[Echo Talon]

They lost and had it given to them, sad day for the NFL as a whole.

[relictele]

They lost and had it given to them, sad day for the NFL as a whole.

Oh yes, you're right. Let me dab my eyes with my Terrible Towel.

Take a look at any number of past SBs, including the ones the Packers won. Low-scoring and otherwise uneventful.

HERE WE GO STEELERS!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I don't think the officiating was as bad as you think it was. Some bad calls on both sides (but then again, what game doesn't have its bad call or two?). All in all, the Seahawks may have played better statistically...but when it actually counted, they didn't play well enough.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"They lost and had it given to them, sad day for the NFL as a whole."

Wah.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

No its a great day for the NFL. One of their 'labels,' the Pittsburgh Steelers took their top prize. Probably 45,000 plus Steeler fans made the effort and financial sacrifice to get to the game held in a city that most pundits were critical of. Detroit got an emormous shot in the arm, and one of its native sons came home to play his last game. Throw in Cowher coaching his home town team, and the venerable Rooneys, and you can't write a better story than this.

Couple that with the reception Franco Harris (waving the Towel) and future Governor of PA, Lynn Swann received...just makes it all the more surreal. It was Pittsburgh's night from the opening act. Both teams stumbled...but no one gave the Steelers anything. The best team won. Seattle is a great team. Pittsburgh was just better.