Steelers 28 Cardinals 14

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no way, I dont the Pittsburgh will cover

I actually think the Cardinals can win this game, as long as Warner keeps the ball away from Palomalu (sp?)

Cards 31 Steelers 27

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i bet a blow out, for one team or another. no way we're going to get another close game like last year, imo.

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you think? I am really tempted to throw some cash on AZ to cover

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what's the spread? is AZ is the underdog (i'm sure they are)?

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depending on where you look.. pittsburgh by 6.5 or 7 O/U 46.5 or 47

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Steelers 24-6 or 27-10

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Arizona was a 9-7 team in an awful NFC West. The Steelers played a lot of excellent teams throughout the year and won the majority of those games. In my opinion the Steelers are the better team..

Football games are won in the 2nd half and the Steelers excelled at this during the season and earlier in the playoffs.

The only way the Steelers lose is by beating themselves.

In the majority of games the pt spread is not a determining factor (not totally sure as I do not gamble - but I' know that I have heard this via the media)

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Pummm Puuummm! i think is about too manie factors. So is dificult to determinat the winner....

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i want arizona, but think pitt will win.

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are there legit websites to place a bid online nowadays, if so what are they?

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steelers no doubt

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the Cards are a great story but I expect the Steelers to win soundly by a score of 23-13.

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[quote=floridaorange;704478]are there legit websites to place a bid online nowadays, if so what are they?[/quote]

betus.com sportsbetting.com sportsbook.com

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Thanks Steve

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The betus website had some pretty interesting stats:

Pittsburgh is favored in most betting circles to win Super Bowl 43 by seven points. Looking over the past 18 NFL championships, teams that were favored by a touchdown and an extra point were dead even: 3-3-1.

During that same time period, favorites were 7-9-2 against the spread.

Over the long haul, betting choices beat the spread just about half of the time. Here are some other interesting facts from various sources:

The team that scores first wins 64 percent.

Teams leading after the first quarter are 21-10 while 11 contests were tied, according to odds history.

Those leading at half time were 32-8, with two games tied, while teams on top after three quarters are 35-6, with a single contest tied.

Squads that rack up more than 32 points are 18-0 while those that score more than 20 points are 21-1.

An amazing stat shows teams failing to register at least two touchdowns are 0-17.

There has been at least a field goal made in 40 of the 42 games.

Since the seeding system started in ’75, the higher rated teams are only 13-12 straight up. Pittsburgh is the No. 2 AFC seed while Arizona is the NFC’s No. 4. Both conference champs have held the lead at least once.

Most experts believe defense rules supreme in the big game. In that case, the Steelers should be giving more points because they hold a dominant edge in several categories:

Pittsburgh has limited the opposition to 13.9 points a game, 12.7 points better than Arizona.

The Steelers held foes to an average 157 yards in the air, more than 64 yards better than the Cardinals.

Pittsburgh was very stingy on the ground, yielding just 80.3 yards each contest, 29.9 yards less than Arizona.

It appears the Cardinals must stage a successful air attack to outscore the Steelers. Arizona averaged just over 292 yards per game, 85 yards better than Pittsburgh.

The Cardinals averaged 26.7 points per game, five more than the Steelers.

Since the Super Bowl is the biggest event on the betting calendar, you might be surprised to learn that wagering doesn’t dip when the economy goes south like it has recently.

During the past 42 Super Bowls, the United States has slipped into recession five times starting in the early 1970s, with three occurring the past two decades.

The recessions have officially lasted two years, except for ’90-91. More than $40 million was wagered on the ’91 game. The Giants, a seven-point underdog, edged Buffalo on a fourth-quarter field goal, 20-19.

During the ’01-03 economic downturn, betting inched up from $67.5 million-plus to $71.6 million-plus.

The current recession began in ’07 when seven-point favorite Indianapolis walloped the Bears, 29-17. Wagering topped $93 million, about $1.5 million below the record set in ’05 when New England, a seven-point favorite, slipped by Philadelphia, 24-21.

Pittsburgh is 7-1 against the spread in its last eight games and 8-1 straight up in its past nine contests. Arizona is 4-1 against the spread and straight up in its last five games.

