SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Mount Hamilton still makes for a beautiful backdrop for San Jose State's fields as the Carolina Panthers practiced on Wednesday. Steve Rivera, a retired police officer in what is considered the capital of the Silicon Valley, still gets a chance to stop by and watch his younger brother coach.
The younger brother, Ron Rivera, still gets a chance to sneak out to one of his favorite eating spots, Round Table Pizza.
But little else about Carolina's preparation for Sunday's game at the Seattle Seahawks -- on the same fields it prepared for the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 -- feels the same.