Super Bowl XL

[biological warrior]

Its that time of the year again. I hope this goes down as ''One for the ages.''

[GrantDawg]

Me, too. It could be a great game, or it could be one either team runs away with. It'll be interesting how this one goes down.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm all set to watch. Anyone else watching with just FOFC? Actually, I'll be chatting with my best friend in NJ via AIM as well.

[Lorena]

I hope the game is better than the commercials. A lot of times, it seems it's the other way around.

[Dutch]

I'm pulling for the Seahawks but I have serious doubts about their ability to overcome that tough Steeler defense and I don't think they can put pressure on Big Ben. But I'm rooting for them!

I'll be at home with the family, but the FOFC is just a laptop connection away.

[cthomer5000]

I would love to see Pittbsburgh get an early lead, no one plays with a lead better than they do. It would also provide us a lot of Bus time while they're grinding away.

And I think the Seahawks have the second ugliest uniforms ever (current Bengals are #1), so i'll root against them on principle.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

And I think the Seahawks have the second ugliest uniforms ever (current Bengals are #1), so i'll root against them on principle.

I can't argue with that.

[biological warrior]

I've got the feeling that it will be close , but one team will pull away with a 2 td win. I hope Im wrong though. Any predictions and scores for the game?

[astrosfan64]

Hmm trying to figure out where i stand on this game.

[JeeberD]

I'll be rooting against the Steelers more than rooting for the Seahwaks. Gotta keep another team from tying the Cowboys five Super Bowl wins. Having the Niners with five also is bad enough, but having the Steelers there as well? Ick.

[PackerFanatic]

I am hoping it will be a good, close game.

[Eaglesfan27]

I think it will be Steelers 27 - Seahawks 21.


I'm rooting for the Steelers.

[Solecismic]

Let's just all throw our predictions in here, see who's closest.

I'll stick with the conventional - I don't have a strong feeling this will be the traditional Super Bowl blowout.

I don't think Seattle has an answer to Roethlisberger's downfield passing attack while Pittsburgh can be so much more than sending Porter from the outside. Seattle has more talent overall, but the better defense will win the game. Pittsburgh, 24-17.

[Karlifornia]

I don't know....My heart says Seattle, but my gut says Pittsburgh.


I'll go with Seattle 24, Pittsburgh 23

[jbmagic]

i see Pittsburg winning it 21-10

[JeeberD]

Predictions?

Pittsburgh 34
Seattle 28

[cthomer5000]

official prediction

Pittsburgh 23, Seattle 20

[davidlando1]

Pittsburgh 37
Seattle 14

[biological warrior]

I think it will be a 24-20 type game. Seattle winning on a late 4th quarter Alexander TD.

[ISiddiqui]

I'm rooting for Seattle, because I feel they've been getting no respect, but I wouldnt' care if Pittsburgh wins (I don't feel strongly for either team). I do think it'd be hilarious if Seattle won in a blow out after all the talk this week.

However, I think both teams score in the 20. I'm going Seattle 28 - Pittsburgh 20.

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I'm all set to watch. Anyone else watching with just FOFC? Actually, I'll be chatting with my best friend in NJ via AIM as well.

Ill be watching with computer next to me. Me by my lonesome. YEAH!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

Ill be watching with computer next to me. Me by my lonesome. YEAH!

Cool. I was invited to 2 SB parties, but I really would prefer to just focus on the game

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by davidlando1

Pittsburgh 37
Seattle 14

Boldest prediction yet.

[stkelly52]

Seattle has the highest scoring offence in the NFL this year. I just don't see any way that the Steelers can slow down both the run and the pass of Seattle. They will shut one of them down and will be killed by the other.

Seattle had the 4th best scoring defence in the NFL this year, and they were even better in the postseason. Seattle won't completly stop Pittsburgh, but they will limit Roethlisberger greatly.

In the end Seattle wins in a blowout, 45-20

[SFL Cat]

A quick Whatifsports.com sim sez... Steelers 27; Seahawks 19

Final - 2/5/2006 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 
2005 Seattle Seahawks    0 6 3 10 19 
2005 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 7 0 10 27 
 
