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Notes and quotes from Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans

POLLARD CALLS NFL ‘END’ AROUND

Hard-hitting Ravens safety Bernard Pollard thinks rules changes limiting contact soon will push the NFL into extinction. “Thirty years from now,” he recently told CBSSports.com, “I don’t think it will be in existence.” Not bleak enough? “The only thing I’m waiting for … and, Lord, I hope it doesn’t happen … is a guy dying on the field,” he said.

GORE-Y END HAUNTS RB

Forgotten man Frank Gore made news by claiming the Niners “were the better team” than the Giants last season, which made losing the NFC title game so painful. The running back is the club’s all-time leading rusher (8,839).

SHAKE ON IT

The over/under on how long the Harbaugh brothers’ postgame handshake will be is 7.5 seconds (courtesy of Bovada). The over seems like the way to go.

ROGER SPLAT!

Heavy-handed commissioner Roger Goodell received just a 39 percent job approval rating in a year-end USA Today poll of NFL locker rooms.

HOW LOW CAN THEY GO?

The cost of an average ticket on the secondary market as of yesterday morning ($2,956.89) was more than $1,000 off the going rate at this time a year ago ($4,151.47), per TiqIQ.com.

ALL PART OF THE SHOW

Rock groups OneRepublic and Matchbox 20 were announced as the pregame music acts. Alicia Keys is singing the national anthem, and Beyoncé will perform at halftime.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

President Obama recently said if he had a son he would have to think “long and hard’’ before allowing him to play football.

Jim Harbaugh says that’s fine with him.

“I have a four-month old, soon to be five-month old son, Jack Harbaugh,’’ the 49ers head coach said. “If President Obama feels that way, then there will be a little less competition for Jack Harbaugh when he gets older. That’s the first thing that jumps into my mind.

“Jack is only five months old, but he’s a really big kid. He’s got an enormous head. … It’s early, but expectations are high.’’