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PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

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Discuss and Predictions

i like both teams actually but since the Steelers beat my Chargers on Monday Night Football, i'm going to go with the Seahawks... :D

I hope the SEAHAWKS win!

But the steelers prolly will

This is a very tough call. Both teams are very good on both sides of the ball. Both have weapons that can strike quickly. Fairly even match-up.
Should make for an excellent Super Bowl!

I'm going with the Seahawks. I feel a bit more confident in the ground game of Alexander. Bettis is a great running back but I feel Alexander is more capable of putting up the big numbers and carrying the team.

Plus, as a Cowboys fan, it is physically impossible for me to pick or root for the Steelers! :p

Seahawks all the way :woohoo:

What's up with Detroit giving the key to the city to Bettis. I know he grew up as a kid in Detroit but didn't he leave to go play college ball at Notre Dame, and he's never played otherwise in Detroit? I'm just breaking balls here because it's Pittsburgh but you Michigan fans should be outraged :p :D Maybe if he went to Ohio State huh! :confused:

I'm going with the Steelers.

Seahawks all the way :woohoo:

What's up with Detroit giving the key to the city to Bettis. I know he grew up as a kid in Detroit but didn't he leave to go play college ball at Notre Dame, and he's never played otherwise in Detroit? I'm just breaking balls here because it's Pittsburgh but you Michigan fans should be outraged :p :D Maybe if he went to Ohio State huh! :confused:

You have to know our mayor to know why. He's a tool. It about him in the spotlight.

Mayor of the city in the superbowl should be equal to both sides.......

Why cant the mayor of the city like one team better? Unless they don't give a damn about football... that would be the only reason I see. I hate political correctness. Let 'em like the Steelers or Bettis all he wants.

Why cant the mayor of the city like one team better? Unless they don't give a damn about football... that would be the only reason I see. I hate political correctness. Let 'em like the Steelers or Bettis all he wants.

Not a matter of being PC. Matter of not giving either team a home field advantage.

I wouldn't say they have home field advantage because the mayor likes them. 250 miles vs. 2000 miles, now that's another story . I think 70% of the crowd at the game will be rooting for Pittsburgh but I still think Seattle will win.

Steelers :thumbup:

Seahawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seahawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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:uh: ;) :D

PITTSBURGH STEELERS :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I hope they don't pull this thread..but what is your prediciton for the Superbowl>

Steelers 35-27

Steelers 27 Seahawks 13

Seahawks 25 Steelers 17

Seahawks 35, Steelers 10

Seahawks 24 Steelers 13

Steelers 28 LSU 20 :D

And you pick them to lose? Just kidding...

Maybe LSU and Oregon State can play again..this time we will actually kick the all through those tall sticks in the endzones.

:cool:

steelers 1000 seahawks 3 :woohoo: :woohoo:

Steelers27 Seahawks 24

Seahawks 14
Steelers 13

Steelers Win 27 - Seahawks 17

Seahawks - 30
Steelers - 24

My heart tells me that this ist going to be the end of the road for the bus. Plus angry towels knocked off the Indi Colts.

Seattle 24

Steelers 10

Steelers - 27

Seahawks - 17

I don't really care which team wins.... Buc's lost :cry:

I like Seattle to hang in there close and cover the 4 points.

Im rooting for Seattle

But I love to watch Palomalu <sp> lay the smack down..

should be a great game regardless :thumbup:

what is superbowl?

Some kind of bowling? anyway what´s that stupid sport got to do with lexus IS? :)

Weather isn't too bad out here, a few blue clouds but mostly overcast... :D

Weather isn't too bad out here, a few blue clouds but mostly overcast... :D

lol...

Go Seattle!

what is superbowl?

Some kind of bowling? anyway what´s that stupid sport got to do with lexus IS? :)

It's the final championship game in american football. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, sporting event of the year here. If you want tickets, you end up paying thousands of dollars for them. Companies spend millions of dollars for just a 30 second TV advertisement during this game.

i like seattle to win this just b/c everyonehas jumped on the pittsburg band wagon, hopefully it will be a good game

Stealers 7 -3

Penalties are killing both teams so far....and IMO there were two questionable calls. The first one was the incomplete Seattle pass when the receiver had clear possession and then got hit and the ball was knocked loose....that to me looked like a clear fumble. The second, of course, was the Steeler touchdown....the ball did not look to me like it actually reached the plane of the thick white goal line before the quarterback went down....but of course the refs have much better equipment to look at it up close on the replay than we do so I guess the ruling stays.

