Pittsburgh 27 Arizona 23

[THUNDER HANDS]

Source: The Sun

PITTSBURGH came back from the brink of defeat to beat Arizona and secure their sixth Super Bowl title.
With just 35 seconds left on the clock and trailing 23-20, Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger flung a pass into the very corner of the end zone and Santonio Holmes came down on the very tips of his toes with the ball in his hands.



Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/sportusa/article2196222.ece

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Awesome game. Simply awesome.

Congrats to all Pittsburgh fans. Congrats too, to Arizona fans. Your team played a HELL of a game.

[Renew Deal]

1. Congrats to Steeler Fans!

You barely got out of there alive. :D

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. DUDE!

you changed your name?!?!?!

[Renew Deal]

4. Yes

I had to retire the old one. DU will never be the same. :D

[Mojorabbit]

22. I loved the name

Magic Rat. It was one of my favorites. :)

[soothsayer]

3. good game but az was robbed

on bad penalty calls and the fact that the last play was not reviewed.

[dubeskin]

5. Arizona got screwed so many times - the refs completely threw the game

Steelers definitely had to have offered the refs something. Arizona got screwed hard on a lot of plays that should have been reviewed or just called differently.

[THUNDER HANDS]

11. i wouldn't say that

they caught a break on the safety. Holding? You can call a holding penalty on practically every play in the NFL.

[soothsayer]

13. az was robbed on a facemask call (the new rules

require you to be pulling the dude to the ground, and he wasn't). that gave the ball back to the steelers. and roughing the holder was a bad call---he fell on him and worst of all the booth did not review the final play! boo!

[CAG]

42. "he fell on him".....& thats why it was called..... intentions don't matter

it only matters if he was blocked into him, which he was not.

[CAG]

43. Besides, the steelers only ended up getting a field goal anyway, so

wtf difference did it make to the outcome of the game?? NONE

[CAG]

44. "require you to be pulling the dude to the ground, and he wasn't"

Bullcrap

[CAG]

46. Agreed. Where was the hold???? I've seen that play 5 times in

slo-mo and NOBODY held. To be fair, I thought the other stupid call was earlier for the roughing the passer on Big Ben

[jillan]

84. That was a ridiculous call.

[Orrex]

18. I've never heard of a Steelers win in which ref-tampering wasn't claimed

It's amazing that they've managed to get any trophies, given their endlessly penalty-ridden play.

[CAG]

45. Nice try, raven, brown, or bengal

[Orrex]

47. Uh...

:wtf:

[BuddhaGirl]

79. LOL

n/t

[pasto76]

67. Funny. In Pittsburgh that the only reason we dont have 20 Superbowls

It is almost canonized in the Steel City that the league intentionally held the steelers out of the superbowl, since, well '81, through the nineties. "The league doesnt want us to have the most superbowl rings." Some years it was hard to deny. Just ask my uncle.

SGT PASTO - Pittsburgh native and happy they won against an offense they could barely slow down.

[skoalyman]

103. they both cheated

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[liberal1973]

35. lol right..

BS

[RT_Fanatic]

82. I see I've found the sour grapes thread.

You'd feel right at home at the Arizona Republic's comments section. It's so farcical that every time the Steelers win, the opposing team got jobbed. The Steelers paid the officials to call the game in their favor. Yeah, RIGHT! Claiming cheating is really "the last refuge of a scoundrel," with patriotism running a distant second. I counted at least three FLAGRANT facemask grabs by Cardinals O linemen that were ignored completely. And holding in the END ZONE, for a SAFETY? Puh-leeze! Looks like the zebras forgot who was payin' 'em on that one.

:toast:

to Mike Tomlin and his team!

[JVS]

88. If we were buying the ref's off they'd never have done that Bullshit reversal of Ben's 1st TD

[KamaAina]

87. This sounds awfully familiar...

hmmm.... no, wait, I've got it!

Search for "Arizona" and replace with "Seattle", and you've got a post (a whole raft of 'em, actually) from about this time three years ago. :eyes:

[JVS]

89. It's music to my ears from the losers' chorus

[Renew Deal]

6. It would have been almost impossible to overturn that one.

[soothsayer]

8. that final play was an incomplete pass and az should have had another shot!

boooo!

[AlinPA]

16. My take: the defensive player grabbed his arm when the passing arm was back, then

Warner lost control. The movement forward was caused by the tackler pushing the arm forward.

