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defense wins championships. don't we all know this by now?

this game reminds me a lot of the 2002 superbowl i believe it was, when tampa bay played oakland. tampa bay had one of the best defenses in the league that year and oakland had the best offense.

long and short, tampa bay completely shut down oakland and score enough points to win.

this year, the steelers enter the game with the NUMBER 1 defense in the nfl. that means they are going to win, bottom line. they will score enough points and shut down the cardinals offense.

fitzgerald having the huge nfc championship game means the steelers will double team him all day.

just look at the national championship in college football. oklahoma had scored 60 plus points in 5 straight games. well they face a top defense in florida and managed under 20 points. this just shows defense wins the big games.

steelers will take this game 24-14. i'm also giving arizona the benefit of the doubt with that score because i think warner will only have 1 td pass.

i believe the spread is 7. LOCK IT UP, the steelers will cover the spread, its the lock of the century.

remember, i'm a huge giants fan, the reason the giants won last year and scored the huge upset was their DEFENSE. they held the superpower PATRIOTS to 14 points in the superbowl and allowed their offense to only have to score 17 points to win the big game.

Evidence my friends, evidence.

The Greatest Show on Turf won a SB. Lost another by 3 points after the other team taped their practices. Pretty sure they weren't known for their defense.

the rams case makes a semi-legit arguement, however they never played a GREAT defense, only mediocre to above average defenses.

the titans d was pretty good and so was the patriots but i dont believev either were top 3 in the league. and remember, against those d's, the GREATEST SHOW on TURF barely beat the titans remember the stretch to almost tie it, and lost to the patriots.

find me a superbowl where a top 3 defense has lost. i don't believe there ever was one, and i don't think the year will be any different. the steelers will have this one wrapped up by the 4th and run the ball to kill time the last 15 minutes. lock it up.

Steelers will win for the super bowl but rooting for the arizona cards

Hey, rcb, I really like Eli and have a lot of respect for the Giant organization. I used to love watching LT dominate back in the 80's and I think Parcells is one of the top coaches ever. I can't stand the Eagles or the Cowgirls and I'm not too keen on the Redskins. I was jumping around all over the place in excitement when the Giants won last year!

I agree with you almost everything else. As this season progressed, I became increasingly aware that the Steelers were the "team to beat". I believe that the turning point was when we came back and beat the Cowgirls. Other than our little hiccup against the Titans, we've just been dominating everyone.

The ratings will be just fine because Steeler Nation is so immense. Plus, the country is in love with Fitzgerald right now. They won't be as high as they were last year, granted, but they won't be as low as, say, a Rams vs. Patriots SB. The Cardinals may hurt the ratings a bit but, if history is any indication, the Steelers always draw huge numbers:

(AP) An estimated 90.7 million people
watched the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, the
largest Super Bowl audience since the Steelers last played in the title
game in 1996.


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