Pittsburgh Steelers Vs. Arizona Cardinals -- Super Bowl XLIII Open Thread
by John Bena on Feb 1, 2009 1:00 PM MST
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Super Bowl XLIII
Arizona Cardinals (12-7) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4)
6:00 PM EST
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL (NBC)
It's Super Bowl Sunday!! I know the Broncos aren't in the game, but true football fans look forward to this day like children dream of Christmas. Over-indulgence is the name of the game - over the top commercials, over the top pre-game, over the top halftime shows - the NFL at it's oveer the top best.
I mentioned on this week's MHR Radio that I liked the Cardinals, and I still do. There is just something about Kurt Warner and that set of Wide Receivers. The Cardinals have always had alot of talent, you have to when you draft that high for so many years. What they needed was a plan, and confidence. Ken Whisenhunt has given them both. Besides, who knows that vaunted Steelers defense better than Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm, two former Steelers offensive coaches that were passed over for the Steelers job??
This game should be a classic, one that comes down to the final quarter. Sometimes great indiduval efforts by great players overcome a better football team. Larry Fitzgerald will do that today, leading to a shocking end to what has been an upside down 2008 NFL Season.
Final Prediction -- Arizona 27 - Pittsburgh 26
This is an open thread for the big day. Any topic is up for grabs. Where (or if) you'll be watching; the delicious spread you'll be devouring; who you're pulling for; your game prediction; is John Madden immortal?; favorite Super Bowl memories; anything and everything is open for discussion today. We won't get another national holiday for a couple of months, folks, so enjoy Super Bowl Sunday while it lasts!
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" is John Madden immortal?; "
I hope so. I love the guy.
Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. When the fear has gone past, I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Bene Gesserit saying. (From Dune, by Frank Herbert)
by bradley on Feb 1, 2009 1:14 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I just remember all those superbowl losses.......
Steelers all the way! Remember, Defence wins superbowls……..
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by scottwchicago on Feb 1, 2009 1:19 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Here's We Go.
I’m 8/10 in the playoffs (v. the spread) and I’m taking the Cards straight up tonight.
by ejruiz on Feb 1, 2009 1:20 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Pittsburgh 34 Arizona 13
I’ll be rooting for the Cards but Pittsburgh is a much better football team. It’s a bad matchup for Arizona.
by Danno11 on Feb 1, 2009 1:24 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
This game should be a good one.
I think the Steelers will win the game, however I am not sleeping on the Cardinals. They began to slip at the end of the season before winning their last game and have certainly turned up the heat in the playoffs. ARZ defense has stopped the running game of ATL, CAR, and PHI, so it will be interesting to see how they do with Willie Parker.
The big key will be ARZ offensive line in how much time they give Warner and good luck to the Steelers trying to stop Fitzgerald.
Defense wins championships, which is what the Steelers have yet Arizona has takeaway happy in the playoffs. We’ll see what happens.
Steelers 24 Arizona 21
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Feb 1, 2009 1:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Go Broncos!!!
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 1, 2009 1:37 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
(they're the cardinals in disguise)
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 1, 2009 1:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll humor you on this for today.
Go Broncos!
-Harvey J. Neptune
"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi
by HarvJNep2n on Feb 1, 2009 3:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
much appreciated ;-)
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 1, 2009 4:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
My big prediction
both starting QBs get knocked out for portions of the game and the backups wind up determining the winner… Mr. Leinart, I sure hope you didn’t party too hard last night…
Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.
John C. Calhoun --
by bcfunk on Feb 1, 2009 1:38 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Did you guys hear BMarsh saying he has a "major announcement" to make the week of the Pro Bowl?
I’m pretty sure he is joining the Nuggets ala Lebron playing for the Browns.
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 1, 2009 1:39 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
It wouldn't be the Super Bowl without a report of Brett Favre
Way to go NBC, lets have a useless report on Favre, since he has nothing to do with this game, teams, or anything else in the NFL.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 1:55 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
They have to find some way to fill those 5 hours before kickoff.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Feb 1, 2009 1:58 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought basically the 5 hours was a commercial for NBC programming
Cause god knows I need to know who the cast of Heros or SNL is thinking will win.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 2:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear ya.
Too much time to kill so they have to come up with something. Just fast forward to kickoff and let’s go.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Feb 1, 2009 2:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa!!! Brenda Warner looks ALOT hotter than she used to.
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 1, 2009 4:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Oh, what the hell
Might as well make a prediction. Cardinals 27, Steeler 16. Cardinals’ defense is better than the Steelers’ offense.
"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen
by spock on Feb 1, 2009 4:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yay! Football!!
