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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS VS. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Sunday, Feb. 7: Kickoff at 6:25 p.m. T he Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints are set to compete in the game of all games on Feb. 7 — the Super Bowl — and the 44th annual competition is just a few days away.

NFL enthusiasts who are unable to be at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Sunday for the big match-up (kickoff is scheduled for 6:25 p.m.) have the opportunity to catch all the action in and around Ocean City. Several restaurants and bars are planning parties for football fans.

WEST OCEAN CITY:

n 707 Sports Bar & Grill: Pre-game party with Under the Outhouse from 2-6 p.m. Complimentary halftime buffet. Game on 25 TVs.

n Greene Turtle West, Route 611: Festivities will begin at 2 p.m. with music by the Electric Company. Food and drink specials: $2 domestic drafts and bottles and well drinks, $6.99 half-rack ribs and fries, $4.99 sliders, wings, hog hammers, chili dogs, pizza and nachos. Fried oyster po boys, jambalaya and gumbo also available. Specials will run all day and night. Game on 47 TVs, stereo sound.

New Orleans Saints n Harborside, South Harbor Road: Tailgate party before the game with food and drink specials all day. Music by Opposite Directions, 2-6 p.m.

OCEAN CITY:

n Seacrets, 49th Street: Watch the Saints-Colts game on the 13-foot by 26- foot screen with surround sound and on several other televisions in the Morley Hall. Fans can get $1.75 drafts, half-price jerk chicken, fries, steamed shrimp and onion rings. There will also be a special tailgate menu. Dinners are half-price from 5-10 p.m. on Sundays.

n BJ’s on the Water, 75th Street: Super tailgate party from 2-6 p.m. with Teenage Rust and the Fabulous Rustettes. Drink specials: $2 Miller Lite, Natural Light and Coors Light cans and $1.25 domestic drafts. Food specials include Peyton’s pork tenderloin sliders with Vandecamp’s pork and beans, Bourbon Street muffulettas and New Orleans gumbo.

Indianapolis Colts n Greene Turtle, 116th Street: Tailgate party from 2-6 p.m. with DJ Wax. Specials include 35-cent wings and $2 22-ounce drafts. Watch the Super Bowl on 50 plasmas and flat screens.

n Breakers Pub and Horizons Oceanfront Restaurant, inside Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, 101st Street: Game on 17 high-def televisions and big screens. Food specials: $4.95 burgers, $3.95 hot dogs and 50-cent roast beef sandwiches. Tailgate menu also available. Breakers Pub raw bar (4- 7 p.m.) will have $9.95 steamed shrimp, Alaskan crab legs, oysters or clams on the half shell. Drink specials: $3 rail drinks, $2.25 drafts and Miller Lite, Coors Light and Bud bottles, $4 margaritas and $9.95 draft pitchers.

n JC’s Northside Pub, 127th Street: Drink specials all day include $1.50 PBR drafts, $1.75 Natty Light cans and $2 Natty Boh bottles. JC’s $5 NFL menu, available during the game, includes nachos, loaded chili cheese dog, personal pizza and BBQ pork sliders. The drawing to win a 46-inch flat screen LCD TV will take place after the game. Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased up until kickoff.

n Duffy’s Tavern, 130th Street: Happy hour specials start at 3 p.m. and will be available throughout the game. Specials include $1.50 drafts, $2 bottles and a $5 game day menu with wings, hog ribs, fish and chips, mini pizzas and pork barbecue sandwiches.

n Jordan’s Rooftop, 138th Street: Watch the game on the top floor of the Fenwick Inn. Complimentary buffet includes ham, potato salad and Italian meatballs, from 7-9 p.m. Happy hour specials from 4-7 p.m. include $1.25 domestic drafts, $2 domestic bottles, $2.25 rail drinks, $3.49 half-pound steamed shrimp, $4.99 chicken fingers and potato skins. Shot specials all night.

n House of Welsh, 1106 Coastal Highway: In the pub will be a $9.99 buffet and every lady who purchases the buffet will receive a free lobster tail. Drink specials include $2 drafts and $4.99 orange crushes.

TAYLORVILLE

n The Steer Inn, Route 589: Party begins one hour before the game. Drink specials: $2 domestic drafts and bottles, $3 wine, $2.75 rails and calls. Discounted top shelf liquor also available. Food specials: $3.99 Jersey jumbo dog, deep fried battered green beans with chipotle ranch, mozzarella stix, boneless chicken wings and jalapeno cream cheese poppers. Twelve-ounce New York strip dinners cost $9.99 all the time. Free halftime buffet, with items such as chili, chicken wings, hot dogs and nachos. Game on six TVs and projected on large video screen.

DELAWARE:

n High Stakes Bar & Grill, Route 54 Fenwick Island: Pre-game party and sports trivia from 3-6 p.m. with DJ Rupe. Drink specials: $1.50 Bud and Bud Light drafts, $2 domestic bottles, Twisted Tea and rail cocktails, $3.50 Jack Daniel’s and Tuaca, $4 bombs, $5 car bombs and $9 buckets (six pony bottles, keep the bucket). Food specials: 50-cent wings, $4 mini cheese steaks (beef or chicken), $5 Deuces Sampler and mini personal pizza (plain, pepperoni or veggie), $5.50 meatball subs, hot roast pork and roast beef sandwiches. Free giveaways and team jerseys raffled off during the evening.

n Harpoon Hanna’s, Route 54 Fenwick Island: The party starts at 3 p.m. with Super Bowl trivia. Happy hour specials noon to close: $1.75 domestic drafts, $2.25 rail drinks, $4.99 wings and steamed shrimp. Buffet during the game costs $10. Game on 15 TVs, including five large screens.

n Smitty McGee’s, Route 54 Fenwick Island: Drink specials: 99-cent Miller High Life Drafts, $1.50 domestic drafts, $1.75 select domestic bottles and rail drinks, $2.99 aluminum Miller Lite, $3.99 Yuengling bottles and (nonfrozen) margaritas and $4.99 bombs and import pints. Food specials: 59- cent wings, 50-cent oysters and clams, $5.99 half-pound steamed shrimp, $1.50 tacos, $4.99 kielbasa sandwiches and meatball subs, $7.99 pulled pork sandwiches and $8.99 half-rack barbecue ribs. Game on more than 50 televisions.

n The Cottage Cafe, Route 1 (across from Sea Colony Towers): Football trivia and music with DJ Blazin Hott from 2:30-6 p.m. Drink specials: $2 Coors, Coors Light, MGD and Miller Lite pints, $3.50 Three Olives Vodka drinks and $2.50 Rumple Minze and Sambuca shots. Food specials: 50-cent wings, $4 Cottage fries, $4.99 footlong chili dog, $5.99 stadium chicken cheese steak and roasted turkey subs, $7.99 six-pack Black Jack burger sliders and drunken mussels and $10.99 steamed shrimp. Game on nine flat screens.