i totally just won a tattoo from this game.

I felt like I was going to throw up when Larry Fitzgerald got his second TD, but 2:30 left, that's Big Ben time. And he delivered. A little too exciting of a game for me, but that seems to be the Steelers' signature this season. Congrats to the Cardinals for making it farther than no one expected.

And another interesting fact, while at W&M, Tomlin played James Farrior (UVA).


SIXBURGH BABY!!!!!

It was a scary moment in the living room when the Cardinals scored their last touchdown. Our resident Steeler fan looked like he was ready to jump off the 16th floor lanai. His wife made sure to stand by the door just to be sure.

I cheered for the Cardinals, but I have to admit, it was a fantastic game.

Ha! Of what?

Congrats to Mike Tomlin...

The 2nd African American (in less than five years) and the YOUNGEST coach to win a Super Bowl.

Congrats to the Steelers

(but not to the majority of their fans who I generally find obnoxious and who were mad and yelling at me last night because I wouldn't cheer for their team. Sorry, but not everyone is a Steelers fan!)

Anyway... Did you all really think this was the greatest Super Bowl ever? I live in Steeler country and everyone here is saying this. I also keep reading all these polls online, which basically say the same thing. Off the top of my head, I can think of about 5 other Big Games that were more exciting than this one.

I also feel like this is said almost every year after the Super Bowl. They all can't be the best.

Thoughts?

As far as exciting moments - this one did it for me. But, I wouldn't say it was the greatest Super Bowl ever. I would say it was historic, though.

I also wouldn't call the Steelers the greatest franchise in American sports. That's what one of the commentators called them, though.

i'm planning for a brown recluse spider biting down into one of the veins on my arm. its going to be part of my 'comic book zombie' sleeve...

- m

That'd be hot. I'd do you.

I haven't seen enough Super Bowls to say that it was the greatest, but it was the most exciting game I've ever seen. There was one college game that was pretty good, too.

I'd say that the Steelers are one of the greatest sport franchises. I'm wracking my brain to name four others that would enjoys the fan, team, and front office loyalty that the Steelers have. I'm not saying that there isn't one, just that I don't know of one.

I know that the Steelers have fans that travel across the country to see their games. But I would say that (moving over to another sport) the Red Sox probably have one of the largest fan bases. I'm from the Boston area, so maybe I'm being a little biased, but honestly, their games are the best, the fans are completely loyal no matter what (they waited 86 years for a Series win!), and the players are some of the greatest guys. I've been to games at Fenway, and it is definitely an experience.. before, during, and after the games. I went to a Red Sox/Indians game in Cleveland a year ago, and the Indians were winning for most of the game. Their fans weren't even really that excited. When the Red Sox started coming back, you could pick out every one of their fans because they were on their feet for the rest of the game.

Side story: A neighbor, and good friend of my mom's, had ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and struggled with it for about 8 years. When she was younger, she had a baseball glove that she told everyone was signed by the Red Sox catcher at the time, Carlton Fisk (even though she forged his signature on it). When she got sick, she would talk about the glove all the time, and tell the story about how she made the whole thing up. Her husband asked Fisk if he could actually sign the glove for her, and he did. He met her at her house, and signed it.

When she died, my mom and I were at the funeral. At the service, we were sitting over on the side of the church, where the benches were kind of angled and facing more toward the center of the room. My mom looked to her left, and pointed out the guy standing at the back of the room.. it was Carlton Fisk.

So my vote for one of the top teams: the Red Sox :)

The commentators were saying that they were the best franchise because they had six super bowl wins, specifically. I think it was along the lines of "now that they won this game they're the best sport franchise in America."

And I just don't buy that. Don't get me wrong we love the Steelers, but six super bowls does not a #1 sports team make. It's not all about championships, and comparing football with any other sport is like comparing apples to kumquats.

Red Sox

Yankees

Cowboys

Celtics

Lakers

...IMO

The Cowboys can KMA. And really any sports teams coming out of Dallas. Title-stealers, all of 'em!

I would agree that everyone is playing them up way too much. I mean, the Celtics have A LOT more championships than everyone else, but no one was saying anything about them being "the best" until last season.

And the reason that I "compared" football to baseball was because of this comment:

"Greatest sport franchises"... not greatest football team. If that was the case, I'd CLEARLY have to say the Patriots :p