[Orrex]

17. You mean that fumble?

That's a heart-breaker, but the call was clean.

[pasto76]

65. Steeler had his hand on the ball before his arm moved forward.

When it did move forward, rolling out of your hand does not constitute "control of the ball"

[Orrex]

66. IMO

The "forward motion" of his arm looked clearly like an attempt to recapture the ball rather than the forward motion of an intentional pass.


Welcome to DU, by the way.

:hi:

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. it was reviewed

it doesn't take that long to see whether or not his arm was moving forward when the ball came out.

It wasn't. It was behind his head.

[soothsayer]

15. i don't believe it was reviewed and it was an incomplete pass in my eyes

[Orrex]

21. It was reviewed--Madden said so

He also asserted that the review would bear out the call on the field, as it did.

[DUlover2909]

53. I think James Harrison's helmet touched the end zone before the ball crossed the plane.

Does a player's head count as being down like a knee or a shoulder?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

77. Reminiscent of their "victory" over the Seahawks.

[damntexdem]

101. There was no reason to review the last play.

Michaels and Madden showed it over and over, and a Steeler clearly knocked the ball from Warner's hand.

[BlueJazz]

7. One of the Best I've seen.

[scytherius]

30. Agreed. GREAT game. And I liked both teams so didn't care who won. n/t

nt

[StarryNite]

9. The Cardinals can hold their heads high.

They played a great game and maybe they will no longer be thought of as a joke.

[ChazII]

14. I agree with you but

I'd be willing to bet the Cards will NOT be taken seriously in the 2009 season. Yes, I am biased and proud of our AZ Cardinals.

[Orrex]

19. Larry Fitzgerald is amazing

My heart sank when he ran up the middle on that last drive. If AZ had won, he would clearly have been the MVP.

A great game--both teams should be proud!

[THUNDER HANDS]

23. who was the MVP by the way?

[Orrex]

24. Holmes

That toe-dragging endzone catch clinched it!

[StarryNite]

27. I'm proud of them too...

but I have to admit this was the first season that I have ever taken them seriously. And 2009 is not the time for them to slack off again unless they don't mind being considered a joke again. But I think this game proved that they deserved to make it to the Super Bowl. Now come on Suns!

[Hissyspit]

12. Craig Ferguson called it again - by comparing the team logos.

He said the bird was quite scary, an eye-shadow-wearing pecker, but that any team who would have a logo as stupid and dated looking as the Steelers could come out on the field and be crazy animals. Ferguson has quite the record of success.

[RT_Fanatic]

85. I really don't know who Craig Ferguson is,

but just how is the Steelers' helmet logo "dated" and "stupid"? I can see dated, if you want to take issue with the Steelers symbolizing the long lost Pittsburgh steel industry. I prefer to see it as "classic."

You could make a case that ALL nfl helmet logos are "stupid" and/or "dated."

Cleveland: doesn't even HAVE a logo. How stupid is THAT? And never even been to the Super Bowl.
Baltimore: Your raven is purple. That's stupid.
Cincinnati: doesn't look like real tiger stripes. Stupid.
Tennessee: What has a flamimg circle with a "T" in it havae to do with those mythical figures, the Titans? Stupid.
Jacksonville: Anyone ever actually seen a jaguar in that city? I thought not. Stupid.
Indianapolis: Same logo they used in Balitmore. Dated.
Arizona: a docile little red bird. Stupid.

[RedCloud]

20. Can you carry a QB into the end zone for a TD?

I mean even if he is a Steeler? See first Arizona challenge for dramatic footage of a Steeler OL carrying Big Ben

[silverojo]

25. Our Cardinals SUCKED

They fell apart from the first kickoff, and I knew we were going to lose.

If anything, Steelers fans ought to be ashamed that the Steelers didn't win BIG, by a huge margin. The way Arizona was playing, any other team would have beaten us by at least 20.

I've been a Cardinals fan all my life, but I'm so ashamed of them right now, that I have literally given up on them completely. I'm no longer a fan. I can't support a team that makes it to the Super Bowl, only to collapse under the slightest pressure.

This was the worst Super Bowl ever, from the game to the commercials to Springsteen's hoarse, unintelligible caterwauling during halftime. Pretty bad when the best thing about a Super Bowl is Faith Hill. :puke:

[THUNDER HANDS]

26. dude, i know it probably hurts now

but speaking as a Jets fan, you have a lot to be proud of. I've been watching my team for 20+ years now and I still have yet to see them reach the superbowl.


