The game is underway -- the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. I'm rooting for the Cardinals, but my official pick is the Steelers.
Feel free to discuss the game, the commercials, or your flat out hate for the Steelers in this thread. GO CARDINALS!!!
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Pretty exciting first half. Unbelievable play by James Harrison to close out the first half, a 100-yard touchdown.
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
Kent Pride! It was quite funny at a KSU game last year, they were honoring Kent’s three Pro-Bowlers at a basketball game. Antonio Gates couldn’t make it, but he was cheered. Josh Cribbs got a HUGE ovation. James Harrison came out and was booed mercilessly. He played it up and laughed about it. For a Steeler, he seems like a pretty good guy.
Fundamentals - February 1, 2009
Why not throw three fades to Larry Fitz with 18 seconds to go?
Bernie19Kosar - February 1, 2009
Because he would catch the first one.
sarcasmdave - February 2, 2009
Come on Cardinals’ D, let’s get the ball back into Warner’s hands…
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
Can we just call this game now and get to the new episode of The Office? I have no desire to see another Steeler celebration.
Fundamentals - February 1, 2009
Definitely can’t wait for the Office either — great comedy for those of you who have never watched it. Still hoping for a Cardinals’ comeback here.
My favorite commercial so far is the one with Polamulu.
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
This fourth quarter has been so tense.
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
I dream of Edwards performing like Fitzgerald next season.
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
Don’t think the last play was a fumble…a shame we didn’t get to see a Fitzgerald leap attempt to close the game.
Chris Pokorny - February 1, 2009
Initially, I thought it was incomplete. On the replay, I thought fumble. I definitely thought it merited an extra look though. Good game, even if the outcome was poor.
Fundamentals - February 1, 2009
He’s been doing it for years. Great, great person. Santonio deserves that award even if it has to come in the Black and Gold.
gahnki - February 1, 2009
I love the irony of this picture
Chief WaDrew - February 2, 2009
Black and Yellow, please.
kwoog - February 2, 2009
At least the Steelers won this one on the field instead of having it handed to them by the officials (See Super Bowl XL).
woodsmeister - February 2, 2009
There were still bad calls, unfortunately, but they went both ways. Nothing that was game altering
Roger Dorn - February 2, 2009
I didn’t see a single bad call against the Steelers. Every Steeler penalty was earned. The two calls overturned on review were rightly overturned. There was an extremely questionable roughing the passer penalty against the Cardinals, and the referees clearly should have flagged Santonio Holmes’ touchdown celebration, which clearly used the ball as a prop. However, I will agree that none of this was game altering, although it would have been interesting to see that last drive with the Cardinals spotted 15 yards. It also would have been nice to see the last Kurt Warner “fumble” be reviewed. I think he fumbled, but it certainly would have taken the edge off the conspiracy theorists.
woodsmeister - February 2, 2009
Holmes did the LeBron “chalk” celebration, right?
JulioBernazard - February 2, 2009
Yep. That’s the one.
woodsmeister - February 2, 2009
I think the roughing the passer call was atrocious. Like, all-time bad, and it was huge on that drive. Overall, I think the officiating and the game generally was played pretty sloppily until the fourth quarter. Way too much referee face time for my liking.
Ryan Kelsey - February 3, 2009
Yeah that was terrible. He hit him in the back with his hands, it wasn’t anything near his helmet. That was one of the worst roughing calls I’ve ever seen.
Buckeye Brad - February 3, 2009
Very tough for Cleveland fans to see both Ray Lewis and Carlos Boozer getting ad time.
What marketing geniuses decided to use those guys?
JulioBernazard - February 2, 2009
People who aren’t from Cleveland, clearly.
woodsmeister - February 2, 2009
… but a guy who was found guilty of obstruction of justice during a murder trial, and a guy who lied to a blind man?!?!
JulioBernazard - February 2, 2009
Forgive me if its just not my taste, but so many of those Super Bowl commercials seemed to be full of actors acting ‘dumb’, literally, and then doing something stupid. Then this morning, all I hear about is how these commercials were loved by the fans. I love humor like what was seen in the Office — these companies spend so much money on their Super Bowl ads, you’d think they could utilize their spotlight more appropriately.
Chris Pokorny - February 2, 2009
The opening ten minutes of The Office was some of the best comedy ever on TV.
gahnki - February 2, 2009
I thought the commercials were awful. Some of the worst I have seen. The Office was absolutely hilarious last night
Roger Dorn - February 2, 2009
The one commercial I really like was the one where the guy in the office has a moose head on his wall and they pan to the office next door and a guy is sitting under the rear end of a moose. Everyone I was watching the game with was laughing hysterically. Other than that one, and a couple good eTrade ones with the talking kids, there was nothing to get excited about.
The Office was fantastic. I DVR’d it and watched this afternoon. I loved the roast for Michael.
I knew when Santonio entered the NFL that he was going to be a great WR. I loved watching him for the Buckeyes and seeing his growth as a reciever over the years. I was really upset when Pittsburgh drafted him because I knew that was a great pick. It was a good game, but nowhere near the best Super Bowl in history. People are way too quick to label something the “greatest ever.”
Buckeye Brad - February 2, 2009
High life!
rufio - February 3, 2009
To recap what ended up being a very good game:
I dropped my jaw in the direction of Larry Fitzgerald in the fourth quarter. Braylon, please, please, please emulate him. I was pondering whether he was a lot of hype and would fall drastically short of expectations, but…no. The guy is legit.
I thought the commercials were awful, except for the Doritos Magic Ball one. The GoDaddy commercials have devolved into…pornography, basically. With Danica Patrick. I’m not complaining necessarily ,but c’mon.
Good for Santonio Holmes. I’m not sure he really deserved the MVP, but that last touchdown catch was a thing of beauty. Roethlisberger threw a perfect pass and Santonio made the perfect catch. Props to even our enemies when they deserve it.
I enjoyed the game, unhappy at the outcome (obviously), but relieved that this year is over and we can look forward to the Draft and whatever else may come in the off-season.
DisplacedBuckeye - February 2, 2009
How lucky is Holmes that he got another shot after letting the first ball go right through his hands? Can you imagine if they didn’t score a TD there after he drops that ball?
Money celebration, though.
rufio - February 3, 2009
Did you Know: Cleveland is has celebrated only one less NFL title than Pittsburgh?
The Cleveland Browns won the NFL Championship in 1950, 1954, 1955, 1964. The Cleveland Rams won in 1945. Throw in the 4 AAFC Titles the Browns won (1946, 47, 48, 49) and the Stillers still have a lot of work to do.
Ryan Kelsey - February 3, 2009
This was in response to me hearing how “unprecedented” it is for Pittsburgh to have won 6 SuperBowls. As if pro football didn’t start until the mid 60’s.
Not counting the Browns’ 8 titles between the two leagues they were in, the Packers (12), the Bears (9), and the Giants (7) all have won more titles than the Steelers.
Ryan Kelsey - February 3, 2009
Yeah, I hate that so much. That’s why I loved reading Dr. Z on SI.com because he knows football history. Someone on ESPN said that the Steelers were the “winningest football team in history.” I almost threw something at the TV. Why don’t people realize that the NFL didn’t start with the Super Bowl? The NFL started in 1920, and the Super Bowl in what, 1967? That’s a lot of history to ignore.
Buckeye Brad - February 3, 2009
Thank you guys for all these posts. I think this info needs to be distributed widely.
JulioBernazard - February 3, 2009
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