When it's all said and done, this Super Bowl may be the best of all time. There is no doubt it will be in the top five.
The half ended on the longest play in Super Bowl history. A 100-yard interception return by James Harrison to give the Steelers a 17-7 halftime lead - when it looked like the Cardinals were going to lead 14-10.
Then the final two minutes both teams scored touchdowns, so the lead changed twice.
The last play of the third quarter the Cardinals ran a play and had 17 seconds to go, but let the clock run out. I'm thinking down by 10, I would have tried to run one more play before the quarter ended. They needed those 17 seconds after the Steelers took the lead late.
How much does luck play in a game? Harrison would have been down short of the goal line on the interception just before the half, but the ball landed on the leg of the tackler sliding into the end zone before it hit the ground.
That touchdown is the difference in victory and defeat.
Northern Nash's J.J. Arrington was used only on kickoffs in the first half. He was nursing a knee injury. I think Ken Whisenhunt, the coach of the Cardinals, did a smart thing. Knowing that Arrington is banged up, he save him until the fourth quarter, where Arrington had two catches for 35 yards one rush for no gain. He finished up with four kick returns for 82 yards. J.J. had over 100 all-purpose yards in the grandest game of all.
I am glad that James Harrison didn't need to run 102 yards on the last play of the half. He would have not made it. He was out of gas.
Everyone who watches the Super Bowl just for the commercials saw a poor show. Boy, there were some really dumb ones. A good waste of 2.4 million every 30 seconds. I thought the best of the night was the Budweiser commercial featuring the Clydesdale talking about his great-grandfather coming to America.
If you look back at the 43 Super Bowls that have been played, there aren't many great games.
However, this one was!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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