Damn...what a game!

I'm still wondering why the final play wasn't reviewed upstairs to see if it was a fumble or not? In THAT situation, the Cards got robbed.

But yeah, helluva game.

MuthaFunka said:

It was.

kpowers said:

Was it? I didn't see them take a timeout to review it. I don't think it was.

MuthaFunka said:

Al Michaels, who keep saying it should be reviewed even though it looks like a fumlbe did say on the air that it was reviewed.

kpowers said:

If so, that was pretty damn fast for a review, especially when it looked like his arm was going forward as it was knocked out of hand.

MuthaFunka said:

Guess they didn't need to look at it 20 times like they did with Harrison and Holmes touchdowns that were clearly touchdowns

babynoz said:

Back-to-back classic Super Bowls!

kpowers said:

Naw, ESPN just reported that they didn't review it. The Cards got shafted on that play.

MuthaFunka said:

Yeah your right but the commentators on ESPN also feel that it was a fumble, as well as Al Michael and John Maden.
[Edited 2/2/09 2:46am]

"World Champions"

Hellava game though

mdiver said:

Yeah I wish they would change that,I call them NFL Champions. Don't like the Miss Universe contest as well because Earth always wins.

reneGade20 said:

So glad that it was a great game....Fitz's catch and run and then Santonio's toe-tapper...WOW!! THAT'S what the SB is supposed to be all about...the two teams at the end leaving it all out on the field....

Go Steelers!!!!

kpowers said:

I thought it was a fumble. But hey, the Cardinals defense didn't step up and get a stop on that last drive(just like Philly's defense in the NFC Champuonship).

uPtoWnNY said:

The ball went forward, therefore, his arm was going forward. If the ball had gone backward, then it would have been a fumble. Why they didn't review that is truly ridiculous. ESPECIALLY considering the magnitude of the game.

The biggest memories from the game:

- Rogers-Cromartie's fantastic play to knock away a TD pass to Nate Washington.

- Both teams' run defense was stellar. I was surprised the Cards' bottled up Willie Parker as they did.

- Whisenhunt winning 2 challenges in the same game on critical plays.

- Darnell Docket played a whale of a game from the defensive tackle spot.

- James Harrison making the best defensive play ever in a Super Bowl AND taking one of the most blatant cheap shots (even if it was in retaliation) I've seen in Super Bowl history.

- Larry Fitzgerald scoring one of the most memorable touchdowns in Super Bowl history. What kind of defense was Pittsburgh playing, the "Please Score On Me No. 11" dime package? You stack your safeties on each sideline, with single coverage, and you don't think Fitzgerald could take that thing to the house? Patrick Fitzgerald might could have scored against that alignment.

- The game was so chippy it seemed like a divisional game.

- Maybe Santonio Holmes will play with more consistency now. He and Plax Burress had two of the best games at WR in Super Bowl history, back to back.

- The refs ALMOST decided this game at several points.

namepeace said:

If he continues to improve, the sky's the limit for that cat. His closing speed is sick!

namepeace said:

Let's hope the young brotha doesn't follow in Plax's footsteps and accidentally shoots himself.

To all the steeler haters out there especially
the ravens and clowns fans in cleveland





we're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you




The steelers got six rings bitch

phunkdaddy said:

mdiver said:

Is there a team outside the United States ready to step up and play the Pittsburgh Steelers?

Didn't think so . . . .
So why aren't they world champions?
It's not our fault that the rest of the world doesn't play American football.

There is no dispute in professional football. Canadian and Australian rules football have separate rules, so even though they play a version of football, they can't contend that the SuperBowl winner isn't the world champion.

kpowers said:

Congratulations to Pittsburgh. But.....


A day after the Pittsburgh Steelers won their sixth Super Bowl title, most talk down in Arizona is centered on the fact that fans there feel they got screwed on a couple calls in the Super Bowl.

Two plays stand out. Well, three actually. Certainly the last play of the game, where Kurt Warner was sacked and stripped of the ball by Lamarr Woodley, which was then recovered by defensive lineman Brett Keisel, could have been questioned.

Officials upstairs apparently reviewed the play and relayed to the head official downstairs the ball was indeed fumbled. But Warner and Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt disagreed.

And you also had the Santonio Holmes celebration where he did the LeBron James impersonation after scoring the game-winning touchdown. Holmes did not receive a unsportsmanlike penalty, and Cardinals could have had 15 more yards of better field position to begin the drive

The Adrian Wilson roughing the kicker penaltiy when he took out the holder also was curious. I’ve never seen that called for taking out the holder, not the kicker.

SUPRMAN said:

You know, it would be incredible if the rest of the world did develop competitive American Football teams. But it would be just as much an uphill climb for them as it is for us in futbol.

july said:

You can get a discount on haterade in cleveland.

july said:

You conveniently left out the calls that went against pittsburgh. James harrison
was being held forever and a day. The holding call in the end zone was curious as the arizona defender was falling into center justin hartwig. As far as the adrian wilson call is concerned, if you can get a roughing the kicker penalty why can't you get a personal foul called if you rough up the holder. Kurt Warner later admitted after the game it was a fumble. He attempted to come forward but he was hit and coughed up the ball before his arm came forward. That was too easy to call. I always shake my head and laugh when people cry foul. The steelers lost a playoff game last season to jacksonville and the league admitted they made a mistake on the david garrard scramble that allowed them to win. So what? I didn't cry foul because the steelers had 4 quarters to play for it not to come down to that. The refs didn't play defense for arizona on the steelers game winning drive. And the ref didn't throw that int to james harrison for a 100 yard touchdown. It was a great game and the better team one.