Super Bowl XLV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers

• killer_ewok

  

  DaBrowns41;668039 wrote:I know you guys choked today, and because you can't handle it, you think that pointing out the obvious is going to help you get over what happened.
  
  Whatever helps you. But don't act like your superiority over the Browns actually means anything considering they've been a crap team for a long time.

  
  It means you shouldn't talk so much shit. That's what it means.
  
  Also, how did the Steelers choke? Underdogs and never led. Choked? Okay. How does a Steeler Super Bowl loss help you get over how bad the Browns have been?
• DaBrowns41

  What shit am I talking? Face it, you're butthurt because your team lost, and you're taking it out on me like I'm the only person to congratulate the Packers.
  
  The Steelers choked. They were on a stage they've been on a couple times before, against a team that hasn't been there. Just because they were the underdog to people betting in games, doesn't mean they didn't have many of their own advantages.
  
  They didn't come to play in the first half, therefore choking early.
  
  Had they made the necessary plays/stops in the first half, they win this ball game. 3 turnovers = choke. Big Ben, who's usually good with ball protection played a crap Conference Championship and Super Bowl.
• killer_ewok

  

  DaBrowns41;668046 wrote:What shit am I talking? Face it, you're butthurt because your team lost, and you're taking it out on me like I'm the only person to congratulate the Packers.
  
  The Steelers choked. They were on a stage they've been on a couple times before, against a team that hasn't been there. Just because they were the underdog to people betting in games, doesn't mean they didn't have many of their own advantages.
  
  They didn't come to play in the first half, therefore choking early.
  
  Had they made the necessary plays/stops in the first half, they win this ball game. 3 turnovers = choke. Big Ben, who's usually good with ball protection played a crap Conference Championship and Super Bowl.

  
  I don't even know WTF butthurt means. Of course I'm upset. My team just lost in the Super Bowl. What fan wouldn't be? You made digs at the Steelers and that's why there's backlash. And you're a liar because quite a few of us, including myself, congratulated the Packers and their fans. The Steeler lost to the better team tonight. I don't think they choked. But whether they did or didn't....it's all the same.
• DaBrowns41

  Yeah, I said you're taking it out on me like I'm the only person to congratulate the Packers.
  
  I never said that none of you guys congratulated the Packers. I thought that was a pretty clear statement on my part.
  
  In your eyes you didn't choke. IMO, you guys did because you had the experience and played like you've never been on the big stage (at least for the first half). For such an experienced team, I thought they'd be in this for the entire game.
  
  Regardless, they came through to make it an interesting end to the game, and one of the more entertaining Super Bowl's in recent years, as expected. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
• jordo212000

  

  killer_ewok;667999 wrote:A lot of chatterers are idiots.

  
  +1
• killer_ewok

  

  DaBrowns41;668061 wrote:Yeah, I said you're taking it out on me like I'm the only person to congratulate the Packers.
  
  I never said that none of you guys congratulated the Packers. I thought that was a pretty clear statement on my part.
  
  In your eyes you didn't choke. IMO, you guys did because you had the experience and played like you've never been on the big stage (at least for the first half). For such an experienced team, I thought they'd be in this for the entire game.
  
  Regardless, they came through to make it an interesting end to the game, and one of the more entertaining Super Bowl's in recent years, as expected. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

  
  Maybe the booze fucked with my vision because I swore that you posted that you were the only one to congratulate the Packers. My apologies. Misread it.
• rock_knutne

  I see the haters are celebrating in full force.
  
  Congrats to the Packers they deserved to win. You can't expect to defeat a good football team when you turn the football over that many times.
  
  The Steelers will regroup and get ready for another run next year.
• lhslep134

  

  Great game to watch, came down to Pittburgh's final drive. Can't ask for anything more than that in a Super Bowl
• vball10set

  welcome home, baby!!!
  
  
• like_that

  

  lhslep134;668246 wrote:Great game to watch, came down to Pittburgh's final drive. Can't ask for anything more than that in a Super Bowl

  
  I Agree. It seems in the past 11 years most of the Super Bowls have been highly competitive.
• Firad

  

  I always like seeing small market teams win championships. Suck on that New York, Miami, Boston and LA.
• lhslep134

  

  Firad;668568 wrote:I always like seeing small market teams win championships. Suck on that New York, Miami, Boston and LA.

