On Sunday Feb. 1 two teams woke up early to pre-form their pre-game rituals. Both teams knowing that this game will be possible the biggest game they will ever play in there lives. Now for some of these players they had been here before. Players such as Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner knew exactly how this feels. Not only have they both been in this situation but they both have also won this game, and know exactly how much hard work and thinking on the move it takes to pull of a victory. Now for some players this was there first time at “the Show” and you could certainly tell who they were. For example this Super Bowl had more flags and total yards of penalties than any other Super Bowl that I can remember.
I will attempt to give you a quick overview of how it all went down. The Steelers took an early lead after scoring on their first two possessions, making it 10-0 right away. The Cardinals responded with a TD of their own. Then fought there way back to the 4 yard line were it seemed they would take a surprising lead into the half. But as fate would have it, there was a surprise that no one could have for seen. A linebacker for the Steelers picked of a pass in the end zone and ran it 100 yards to the other end zone for 6. Not only was this coast to coast, but it was the longest play ever in Super Bowl history. Now coming out of the locker room the Cardinals knew they had there work cut out for them, but that did not seem to matter as the Steelers stuck another nail in the coffin with a chip shot field goal to make it 20-7. Now just as all hope seemed lost, something amazing happened as if the football gods rolled over in there graves at the sight of this awful sorry excuse for a football game, and said “Not like this”. At that moment the Cardinals showed a spark they have not shown all game, and took the lead 20-23. However, despite there valiant effort to take all the wind out of the Steelers sails, they left a little gust, and that gust my friends allowed for one of the must remarkable touch down catches the NFL has ever seen. Thus ending the Cardinals dreams for glory. Tonight we mourn for the Cardinals, but say to them, “Better luck next year”.
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I think the Super Bowl captures the most watchers on TV. I watched the whole thing, and was really hoping for the Cardinals to win. People like to cheer for the underdogs because they are sympathetic toward them, even though the better team has worked harder to get where they are. It was a close game and I was really excited for the time the Cardinals were ahead. Next year the Packers will win the Super Bowl though.
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