Give it a few days and you'll feel better. Your team came within a toe of a superbowl.

[Orrex]

28. I concur

If the Steelers had lost, it would have been a defeat by an entirely worthy team.

Both teams had weak moments: Pittsburgh's personal fouls are simply unacceptable, costing them 60 yards (or more?) and making some of them look like assholes.

The Cards represented themselves very well, and the Holmes-to-Fitzgerald plays were close to unstoppable. In fact, they often weren't stopped, which is why the game was so close.

[Lasher]

73. I was lucky enough to have seen Superbowl III.

Broadway Joe and the Jets defined this national tradition that day. It's a nice thing to fall back on while the Jets are going through this little dry spell.

I must say, this year's game was a truly great one, second only to Superbowl III.

[THUNDER HANDS]

74. little dry spell...lol

this is a dry spell...

this is the jets...

[Lasher]

80. Hah! But this is the enduring legacy of Superbowl III

[KamaAina]

90. Ouch! Mom and Republican Stepdad's neighbor would like a word with you.

well, not immediate neighbor, but a couple of towns away on the Jersey Shore:

Springsteen's hoarse, unintelligible caterwauling during halftime

That is just so wrong!

If it makes you feel any better, the Pats' first SB ended 46-10 -- in favor of Da Bears.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

93. Y'know, I never thought they'd get as far as they did...

But I think they're second half proved themselves worthy. I was rooting for Pittsburgh; but I thought the Cards gave a good performance.

[Lugnut]

29. Wooo hooo Steelers!

What a game! Congrats to the Cardinals for almost pulling it off.

[Gore1FL]

31. Burn Bidwell Burn

I'm not a big MArk Warner fan either, but I could have rooted for the Cardinals had they been owned by someone else.

[JayMusgrove]

32. I am sorry, why the HELL did you post this thread? Because...

you think someone in the USA or several foreign nations doesn't have a television?

This thread is what I would call internet spam.

Go do your thing about football, which kills athletes 20 years earlier than their expected life span because of head trauma..undetected, until their death.........

Football lovers, it's about time you woke up, this is NOT a clean sport, nor something Americans should worship.

IMO it's one step away from gladiatorial battles in Rome in 300 AD.......think about it, and do some Google searches about that time and that venue, if you don't know how to figure out how we are killing each other and our nation.

This thread is inappropriate....and you should know that.

[Orrex]

33. Go Steelers!

Actually, a little-known dark side of football is that the losing team is at this very minute being butchered and prepared so that, for dinner tomorrow, the victorious Steelers can literally feast upon the Cardinals' defeat.

It will be sold as a Pay-Per-View event.


True fact!

[PittPoliSci]

97. lol

I'd pay for that.

[Qanisqineq]

34. I didn't know the score

I have a television and currently live in Korea and I didn't see the game or the score. YES, Korean TV does play the Super Bowl ONLY because one of the Steelers players is part Korean -- they play all Steelers games for that reason. However, I do not have that particular channel and didn't see it.

Lighten up.

[Renew Deal]

36. lol

Get a grip. :rofl:

[Bluzmann57]

37. AMF

Lots of us like NFL football. If you don't, the feel free to turn the channel and also to ignore this post.
Congratulations to the Steelers. Good game. Big Ben should have been the MVP.

[blue neen]

38. I am sorry, why the HELL did you answer this thread, if you don't like it?

Congratulations Steelers, we in the Steeler nation are very proud of you. A special shout out to owner Dan Rooney for mentioning President Obama.

For you Cardinals fans, your team played a helluva game...Larry Fitzgerald is particularly amazing. I remember when he was playing at Pitt, and I was sad that he decided to go pro so early in his college career. Obviously, he made the right choice.

[AsahinaKimi]

55. wow...

They were right, what they said in the sports section of this website. Screaming
about football like as if it was a war or something.. I enjoyed watching today's
game. Its too bad some people can't just chill on a Sunday, ne?

[fishwax]

58. lol

[NBachers]

68. Hey Jay- This thread is where I found out who won

I don't pay attention to football and I didn't watch any of the game; basically I don't really care much about it. But it's important to a lot of people and I was curious about who won. I watched the Obama show on 60 Minutes, but the "sports wrap" commercial had absolutely nothing about who won the Super Bowl. I checked out DU, and here it was.