  
  Let alone a small market team that doesn't have a greedy owner.
• like_that

  

  From deadspin:
  
  Pittsburgh through most of the first half, with Woodson in the game: 63 yards passing, 3 points, 2 INTs. After Woodson broke his collarbone: 200 yards, 22 points, 0 INTs.
  
  This game would have been a route if it wasn't for that injury.
• thavoice

  Firad;668568 wrote:I always like seeing small market teams win championships. Suck on that New York, Miami, Boston and LA.

  True....but its the NFL.......small market..big market...does not matter much. Salary cap, revenue sharing. All that other stuf all that does is line the owners pockets.....
• thavoice

  I am so glad that LA has not won a super bowl in awhile!
• Automatik

  

  like_that;668744 wrote:From deadspin:
  
  Pittsburgh through most of the first half, with Woodson in the game: 63 yards passing, 3 points, 2 INTs. After Woodson broke his collarbone: 200 yards, 22 points, 0 INTs.
  
  This game would have been a route if it wasn't for that injury.

  
  And if the pick 6 doesn't happen and the fumble.....Pittsburgh wins. See how that "if" thing works.
  
  
  I read the article on Woodson's halftime speech...that was badass.
• like_that

  

  Automatik;668755 wrote:And if the pick 6 doesn't happen and the fumble.....Pittsburgh wins. See how that "if" thing works.
  
  
  I read the article on Woodson's halftime speech...that was badass.

  
  There is a difference between plays that occurred and missing out on one of your better defensive players.
• killer_ewok

  

  like_that;668759 wrote:There is a difference between plays that occurred and missing out on one of your better defensive players.

  Because Pittsburgh didn't lose any players to injury during the game.
  
  It's easy to speculate but the fact of the matter is we don't know how the game plays out if Woodson remains in the game just like we don't know if the loss of Emmanuel Sanders and Bryant McFadden made a significant difference. All we know is what is.....Packers 31 Steelers 25
• like_that

  

  killer_ewok;668771 wrote:Because Pittsburgh didn't lose any players to injury during the game.
  
  It's easy to speculate but the fact of the matter is we don't know how the game plays out if Woodson remains in the game just like we don't know if the loss of Emmanuel Sanders and Bryant McFadden made a significant difference. All we know is what is.....Packers 31 Steelers 25

  
  It's not just speculation. The stats don't lie.
• Automatik

  

  like_that;668788 wrote:It's not just speculation. The stats don't lie.

  
  Could have been due to adjustments by Pittsburgh. Its not like he is their entire defense. His replacement held his own for the most part.
• gorocks99

  

  Super Bowl XLV was the most-watched television program in history, surpassing last year's Super Bowl by about 9 million viewers: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/07/super-bowl-xlv-poised-to-break-viewing-records-ties-1987-with-highest-overnight-ratings-ever/81684
• killer_ewok

  

  like_that;668788 wrote:It's not just speculation. The stats don't lie.

  
  It's absolutely speculation on your part. There were multiple injuries on each side last night. Sure, Sanders and McFadden aren't players as good as Woodson but the Steelers secondary was already thin and Sanders could have made a few plays against a 3rd or 4th DB for the Pack. You just don't know how things would have played out. All we know is what is. But you're gonna keep spewing the same garbage for obvious reasons so go for it.
• thavoice

  Ya never know how things pan out when a player goes out.
  
  Injuries happen. It is just the way it goes.
  
  all that matters is that the steelers lost. They lost because they gave the ball three times, and got not takeaways.
  
  Plain and simple
• jordo212000

  

  thavoice;668746 wrote:True....but its the NFL.......small market..big market...does not matter much. Salary cap, revenue sharing. All that other stuf all that does is line the owners pockets.....

  
  Except that the Steelers, Patriots, and Colts perennially battle for the top spot in the AFC.
• queencitybuckeye

  jordo212000;669129 wrote:Except that the Steelers, Patriots, and Colts perennially battle for the top spot in the AFC.

  
  Yes, but the point is that unlike other sports, success has little or nothing to do with the amount of revenue taken in. Teams that win consistently do so because they run their organization smarter than the others.