If you consider all that 9-year-old Riley Ottele did last week – fly to San Francisco, interview NFL players such as Peyton Manning and Cam Newton, attend the Hall of Fame lunch, go to the NFL experience, witness the Broncos win the Super Bowl and try sourdough bread for the first time – it’s safe to assume that he had the time of his life.

Ottele, the winner of the Panini Super Bowl Kid Reporter Contest, had the opportunity to go the Super Bowl with his parents, a trip of a lifetime, as he would put it. As the Kid Reporter, Ottele had the privilege of attending media day and interviewing the players.

“I was pretty nervous, but after the first couple of players, it turned out to be the funnest thing ever,” said Ottele.

Ottele was guided along media day with Trent Dilfer, NFL analyst for ESPN and former quarterback.

“Trent was really nice,” said Ottele. “He helped me out a lot. Because the players kind of know him – they watched him when they were in high school or college cause that was only about 15 years ago. And he’s on ESPN. Trent knows the players and the players would be like, ‘Hi Trent’ and then Trent would be like, ‘Hey, I’ve got Riley down here,’ and they’d say, ‘Hey, what’s up Riley?’ and I’d be like, ‘Nothing.’ Then I’d ask the questions. He was really good at getting attention.”

Ottele says that his favorite interview was with Peyton Manning, also one of his favorite players.

“I asked him what it was like when he say Tom Brady get intercepted on the two-point conversion,” said Ottele.

Another one of Ottele’s favorite interviews was with Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

“I asked him what it was like to be here at his first Super Bowl,” he said. “And he said, ‘Riley, what do you want more than anything in world?’ I didn’t know because I was surprised he shot a question back at me. He was like, ‘Come on Riley, think, think, think!’ I eventually said, ‘A million dollars!’ He said, ‘Pretend you wake up and you saw a million dollars lying at the foot of your bed. That’s how I feel.’ If I saw a million dollars lying at the foot of my bed, I probably would be at the store before my parents would even know.”

Or go to the pet store to get a puppy, as Ottele would later add.

One of the questions Riley had prepared to ask the players was what they had for breakfast before a game.

“I asked the breakfast question to Chris Harris Jr. and he answered it with, ‘an omelette.’” Oddly enough, another player also had the same answer.

“The Broncos like omelettes. Maybe Denver Omelettes,” said Ottele with a snicker.

For Ottele, interviewing the players was easily his favorite experience, followed by the actual game, and the Hall of Fame lunch (where he got to share a table with Hall of Fame inductee and former offensive guard Randall McDaniel and wear his Hall of Fame ring).

Ottele is determined to not let this be a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity.

“I want to do it again with all the other 30 teams so I can talk to all the other plays,” he said. “I’ll try to win it next year. Nothing says that you can’t win it two years in a row.”