I'm not anti-football, it just doesn't mean much to me. But for you to grouse that this thread is "inappropriate" is way over the line.

I live in San Francisco. There's a huge population here that's rabid about the other "football" - you know, soccer. They'll drive in procession down Mission Street with huge flags of their country flying out the window, honking and cheering and making a huge commotion. Soccer's not much of a thing with me, but they're entitled to their team loyalty.

Football to me is brutal, excessive, and contrived phony consumerism. But most people like it. Don't condemn them, dude. Nobody's saying anything inappropriate on this thread.

[AsahinaKimi]

70. I just wanted to wave ...

To a fellow San Franciscan! :hi:
oh, and yes while there are many into the European style of football,
we still have the 49er Faithful, who loved going to the Parades during
the 1980's and seeing those Gold and Red Balloons tied to the top of
City Hall. So, despite our city's reputation, we have many sports fans here.
I remember once going to the Cow Palace for a Hockey Game as well.

[NBachers]

72. Yup. My brother-in-law grew up near Candlestick Park

He was a cushion-guy as a kid, so he got into the games for free. He attended the '87 World Series with Barry Melton and Mickey Hart. He was around for the '80's glory years; he still has 49'er and Giants season tickets. My son's teacher was Ms. Banaszek; her dad Cas Banaszek was a famous '49'er lineman and Super Bowl alumnus. He used to come and coach Phys Ed, and all the kids were enthralled by his Superbowl ring.

I've been to Pac Bell Park to see Giants games; I think it's absolutely the best baseball park anyone could ever have.

Yeah, I'm not putting down sports fans. My dad was a huge sports guy. I get more involved with the local teams than what's going around elsewhere. Our local Bay Area teams always give us a good run, nearly every season. And I still like Barry.

Last weekend, my son met some friends at the Double Play, at 16th and Brannan. As I drove him & his friend over there, I told the story of Seals Stadium, and all the old breweries nearby. The Double Play's the last holdout from those days.

Since I live in the Mission, I've got a front-row seat for the chaos and excitement that breaks out over important Soccer victories.

So thanks for the wave, AsahinaKimi. I'll keep my eye out for posts from you.

[LostinVA]

92. OH GAWD

:eyes:

[PittPoliSci]

96. hold on one second...

:nopity:

that's for you.

[DUlover2909]

39. I wish people wouldn't post sports scores.

Some people DVR the games because they have to work. Thanks for ruining the super bowl a-hole.

[Orrex]

40. You're right

And I heard that the media have agreed to a one-week moratorium on reporting about it, so that the TiVo/DVR crowd can watch at their leisure.


:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[qanda]

41. What?

Why would you hold this person responsible for ruining the score for you? As soon as I opened the internet, my homepage told me who won and what the score was. If you didn't want to know then you probably shouldn't have logged on. And you really should refrain from calling people names.

[DUlover2909]

51. Yeah you are right. But what if people post sports scores in latest breaking news all the time?

I'm a Texas Rangers fan, but I don't post their games scores in LBN. I don't expect to see sports scores here. By the way, I watched the game live. I was thinking about others that may have been at work.

[qanda]

57. I understand your point

But there's still no need to call names.

[DUlover2909]

62. OK. Sorry Thunder Hands. I didn't really mean it.

[THUNDER HANDS]

75. that's okay

:hi:

[cherish44]

48. I think they have support groups for people who have had the Super Bowl ruined for them

I wonder how many people got blown up in Iraq today or how many children starved to death in Uganda?

[DUlover2909]

52. That information would be more appropriate in Latest Breaking News than sports scores.

[Orrex]

54. 'Appropriate' by what standard?

The Superbowl--the biggest television event of the year (well, maybe second biggest, this year) ended shortly before the OP of this thread.

It is, by definition, Latest Breaking News.


If you think it should be discussed elsewhere, by all means alert the mods.

[DUlover2909]

59. I thought you were ignoring me. Weird.

[Orrex]

61. Yeah, I get that from everybody

What's up with that?

[DUlover2909]

63. I dunno. I never ignored anybody so I don't know how it works.

[JVS]

60. Watch it anyway. It was very exciting

[awoke_in_2003]

102. It was TOO exciting...

had any other team been playing, I would say "good game". But when my team plays, I want a blow out. When I Turner got that personal foul for roughing up a receiver after they were out of bounds I almost hit the TV. That was a stupid, potentially game costing penalty.