Scoring Summary 
1st Quarter 
PIT 9:10 FG Jeff Reed 49 yds.  0-3 
PIT 1:46 TD Heath Miller 11 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) 0-10 
2nd Quarter 
SEA 12:41 FG Josh Brown 35 yds.  3-10 
SEA 3:37 FG Josh Brown 28 yds.  6-10 
PIT 0:44 TD Willie Parker 1 yd. run (Reed kick) 6-17 
3rd Quarter 
SEA 9:54 FG Josh Brown 32 yds.  9-17 
4th Quarter 
SEA 11:48 FG Josh Brown 26 yds.  12-17 
PIT 1:47 FG Jeff Reed 42 yds.  12-20 
PIT 1:09 TD Willie Parker 30 yd. run (Reed kick) 12-27 
SEA 0:00 TD Bobby Engram 17 yd. pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick) 19-27 
   Team Statistics 
                  Seattle Seahawks  Pittsburgh Steelers 
First Downs                       20                        20 
- Rushing                            5                         5 
- Passing                           15                       15 
- Penalty                             0                         0 
3rd Down Eff                    7/17                    7/13 
4th Down Eff 1/2 0/0 
Rushes-Yards 30-120 29-117 
Avg Rush 4.0 4.0 
Comp-Att-Int 23-40-0 18-31-1 
Passing Yards 245 225 
Sacks-Yards 1-4 5-23 
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 
Punts-Avg 4-41.8 3-42.0 
KR-Avg 6-23.0 5-15.8 
PR-Avg 3-2.0 4-10.8 
Penalties-Yard 4-20 0-0 
Time of Possession 29:51 30:09 
 

2005 Seattle Seahawks Individual Stats   2005 Pittsburgh Steelers Individual Stats 
Rushing 
  Att Yds 20+ L TD 
'05 Shaun Alexander 21 107 2 36 0 
'05 Matt Hasselbeck 5 9 0 5 0 
'05 Maurice Morris 3 5 0 5 0 
'05 Mack Strong 1 -1 0 -1 0 
   Rushing 
  Att Yds 20+ L TD 
'05 Willie Parker 15 109 2 30 2 
'05 Jerome Bettis 10 10 0 3 0 
'05 Ben Roethlisberger 2 2 0 2 0 
'05 Verron Haynes 1 -1 0 -1 0 
'05 Hines Ward 1 -3 0 -3 0 
 
Receiving 
  Rec Yds 20+ 40+ L TD 
'05 Bobby Engram 7 79 0 0 17 1 
'05 Joe Jurevicius 4 49 0 0 17 0 
'05 Jerramy Stevens 3 32 0 0 18 0 
'05 Darrell Jackson 3 30 0 0 15 0 
'05 D.J. Hackett 3 30 1 0 22 0 
'05 Peter Warrick 1 22 1 0 22 0 
'05 Shaun Alexander 1 8 0 0 8 0 
'05 Ryan Hannam 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 
   Receiving 
  Rec Yds 20+ 40+ L TD 
'05 Hines Ward 5 49 0 0 19 0 
'05 Heath Miller 4 44 0 0 13 1 
'05 Antwaan Randle El 3 43 1 0 21 0 
'05 Cedrick Wilson 2 43 1 0 27 0 
'05 Jerame Tuman 1 28 1 0 28 0 
'05 Quincy Morgan 1 24 1 0 24 0 
'05 Willie Parker 2 17 0 0 12 0 
 
Passing 
  Comp. Att. Yards TD INT 
'05 Matt Hasselbeck 23 40 249 1 0 
   Passing 
  Comp. Att. Yards TD INT 
'05 Ben Roethlisberger 18 31 248 1 1 
 
Defensive 
  Tackles Sacks INT 
'05 Kelly Herndon 6 0 0 
'05 Marcus Trufant 4 0 0 
'05 Chartric Darby 3 0 0 
'05 D.D. Lewis 3 0 0 
'05 LeRoy Hill 3 0 0 
'05 Jordan Babineaux 3 0 0 
'05 Michael Boulware 3 1 0 
'05 Ken Hamlin 2 0 0 
'05 Lofa Tatupu 2 0 1 
'05 Marquand Manuel 2 0 0 
'05 Grant Wistrom 2 1 0 
'05 Bryce Fisher 2 0 0 
'05 Craig Terrill 1 0 0 
'05 Jamie Sharper 1 0 0 
'05 Marcus Tubbs 1 1 0 
'05 Rocky Bernard 1 2 0 
   Defensive 
  Tackles Sacks INT 
'05 Larry Foote 6 0 0 
'05 Chris Hope 6 0 0 
'05 Deshea Townsend 5 0 0 
'05 Aaron Smith 4 0 0 
'05 James Farrior 4 0 0 
'05 Joey Porter 3 0 0 
'05 Troy Polamalu 3 0 0 
'05 Clint Kriewaldt 2 0 0 
'05 Kimo von Oelhoffen 1 0 0 
'05 Clark Haggans 1 1 0 
'05 Ricardo Colclough 1 0 0 
'05 Bryant McFadden 1 0 0 
'05 Ike Taylor 1 0 0 
'05 Chris Hoke 1 0 0 
'05 Mike Logan 1 0 0 
'05 Brett Keisel 1 0 0 
'05 Casey Hampton 1 0 0 
 
Field Goals 
  Made Missed 
'05 Josh Brown 35,28,32,26 - 
   Field Goals 
  Made Missed 
'05 Jeff Reed 49,42 38 

[Terps]

Pittsburgh - 27, Seattle - 14.

