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To: mainepatsfan

i don't know if i can get excited over a steelers/seahawks super bowl.


1,744 posted on 01/22/2006 6:14:04 PM PST by mfnorman
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To: mfnorman
i don't know if i can get excited over a steelers/seahawks super bowl.

You know what?...we'll have it WITHOUT yout!!! LOLOLOL!!!

...and we'll have a good time, too!!!

1,755 posted on 01/22/2006 6:18:57 PM PST by paulat
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To: mfnorman

"i don't know if i can get excited over a steelers/seahawks super bowl."


See my post #246 in this thread for the rest of them. Fox Sports had an article on what would be the best match-ups in the SB. They rated Seattle-Steelers as #1:

We present here the four possible Super Bowl pairings ranked in order of how likely they are to be a great game, starting with the most enticing and ending with the least exciting.

1. Steelers vs. Seahawks
Why it would be the best game: It would have something for everyone. For casual fans, there are the big stars at running back and quarterback on both teams. Pittsburgh's Jerome Bettis is the respected veteran playing the last game of his career, and Ben Roethlisberger is the young gun looking to establish himself as one of the league's elite. Seattle's Shaun Alexander is the league's most valuable player and the owner of the record for touchdowns in a season, and Matt Hasselbeck is the quarterback so brash he once won an overtime coin flip, leaned into the referee's microphone, and said, "We want the ball and we're gonna score."

For hard-core fans, it's the pass-rushing Pittsburgh defense against Seattle's great offensive line. Seattle's Walter Jones is the league's most powerful left tackle, but the quickness of Pittsburgh outside linebacker Joey Porter could give him fits. With guard Steve Hutchinson and fullback Mack Strong joining Jones in the Pro Bowl, Seattle has three players going to Hawaii for their blocking. They'll need them against Pittsburgh.

Why it could be a dud: Penalties. All four teams in the conference championships are among the league's least-penalized, but Pittsburgh and Seattle had about 100 more penalty yards apiece this year than Denver and Carolina. If there's anything NFL fans agreed on last weekend, it's that the officials left something to be desired, so a 20-penalty game like the one New England and Carolina gave us two years ago is the worst-case scenario. Joey Porter and Troy Polamalu are excellent defensive players, but they've been known to pick up a stupid penalty from time to time. Pittsburgh would be the underdog against Seattle and can't afford to give Seattle a free 15 yards.


1,780 posted on 01/22/2006 6:28:35 PM PST by Seattle Conservative (God bless and protect our troops and their CIC. (Go Seahawks!!!))
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To: mfnorman

I think it has the potential to be a heck of a game.


1,863 posted on 01/22/2006 7:06:22 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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