the entire eagles nation up in minneapolis for a game in two weeks. Reporter Doug Pederson gets this city. He was a player here. Hes now a coach here and this is a city of course that identifies with the underdogs more than anyone and hey, if you really want to think about it rocky didnt win until rocky two. Thats when he finally beat apollo creed so this is the rematch. Eaglespatriots a rematch of super bowl 39. Lets get them this time. Live at the novacare complex jaime apody channel6 action news. Jim. Why not. From the city of brotherly love to th
Reporter this is what we live for. Everyone was hopeful that the eagles would get back to the super bowl for the first time in a long time. I dont think anyone thought it would happen the way it did. They demolished the vikings 387 en route to plague the pats. Playing the pats. Nick foles played almost a perfect dame in the first perfect game. Foles taking the birds to the super bowl. The celebration was on at the linc. Electric atmosphere, the underdogs approving everyone wrong. The biggest underdog of them all, head coach doug peterson. So many questioned the higher, he knows this town, i asked him what this means for the fans of philadelphia. Its pretty incredible. To have played here a long time ago and to kind of experience the passion then, to what they are feeling today im excited for them for our fans. They are a lot like us, weve been underdogs for the last couple of weeks and you know our fans feel that, they understand that and were excited to have won the last two games obv
Night in the locker room that theres a lot of Unfinished Business still to do and we still theres one game left, one game left in this season and weve come this far and the we want to make sure that we stay focused and got a great locker room as you guys know and trust my leaders of the team and to get the job done. Reporter they really are a great locker room. Doug pederson says hes going to rely on two guys who were in the super bowl and wouldnt it wet with the patriots last season. Five and a half underdogs early against new england. They have a couple days off here and then theyll get started to work on their game plan. It is exciting, the eagles are still playing football. We are super bowl bound. I kind of have to keep saying it because i really dont believe it. Live at the novacare complex jaime apody rick, sharrie. Its the real deal this time. Jamie thank you. As jamie mentioned the eagles wont head to minneapolis until this weekend but action news is already there. Action News
Expensive trip. M and j travel in Newtown Square specializes in eagles road game travel packages. So, as you would imagine their office was hopping today. Phones are ringing off the wall, off the hook. Actually were booked a family of four last night about midnight. Reporter the question is how much would you be willing to spend to watch the eagles play in the super bowl . Id probably drop a paycheck, you know, maybe like 2,000 bucks is a paycheck. I would splurge. Id spend about five grand, you know, fly out there, you know, do it up but tickets are probably going to cost about five grand. Reporter well, the packages are selling at m and j including round trip fare to minneapolis, three night hotel and one game ticket begins at 7,600 per person. Its a hefty ticket price but your die hards are definitely interested and your die hards are definitely booking. Reporter and officials are aaa say if youre trying to get to minneapolis on a budget be wary of travel scams. The most expensive p