super bowl prediction thread

[TheCalvinator24]

Was the QB O'Donnell?

The Steelers' QB was Neil O'Donnell, and Larry Brown was the Cowboys' DB who was the MVP. One stat I remember from that game was that Brown had more yards returning those two interceptions than Emmitt Smith had rushing.

That's because I was clearly the better player....

I knew I would draw you out eventually.

[trevor_macfee]

Steelers 18
Cardinals 10

MVP - Jeff Reed with a Super Bowl record 6 FGs

[Jeemie]

Steelers 18
Cardinals 10

MVP - Jeff Reed with a Super Bowl record 6 FGs

6 FGs = 18 points, leaving 10 more to be scored.

By five safeties?

Or a TD, missed XP, and 2 safeties?

Because those are the only two ways you can get to 28 without having a 7th FG being kicked.

Or maybe Ben drop-kicked the 7th FG?

[TheCalvinator24]

Steelers 18
Cardinals 10

MVP - Jeff Reed with a Super Bowl record 6 FGs

6 FGs = 18 points, leaving 10 more to be scored.

By five safeties?

Or a TD, missed XP, and 2 safeties?

Because those are the only two ways you can get to 28 without having a 7th FG being kicked.

Or maybe Ben drop-kicked the 7th FG?

What are you talking about? He said "18" not "28."

[Jeemie]

Wow!

My brain is playing tricks on me today.

I SWEAR that said 28.

But I can see from my quoted post it did not- he did not edit it.

OK- need more sleep!

[moonie]

PITTSBURGH 27
ARIZONA 20

MVP - Ben Rothlesberger

[Bob78164]

Jets 24, Giants 17. MVP Brett Favre. --Bob (who wonders why he can never win a football pool)

[DaveSenior72]

You won't need my help this time. 34-13 Steelers.

YEAH...unlike the Bolts

Cardinals 27
Steelers 21

The Cardinals share a common trait with the last three SB winners...lower-seed, surprise team who have been playing out of their heads since the playoffs started.

MVP Edgerrin James (28 rushes for 145 and 2 TD)

Sorry- the Colts don't fit that description. And the Bears, despite their #1 ranking, were probably one of the worst Super Bowl entrants we've had in some time.

Neither did the Steelers fit that description, either. They were only #6 because Ben got hurt and was out for three weeks, and then Batch got hurt as well, leaving us with Tommy "I Sack Myself" Maddox in at a critical point of the season.

Really only the Giants fit that description of a team that played markedly differently than they had most of the regular season (although it helped to face "I Disappear in December/January" Tampa and Dallas in the first two rounds and "I Never Threw an INT I didn't like" Brett Favre in the NFCCG)...and they needed a miracle pass and a missed INT by Asante Samuel to pull that upset off.

The '05 Steelers fought their way into the playoffs, then took out Carson Palmer's knee and won the first-round game, then had to have Big Ben tackle a stabbed Nick Harper PLUS Mike VanderSHANK's last FG try as a Colt going WAY wide to sneak out of the RCA Dome with a game that shouldn't have ended up that close, before they rolled Denver and then Seattle for XL. They were in no way an odds-on favorite to win.

The '06 Colts were written off going into the playoffs, even as a #3 seed--they were ranked dead-last against the run, and in the first round they were up against Larry Johnson and the Chiefs...but spanked them soundly. Then, the Field Goal Festival in Baltimore, another team that was supposed to run rough-shod all over the Colts. Then, The Comeback in The Dome, and Indy finally took out their nemesis on the way to Miami, and the date with Fumblesaurus Rex, and ultimately, the Ring.

I still say there's a parallel

[macrae1234]

I think it will be a close game and come down to a field goal. I think the Cards can score I also think the Cards because no one expected them to be there will be playing to win while the Steelers will be playing not to lose

Arizona 31 Pittsburgh 28 with the MVP
Kurt Warner

[Jeemie]

I think it will be a close game and come down to a field goal. I think the Cards can score I also think the Cards because no one expected them to be there will be playing to win while the Steelers will be playing not to lose

Arizona 31 Pittsburgh 28 with the MVP
Kurt Warner

You haven't watched games lately.

Pittsburgh hasn't "played not to lose" since last playoffs against Jax.

in fact, nowadays, Tomlin almost gambles TOO much.

[macrae1234]

You haven't watched games lately.

I guess that is a statement since there is no ? at the end. Yes I have and I was talking about this game in particular where more than the Eagles they are expected to win. I think AZ can score on this defense.

