January 11, 2009

A Keystone State Super Bowl?

Will it happen? Will the Steelers beat the Ravens? Will the Eagles beat the Cardinals?

Posted by armand at January 11, 2009 07:59 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Sports


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I'm still trying to figure out how the Cardinals could beat a high school team, much less get this far in the NFL playoffs, after the ridiculous effort (or lack thereof) they put up in Foxboro a few weeks back. I don't see them stopping the Eagles.

The Steelers-Ravens game, I dunno. It'll be a hell of a fight.

Posted by: jacflash at January 11, 2009 09:31 PM | PERMALINK

Don't worry about the Cards... the Eagles will take care of them on Sunday. A PA Superbowl would be the best scenario ever!!

Posted by: kikimonster at January 12, 2009 09:56 AM | PERMALINK

Through my fog of mourning over the Giants loss, and as much as I don't feel like dealing with the flood of trash-talking emails between our Pgh and Philly offices if it actually comes to pass, I'd have to put my money on a turnpike series. Only thing is, I don't think anyone knows what the hell Arizona is capable of. I was sure they were lunchmeat this week; hell, I was sure they were lunchmeat the week before. I think when it comes to them all bets are off, and it's not like Philly is a paragon of consistency. I'd probably give Philly the homefield -3, and the colder and nastier the weather, the more Philly is favored, but I wouldn't write Arizona off yet.

After what the Steelers showed yesterday, though, I think they're the clear favorites over Baltimore. Baltimore won't be able to score against them, and the Steelers offense appears to have its s*&t together again.

Posted by: moon at January 12, 2009 11:55 AM | PERMALINK

Also, not that anyone asked, but 2005's "One for the Thumb" has given way to 2008's "Get the Sixpack!"

Posted by: moon at January 12, 2009 11:56 AM | PERMALINK

Personally, I thought Super Bowl XXXVI was the best scenario ever. I'm not sure that one will be topped in my lifetime... but then, I don't live in PA.

Posted by: jacflash at January 12, 2009 03:25 PM | PERMALINK

Repeating 36 was the best scenario? Sure, the Patriots could score at will against the Rams of '08 - but that might bore non-Patriots fans. And how in the hell would the Rams get there?

Wouldn't be upset to see U2 do the halftime show again though. That was a great show.

And yes, that was a great game. There hasn't been as good a one since. And it is possibly the best since Super Bowl 23 (which I think of as the best Super Bowl since the Steelers/Cowboys era).

Posted by: Armand at January 12, 2009 05:23 PM | PERMALINK

None of you has any credibility if you're literally not even mentioning last year in the annals of great superbowls. Tight game; insane drama; undefeated team vs. upstart, I mean come on.

Posted by: moon at January 12, 2009 05:36 PM | PERMALINK

Really? I know Giants fans will remember it for years, and I'm sure a lot of people found the end of it great, but I didn't find the bulk of it tremendously interesting. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it was a bad game. Better than many. It was miles above the year before (Colts over Bears) or that Ravens win in 2001. But personally I'd take 36, 23 or 10 over 42.

Posted by: Armand at January 12, 2009 05:51 PM | PERMALINK

I suppose it depends on what you find pretty in a football game, and how much you factor in competitive context. In context, which is to say on paper, last year's was a horrendous mismatch, even notwithstanding the close week 17 meeting between the teams. It also, in context, involved an upstart who looked mediocre for most of the season making a four-game run on the road in the playoffs in three tough games, the latter two of them in front of famously hostile crowds, and the last of them in cold so brutal pretty much any team except Green Bay should have blanched at the mere thought of playing. Then you have the systematic and profound disruption -- in good weather, as it were -- of one of the best offenses in the history of the game, and a match-up between a coach who almost lost his job and a coach who, while much maligned, can't but be regarded as one of the great coaching minds in the game's history (his accomplishment this year alone is remarkable). Finally, you have a come from behind fourth quarter victory, including one of the most unlikely quarterback escapes you'll ever see, followed, on the same play, by one of the most unlikely catches you'll ever see, which combined play was absolutely critical to the outcome. Luck was there, sure, but luck was there for the immaculate reception, too -- doesn't make it any less memorable a play.

I get that I'm unreliable on this as a Giants fan, but I'm hardly the only one who has been willing to put this game right up there with the best super bowls in history. You can't possibly choose one over another, really. I just think it's unwarranted to omit XLII from the list.

Posted by: moon at January 12, 2009 07:51 PM | PERMALINK

You also had a team concealing an injury to its male-modelesque QB, damn it.

Posted by: jacflash at January 12, 2009 09:20 PM | PERMALINK

Armand: Who said anything about a replay? I liked it fine the first time, certainly better than any since.

Posted by: jacflash at January 12, 2009 09:21 PM | PERMALINK

Oh please (jacflash). He looked like a perfectly healthy quarterback, and threw well at times. He also looked like a QB who's O line was completely overwhelmed and outcoached. I'm not saying he wasn't hurting, but every team limps into the Super Bowl -- that's no excuse.

Posted by: moon at January 13, 2009 09:03 AM | PERMALINK
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