Jacksonville Jaguars

Wayne Weaver gave Jacksonville an 'A'.

The Jaguars owner praised his city's Super Bowl effort and predicted Jacksonville would submit a second bid for the Super Bowl early in the next decade.

I think we do have an opportunity to get another Super Bowl. I would think 2011, '12 would be a realistic time to expect," Weaver said, referring to a likely time for Jacksonville to submit a bid to the NFL to host the big game.

Sunday, Jacksonville became the 12th city to host the Super Bowl and, at a press conference on Tuesday, Weaver praised the effort.

"I'm proud of our city. We had many doubters who thought we couldn't pull this off. On a scale of 1-10, I thought we were a 9.9," Weaver said of Jacksonville's performance in hosting Super Bowl XXXIX.

"Now we have to take advantage of the exposure to move our city to another level," Weaver added.

Jacksonville's growth is expected to get a long-term boost from having hosted the NFL's big game, and Weaver said his Jaguars also got a shot in the arm from the game being played at Alltel Stadium.

"I think there will be a residual value for the Jaguars. People are excited. It's got to motivate you to want to get there," Weaver said.

Newspaper columnists took swipes at Jacksonville early in the week. "Early on we had a lot of negative, tongue-in-cheek comments," Weaver admitted, "but later the coverage was very positive."