Football is officially over. It’s February and basketball has been in full swing for weeks, and football just got done. I have already said that this is unreasonable, and there is no need to reinforce this. But its football, I can’t not do one final post about it.
I watched the Super Bowl I didn’t really care who won (although it would have been nice to see the “worst playoff team ever” pull this one off). So I was not planning on being very interested in the game. But I must say, that was a fun game to watch. All the ups and downs provided some serious excitement. I was on the edge of my seat for the last three minutes of the game. I was not expecting that.
I have said before that I would rather watch a good defense that a good offence. There was a lot of good defense in this game. To start, the 100-yard interception return by James Harrison to end the first half. Wow. I thought that Arizona was going to get back in the game with the ball on the 3 yd-line. But after that play, I didn’t think Arizona had a chance. A huge play like that turns the momentum in favor of Pittsburgh, and I thought it was going to be a blowout.
Second, it was a blowout because of the Arizona defense. I believe that they outplayed they Steelers defense but it didn’t show in the end. There was something like three red zone stands for Arizona, proving that they believed. Their defense played very well, but you can’t keep an offense led by Ben Roethlisberger from diving down the field in the end. Hats off the Arizona defense for proving people wrong.
I think the officials were being paid off. At one point the penalties were around 9 to 2, killing Arizona. They ended with 11 penalties for 106 yards. There were 3 personal foul, 15-yard penalties on one drive. One drive. You can’t win when you are being called for roughing the passer by knocking him over a split second after he releases the ball. He didn’t spear him, go for his head, drive him to the ground, or hit him late. He just knocked Roethlisberger down. I’m sorry, but it’s football, you need to expect to get hit. I’m not says that the penalties lost the game, but I am saying that they didn’t help the cause.
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