[Vandal]

I think it will come down to which QB plays better. Warner tossed for 414 and 365 against two pretty good defenses in his two previous SBs. Big Ben went for 123 against, um, Seattle. I really doubt he'll poop the bed, again, and Warner probably won't go nuts, but I'll take the grizzled veteran and the upstart Redbirds. Okay, I just don't want it to suck.

Arizona 31
Pitt 25 (they have a knack for scoring weird numbers)

MVP - Larry Fitzgerald

[Jeemie]

You haven't watched games lately.

I guess that is a statement since there is no ? at the end. Yes I have and I was talking about this game in particular where more than the Eagles they are expected to win. I think AZ can score on this defense.

I should have clarified by saying "watched Steeler games".

The Steelers don't "play not to lose" under Tomlin anymore.

They just don't.

Maybe Arizona will score against this defense and win, but the outcome won't result because the Steelers were "playing not to lose".

[starfish1113]

I'll give you the score by quarters:

Q1 - Steelers 10 Cards 0
Half - Steelers 20 Cards 0
Q3 - Steelers 23 Cards 10
Final - Steelers 37 Cards 10

Two pick 6's, but by two different players, negating their MVP possibilities. That prize will go to Willie Parker, who will rush for 103 yards and two touchdowns.

[peacock2121]

I'll give you the score by quarters:

Q1 - Steelers 10 Cards 0
Half - Steelers 20 Cards 0
Q3 - Steelers 23 Cards 10
Final - Steelers 37 Cards 10

Two pick 6's, but by two different players, negating their MVP possibilities. That prize will go to Willie Parker, who will rush for 103 yards and two touchdowns.

Close to my prediction, although I give Arizona more points. I want it to be a game where my stomach does flip flops and we are never behind.

34 - 22

Willie Parker!

[littlebeast13]

I'll say

Spoiler

29-20 Cardinals

for the hell of it, and then get some sleep until the game comes on.....

lb13

[kayrharris]

Spoiler

If I make a guess my underdog team won't win - so I'm waivering as to if I
should even do this.

Cards 28
Steelers 17

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

As I posted before, the Bidwells' role in @##@ing over the Pottsville Maroons makes it impossible for me to root for the Cardinals.

Nonetheless, I think the Cardinals will play well.

I would like Larry Fitzgerald to play well because he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

And, if that happens, the Cardinals may win. ALTHOUGH, the Eagles did shut him down pretty effectively in the second half (not that it matters when you give up 27 first-half points but...).

So, I am predicting....

Steelers 35
Cardinals 21

MVP -- the guy with the hair whose name I cannot remember, because he will pick off Warner at crucial times in the second half.

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

As I posted before, the Bidwells' role in @##@ing over the Pottsville Maroons makes it impossible for me to root for the Cardinals.

Nonetheless, I think the Cardinals will play well.

I would like Larry Fitzgerald to play well because he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

And, if that happens, the Cardinals may win. ALTHOUGH, the Eagles did shut him down pretty effectively in the second half (not that it matters when you give up 27 first-half points but...).

So, I am predicting....

Steelers 35
Cardinals 21

MVP -- the guy with the hair whose name I cannot remember, because he will pick off Warner at crucial times in the second half.

You mean Football Baby Boy! - Troy Polamalu

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

As I posted before, the Bidwells' role in @##@ing over the Pottsville Maroons makes it impossible for me to root for the Cardinals.

Nonetheless, I think the Cardinals will play well.

I would like Larry Fitzgerald to play well because he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

And, if that happens, the Cardinals may win. ALTHOUGH, the Eagles did shut him down pretty effectively in the second half (not that it matters when you give up 27 first-half points but...).

So, I am predicting....

Steelers 35
Cardinals 21

MVP -- the guy with the hair whose name I cannot remember, because he will pick off Warner at crucial times in the second half.

You mean Football Baby Boy! - Troy Polamalu

YES! I could NOT think of his name!

[AlphaDummy]

I want to see the Cardinals pull it off.

Really, I do.

But I don't see it happening.

Stillers 34, Cards 10.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Stillers 31, Cards 7

MVP will be Hines Ward for the second time

[SportsFan68]

MOONIE WINS!!!

Well done!

Can't wait to read his pome!

[BigDrawMan]

i win this too!!!!!

holmes mvp!!!!

wheres my pome!!!

[SportsFan68]

i win this too!!!!!

holmes mvp!!!!

wheres my pome!!!

Your contest, your pome.