Even if one isn’t a football fan or an NFL fan, most of America is aware that 2016 is the year of Super Bowl 50. A golden anniversary is always historic, and with an entity as popular as the National Football League, the hype for the game has been present since the beginning of the season. With the way the regular season and the postseason played out, Sunday should mark a celebration of the game of football, and NFL execs hope a celebration of the league as well.

Either the Carolina Panthers or the Denver Broncos will have the distinction of lifting the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night. The Panthers have only been a franchise for two decades, but this is their second trip to the big game, having come close on several other occasions, too. Boasting the league’s best record and what seems like the runaway choice for MVP in Cam Newton, Carolina may be regarded favorites to win. However, Denver is the sentimental favorite; they have veteran quarterback Peyton Manning, who is likely to retire after the game, win or lose. The Broncos sent John Elway out as a two-time Super Bowl champion; Manning already has one ring with the Indianapolis Colts, and has two disappointing losses in Super Bowls XLIV & XLVIII. A win Sunday will end any doubts of how his legacy should be regarded.

It’s an important day for CBS too, as the broadcaster for Super Bowl 50. The current TV agreement involves all three network NFL broadcasters airing the Super Bowl every three years, and 2016 just happens to be the turn of CBS. No doubt Fox or NBC would treat the occasion the same way, but with CBS being one of the channels that broadcast Super Bowl I (NBC did as well, with a separate announcing crew), it will be a day everyone with that network will remember. Jim Nantz will call his fourth Super Bowl since becoming the #1 play-by-play man for their NFL coverage, and while some say he’s better as a golf announcer, he has definitely grown in his knowledge of the NFL.

Will Super Bowl 50 live up to the hype? Only a few days until fans find out the answer.