A Super Bowl in Indianapolis? I'm game, I guess.

You have to pick your spots in my line of work.

I could have gone to Indiana Sunday, for the Iowa-Indiana men's basketball game. But go all that way to watch almost no defense?

Iowa shot 63 percent from the field and lost 103-89. That's right, 63 percent from the field and lost by 14 points!

That's a new one.

Indiana had 18 offensive rebounds and a 35-18 edge on the boards. No Hawkeye had more than three rebounds. Do you suppose that ever happened before in the history of Iowa basketball?

The Hoosiers, amazingly, shot "only" 55.2 percent from the field and 4-for-16 in 3-point tries. They were 64.7 percent in 2-point shots. Iowa was 69.2 percent. At least the game had 11 blocked shots and 13 steals. But man, there sure were a lot of easy baskets.

Hoosier freshman center Cody Zeller was 11-of-12 from the floor and had seven dunks. Do you suppose any player, Hawkeye or opponent, ever had that many dunks in a game in the history of Iowa basketball?

Zeller is 6-foot-11 and moves well for his size. He sets the bar kind of high for incoming 7-foot Iowa recruit, Adam Woodbury. He also shows what an enormous difference it makes to have a mobile player of that size who has skills.

Zeller had four assists to go with his 26 points, by the way.

Iowa's Josh Oglesby had 24 points in 20 minutes. I wonder how many Hawkeyes have ever averaged over a point a minute and played at least 20 minutes. I don't have statistics for any of this important stuff.

Anyway, I'm going to Indiana today. I'm going to go to Super Bowl press conferences Tuesday through Thursday in Indianapolis, get some stories and columns on this and that, and will try to give this blog a splash of photos and videos from all the color and pageantry (and lunacy) that comes with the Super Bowl.

This will be my fifth (Roman numeral V) Super Bowl. I've been to them in Minneapolis, Atlanta, New Orleans and Tampa.

Minneapolis was 20 years ago. Strange site, rotten game with Washington handling Buffalo. I stayed out in Bloomington in a cheap motel. It was a forgettable week. I only wish I could forget it.

Atlanta was OK, but the weather was cold. An ice storm hit the city on the day before the game and played havoc with the city. Georgians aren't prepared to deal with an ice storm. People actually wondered if the game would be postponed. That was funny. Although, the downtown streets were slippery.

That was when Kurt Warner's St. Louis Rams held off the Tennessee Titans. There was no NFL Network, no Twitter, no Facebook. Now Warner is retired from football, works for the NFL Network, and is a user of the social media. Meanwhile, the coach of that Titans team, Jeff Fisher, just became the new coach of the Rams.

Since Warner was a son of Cedar Rapids, I also chased him to the Rams' Super Bowl in New Orleans two years later, and the one he led the Arizona Cardinals to in Tampa three years ago. The Super Bowl used to be an annual dud. Now, it's almost always exciting. All three of Warner's Super Bowls sure were.

New Orleans was New Orleans, which is to say it was awesome. Food, music, people, architecture ... great place. For a few days. Seven nights, however, was a long time to be in the Big Easy.

It was even longer to be in Tampa. Yeah, Florida in winter is nice. But not if you're stuck in downtown Tampa without a car.

But U2 was the halftime act in New Orleans and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the Super Bowl I saw in Tampa. That's not bad. I have no idea who formed the halftime entertainment in Atlanta, and it was Gloria Estefan in Minneapolis. That made sense.

OK, I checked on Atlanta. I wish I hadn't. It was Disney-produced, with giant puppets, a duet with Christina Aguilera and Enrique Iglesias, then Phil Collins and Toni Braxton. Tina Turner sang "Proud Mary" in the pregame show. Why don't I remember that?

Good thing the game was exciting.

Everyone is saying Indianapolis is going to be a great host. Things are compressed, you can do whatever you want to do downtown. Yeah, everything but park your car, I'm guessing. And I'm arriving by car.

In the meantime, check back here all week for text, pictures and videos. I'm going to interview former Iowa players Brian Ferentz and Tyler Sash, who are both hoping to be a Super Bowl champion next Sunday. And there will be plenty of other material.

Madonna is this year's halftime act. At least it's not a Disney production.