I’m watching the Super Bowl having finished about an hour and a half ago a 28 hour dance marathon to benefit pediatric AIDS research…and god, does my body hate me right now. But of course I had to get up to watch football!! About time!
by Squeaky on Feb 1, 2009 4:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Good grief! Shut up and play.
I have to leave for work at 9:30 (CST).
"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen
by spock on Feb 1, 2009 4:31 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
That sucks
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 4:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Was he in?
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 4:41 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
How do you kick a FG, Steelers you are chumps!
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 4:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
10 zip
Man Elway looks old. Rehab?
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by scottwchicago on Feb 1, 2009 5:11 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Well
He had one of his knees replaced last year, but that shouldnt effect how old his face has gotten.
I am Jack's unbridled optimism.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Feb 1, 2009 8:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Game over!
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Feb 1, 2009 5:53 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Well, there goes MY prediction
"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen
by spock on Feb 1, 2009 6:22 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Anyone???
Does anyone want to keep fighting with me about who the best yound QB in the league is?
by ejruiz on Feb 1, 2009 8:14 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
John Elway has feaking SUPERPOWERS!!!
That explains everything!!
And did anyone else feel like the halftime 3D thing was kind of… strange? Well, at least I can check “take acid and watch the Super Bowl” thing off my list. Now I know what that feels like.
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by papigrande on Feb 1, 2009 8:32 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and THAT WAS THE GREATEST GAME EVER!!!
Guru, you have to agree with me. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER GAME OF FOOTBALL EVER PLAYED IN THE HISTORY OF EVER!!!! IT WAS SO AWESOME MY BRAIN EXPLODED OUT OF AWESOMENESS!!! Only thing was, Bruce Springsteen coulda used a little more cowbell.
-Peter King. Except for the cowbell part. I made that up.
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by papigrande on Feb 1, 2009 8:36 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Uhm
Super Bowl 32 will remain the best ever until we win our next one after being big-time underdogs against a 3-time MVP in his prime leading the defending champs
Oh, and…
Steve Atwater >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Troy Polawhatever
I am Jack's unbridled optimism.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Feb 1, 2009 8:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Hehe, I was kidding.
I was just parodying the BSM’s way of puking out headlines like “best evar” to get readers. For instance…
It was one of the most thrilling finishes to the NFL title game, certainly equaling last year’s upset by the New York Giants that ended with Plaxico Burress ’ TD catch – with 35 seconds left, too.
But this one was even wilder.
-si.com
Plus, Guru hates that about the BSM, and I like to push Guru’s buttons.
Julius Peppers: "Let me get to Jay Cutler, or I'll call the brute squad."
Ryan Clady: "I'm onda Brute Squad."
Julius Peppers: "You ahda Brute Squad."
Ryan Clady: "Have fun storming the castle! (But not this one.)
by papigrande on Feb 1, 2009 8:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN.com
The longest play in Super Bowl history — a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison — was overshadowed by a breathtaking, helter-skelter second half of what may have been the most exciting Super Bowl ever.
Yeah….. no.
Defensive End: "Let me get to Jay Cutler, or I'll call the brute squad."
Ryan Clady: "I'm on the Brute Squad."
Defensive End: "You ARE the Brute Squad."
by papigrande on Feb 1, 2009 8:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
No.
It’s just the MSM all over Pittsburgh’s balls. If that had been Baltimore and Arizona, it woulda been a good game, not one of the most exciting ever.
McDaniels was the best option for this team. You CAN NOT overfocus on the defense and possibley have Jeremy Bates not progress with Cutler. McDaniels will watch over both sides of the ball, especially the O, while letting a defensive guy handle the D along with an intelligent GM.
Mac Daddy mackin' out Denver!!!
by broncodude793 on Feb 1, 2009 9:51 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it was Pittsburgh-Arizona, and Don Banks thinks it was the best Super Bowl ever.
He even has some kind of mystical authority to say that the verdict is “officially in.” Wait, I thought the Cards were gonna get rolled, and they were the worst team ever in the Super Bowl. Wasn’t that Don Banks that said that? (Yes, it was.)
Seriously, what do they pay these guys to write crap like this? Good game, yes. Top 20? Definately. Top 10? Maybe. But #1? HELL NO.
Defensive End: "Let me get to Jay Cutler, or I'll call the brute squad."
Ryan Clady: "I'm on the Brute Squad."
Defensive End: "You ARE the Brute Squad."
by papigrande on Feb 2, 2009 4:26 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN ran a top 10 Super Bowl plays of all time
3!!! plays were from this super bowl. Of, course, the Santonio Holmes TD catch was the top ranked play. Ugh. Honestly, I don’t know that I would put ANY plays from this Super Bowl in the top 10.