Stealers 7 -3

Ironically.....that is the score at halftime.

Trust me :D 1 minute is not going to save seattle.

A grand @ 10 to 1 is a good payout :D

Steelers Super Bowl 40 Champions!

Trust me :D 1 minute is not going to save seattle.

A grand @ 10 to 1 is a good payout :D

:woot: Party at Brian's house. :D

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn my dad put it on seahawks, i told him steelers wtf

:woohoo:
Yeah...I was pulling for Pittsburgh too. I was a big fan of the Steel Curtain of the mid-late 1970's...arguably the best football team in history.

Ok. The Steelers wanted to win. Bettis wanted to win. And the fans wanted the Steelers to win. But even more, the NFL wanted the Steelers to win. Afterall, without the win, there would be no "story". That story goes back to the Steelers game against the Colts, and Big Ben's last second tackle to save the game and make it to the Super Bowl so Bettis could come home to Detroit. What a story! Too bad poor officiating had to ruin this story. So it was awful officiating that turned the tide of the game and not the players of either team. First a Seattle touchdown disallowed by a weak call. Then Big Ben gets a "make up" call (for the bad call in the Colts game) allowing what appeared to be no TD, to be a score. Then as Seattle tried to go for the lead with a pass reception to the Steelers 1yd line, they get a holding call on what wasn't a hold. To put icing on the cake, they call QB Hasselback for an illegal block when he tackled the runner after his next play was picked off. Those poor calls resulted in a swing of 21 points in favor of the Steelers. Could the officials of the NFL made it any more obvious who was supposed to win this game? With all that was said surrounding the Colts/Steelers officiating, I wonder how this game could have been done so poorly. But it's obvious...the NFL wanted the Steelers to win so they could squeeze all the publicity they could out of this "story". What a shame for us fans who wanted the teams to decide the game.

I loved that trick play.

That was the most BORING Super Bowl I have EVER SEEN! The highlight of the game were the commercials. Everything was bad about this game, from the officiating to the halfime show, to the postgame show. YEESH! Talk about the mother of all screwups! :egads:

Ok. But even more, the NFL wanted the Steelers to win. Too bad poor officiating had to ruin this story. So it was awful officiating that turned the tide of the game and not the players of either team. .

I agree there were some questionable calls....especially Roethlisburger's TD in the second quarter. The ball did not appear to me to have reached the goal line before he went down. But I have to disagree that the league and the officials were Pittsburgh-biased, in spite of the fact that the crowd clearly was. Pittsburgh ( as well as Seattle ) was penalized numerous times during the game for various offenses, and another questionable call in the first half clearly benefitted Seattle when the Seattle pass receiver ( forgot his name ) had clear possession of a ball on the right side of the field, got hit, and fumbled it...the referee ruled it an incomplete pass. That fumble, had it been ruled correctly, could have been picked up by one of the Steelers and run back.

congrads to the steelers, but it was a pretty boring game if you ask me. there was no suspense or excitement, i was rooting for the underdog seahawks but im glad Cowher finally won a title. all those steelers that lost the superbowl and all those AFC championships deserve it also

Congrats to the Steelers, they had a great run to prove they are the best in the NFL this year.

Yeah those officials made some horrible calls, Roth didn't break the plain, Stevens fumbled, Roth didn't call that timeout in time, Porters tackle on Alexander was a horse collar, D-Jacks push off was BS (Ward did the same exact thing on 2 of his catches too), A penalty for hitting the ball carrier on Hasslebeck, but that's not the reason we lost the game. We gave up 3 big plays on defense that killed us, other than that we played well. Herndon is so gawd damn slow, big Rocky Bernard was even keeping up with him until he pulled his hammy. Offense did a brilliant job from the 20 to about the 35 but when we sniffed the red zone the wheels fell off. Poor play calling at the end of the first half and throughout the game but the biggest reason we lost were the passes that Jeremy Stevens dropped. Not just the drops but they were critical passes, 3rd downs where if he catches those we get a first or we're knocking on the door to punch in a TD.

I'm disappointed but proud of my team at the same time. This was a great season to be part of here in Seattle and I expect it to keep rolling. Can't wait for next season to start, GO HAWKS!

