It might as well be. This year’s Superbowl is right up there with the finish of last years Giant’s win over the 18-0 Patriots. I’m not going to argue with NYer’s or Steelers fans as to which was more significant because it’s just a football game, however, this was definitely a fun finale to the season to watch.
You have the underdog Cardinals, captained by the seasoned Kurt Warner who over came a fantastic game against the Carolina Panthers to be here. Against the Pittsburgh Steelers who clawed ugly game after ugly game up the mountain to get to the bowl game.
The spread was +6.5 favoring Pitt and after a disappointing 3-0 first half, I was thinking this one was going to be a bust.
This was historic for many reasons, Mike Tomlin is now the youngest coach in history to reach the Superbowl.
Then you have the longest play in Superbowl history with the interception at the goal line returned 100 yeards for a defensive touchdown by the Steelers James Harrison.
You have Larry Fitzgerald with 127 scratched out yards and two touch downs that brought Arizona back in the game for what seemed like a game winning drive in the bottom of the 4th quarter.
You have a historic, less than 3 minute, last ditch drive by the Steelers. Santonio Holmes capped a 8 play, 78 yard drive to win the game with 18 seconds left on the clock (click the video link above).
The Steelers have now won a record 6 Superbowls which makes them now the longest standing hated team.
Lastly, Club Jenna watchers in Arizona were interrupted by some football game. Talk about Bonus Coverage!
ESPN compared the two drives of this and the last bowl game in their similarity to yardage, timing and end result. I would argue you still have to say NY has the more amazing result in that NY was the underdog in last year’s game, and that the Steelers were just taking back their rightful spot from the hungry rookies. Regardless of the ridiculous lack of sportsmanship of the Steelers (kicking players when they are down, late hits, clipping and fights on the sidelines) they earned this amazing game for the record.
However, because of the economy no one would pony up to my pool so I didn’t have a shot at winning some funds this year. Next year guys…. Next year
UPDATE: 43 is now the most watched game ever according to Nielson Ratings.
