The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to Tampa to play Arizona in Super Bowl XLIII (that's 43 to you non Latin speakers).
The Steelers survived their third death-match with the Baltimore Ravens despite dropped passes, clock mis-management, and injury to Hines Ward. Pittsburgh should have won more easily. They dominated the Ravens all day but did not clinch the victory until Troy Polamalu returned an interception for a score with about four minutes to go.
Polamalu, apparently stung by pundits opining that Ravens safety Ed Reed was the better player, was a dominant force on defense. He played with the fire of someone with something to prove. He made a number of tackles, including a key 4th and one stop of a QB sneak. The TD return was the icing on the cake of an incredible performance. I guess that James Harrison must really be a superb player, if he was the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year instead of Polamalu.
By the way, you may have seen the devastating hit that knocked Willis McGahee out of the game. It is my understanding that he is out of the hospital and, despite a very sore neck, he'll be OK, thank God.
Meanwhile, the Steelers will go to Tampa to face the Arizona Cardinals. If the Steelers win, it will be their sixth Super Bowl win, the most by any team.
My kids bought new Terrible Towels for the big game. Go Steelers
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The Steelers are going to be bird droppings after the Cardinals take care of them. The Cardinals are going to kick booty bigtime. They are this year's team of destiny! Curt Warner is going to pass them crazy and a well rested Edgerrin James is going to get key yardage when needed. Anquan Boldin is ornery and looking to take is ill humor out on someone and Troy Palomalu is going to be dizzy after seeing Larry Fitzgerald and Boldin run circles around him. Rooting for the Cardinals proves that I am the King of Moronica!!!
DF:
You are a Cardinals fan? If so, I ascribe it to your contrarian streak.
Bad news, though; in the 42 previous Super Bowls only one team with an avian mascot has ever won it (2002 Ravens), unless you count the Jets. The Steelers beat the last birds to get to the game (2006 Seahawks).
Obviously, anything can happen in one game, but, the Steelers should win.
Yeah, they should but they have already won their fair share of Superbowls. For Arizona to win the NFL Championship it might be the spark to turn the economy around. For a team that has been in such a sorry state for so long to turn it around and win the big one maybe our sorry state economy can do the same thing. We can only hope.
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