Deion knows all about the excitement of the Super Bowl. He’s been there twice, and has also covered the event as an NFL analyst on CBS Sports and NFL Network. Now that he’s the head coach of the Jackson State football team, Sanders is hoping to do one thing with his fiancée Tracey Edmonds during the big game. PopCulture.com interviewed Sanders and Edmonds to discuss how they plan to spend the Super Bowl.
“Hopefully, at home relaxing,”PopCulture.com only Sanders told it while laughing. “I barely get to enjoy home at this time of the year because I am working, working, working. But I would love to spend it at home relaxing. And watching the game. And watching the festivities and having people over to enjoy all the things that we are bringing to fruition there.”
Edmonds hopes Sanders will be at home for Super Bowl, as it is rare. “We’ve been together for what, 12 years now, and almost 10 years of it was spent with Deion covering the Super Bowl for work,” Edmonds said. “And so we never had a chance to like really enjoy it because he was always actually on the air commentating during the Super Bowl and stuff. So we never got a chance to see that like, fun side of the Super Bowl, so you know… we will have some free time for the Super Bowl so that we can just enjoy it with friends and good food and have a good time.”
Sanders and Edmonds have teamed with Avocados From Mexico in order to create the best guacamole recipes for the Super Bowl. The #AlwaysGood promotion will see the couple compete for the top recipe. Starting in January, fans can vote for the best guacamole recipe by scanning the QR code on the displays. Each vote is valid for a chance at winning a $100,000 grand prize.
“It’s a relationship that we believe in,” Sanders said. “It’s not just manufactured. It’s real. It’s authentic. The whole staff, the whole group of persons from Avocados from Mexico has been nothing but unbelievable. Nothing but helpful, nothing but great in this venture. And then we’re elated. We’re really happy that you get to draw from our favorite dishes, but this wonderful contest that they’re launching right now, and having a wonderful partner like Tracey, we are alike but we are different. We compete at many things already so we are just bringing it to the forefront of the public and allowing them to choose who had the best.”
Edmonds also added: “It has been a blessing because it, it’s something that organically connects to who we are as people and food that we love in our lives. And as Deion said, it’s authentic. And so for me, anybody that has watched me and is around me knows I love avocados. I put them on everything. I put them on my eggs and sandwiches and tacos and, and I make guacamole. I’ve made guacamole for years.”