Big Game Sunday: NBC to Offer Free Digital Stream

For the first time ever, NBC has announced that it will launch a free digital video stream on Super Bowl Sunday, offering 11 straight hours of coverage including all four quarters and even the halftime show.

NBC says they're not afraid of taking viewers away from watching the game on television. Instead, an executive says the plan is to get viewers interested in NBC's TV Everywhere, their pay-TV online service. And fans who are actually going to the game will have access to a special NBC stadium app which will provide instant replays and the TV commercials that they would otherwise miss by not being at home.

In other football news, deflate-gate has become a huge story ever since it was alleged that the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs in their win Sunday in the AFC Championship over the Indianapolis Colts. With the victory, the Patriots are going to the Super Bowl while sources are now saying that the Colts were noticing New England's under-inflated balls back in November.

During their November 16th game against the Patriots, Colts safety Mike Adams picked off two Tom Brady passes and gave the balls to the team's equipment manger to save. In both cases, there were concerns about the balls being under-inflated and the Colts shared those concerns with the league, according to sources.

So, the league was aware of the issue going into the AFC Championship game, which the Patriots won 45-7, and the under-inflated ball allegations again surfaced.