Ok. The Steelers wanted to win. Bettis wanted to win. And the fans wanted the Steelers to win. But even more, the NFL wanted the Steelers to win. Afterall, without the win, there would be no "story". That story goes back to the Steelers game against the Colts, and Big Ben's last second tackle to save the game and make it to the Super Bowl so Bettis could come home to Detroit. What a story! Too bad poor officiating had to ruin this story. So it was awful officiating that turned the tide of the game and not the players of either team. First a Seattle touchdown disallowed by a weak call. Then Big Ben gets a "make up" call (for the bad call in the Colts game) allowing what appeared to be no TD, to be a score. Then as Seattle tried to go for the lead with a pass reception to the Steelers 1yd line, they get a holding call on what wasn't a hold. To put icing on the cake, they call QB Hasselback for an illegal block when he tackled the runner after his next play was picked off. Those poor calls resulted in a swing of 21 points in favor of the Steelers. Could the officials of the NFL made it any more obvious who was supposed to win this game? With all that was said surrounding the Colts/Steelers officiating, I wonder how this game could have been done so poorly. But it's obvious...the NFL wanted the Steelers to win so they could squeeze all the publicity they could out of this "story". What a shame for us fans who wanted the teams to decide the game.



Yeah I thought it was just me but all the calls went Steelers.

Watching some of the game again I see at least 3 times that the Steelers D-end jumped offsides, no call. The other thing I noticed on Ben's TD, the linesman is coming in with one hand down to spot the ball short, it's only when Ben pulls the ball out from his gut and puts it over the goal line that the official calls it a TD, WTF?

yes, I can admit that there were some sketchy calls...even as a born-and raised Pittsburgh Steeler fan. But what's with all this "The NFL wanted Pittsburgh to win" crap??? :rolleyes: The league their $$$ either way. Just b/c one team winning makes for a better story in the papers, that leaves no reason to cry conspiracy IMO.

Hasselbeck played a great game, a better one than Big Ben did. Seattle simply didnt capitalize on their opportunities in order to win. Pittsburgh also had it's share of setbacks in the form of bad calls in the Indy game, but they still found a way to win. Period. How many missed Seattle field goals and dropped passes did we see? And by the way, what NFL d-back still falls for the reverse halfback pass? lol

The bottom line is this: Everyone here knows as well as i do that even if all the penalties are hypothetically taken out of the game, Pittsburgh is just a better and more complete ball team than Seattle hands down.

The bottom line is this: Everyone here knows as well as i do that even if all the penalties are hypothetically taken out of the game, Pittsburgh is just a better and more complete ball team than Seattle hands down.

Sorry, not everyone here. I still think Seattle is a better team. As far as taking the penalties out of the game, Seattle probably wins. We had a TD and a completion to the 2 yard line taken away :uh:

Here's a nice article from a guy who picked Pittsburgh
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5310192

Sorry, not everyone here. I still think Seattle is a better team. As far as taking the penalties out of the game, Seattle probably wins. We had a TD and a completion to the 2 yard line taken away :uh:

Here's a nice article from a guy who picked Pittsburgh
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5310192

maybe so, but I am obviously biased. ;) I guess we can respectfully agree to disagree. Seattle def played a better game, at least from an offensive standpoint. I still have a tendency to think that in a matchup with these two teams playing their best football (which neither one was) and without questionable officiating that Pittsburgh would still come out on top. Just look at the disparity in talent when comparing rosters.

I was also kinda bummed at how boring of a game this turned out to be.

Hey i'm biased too but I don't see the disparity either so respectfully disagree it is ;) I do agree it was pretty boring, I expected alot more from both teams.

if Seattle was better they would have won...that was the worst game the Steelers played in 2 months and it was still good enough to win

why is no one taking about Jeremy Stevens and his 9000 dropped balls?
why is no talking about Holgrems poor clock management in the last 2 min of both halves?
why is no one talking about the two missed field goals?

probably because it's easier to blame the refs then have to face the reality of your team blowing numerous opportunities

good teams beat both the other team and the refs (if they have to)...see Steelers v Colts a few weeks ago

if Seattle was better they would have won...that was the worst game the Steelers played in 2 months and it was still good enough to win

why is no one taking about Jeremy Stevens and his 9000 dropped balls?
why is no talking about Holgrems poor clock management in the last 2 min of both halves?
why is no one talking about the two missed field goals?

probably because it's easier to blame the refs then have to face the reality of your team blowing numerous opportunities

good teams beat both the other team and the refs (if they have to)...see Steelers v Colts a few weeks ago


Did you read my first post on the game, you missed a few things then.

