Six Titles and One Heck of a Game!The Pittsburgh Steelers became Super Bowl XLIII champions by defeating the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23.
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt called the loss, “difficult”.
“We just came up short”, said Whisenhunt.Steelers QB, Ben Roethlisberger, becomes the youngest QB in Super Bowl history to win two Super Bowls, while head coach Mike Tomlin becomes the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl.
In another historic moment, Tomlin piggybacks off the former 2007 Super Bowl head coach of the Indianapolis Colts', Tony Dungy.
Both became African American NFL head coaches to win a Super Bowl. (Who was the guy who said a brothers can’t be a successful NFL football coach? Guess he proved wrong twice.)
In addition to his Super Bowl accolade, Tomlin recently earned the coveted NFL Coach of the Year honor.
So Many Play Makers, So Little Time.
Steelers Santonio Holmes (131 yards) won MVP honors after catching the winning touchdown with :35 seconds left in the game, after ‘Leaping’ Larry Fitzgerald (7 receptions, 2 TDs) scored what many thought to be the winning TD for the Cardinals earlier in the fourth quarter.
In what I personally thought was a good bet for MVP honor, 242 lb, 6’0 James Harrison runs the length of the field to score a 100 yard TD off an interception intended thrown by Cardinals’ QB, Kirk Warner. (Perhaps Holmes and Harrison could share MVP honors).
Watch the video.
Steelers’ Hines Ward, who had been recuperating from a knee injury he suffered in a 23-14 win against the Baltimore Ravens, was adamant about playing in Super Bowl XLIII.
Said Ward, “I still have a lot of football left”.
So it would seem.
Pittsburg scored the first game points (7-0), and despite having several plays reviewed by officials, and a touchdown recalled in Sunday's game, have won six NFL Super Bowl titles. Two, with Hines on board.
Franco Harris and Lynn Swann must be in total e-laaa-tion!
MEMO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA (who chose the Steelers to win it): Just let a sistah know when the Steelers have the traditional Super Bowl visit to the White House. I’m so there!
Big ups to the Steelers and the Cardinals for giving the fans one heck of a game! One not seen in my many years of Super Bowl viewing.
Here’s the video recap - just in case you missed it.
Now that’s how you play a football game!
Photo: Super Bowl XLIII, Santonio Holmes holds the Vince Lombardi trophy (and more).
###
Game Photos!
Comments