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i am sickof the clydesdale(sp?) commercials.commercials,except a few, SUCKED this year.

congrats to the steelers. wasn't a very exciting game until the end.

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wow what a great game!

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Pepsi ads were funny Told you AZ would cover :)

They should have won, that last drive and catch by Holmes was great

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That pick at the end of the half really dashed Arizona's chances.

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not really, they were winning with less than 2 minutes left

the 100 yard drive they gave at the end is what did it, lol

still, no one gave them a chance, everyone said it was going to be a blow out, lmao ;)

i love being right :)

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^ ur right, but i'd still clean ur clock in tacking drills broseph ;)

the Cards could have held the win, if their D wasn't so utterly fucking pathetic(all game), that safety was sweet tho. poor ol' cry baby Kurt couldn't get shit dun either. lmao at Matt Leinart on the sideline.

Pittsburgh deserved to win though. good defense wins ball games. GG.

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broseph? lol, what the hell is that bring it tough guy! ;)

their D? two words for you.. rodgers-cromartie

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^ true that.

in football terms, D = defense.

lol, sorry for using that super lame orange county slang bro. "broseph"

who's gunna win the pro bowl fellas?

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no, i know what D is, lol.. i was just saying it wasn't their whole D, mainly Rodgers Cromartie.. oh and the multitude of personal fouls lol

pro bowl? lmao, whoever has the ball last

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I knew it!!!

[IMG]http://www.profootballtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/holmestoes.JPG[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=Steve Graham;706348]I knew it!!!

[IMG]http://www.profootballtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/holmestoes.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Whoa!

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yup, heard it on the way home

[url]www.profootballtalk.com[/url] had the story this afternoon with that pic

when i was watching the replays, i kept pointing that out that one of his heels was way higher than the other, there was no way he could have both toes dragging

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damn Steve you right! as you already know profootballtalk is a very reliable site so they don't normally write something if it's false and in this case the photo evidence is indisputable :shock:

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that pic just creates controversy. he could have both feet in bounds before or after, the NFL have reviewed it extensively and say he is in bounds. you would need a series of stills proving he never touched as opposed to one moment in time tht shows he didnt.

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look at the replays, its so obvious

unless one of his feet is longer than the other lol

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i just knew it... is that confirmed?

arrggghhh! :shock:

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well, they dont have the whole pic as far as where the ball is when this shot was taken.. but, as I said if you watch the replays, and as many times as they showed there was plenty of opportunity, sure its not "conclusive" as far as being able to over turn it, but you can tell when he had control of the ball, the one heel was higher than the other, therefore not touching I mean, I see how they called it a touchdown, and you couldn't over turn that call, BUT, had they not called it a touchdown and then reviewed it, there is no way they could have reversed THAT call either

that's all I'm saying, it's not like they're going to rip the trophy from Pittsburgh, lol

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it was for sure a catch.. on the one replay you can even see his ankle break from the shock of hitting the ground. it was a great catch to end a great game.

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geez guys did we all forget how god awfull and 1sided the refeering was the whole game?

using ball as a prop&noflag evev though it against rulz,.. numerios ilegal blocks/holds on the 100 yard int return b4 the half, phantom ruffin the passer on rothlisberger..then pitsburg player punches a guy several times and not evev ejected, bs personal fowl calls on cards

no review on the last play of the game to see if it was really a fumble...warners arm was clearly coming forward. the cards should of had one last shot at the end zone...BS imo. should have been reviewed...its the sb for gods sake.

and the missed call steve pointed out

F pittsburg

:EvilFlic::EvilFlic::EvilFlic:

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[quote=runningman;706990]it was for sure a catch.. on the one replay you can even see his ankle break from the shock of hitting the ground. it was a great catch to end a great game.[/quote]

wrong

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no your wrong.

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[QUOTE=runningman;707249]no your wrong.[/QUOTE]

you're ...wrong.

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nope you are.... great another Miro.

If one more motherfucker on here corrects a spelling mistake I'm going to tranceaddict

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going to [I]go to[/I] tranceaddict

tranceaddict is a noun not a verb

lmao ;)

sorry, had to