[Sal316]

49. AZ got screwed...

Twice, Big Ben should have been called for grounding.

Roughing the holder??? Seriously???

...and that last one, Warner's arm was moving forward.

There's no reason why into the 4th quarter, it was Pittsburgh 3 for 30 and AZ 9 for 96 in penalties.

I've seen bad officiating, but this was a screwjob through and through.

[Orrex]

50. See reply #18

Every big Steelers win is immediately attacked for resulting entirely from bad calls.

[Optimistic]

56. My Thoughts

First Congratulations to the World Champion Steelers and also a very game Cardinal team.
Well It was a great game. I did say that Fitzgerald would make one huge play and he did, and it looked like a Game Winner.
I also said that Ben Roethlisberger does not put up big numbers but makes big plays and he did
And that is what a Champion does and he is one,
I did think that Tomlin deciding to go for a Field goal in the 1st Quarter was a big mistake, and it looked like that was going to be the difference. But in the end if the Steelers did not have those 3 points than all the Cards would have needed was a Field Goal to win.
As far as the game itself, looking at it as a fan of Football this was as good of a game as last year and some of the other games the past several years.

http://nutballgazette.blogspot.com/

[CadenBlaker]

64. Amazing Game!

I know Warner is a "christer" but I find myself being a huge fan of his. I was pulling for both teams, so I ended up being very pleased with the game in the end. One of the best Super Bowls I can remember since I became aware of football a good 23+ years ago. :)

[nyy1998]

69. Congrats Steelers!!!!

The Jets are my first love, but I lived in Pitt suburbs for a couple of years, so I've supported the black & gold for a long time!!!

Arizona does have some legitimate grips(two missed intentional groundings and the roughing the passer call but no, not the fumble), but they played an amazing 4th quarter and can hold the heads up high. I won't be sleeping on these guys anymore!

[classysassy]

71. '' We wuz robbed"

Why are blind refs allowed on the field,without their dogs?.

[Buns_of_Fire]

76. This is all well and good, but it misses the IMPORTANT questions...

• How were the commercials this year?
• Did The Boss have any "wardrobe failures" during halftime?

[JVS]

78. The commercials were sub-par. The Boss' penis fell out the zipper of his pants. Major malfunction.

[PittPoliSci]

98. boss did ram his crotch into a camera on a sliding move.

it was really funny. i wonder if anyone'll complain about it.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

81. Way to go Steelers! That was one of THE greatest Super Bowls EVER!

Loved it!

[jillan]

83. Cards fan here - and it was an amazing game.

Both teams played great.

[nichomachus]

86. If they had had just one more locker room prayer, AZ would have won

Obviously, Jesus was very pissed at them.

[ohtransplant]

91. Amazing game right to the end

It's a good thing for the Steelers Larry Fitzgerald didn't get the ball 1 more time!

The Boss slid into the cameraman during halftime (LMAO)!

Great game! (Did I already say that?)

[DinahMoeHum]

94. Great game, but still doesn't hold a candle to last year's SB. . .

The Steelers were favored by many to win...and they did, but not without a good fight from the Cardinals.
:bounce:
Hardly anybody gave the NY Giants a chance to win against the then 18-0 NE Patriots - and, of course, "The Play" will be talked about for ages.
:bounce:

Gotta give credit, though, to the Rooney family. Like the Mara family in NY, they have enough sense as owners to stay away from the day-to-day stuff and let the people they hire do their jobs. The multiple Super Bowl wins of both franchises speak for themselves.

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

95. Congrats Pittsburgh!

:bounce:

[DebbieCDC]

99. Well THIS lifelong Steeler fan and Bruce fan is happy happy today

And a tip of the hat to the Cardinals, who I really thought were going to do us in. It was too close for comfort, but a great finish. I know Cards fans don't feel that way, but hey, the Steelers wandered in the desert for 40 years before winning a Superbowl (my dad told me the stories when I was a kid about the Steelers being the joke of the NFL).

[damntexdem]

100. By coincidence, that was also the score of yesterday's Super Bowl.

But the SB ads weren't up to those of the past.

[Baclava]

104. Holmes is a GOD!

Thank you Buckeyes.

[SylviaD]

105. I'd just like to say...

Go Steelers!

[Bill McBlueState]

106. welcome to DU!

I sort of wish the Steelers could keep playing.