2/1/09 - Super Bowl XLIII - Arizona Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Steelers
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eaglechick
I'm back :)
sorry O :hug:
it's all my fault
it's all my fault
eaglechick
I'm back :)
i thought the pink eagles hat would help
storminn0rm
Brewmaster
What a game!
storminn0rm
Brewmaster
without a doubt
Orgazmo
IT'S GARBAGE DAY
Awww. I think Kurt gets a little credit for that interception, though.
Holmes is going to celebrate with a whole BALE of pot. And as MVP, doesn't he get a new Caddy to smoke it in?
storminn0rm
Brewmaster
i hope so. "rollin" in style!
GlennsPatriots
Meatwhistle
Nice to see the Steelers find a use for all of those surplus Seahawk hats.
WesDawg
'Burghapologist
My lasting memory will forever be watching Fitz's braids flopping around as he's outrunning my #1 ranked defense and thinking "How can a Pitt guy do this to me?" LOL
I don't have the available bandwidth over here (middle east) to peruse all the night's posts, but I can imagine there's plenty of hater messages a la' 3 years ago. At any rate, all I can say is what a game!, and if that wasn't THE most thrilling SB I've ever watched, it's no worse than top-3.
I can't say enough about the Steelers' ability to rebound after so many 4th quarter miscues, but I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge one of the gutsiest underdog performances ever by Arizona in this game. As gutwrenching as the ending was, somewhere deep down I was actually proud of Coach Whis and the Cardinals for leaving it all on the field.
Good lord, what a game.
I don't have the available bandwidth over here (middle east) to peruse all the night's posts, but I can imagine there's plenty of hater messages a la' 3 years ago. At any rate, all I can say is what a game!, and if that wasn't THE most thrilling SB I've ever watched, it's no worse than top-3.
I can't say enough about the Steelers' ability to rebound after so many 4th quarter miscues, but I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge one of the gutsiest underdog performances ever by Arizona in this game. As gutwrenching as the ending was, somewhere deep down I was actually proud of Coach Whis and the Cardinals for leaving it all on the field.
Good lord, what a game.
1 Crazy Commish
New Member
Congratulations to all the Steeler fans out there. You guys have a helluva team.
Birdman
Ready For Some Football
Even though I was pulling for the Cardinals I thought this was a really good game and one of the better Super Bowls I've seen.
I was arguing that Larry Fitzgerald should have knelt the ball down at the 1inch mark instead of running it in for the score. Everyone disagrees with me on this... but I say you give yourself four downs to get a TD. You at least take it to the 2minute mark and start putting the strangle on Pitt's time.
I was arguing that Larry Fitzgerald should have knelt the ball down at the 1inch mark instead of running it in for the score. Everyone disagrees with me on this... but I say you give yourself four downs to get a TD. You at least take it to the 2minute mark and start putting the strangle on Pitt's time.
Da Bomb
Guilty As Hell
i disagree. they were down 4. down 3 or less? maybe i buy that. but when you HAVE to have the td, you had the worst run game in the entire league, and youre playing a historically great defense... you take the TD.
to be fair, pitt shouldve used a full minute+ off the clock before zona even got that ball back, and if they'd played it properly, they wouldnt have had time for their own drive. so.. pretty strange how it worked out.
to be fair, pitt shouldve used a full minute+ off the clock before zona even got that ball back, and if they'd played it properly, they wouldnt have had time for their own drive. so.. pretty strange how it worked out.
Birdman
Ready For Some Football
See I just don't understand this line of thinking. It seems to stem from the idea that the TD isn't a "sure thing" if you will.
But which is the easier scenario? Having 4 chances to get a few inches...
or stopping an offense with a defense that is tired (you scored very fast) when all the chips are on the line and the opposing offense has plenty of time?
As long as people don't consider kneeling at the inches "cheating" or "unsportsmanlike" etc. you do it. You maximize your chances of winning the game that way. If Arizona had done that I believe they are SB champs right now.
Da Bomb
Guilty As Hell
1) arizona has no run game
2) pittsburgh has the best run defense in... well, awhile
3) if you pass from the "inch" line, you have very little time to operate with
4) if you pass from the "inch" line, you are going to be running like 5 seconds off the clock MAX on each pass play
5) james harrison 100 yard INT
6) arizona's defense had effectively shut down the steelers offense since the first quarter (it had been 10-7 and pitt had the pick 6 plus one FG from a drive that stalled with about 6 plays inside the five yard line)
7) arizona would be protecting a FG lead, meaning the defense is most likely either ending the game or sending it to OT where you have all the momentum
i think thats about enough for me. i dont buy your logic at all. arizona's defense really stepped it up this postseason, but with a championship on the line, they simply couldn't make one final stop. it was that, and not the decision to not stop inches from the endzone, that cost them a title.