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Pioneer 02-01-09 12:08 PM

Superbowl
 
Pick the winner.

Digital_Trucker 02-01-09 12:14 PM

I predict that the winner of the Super Bowl will be (drum roll please)...............









The team with the most points at the end of the game:|\\

CaptainHaplo 02-01-09 12:20 PM

I am going with the Cardinals - mainly because they beat my Panthers! *Don't worry Panther fans - we won't have Jake "I throw high and behind" Delhomme forever.

Pioneer 02-01-09 02:04 PM

My daughter reports that the entire township of Melbourne and Geelong (Victoria) will be tuning in to watch a local boy play.
Ben Graham, punter on the Cardinals, is the (supposed) first Australian to go to the Superbowl. Consequently, in that part of the world, where apparently the Australians are unable to beat even the Kiwi's at the moment :nope: they're looking for anybody to get a win.

UnderseaLcpl 02-01-09 02:22 PM

I suppose I'll root for the Steelers because "Cardinals" is a horrible name for a football team, especially one from Arizona. I understand that the name has travelled with the franchise, but why not just rename to something that doesn't suck and maybe fits the state a little better, like the Arizona Phoenixes, or that would at least be alliterative, like the Arizona Apaches?


In any event, I doubt I'll enjoy the game too much because seeing the Steelers will remind me of my beloved Seahawks "defeat" in Superbowl XL, with all its' BS refereeing.:x :damn: :damn: :damn:

sunvalleyslim 02-01-09 04:51 PM

When your favorite team isn't playing............Root for the Underdog.............:yeah:

baggygreen 02-01-09 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pioneer
My daughter reports that the entire township of Melbourne and Geelong (Victoria) will be tuning in to watch a local boy play.
Ben Graham, punter on the Cardinals, is the (supposed) first Australian to go to the Superbowl. Consequently, in that part of the world, where apparently the Australians are unable to beat even the Kiwi's at the moment :nope: they're looking for anybody to get a win.

I heard otherwise - news reports outta melb with "experts" saying that noone will bother because we're in the doldrums so much from the pathetic cricket team that was selected.

besides, gridiron is too stop-start for my liking. Only part of it i'd like to see incorporated is the cheergirls!

Falkirion 02-01-09 06:17 PM

Hope the Cardinals do. But I know Pittsburgh's got a tough d line

TarJak 02-01-09 06:41 PM

I voted who cares cos I'm a Raiders fan but I think the Steelers may just hold the Cards out.

Pioneer 02-01-09 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baggygreen
I heard otherwise - news reports outta melb with "experts" saying that noone will bother because we're in the doldrums so much from the pathetic cricket team that was selected.


Daughter has been in Melbourne/Geelong all week, back home in Bne now.

I called some friends already, Illfracombe (Longreach) Cloncurry, Karratha. They're all watching.

Someone asked me why I didn't just drive from San Diego to the see the game. :har:

baggygreen 02-01-09 07:49 PM

I read that the ex-cat was in the team for his kicking.. they couldn't have chosen a player from another sport much better than to choose an afl man!!

Pioneer 02-01-09 08:25 PM

Half time show was better then the first 29 minutes and 40 seconds.

GoldenRivet 02-01-09 09:24 PM

I WAS ROOTING FOR THE CARDINALS

BUT THEY WERE TRULY A WEAK, PATHETIC UNPROFESSIONAL TEAM TONIGHT!!!

they need to go and hide for the entire off season :stare:

my little league team could take them the way they are playing tonight- they are making WAY too many mistakes on the field.

:nope:

Fincuan 02-01-09 09:52 PM

You were saying? :D

Quite amazing what one touchdown can do...

Pioneer 02-01-09 10:14 PM

I'm not a fan of either but THAT was a great game to watch.:yeah:

August 02-01-09 10:14 PM

One of the better Superbowls that I can remember.

Aramike 02-01-09 10:23 PM

Yeah, the whole game was an all-time classic.

CaptainHaplo 02-01-09 10:24 PM

A good game regardless of the outcome.

Onkel Neal 02-02-09 12:21 AM

Oops, sorry, Grant, I voted twice in the poll, once as admin :timeout: I, uh, forgot I voted as admin this morning...er, great game, huh?

GoldenRivet 02-02-09 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fincuan
You were saying? :D

Quite amazing what one touchdown can do...

very sloppy game. good game.... but very sloppy mostly on the part of the cardinals.

The cardinals got lucky on one TD which closed the gap but it was too little too late.

I don't doubt the cardinals are a skilled team which had a great season... but they failed to bring their "A-Game" to Tampa tonight.

The steelers were obviously the superior and dominant team in this game, they knew what they had to do, they knew what players to watch, and how to exploit the cardinals' weaknesses. The cardinals on the other hand seemed completely unprepared and unfocused.

The cardinals played a sloppy first half and made way too many costly mistakes in the opening exchange of blows.

how many holding calls do we have to see against the cardinals??? this is the super bowl... these are professional sports teams for crying out loud, these guys should have been more or less broken of that habit by the time they made their sophomore years in high school or at least college ball!!! You should not be surrendering that type of yardage in a game of this magnitude and importance.

i know there is a high desire to be aggressive but there is no excuse for that many penalty calls in the first half of play alone.

Kurt Warner was completely shut down by the Steelers defense from the very beginning.

Big Ben Roethlisberger and his team knew exactly what they came to tampa to do tonight and that was - TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL!

The cardinals... they just showed up for a football game.

its true that great players like Larry Fitzgerald step up to make big plays when it counts.

But great teams can usually ensure that such heroics arent required by clinching the win early.


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