Sunday, February 1, 2009

Three Main Events in less the 24 Hours, Part 4

7:09 p.m.: Wow, Kurt Warner fumbles the ball away with five seconds left. What an underwhelming way to end the game.

For Warner, the Super Bowl ends with a whimper and not with a bang.


The Steelers win their sixth Super Bowl, an NFL record.

And Arizona is still without a championship since 1947.

7:03 p.m.:
Let's see how Super Larry Fitzgerald really is. Thirty-five seconds is all that is left.

If Pittsburgh holds on to win, Holmes is the MVP.


7:00 p.m.:
ARE YOU KIDDING?!!! SANTONIO HOLMES, TOES AND ALL, FROM A PASS FROM ROETHLISBERGER! WOW! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A GAME! AND PITTSBURGH TAKES THE LEAD!!!

There are three defenders around Holmes, and he is still able to find a big enough hole to make the catch and get both feet in the end zone.

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.


6:54 p.m.:
Thank god Al Michaels is calling this game and not that douche Joe Buck.

6:48 p.m.:
Larry Fitzgerald is Superman. A perfect pass, a perfect run, a perfect touchdown. Karma is on Arizona's side after what Harrison did. Larry Fitzgerald, Sr. stands up in the press box and the Cardinals are up 23-20.

What a slant pattern. What a slant pattern. And what a slant pattern!

Who said that this Super Bowl was going to be an awful one?


6:45 p.m.:
Roethlisberger to Holmes to get out of their own end zone, but no, a holding penalty against the Steelers and Arizona gets the safety and Steelers precious four-point lead is on life support.

6:44 p.m.:
Text message from my friend: "After what Harrison did, I really want the Steelers to lose."

6:41 p.m.:
James Harrison is a thug. That is a thug move. Punches?! Really?! John Madden is finally right for once, he should be thrown out of the game.

6:35 p.m.:
That is an awful call. What did Ike Taylor do? Give Anquan Boldin a little shove? A tiny little push? Really?!

This is the Super Bowl. Let them play. Officials need to know when to throw the flag and when to not. And that was obviously nothing on the sideline between Boldin and Taylor and if anything, it should have been offsetting penalties.

Let the players decide the game, not the officials.


6:32 p.m.:
Darnell Dockett has to have some consideration for Super Bowl MVP if the Cards pull this one out.

He's got two sacks and two game-changing sacks at that.


6:25 p.m.:
That is all you have to do to in the red zone, throw a jump ball to Larry Fitz. He. Is. Superman.

The Cards are now just one possession away from tying and taking the lead from Pittsburgh.


6:20 p.m.:
J.J. ARRINGTON!!! FROM CAL! WITH THE HUGE GAIN AND THE FIRST DOWN!

6:18 p.m.:
The most ridiculous commercial goes to cash4gold.com. Ed McMahon and MC Hammer selling all of their gold items? Hilarity and confusion.

6:15 p.m.:
Finally a sack by the Cardinals (or at least a meaningful one). Arizona gets the ball back after a pretty good defensive stand.

6:09 p.m.:
My favorite commercial is a Jack in the Box commercial. Hangintherejack.com.

6:05 p.m.:
There is still hope for Arizona. It is slim. But there is still hope.

At the end of three, 20-7 Steelers.


5:56 p.m.:
No harm after the personal fouls. The Cards stuff Roethlisberger on the sneak. And now it's 20-7 Pittsburgh.

Cards still have a shot.


5:53 p.m.:
The Cardinals finally get to Roethlisberger, but the savvy quarterback throws the ball away.

And instead of just three points, Adrian Wilson runs over the place holder, giving Pittsburgh another three shots at a touchdown.

Wow. Three personal fouls on one drive. The Steelers need to score a touchdown now.


5:47p.m.:
That's the second time Roethlisberger's escaped the Cardinals pressure and you tack on a roughing the passer penalty. Roethlisberger's like Houdini (or Karl Rove, always escaping those Congressional hearings).

5:40 p.m.:
Cards avoid a disaster. The fumble is overturned. And instead of the Steelers starting inside Arizona territory, they're starting on their own half of the field.

In the game of field position, that was a huge challenge.


5:36 p.m.:
Did Kurt Warner throw the ball? Or did he fumble? That's what's being discussed right now.

It does look like he's trying to throw the ball forward, so it should be overturned.

Even if the call does gets overturned, James Harrison is wreaking havoc.


5:29 p.m.
: Great halftime show by The Boss.

There haven't been any great Super Bowl commercials. Not that much of a disappointment.

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