the stadium behind me where 73,000 fans will pack the place for super bowl xlvii. now, the 49ers held their final walk through with the superdome. this is a building the team is very familiar with. earlier this season, san francisco beat the saints and colin kaepernick's first career start on the road so he's already familiar with the place. that's a good thing for colin kaepernick. now, the big topic in new orleans today wasn't really 49ers. it was the profootball hal of fame and for the second year in a row, eddie the 49ers came up short. let me show you who did get in, the big topic being the former sonoma state star larry allen. he gets in. he'll be joined by chris carter, warren sapp, jonathan ogden bill parcells, and dave robinson. now, while those seven will have their moment in canton later this summer, i think this profootball vote today will be remembered for the three guys who did not get in.

tim brown 49ers sack master charles haley and of course, eddie. >> will eddeie get in some day? i don't know. i thought he had a chance, but i didn't think he had a great chance because of bill parcells being up. very rare contributors go in so this was his best shot but unfortunately he had parcells sitting there. >> really only two people, i believe, may have spoken against. there wasn't much. most of the discussion was fairly positive, but you don't know what's in people's minds. >> yeah. it was too bad ann, as we go back to you. eddie has five super bowl championship teams. he had a dynasty. he really brought into a new era of the nfl of luxury spending on your football team. i think he changed the culture of the league. he's got to get in at some point. he was just caught in a numbers game today. we'll have more coming up in sports. ann, who's a better quarterback

colin kaepernick or joe flacco. >> of course it's kaerp nick. who are you kidding? of course. >> good answer. very good answer. we're going to compare them coming up. >> oh, good. thank you. hey, when you're watching the game tomorrow, it might be hard to think of this. the sight of such excitement more than seven years ago and for just one week in 2005 just after hurricane katrina thousands of victims took shelter inside. it took $336 million to give the superdome a new roof, a new exterior skin and thousands of new seats. now, it's seen as a monument of try yufrp by the people of new orleans. well, if you take a look at the frefrnl quarter you might think you're in san francisco with all the 49ers fans who traveled for the super bowl and as cbs reporter shows us, they can't wait until tomorrow. >> the streets are packed with people all decked out in their football best supporting their favorite teams. >> it's pretty amazing. we've -- that was last-minute decision to come down. neither one of us has ever been

here to a super bowl, and it's just fun t. hotel we're staying at has a lot of 49er fans. it's fun walking the streets seeing people jazz and had in their gear walk sglarnd for some being here in new orleans is a dream come true. >> we told each other five years ago next time niners go to the super bowl we're coming. here we are. >> their love of the team has been around for years. >> since we were little kids, you know. niner football. you know. every sunday it was eggs, toast 49ers. >> as we've been showing you as the weeks gone on here you can see the crowds getting big and her bigger. more and more people here in new orleans as we head towards game time. we're seeing people in their 49ers jerseys in their 49ers tshg shirts, also in the ravens gear too. the excitement is bilgd. the crowds are getting bigger as we head just hour ace way now from super bowl sdmrund and how are they spending those final hours? listening to rascal flatts warm up for their big country concert tonight, doing some shopping for nfl stuff. >> we heading to bourbon.

coming. >> and warming up their lungs to cheer their favorite teams onto victory. >> 49ers bay bichlt who's got it better than us? nobody. . >> of course, cbs 5 is your super bowl station. kickoff at 3:30 tomorrow after all that pre-game hype. and then stay tuned for a supernight on the new bay bridge. we will bring you the first live television program from the deck of the new span complete with post-game reaction from new orleans and all over the bay area. well he's already apologized but 49ers quarterback chris culver is going beyond an apology for his antigay remarks. cbs 5 reporter is in castro district with details. >> culver did suffer a major penalty when he made those home phobic remarks. now he says he's going to try to help himself and get some education but some fans in san francisco tonight wonder if he's just trying to fix his image or

is he really trying to improve himself. >> 49er corner back has a date with sensitivity training after his home foeb ek remarks heard around for world. gay sports fans at the high top bar in san francisco say the nfl should take it one step farther. >> i think actually the league in general should actually go through a sensitivity training, not just him. i think it's time for everyone to realize it's not okay. they always make these comments and then apologize but they shouldn't be make tg comments in the first place. >> culver's fumble capable through an interview tuesday when comedian asked him if he would consider him dating a gay man. >> i don't do the gay guys, man. >> are there any on the 49er sgls no. don't got no gay people on the team. they got to get up out of here. can't be with that sweet stuff. it's just whatever -- however you feel. whatever you're feeling. i mean you make the team not based on your sex home foeb or whatever.

you make the team based on your talent and what you can bring to the team. >> after the super bowl, culver will be working with the los angeles-based trefr project to learn more about the lesbian gay by sexual and transgender community. the groups director told cbs 5 by phone the 49ers reached out to them. >> indicated that he wants to not only educate himself but to use this as an opportunity to educate others and we look forward to being able to do that. >> some gay sports fans hope culliver is being sincere. >> i mean, he can go to the training, but it's really going to be within himself if he wants to change his character his opinions or his views. >> now through his public relations agency culliver said as an african american man he should have known better that words matter and ann tonight he says he will work to improve his image especially as a role model for kids. >> all right. linda, thank you so much.

