Ain't That Great!

by 5020 on Feb 8, 2010 9:42 AM EST

I thought the most fun you could have watching a Super Bowl was in 2002 when Tampa absolutely "punked" the Raiders. But then when the Giants shocked the perfect Pats* I felt that might be better because of how the Pats* had tormented the Steelers throughout the early parts of this decade. Yesterday the Saints made me happy and strengthened the Steelers argument as best franchise against anyone. Why the Saints win was good for the Steelers?

* The Steelers will not face an NFL Champion in the AFC playoffs next year. This will only make the players more confident when facing down their eventual competition.

* The Colts and Peyton Manning are 1-1 in the Super Bowl. Even Tom Terrific has a Lombardi loss. Meanwhile, Ben Roethlisberger (the QB no talking head wants to anoint as elite) is 2-0 on Super Bowl Sunday with a career in front of him. As long as they pundits refuse to give Ben his rightful due he will have a chip on his shoulder. That is good.

* In the race of trying to figure who is team of the decade the past 10 years, the Colts have respectfully declined to step forward leaving the argument to be waged between Pittsburgh and Boston. Boston will claim one more Lombardi but the Steelers will claim Spygate.

* The Pittsburgh Steeler factor helped the Saints. Like the Steelers of the 70s, the Saints were a downtrodden loser franchise that waited 40 years to win anything. The Steelers first Super Bowl title was in New Orleans. Both teams have great colors!

* The Bill Cowher factor was in New Orleans favor. The Saints wear black & gold like Cowher's hometown team. Cowher picked the Saints and was the only pundit to do so on CBS pregame. The Saints used the on sides kick that Cowher used in XXX to change momentum.

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Seems like you got kind of cut off at the end there, 50...

I did a little research a while ago, and the cheatriots have had a better overall team this decade (more wins, more SB titles, ETC.) ALTHOUGH…there is that whole spygate thing, therefore, they are disqualified.

"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods

by Steel Spike on Feb 8, 2010 12:03 PM EST reply actions

There lies the argument Fever. Let it begin.

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Feb 8, 2010 1:22 PM EST up reply actions

The Team of the Decade debate should have it's own thread...

"OOH! A piece of candy. OOH! A piece of candy."
-James Woods

by Steel Spike on Feb 8, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions

I'd like to see their stats after getting busted for spyyyygaaaate

by klompus on Feb 8, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions

When Manning kept saying "dissapointed"

..can you even imagine it, after some of the seasons he has had and the work that it takes to just get there….and now, along with everyone else, has to start over again.

Clock’s ticking for him I think.

by Twell on Feb 8, 2010 12:50 PM EST reply actions

Tick. Tick. Tick. I agree. After all his early career disappointments in the Playoffs it seemed he got over the hump in 06. Then this debacle. No 19-0. No Lombardi. At least he has a Championship. Marino & Kelly would LOVE one.

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Feb 8, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Marino & Kelly would LOVE one.

And Trent Dilfer already got his….oh the irony

by Twell on Feb 8, 2010 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

no that Defense got that ring

all he had to do was not screw it up and even then he couldn’t do that considering the offense did score a touchdown in 6 straight games or something like that

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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 8, 2010 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

i had their kicker that year in fantasy football

and oooo boy I was cruising the first six games

by klompus on Feb 8, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions

that Defense got that ring

..that was kind of my point, so I agree.

You can be an elite QB and never get it, and then some game manager goes and does.

by Twell on Feb 8, 2010 4:16 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder

if things might have been different if Manning and the Colts had been alllowed to go for perfection?

Might they have been a little more motivated to play in a SB at 18-0?

by tobiathan on Feb 8, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions

No one will ever know, of course

but it is an interesting speculation. I personally think that karma overtook them on Sunday. And even if they had lost after going 17-0, maybe more than 11 people would have been at the airport to see them fly home…

"You learn more in failure than you do in success." - Mike Tomlin

by Rebecca Rollett on Feb 9, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, that's good, we'll start calling them Boston instead of New England

Maybe the Boston Belichicks?

by Billy52 on Feb 8, 2010 1:12 PM EST reply actions

Last Point

The Chargers chose Phil over Drew Brees and jettisoned him. Drew Brees gets vindication and a Championship. Phil Rivers and The Chargers get Nada. In the Ben/Eli/Rivers debate the poor sport Rivers continues to see a Championship elude him. The Chargers who broke our hearts in 82 (Fouts) and again in 94 (Pupunu) and possess an entitled fan base continue to be in search of their first Lombardi…

So there are my 6 top reasons that I had fun yesterday watching the game. Obviously it isn’t as fulfilling as a Steelers victory on Super Sunday but it’s about as much fun as you can have sans Lombardi.

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Feb 8, 2010 1:33 PM EST reply actions

you gotta take what you can get

I took the saints with 5 points and didn’t need them…

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Feb 8, 2010 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

Pupunu

I remember he cracked open that football and drank it like a coconut. Man I was pissed.

Thanks for dredging that one up…

Bad Andy, Good Pizza.

by count'em_six on Feb 8, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions

GRRRRR

I was there

by Steelchamps !! on Feb 8, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions

Missed Opportunities

That was part of Cowher’s Neil O’Donnell experiment. He was Cowher’s first decision. O’Donnell over Brister. That decision was vital in denying a ring to Kirkland, Lloyd, Lake, Jerry O, John L WIlliams, Foster etc. O’Donnell’s constant wilting in big games (see 92 playoffs vs Buffalo, 94 playoffs vs SD, 95 playoffs vs Colts, XXX) led to debacles like Pupunu.

When You Run The Ball Good Things Happen

by 5020 on Feb 8, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah

that Cowher team cam within a few plays of four Superbowls. Amazing, in hindsight. If The Chin had made just a couple different choices in the ’90’s we’d be holding 10 Lombardis.

But- we’re still very fortunate to have the success we do. At least we never cheated.

I’d rather lose right than win wrong any day of the week…

by tobiathan on Feb 8, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions