Unfortunately, I was expecting a troy pick6 but idk, it didn’t happen. The Wookiee & Deebo made it happen. I’m a glad we saw Hines get an a really good grab, no need for Sweed, yet. You guys, I’m EXTREMELY excited right now. I was in a HOUSE FULL of card fans and I was about to kill someone after the cheering erupted after the last Fitz TD. But still, we won & that’s all that matters

and Blitz, you’re the best, thanks for making me look forward to coming here everyday.

For my money… that was the best super bowl ever.

I am still struggling to make sense of this game. On the one hand we dominated most of the first half and much of the third quarter. We went in to the 4th quarter with a 13 point lead. We had plenty of opportunities to turn this one into a laugher.

Only problem is that we were playing a very strong offensive football team with their backs up against the wall. So instead of watching Willie eat clock late in the fourth quarter we found ourselves down 3 at our own 22 with a little over 2 minutes left to play.

78 yards and a whole bunch of big plays by Big Ben later and we are Super Bowl Champs for the 6th time.

I agree with everything you wrote Blitz, but I want to add one big thing. This team has character. There were plenty of opportunities to whine, get scared, choke, and play tight. But when big plays were needed these guys came up big. Time and time again.

I lay the credit for that with the players. I also give it to Mike Tomlin. His men were ready to play and they played for 59 minutes and 45 seconds. Then they dumped gatorade on his head and made him the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl. They also made the Rooneys look smart.

But had a very key tackle on that BB INT. Very heads-up play.

I think its a microcosm of our D this season.

Its an absolutely huge play by Harrison. Great instincts on the pic and insane athleticism on the run back (you taking notes Lawerance?). It seems that he just WILLS the play to happen.

But you also got to love how every single player is down field blocking. Two insane blocks are thrown by Timmons and Woodley.

predicted the inevitable false start penalty? Darnell Stapleton proved that you weren’t a liar. =]

I admit that 9-7 was may call for the year. I am a glass empty kind of person, but starting the season with a patchwork O-line and the Faneca soap opera from last year, 9-7 at best was all I could muster. What an incredible team, incredible night, incredible season.

Being inebriated, my last thought from the game was Get the word out to as many spots as possible that Arians would be a great head coach and TRADE IKE TAYLOR FOR WHATEVER WE CAN GET FOR HIM!!!!

But since Smacky doesn’t feel bad about repeating himself – why not

Penalties on Smacky

Holding (on to the past)
Unsportsmanlike Conduct (for trolling a SB victory celebration without any class)
Party Interference or is that Encroachment?

my lil baby cousin was talking all about the “cute horsies”

“there aint no mountain high enough..” kinda reflects on our 09 steeler no?

already see some crying from Cards fans about the officiating. The front story on Yahoo is that there should have been a booth review on the fumble by Warner that ended the game.

about 0.00000001 % of me feels sorry that Fitz didn’t get a Lombardi, he certainly has the skills worthy of one. However, the 99.999999999 % Steeler part of me overrides that so it’s all good.

Although I’ve been following from the outside, and have not been a member until tonight, you have all made it easier for this Steeler fan exiled in Eagles country to enjoy the Steelers over the last few years.

Kudos to Blitzburgh and the other writers for their work on the site. Kudos to the community for the great dialog during and after games.

But I was too superstitious. LOL

No doubt, Pittsburgh West – Arizona Cards – played with and were in a position to WIN against a superior team. The Cards are a GREAT team.
Now, look a little deeper.
There was a lotta hype about the coaches and the competition/decision about who became the STEELERS head coach going into this game.
Think about this….
Three of the coaches in this game where finalists to replace the TREMENDOUS head coach, Bill Cowher.
The ROONEY organization chose Mike Tomlin, and HE and HIS team won!!!

Straight up, THE best play in SuperBowl history was and SHALL FOREVER BE the INT by James Harrison.

and James was not the MVP. says it all about TEAM playl.

The more I think about Ben’s performance, I am just forced to shake my head. How many bad throws did he have that game? Of his 9 incompleitions – maybe 3-4 went off receivers hands or chests. He “missed” two long throws to Nate, but apart from that he was amazing. Of his 21 completions how many were made on the run? How many were made on broken plays? Ridiculous.

Steve Young: “I watched the MVP of the game… I watched a lot of football, but that last drive, your improvisation, that was impressive it was, it was….”
Ben “Legendary”
Steve Young “Exactly – Legendary”

Yeah, I caught that exchange.

It cannot be overstated, Mike Tomlin IS Pittsburgh Steelers football!
And it is time to over analyze St. Tomlin’s ascension from the Emperor Chaz coaching tree.
Was it just a lucky guess that this guy was a better HC than the Whiz or Grimm?
Mike Tomlin is the real deal. The DYNASTY deal.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09033/946358-87.stm

for me, (a hard core Steeler fan with {some?} knowledge of the game,) RC’s breakdown of the importance of JH’s INT at the end of the half rings true.

Here we go,
Here we go,
Here we go,
Steelers,
Here we go,
Pittsburgh’s WON the Super Bowl
Here we go

Cheer the steelers,
Black and the gold,
It’s time for Pittsburgh’s heart and soul,
Steeler Nations got the best fans
We’re for Pittsburgh
SIX

time Super Bowl champs!

I am completely in awe of this game. It didn’t go anywhere like I thought it would and it was even better than my best dreams! My thoughts:

*our defense did what it was supposed to do for 3 quarters of this game! They neutralized Fitzgerald for most of the game, making the Cards play for short games. There have been complaints about James getting a lot of passing yards. But you know what, we shut down their running game and made them go for 4-6 yards at a time. And that worked a lot for us. I’ve heard complaints about the lack of big play by Polamalu, but our safeties were covering Fitz, so when he was neutralized, they couldn’t make plays. The only complaint that I have is that because the secondary was playing so deep (how many times could you not see them in the picture?), when the Cards figured out to throw short to Fitz, the middle was wide open, giving the Cards lots of running room.

*HARRISON IS THE MAN!!!

*I thought the O-Line did very well tonight. Several times tonight they gave BigBen the time to make the play or extend the play. It wasn’t their best performace, but it was, overall, a great performance.

*Officiating. What the heck was that game? Did anyone else believe we’d see that many holding calls? Not that I’m complaining. They finally decided to call holding against Harrison. Every game, every year, there are going to be questionable calls, but I think the officiating was pretty good.

*Is anyone else wondering why they are not talking about Fitzgerald running for out of bounds for most of the run while trying to take down Harrison on that pick-6?

Well that’s just some of my thoughts for now. Time to enjoy one final IC Light.