well, it's an event design today show off oakland's better side. what led up to a deadly shooting that also injured bystanders. mystery surrounds the death of a teen girl whose naked body was found in a bay area park. what investigators are relying on in their search for her killer.

old girl -- found in a fairfield park. . an autopsy has been performed but no information is being released about a 13-year-old girl found in a fairfield park. passer-by discovered the girl's naked body early yesterday in allen wood park. she was last seen leaving her foster home a day earlier. even though police say there are no obvious signs of trauma, they are treating it as a murder case. investigators are checking park surveillance cameras and talking to a witness who said he saw a man in the park hours before the girl was found. a confrontation between two groups who attended an oakland art show exploded into gunfire. one person is dead; three others are wounded. a 17-year-old boy was the one who was killed at the street festival called first friday in the uptown neighborhood. police say two women were wounded, and they were innocent

bystanders. the gunfire broke out just before 11:00. >> there was a lot of people that maybe were not necessarily first friday type of people walking around and sort of crowding and so we started looking around a lot and then we heard the gunshots and people started moving and we got out of there. >> just sound like some boom boom boom boom like gunshot or something. >> police are still looking for suspects. now to richmond and bart stations are back open tonight after being closed because a suspicious package found on the tracks. the two stations were shut down and evacuated around noon. buses transported passengers heading to the two stations. the walnut creek bomb squad was called in and determined that the package was harmless. both stations reopened about 2:30. turn to cbs 5 weather center. good evening everybody. sure a mild day today but rain is back in the forecast. we'll pinpoint the day to expect

it as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. along with the highly-anticipated commercials... one thing you can . for over a decade the strength of the ravens football team has been defense but thanks to joe flacco the offense is now carrying its share of the load sgli just remember snapping him in the chest real hard. i was like look you're the general now. lead us to a victory. like, we're not walking out of here unless you wake upright now and leadtous a victory. >> flacco will join rich as the only quarterback at the university of delaware to start in a super bowl. at super bowl xlvii, i'm dennis odonnell.

chuck wouldn't come out, with all that hollering. but when the groundhog came out of his house at . all right. chuck didn't really want to make it out but when the ground hog did come out of his house at the staten island zoo, he did not see his shadow, and we all know what that means. that means the winterly weather is ending. there will be an early spring. chuck is one of several ground hogs across the country that predict the coming of spring. it's not just how you file apparently. he's being up staged. i'm kind of ready for spring weather. yeah. it's been cold for a long time, hasn't it. >> yeah. >> i think that has been the case for many people around the bay area saying where's the

heat. let's go ahead and take a look at the beaches today where people did head to today even though we had temperatures into the 0s. in fact, with the beach conditions, one thing we do want to remind all of you about is that we do have a hazardous statement in effect for some very rough surf, a sneaker wave or two and the rip current rip high sight. santa cruz tomorrow up from the 50s today. northwest winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. 50s coast 50s san francisco 50s degrees san jose where typically this time of year we should be in the low 60s. 60 degree in val val and low 60s in napa. 62 for livermore. pretty spot on or this time of year. this is how we stack up at this hour into the 50s. san jose dipping already. mostly cloudy sky. in fact, tonight we will see the cloud cover a deck of high clousd and we also will be experiencing some areas of fog around the coast and seeping into the inland areas.

here's a look at the traffic heading in towards the bay bridge. people making their way out of the east bay up and over the bay bridge towards the city of san francisco. clouds and fog overnight we do have a chance of rain back in the forecast by thursday/friday. today rain showers in abundance across southern california. we need some rain to clear out our atmosphere. therefore we still will have a bit of haze in the atmosphere but not as murky as the sky condition was today. it will not be a winter spare the air day for your sunday. temperatures going up tomorrow 58 degrees in pacifica. 60 vallejo 63 will be common from fremont through union city. the extended forecast, we see some very mild conditions on monday then the numbers begin to go downward tuesday/wednesday. we introduce a chance of rain showers on thursday and friday even though the computer models appear to be a little bit bullish on that chance, and we have no rain in the forecast for the super bowl tomorrow in new

orleans but nevertheless, it is inside a superdome of course, but for the people tailgating outside partly cloudy conditions and 63 degrees. pretty similar conditions locally in santa cruz. >> we will enjoy whatever the weather brings us tomorrow. >> there you go. >> thank you much. all right. we have absolutely been loving the 49ers fan photos coming in our news room and here are some more. ten-year-old boy from union city showing his love for the boys and red and gold and look at this cuety pie. young girl t-shirt beanie. hey, she is ready for tomorrow. and, of course we can't get enough of the pet photos. all right. this kid -- this kid. this guy is named champ. he's intently watching the game. 49er dog. all right sports director dennis again from the superdome. hey, dennis. >> hello ann. i've been to about ten super bowls, and i think that's pretty good. we're going to introduce you to a fan who's been to a lot more than that, and we'll compare the quarterbacks on the eve of the super bowl coming up next live from super bowl xlvii.

