The NFL's new kickoff formation has made the base play better. The onside kick continues to be bad. The success rate is low.

Super Bowl LIX, which stands for 59, will kick off around 6:30 p.m. Eastern time (5:30 p.m. Central Time, 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time and 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time) at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

That’s 5:30 p.m. CT, 4:30 p.m. MT, and 3:30 p.m. PT for folks spread across the county. And again, that’s on Sunday, Feb. 9, on FOX. If you need a reason to be in front of your day before that ...