There are not many positive adjectives I can use to describe the finish to tonight's Super Bowl in light of the fact that the Browns' mortal enemy has now made NFL history with six Championships. Okay so it was one hell of a game...and the one thing I can take from this game is that the game-winning catch was made by an Ohio State guy, Santonio Holmes. Holmes is why the Steelers won the game and at least those with an official opinion agreed with me and named him the MVP as a result. But, I believe that the key to this game was at the end of the first half when Kurt Warner made a huge mental error, leading to James Harrison's record-setting-longest-play in Super Bowl History and a turnaround of 10 to 14 points in favor of Pittsburgh. Other factors included penalties, Arizona's inability to use Larry Fitzgerald and Ben Roethlisberger's knack for avoiding sacks. One note on Fitzgerald is that throughout the playoffs, Todd Haley (Arizona's offensive coordinator) had been targeting Fitzgerald regardless of whether or not he was double-teamed (ranked 2nd overall in the league in targets in each week of the playoffs) and yet today he (or they or Warner) let the Steelers' defense intimidate them from throwing to their best weapon until the very end when they had no choice. In the end, Arizona ran out of time or just scored way too quickly at the end and now the really annoying thing is that despite the fact that Roethlisberger's best skill is not passing the ball, but running away from defenders, I'm now going to have to hear from those wearing terrible towels that he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame one day. Ugh.
One more small positive: at least for those betting (which is who I'm obviously writing this for), at least you won if you took the Cardinals.
Finally, for those of you, like Snoop Dog, who like to point out that this is the second victory to a black head coach (he was on ESPN's pre-game show and I was really bored earlier today), you are definitely missing the point of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech...but perhaps you actually don't care.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
SBXLIII: Arizona vs. (or should I say at) Pittsburgh...
Today is Super Bowl Sunday and it's almost like Christmas for me. I've heard from everyone--my dad, mom, grandmother, old friends, new friends, people that generally harass me (you know who you are) and finally some of my best friends who I wish I were with right now in Tampa. So you all want to know who I'm picking...I like the Cardinals.
Betting on this game is almost ridiculous because it's not predictable. It just depends on who woke up ready to play today. I've liked Arizona since the playoffs began, with the exception of a strange vision I had at the gym of #7 when I was trying to think about who would win. After all, it is a home game for the Steelers. But, I do have one question? What happened to Brenda Warner-- Kurt's wife? That is not what she looked like the last time her husband played in a super bowl. Anyway, one more interesting tidbit...the last time the Steelers were in the Super Bowl and the game was on ABC, the same person who produced the game then is also producing the game tonight on NBC.
And sorry Mel, Ben, Ira, etc., but go Cardinals!
Betting on this game is almost ridiculous because it's not predictable. It just depends on who woke up ready to play today. I've liked Arizona since the playoffs began, with the exception of a strange vision I had at the gym of #7 when I was trying to think about who would win. After all, it is a home game for the Steelers. But, I do have one question? What happened to Brenda Warner-- Kurt's wife? That is not what she looked like the last time her husband played in a super bowl. Anyway, one more interesting tidbit...the last time the Steelers were in the Super Bowl and the game was on ABC, the same person who produced the game then is also producing the game tonight on NBC.
And sorry Mel, Ben, Ira, etc., but go Cardinals!
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