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. welcome back everybody to new orleans where super bowl xlvii gets underway tomorrow. now, joe flacco the ravens quarterback has been labeled dull by his teammates and today his father backed up that claim. he said as dull as joe is portrayed in the media he really is that dull; however dull joe has turned into joe cool during the playoffs. does this look like a guy

stressed out on the eve of the super bowl? flacco was spotted posing for pictures earlier today outside of cafe dum on. >> i don't know which side of joe we want the media to get ahold of. we want them to know that joe cool and all that, but i mean, come on, man, in our locker room, we have 53 -- we got about 65, 69 different guys in the locker room. we happeneds down got probably the craziest, the nuttiest locker room in -- in -- in the nfl, and he fits right in with that. >> well, so much has been made of colin kaepernick's performance in the post season but flacco has been even better. eight touchdowns no interceptions and wince over andrew luck, peyton manning and tom brady. all right. so joe namath he is not but he's a winner in the post season and wing big.

i've met a lot of fans on this trip living the super bowl dream. come and do it for their first time ever. vern is going to join us live now with a fan who has quite a super bowl resume. vern. >> absolutely. and what an experience it has been for some of these fans as we pan over to show you smouf the crowd. these are really long lines. they are waiting to get their picture taken next to the actual super bowl trophy that will be given out to the winning team tomorrow night, whether it's the ravens or the 49ers. speaking of favens, i want to show you this superfan. this is san francisco's larry jay sobson. why is he significant? he's one of three fans who have been to every single super bowl, all 46 leading up to tomorrow. he's part of a never-miss-a-sooul super-bowl club. in fact, he caught one of his members. he's a patriots fan. but anyway, jacobson has been planing and looking forward to

this game for months. >> it's an event and we plan for it starting in february so i'll be planning for new york starting this february -- start of last february and thank god the 49ers are here. mafks it much more exciting trip. >> 1989 super bowl was where the 49ers blew out denver and that's my favorite super bowl. when the 49ers blow somebody out that's great. people always ask me wouldn't you rather see a very close game where the lead changed four or five times? hello. i want to see a team where the 49ers go out and score the first two touchdowns. >> all right. and we go tight on the vince lombardi trophy, the super bowl trophy name affidavit the legendary green bay packers and washington redskins coach. this will be the tenth super bowl at the superdoim for jacobson and dennis, as we go back to you, he wants to go home a happy man. so do the 49er fans. >> all right. vern thanks a lot. by the way that fan he was

talking about, that victory over denver, a complete and total blowout happened right here in the new orleans superdome. we'll see if the 49ers can duplicate that tomorrow. i'm not so sure they will. it's been five years since the cal men's basketball team has beaten a team ranked in the top ten. it happened this afternoon in pal's pavilion. came in with a nine-game win streak against oregon. cal's defense didn't give up a single point. down two, allen crabb comes up with a steal. look at the give and go. justin cobb finishes game time at 54. next possession, here comes cobb. jabs tip. takes a long jumper. he hits it. cal take it is lead and go onto win 58-54. they upset no. 10, oregon who lost both games in the bay area this week. former n bashgs play and her pepperdine alum doug christy as the played host to usf. seconds half tied at 68. comes up with a steal. he draws the foul. converts on the reverse layup.

had 13. usf scored 51 points in the second half. two of his game high 27. impressive road win for the don as they snapped two-game losing streak and beat pepperdine 86 to 78. how about the third round of the phoenix almost 180 thousand fans in attendance watched phil mickelson. shot on 16. par three. look at this thing of beauty from 174 yards, 2 feet from the hole. he would tab the put in for bier di and at that point he was 22 under. mickelson shot a 64, finished the round 24 under. takes a six-stroke lead in tomorrow's final round. he last won this tournament in 2005. it is time to play some football. live in new orleans and let's go back to you. >> so, dennis, you do think we're going to win tomorrow; you just don't think it's going to be a blowout right. >> yeah. thank you for clearing that up, ann. my twitter was going to blow up. thank you so much. i owe you one.

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and ravens fans have slowly trickled into to new and ravens fans have slowly trickled into to new orleans..but it's been a slow build on bourbon a lofty standard has been accomplished. >> continuing the dynasty with two more lombardy trophies. >> i understand what i'm

getting into. this has been the most successful franchise in pro football over the last 15 years. >> fortunate to be in this situation. this is a great situation. >> it is reasonable to thing you turn things around very quickly. >> i am very confident in that. very excited, very le to be the head coach of the 49ers. >> searching for a way back to the top. >> a perfect competitive opportunity for me and the rest of the san francisco organization. >> we're going to the super bowl. >> now, after an 18 year absence, jim harbaugh has the 49ers back on football's