Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl Halftime Performance 2011?

After a string of lethagric rock acts, is pop on its way back to championship football?

We hear multiplatinum-selling five-piece The Black Eyed Peas have been booked to provide the entertainment at the halftime show when football’s two best teams toss around the pigskin at Super Bowl XLV in Dallas next year.

Sports by Brooks cites well-placed sources says The Peas will succeed The Who as this year’s musical act.

So far, the league is remaining mum on The Peas Halftime Game reports — leaving sports fanatics and music enthusiast alike on the edge of our seats. An official announcement on halftime acts are usually made around Thanksgiving and delivered during a regular season game .

This year’s annual NFL championship game and halftime show will air on FOX.