They were so close, but the Arizona Cardinals could not prevent the Pittsburgh Steelers from becoming the franchise with the most Super Bowl victories. With six, they now are truly the best franchise in the history of the NFL and they can claim that fame as long as they want until either the Dallas Cowboys or San Fransisco 49ers pull the trophy away from them.
The game between the two teams was one of the top 5 Super Bowls of all time. But how could you not think the Steelers were going to take that ball back with minutes left and pull out the win? The tip-toe sideline catch was a perfect way to do it, and Santonio Holmes became the MVP of the Super Bowl.
I do think the referees should have reviewed the final play of the game because I do think Kurt Warner held possession of the ball to make that an incomplete pass, not a tuck-rule play. But with five seconds to go and 50-plus yards for a score, it was highly unlikely the Cardinals had a play to win the game anyway.
The Giants-Patriots game and Titans-Rams game are the other two that come to mind as two of the best Super Bowls ever. Just to note, the NFL Commissioner said the Steelers-Cardinals game topped the Giants-Patriots game last year.
I was truly hoping for the first overtime in a Super Bowl, but knew the Cardinals defense was going to fail once the Steelers had the ball within 5 yards of scoring.
Finally, what the heck was up with Art Rooney thanking President Obama? Someone want to fill me in on what that meant?
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Well I just witnessed the worst officiated game in the history of the Super Bowl..oops..forgot the last time the Steelers won..
The Seahawks got screwed worse..and will someone tell me how James Harrison gets away with two punches on one play..He should have been kicked out of the game..
Obama was asked who he wants to win, he said Steelers
bevoman I agree with you . The Steelers get away with murder . I agree with you completely I was downtown Seattle the night of the seahawks steelers games waiting to party and the referees snubed the seahawks so bad . I thought they all should have lost thier jobs . This one wasnt quit as bad ,but still sucked . Fuck the Steelers but LH is right they are the best all time . I just wish Dallas could get some calls like they get we would have seven .This year SUCKED….
Refs? WTF they should have givin Santonio a penelty for the td celebration! And damnit review that final play so theres no question. The Steelers are the best ever period, but the refs? WTF.
Man!!! I live hear in AZ and love the Cowboys but the damn steelers got away with the worst called super bowl games ever. The cardinals could not win the the refs calling the way they were. Like every Cowboy fan out there I wanted the Cards to win but they just couldnt pull it off. Dallas is 0-3 in Miami in Superbowls but next year is time to break that streak! We need to tie the steelers with 6 SB trophies. Damn I wanted the Cards to win
Way too many personal foul penalties. At some point, you have to let football players play football.
One of the Steeler driver got them 45 free yards
Piss poor job by the referees
the referees give another one to the steelers..i mean harrison gets again with that kind of S___? and then everytime there was a flag it was against the cards..but at the end big ben and holmes did it by themselves no ref help..the cardinal defense picked the wrong time to give up..they had a rodgers-c left holmes in that 45 yard play..how you gon to leave him alone when you know that when ben scrambles he always looks for holmes..rookie mistake but overal it was an amazing SB . the cards offense couldnt be stopped in the second half..it the nfc championship all over again xcept the cards were in the losing side this time
Rooney campaigned for Obama during the elections. Im sick to my stomach looking at all these damn squeeler fans. ugh…We better be next to 6. You listening Jerry???
I saw Harrison punch that guy did know what was going on just seen the guy down and Harrison raise his arm and hit him in the side.
Don’t forget, the Steelers had a 15 yard penalty on that “fumble” at the end. If they reviewed the play and called it an incomplete pass, the Cards would’ve gotten the ball at the 29 yard line!!!!! Hardly a Hail Mary!
If Holmes would have been penalized for his celebration, The cards would have gained another 15 yards on the kickoff. Combine that with the 15 yards from the helmet coming off at the end, and a review of the “fumble” the Cards would have had the ball at roughly the 15 yard line with time for one jump ball to Fitzgerald in the end zone for the win. It’s history now though.
Just read the DMN article saying that the Steelers should be considered Americas Team. This is just stupid if they new anything about history they would understand why we are called that. Its not cause of WINS never was it was because we had such a large fan base. The Cowboys always had a bunch of fans anywhere they traveled. Making us Americas favorite team. The Cardinals were worried we were going to take over their stadium this season. Im so tired of people taking that so personal. The Steelers are the better team as of now they earned that title thats what the title Super Bowl Champs means. Next year it could be anyone.
Must be the Lord’s punishment for signing PacMan. cannot think of any other reason this has been the season to forget.
Pittsburgh Stealers always get away with murder
it wasnt pacman staubach it was just the fact the jerry thought romo was made out of steel and 4got to sign a QB with some arm left..that separate us from being 10-6 and 9-7 basically from the playoffs
I wish Erik but I think we had chemistry problems from the start. Even the draft is less exciting by not having a number one to debate about. Ugh what a year.
We first need to close Camp Marshmallow and open up Camp “Cool Hand Luke”. When a player gets out of hand I weant to hear the coaches say “what we have here is a failure to communicate”
Would not hurt if JJ were more hands off too
Two points:
(1) Six Lombardis does not make Pittsburgh “the best franchise in the history of the NFL”. Last time I checked, Green Bay had 12 NFL championships and the Bears had nine.
(2) Yell all you want at the Cardinals for not winning the game, but the Cowboys have no one to blame but themselves for not doing the job themselves. Its getting pretty bad when we have to rely on other teams to do our job for us . . .
Well the Cardinals were 9/7 there fgoodwin..seems to me they needed some other teams in there division to suck more than they did..to get in..let alone go to the SB..
Plus we all know that nothing that happened before 1960 counts..Why you ask?..That is the year the Boys became the Boys…all before was warm up..
bevomav, I really don’t care what help the Cards had — my point is, if the Cowboys had won their games, then we would’ve been in the Super Bowl and been able to stop the Steelers ourselves. We didn’t do it, so there’s no point whining that the Cards didn’t do our job for us.
And if you think the “Greatest Game Ever Played” (1958 NFL Championship between Baltimore and New York) was nothing more than a “warm-up”, then its no wonder that people hate the Cowboys and Cowboy fans . . .
OK..like I care if other teams fans hate us..Just goes with the territory..and BTW fgoodwin..it is called sarcasm..
bevomav, you still didn’t respond to my main point: if the Cowboys had taken care of business, we wouldn’t need the Cards (or any other NFC team) to keep the Steelers from winning their sixth.
There’s no point in getting down on the Cards — its the Cowboys we should be mad at, not any other team.
I am not mad at the Cards or the Boys..I could care less if the Cards make or don’t make the playoffs..although I was pulling for them against Darth Vader’s Team..
OK..the Boys didn’t take care of business..Feel Better?
I’ll feel better when the ‘Boys DO take care of business and we won’t have to have this discussion . . .
Got that right..and amen..