[TLK]

Seattle- 24
Pittsburgh- 17

[Vince]

As per the pick 'em thread:

Seattle 27
Pittsburgh 24

[duckman]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

official prediction

Pittsburgh 23, Seattle 20

Ditto.

[Hurst2112]

Bettis! whumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhump

Pittsburgh 23
Seahawks 20

[Warhammer]

Pitt 21
Sea 24

[timmynausea]

Steelers 24
Seahawks 13

[Desnudo]

The Steelers had a great run in the playoffs, but they were a #6 seed for a reason. They are not some unstoppable force. There are plenty of examples of how to beat them. Seahawks get up a score or two early, start handing it off to Alexander, and the Steelers' gameplan falls apart.

Seahawks 27
Steelers 14

[Buccaneer]

Steelers 24
Seahawks 21

By the way, I just came back from a very crowded grocery store. There were at least 30 individuals with Steelers gear on. Not a single Seahawks cap, shirt, etc.

[Lorena]

My pick'em prediction:

Pittsburgh 27
Seattle 14

[Lorena]

Originally Posted by Vince

As per the pick 'em thread:

Seattle 27
Pittsburgh 24

Yup, mine was:

Pittsburgh 27
Seattle 14

[Buccaneer]

I have a question.

If the Seahawks win, would consider them to be the best team in the NFL this season? Even after beating the NFC #6, NFC #5 and the AFC #6?

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I have a question.

If the Seahawks win, would consider them to be the best team in the NFL this season? Even after beating the NFC #6, NFC #5 and the AFC #6?

Always up for debate. But no one really cares about the "best" team, they just care who won the Super Bowl.

The Colts were the best team in the regular season, the Steelers have been the best postseason team so far. The Seahawks have yet to impress me.

[Neuqua]

Seahawks 24
Steelers 20

[Oilers9911]

Without a doubt the most overhyped sporting event of Earth. a 57-56 game could not live up to the hype that leads up to the game. I think when it comes to NFL Football conference chapmpionship weekend is far superior. Having said that, Steelers by 3.

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I have a question.

If the Seahawks win, would consider them to be the best team in the NFL this season? Even after beating the NFC #6, NFC #5 and the AFC #6?

the best team doesn't always win the superbowl.

still waiting for that combined conference playoff tree.

[ice4277]

Pittsburgh 23, Seattle 17

[Celeval]

Pittsburgh 31
Seattle 17

Not what I'm rooting for, but what I think will happen.

[Travis]

So if (and yes, it's a big IF) Seattle wins today, they'll have won 14 out of 15 games to close out the year. Even having a "soft" regular season schedule, they would have stepped up and beat a tough Washinton D without the MVP for a majority of the game, beat a Carolina team with a great D and a guy many were starting to say *should* have been league MVP (and if that block in the back flag doesn't get picked up, that game is even more lopsided), then defeated the first team to ever beat the #1, #2 and #3 seeds to get to the Superbowl (including, of course, the ONLY team in the NFL that had a better record than Seattle), and yet a lot of people (as evidenced by some sentiments in this thread) will consider them lucky/fluke/paper champions?

I personally won't have that difficult of a time with it as I'll be much more concerned with just celebrating the fact that they won, but I just can't understand the reasoning behind so much apparent distasted for Seattle's achievements this year.

That all said, I'm calling 24-20 for the Seahawks today. The defense once again manages to bend but not break when it really matters. Matt Hasselbeck for MVP after a late, 80+ yard drive to win the game.

[Swaggs]

Pittsburgh 31
Seattle 20

I like Pittsburgh's recent experience in big games to be the edge for them.

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

i see Pittsburg winning it 21-10

I really hope thats the score so that my square wins

Edit: Swaggs score is good too.

[st.cronin]

I have no idea.

[RPI-Fan]

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

Without a doubt the most overhyped sporting event of Earth. a 57-56 game could not live up to the hype that leads up to the game. I think when it comes to NFL Football conference chapmpionship weekend is far superior. Having said that, Steelers by 3.

No doubt, just like the Elite Eight Saturday & Sunday is by far the best part of March Madness.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

No doubt, just like the Elite Eight Saturday & Sunday is by far the best part of March Madness.

Conference championship weekend sucked this year.

[Antmeister]

Pittsburgh 24
Seattle 10