You're correct on the FG's but in reality we shouldn't have even been in a position to have to attempt them from 50 and 54. The punting was actually worse, everything into the damn end zone which is unusual for a veteran like Rouen who has a couple of those SB rings from Denver.

Congrats again Sticky, you guys are the champs and no matter what happened we can't take it away.

Worst 1st half EVER. Boring, slow, bad calls. I thik the steelers should have been down a td, and seahawks should have been up a td. However i do think that its cool that The Bus got to retire in perfect spot.

Im disappointed that all of the key players really didnt get to shine.

originally posted by SCRUFFDOGG
Did you read my first post on the game, you missed a few things then.

yes...then I read this:

originally posted by SCRUFFDOGG
Sorry, not everyone here. I still think Seattle is a better team. As far as taking the penalties out of the game, Seattle probably wins.

if Seattle was the better team, they would have won. Penalties are part of the game, as much a part of the game as running and passing.

IMO all this complaining is just stupid and it won't change a thing. Seattle fans should be concentrating on things they can control, like re-singing Alexander and/or cutting Jeremy Stevens. How is that guy (with his past) even in the league?

originally posted by SCRUFFDOGG
Congrats again Sticky, you guys are the champs and no matter what happened we can't take it away.

thanks I appreciate it :thumbup:

It's just me then, I don't always think the better team wins all the time. Even Houston and the Niners won a few games this year. I still think USC was a better team too ;)

It's not the penalties, it's the bad calls and it's not just Seattle fans saying this. Did you hear the announcers, the halftime crew, the post game guys, are you listening to the sports radio today. If you didn't see a problem with how that game was officiated than you are in the minority. You're correct it won't change what happened, and I don't think people are suggesting that, but it needs to be addressed by the NFL.

Boring Boring Boring....didnt care a bit for either team...but just wondering when do the refs get their Superbowl rings from the Steelers now?...not saying they needed it, but all the significant calls seem to be one sided....this year's batch of NFL playoff refs have been the worst ever IMO...but good for the Bus to come back for this one final year :thumbup:

It's just me then, I don't always think the better team wins all the time. Even Houston and the Niners won a few games this year. I still think USC was a better team too ;)

It's not the penalties, it's the bad calls and it's not just Seattle fans saying this. Did you hear the announcers, the halftime crew, the post game guys, are you listening to the sports radio today. If you didn't see a problem with how that game was officiated than you are in the minority. You're correct it won't change what happened, and I don't think people are suggesting that, but it needs to be addressed by the NFL.

the D-Jack call was correct...albeit picky
http://www.nfl.com/fans/rules/passinterference

Actions that constitute offensive pass interference include but are not limited to:

(a) Blocking down field by an offensive player prior to the ball being touched.

(b) Initiating contact with a defender by shoving or pushing off thus creating a separation in an attempt to catch a pass.

(c) Driving through a defender who has established a position on the field.

Ben's arm was over the line (TD)
http://io2.steelers.com/MediaContent/2006/02/05/17/sbxl_roethlisberger_td_L_62395.jpg

and it was holding on Locklear (you can't grab around a guy neck/ Madden was wrong on that call)

Doesn't matter if his arm crossed, it's the ball, and you can't tell squat from that angle. Like I said, you're in the minority if you think those were good calls.

I also think last years Steelers squad was better than this one. And Bettis retiring actually makes you guys better :eek2:

Like I said, you're in the minority if you think those were good calls.

I never said they were good calls, they were 50/50 calls that went against you

all it tells me is a bunch of people are pissed off the Seahawks didn't cover the spread

plus being in the minority is no big deal. Numbers don't equal intelligence...remember, Hitler was elected :D

I also think last years Steelers squad was better than this one. And Bettis retiring actually makes you guys better :eek2:

nah, for two reasons...1)Ben was better this year, and w/o him in Cincinnati, Indy or Denver the Steelers aren't even playing in the Super Bowl 2) Willie Parker and the home run threat

Doesn't matter if his arm crossed, it's the ball, and you can't tell squat from that angle.
Another angle

http://www.youtube.com/w/Steelers-TouchDown-%231?v=vqzw3lvmJmk&search=Steelers%20touchdown

regardless of people's opinion of that play, we had a down or two left to get in the end zone and a 260-lb tailback to do the job. What else would the outcome have been? That's why I laugh when people challenge this call. :D Lord knows the Steelers had their fair share of bad calls against them this season. The point is to find a way to win no matter what.