The media hype is ridiculous.
by jack_ on Feb 2, 2009 5:30 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that.
Guess which play WASN’T on the top 10? Well, you don’t really have to. I mean, it’s obvious. The helicopter play, Super Bowl XXXII. I’ve never really been a proponent of the “woe is me, east coast bias” that we tend to spew sometimes, but over the last couple of months I really feel like I’ve been slapped in the dick as a Bronco fan. The Clady snub, the Shannon snub, crap like this…
I still say the best Super Bowls were XXXII and XXXIV. I say 34 not only because of the incredible finish, but because it was the first Super Bowl where I actually knew what was going on. Anymore, it seems like more of an event than a game. I’m sure the players are playing just as hard, but the networks are just so full of crap and gimmicks. 3D at halftime? WTF is that? And the hype… I wish I could crawl into a cave for the next 2 weeks and have no influence by espn.
Defensive End: "Let me get to Jay Cutler, or I'll call the brute squad."
Ryan Clady: "I'm on the Brute Squad."
Defensive End: "You ARE the Brute Squad."
by papigrande on Feb 2, 2009 5:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Shockingly
I went out of my way to avoid a single shred of pre-game hype this year. I went in to the game knowing what I thought I knew based on watching both teams play this season, and can honestly say the lack of buildup in my mind was awesome. I didn’t read about the game, spend any time thinking about it, and really used the Australian Open as my main sports outlet when hockey wasn’t on. It made the Super Bowl this year much, much more entertaining. That, and I won 20 bucks because I called Warner throwing the pick at the end of the first half. I even guessed the play right. Sweet, sweet money.
I am Jack's unbridled optimism.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Feb 2, 2009 8:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
How bout verdasco?
I loved that match. I too used the Australian Open as my sports salve. I love good tennis.
I got into a debate with someone who felt that it was sad that verdaso lost on a double fault. I don’t see that at all. He was using his serve all night to get back control of the match from Nadal. If he DOESN’T try to ride that serve to victory, THAT would be sad….
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Feb 2, 2009 10:17 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
that he had to try it, but also agree that it sucked to lose on a double fault. He only had what, 4 in the entire match and 2 came in the decisive game? It was kind of a bummer because Verdasco was really getting to Nadal. I was equally impressed with Verdasco as I was disappointed with Djokovic.
Also, it sucks Roddick and Blake are the best the U.S. has to offer. At this point, I’d even take Jim Courier.
I am Jack's unbridled optimism.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Feb 2, 2009 5:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
When it came down to the final two plays, I was still waiting for the helicopter and the David Tyree catch
when they showed the Tyree catch as #2, I immediately assumed the helicopter would be next, at #!…. but it wasn’t. Bleh.
by jack_ on Feb 2, 2009 12:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
That was a great game
The only thing I was shocked about was the last play of the game. Everybody I was watching the game with thought it was an incomplete pass since his arm was going forward. However, why wasn’t the play at least reviewed by the booth.
The Steelers definatly earned it on that 99 1/2 yard drive to win the game and a lot of props to the Cardinals for coming back after being down 20-7.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Feb 1, 2009 10:09 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
99 1/2 yard drive?
You’re mixing the last two Pittsburgh possessions. The drive starting at the .5 resulted in a sack. The final Pittsburgh drive started at the 78.
And I still have no clue why the final play wasn’t reviewed. I thought it was dumb that they bothered to review the Holmes touchdown with 35 seconds left, since it was immediately obvious that he had both feet down, but I watched that final play at least a dozen times and it never looked like he lost control before his hand started coming forward.
by jack_ on Feb 1, 2009 11:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I did mix up the last two.
Yeah the fact that they didn’t even review it bugged me as well even if call wasn’t reversed. I mean this is the Super Bowl for cying out loud.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Feb 2, 2009 9:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
bad job
I was really annoyed that they wouldn’t at least look at the play. I felt that there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn the call, but at least look at it. Arizona could have won, but they let Ben have his way at the end ala Denver and Pittsburg a couple of years ago. A shame that AZ couldn’t win it for the Mountain Time Zone.
by D-fence on Feb 2, 2009 12:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
BETTER THAN THE COMMERCIALS!!
People in Arizona got treated to 30 seconds of hardcore porn after Larry Fitzgerald scored the go ahead TD in the fourth quarter. Which is awesome.
The link does not show the porn, which I cannot find.
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by papigrande on Feb 2, 2009 12:40 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
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