As the Philadelphia Eagles make their first trip to the Super Bowl since 1981, Penn State's Eagles' fans will flock to both Philadelphia and Jacksonville, Fla., to celebrate their team.

P.J. Mullen (sophomore-journalism), a die-hard Eagles fan, said he purchased tickets in December hoping the Eagles would make it past the NFC Championship game this year.

"We bought them and an hour later we found out Terrell Owens got injured," Mullen said. "We both threw away our spring break and summer fund."

Mullen said he was flying into Daytona, Fla., and driving two hours to Jacksonville, but he still did not have overnight accommodations.

"That's our problem for the weekend," he said. "We don't have a place to stay yet, but we're only gonna be there for two nights."

Matt Mealey (sophomore-business) said he got lucky when he stumbled upon Super Bowl tickets about a month ago.

"My dad got the tickets through an auction," he said. "We're going with a TV guy from Philly."

Mealey said he was excited about the potentially crazy atmosphere.

"When we won the NFC Championship, the whole city went nuts," he said. "It's gonna be that times 10 if we win."

Dan Langlitz (senior-advertising) did not even have tickets to the game, but said he still wanted to make the trek down to Florida.

"It was a pact my friends and I made four years ago," he said, "that we'd go wherever they played if they ever made it to the Super Bowl."

Langlitz said he and his friends were planning on driving to Jacksonville, but he would not have been able to make it back to State College for an exam Tuesday.

As an alternative, he said he made plans to travel to Philadelphia.

"I'm going into the city [Philadelphia] probably every night during the weekend," Langlitz said. He added that although he is from New Jersey, he lives about 15 minutes from Philadelphia.

"I can't imagine that Jacksonville would be much crazier than Philly," Langlitz said. "It's going to be pretty riotous. It's been a long time coming."

Jason Dabrow (freshman-agricultural business management) said he planned to go home to watch the Super Bowl for the past couple of weeks.

"If we win, I think the atmosphere would be better there," he said.

Dabrow said he also wanted to go to Wing Bowl, an annual wing-eating contest this morning sponsored by WIP, a radio station in Philadelphia.

"It's usually to cheer up the fans after we lose the NFC Championship," he said.

Allison Domowitch (senior-political science) said she wanted to visit Philadelphia this weekend for the atmosphere as well.

"This is a huge thing because we're in a championship drought," she said. "It's going to be insane."

Quentin Berkelbach (senior-marketing and international business) said he wanted to visit Philadelphia this weekend to catch up with some old friends and watch the game.

"Saturday night we'll go down to the city and feed off the energy in the bars," he said. "It'll probably be the most energy in that city in 20 years."

Berkelbach said although he would prefer a quieter environment to watch the game, he was anticipating the charged atmosphere in Philadelphia.

Mullen said he expected the same high-energy level in Jacksonville.

"I heard there's gonna be around 40,000 fans that don't even have tickets," he said. "It's the Super Bowl."