lol at bayless reeling all of you right in.
Skip:
All of you:
I will say that if this game took place during the regular-season, I wouldn't even go out of my way to watch.
I don't get this. Clearly, the best team in each conference is playing here, neither left any doubt on their way to this game. Steeler fan aside, for me, that's what the Super Bowl is all about - this is a GREAT matchup. 3.5 point line says a lot too. We're likely headed towards a very entertaining, close game - plus, you have one team with as rich a tradition as any franchise in the league, and another playing in its first Super Bowl in team history. What more do you want?
Nothing about the game excites me, other than it's the Super Bowl. There's no sure-fire Hall of Famers (except probably Walter Jones), no drama between the teams, no team climbling the mountain like the Eagles last year, no team trying to stay on top like the Pats last year. Nothing that ties them together like Gruden going against the Raiders, no big underdog like the Pats going against the Rams. You're a homer, I don't expect you to agree.
OK, those are reasons I can understand, I was just curious. To me, it's (as most recent Super Bowls have been) a much better game than in years past (the 90s come to mind - snoozefest 56-10 games every damn year, it seemed.) That's how I qualify a good Super Bowl, rather than by the storylines/angles.BTW - Bettis is a sure-fire Hall of Famer, regardless of whether or not you or I thinks he's qualified.
Yeah I forgot about Bettis. I don't actually expect him to play a big part in the game.All I'm saying is, the hype for this game does nothing for me. I like my Super Bowls to have a little bit of intrigue going into the game -- I already expect them to be a solid matchup.
As for the regular-season comment -- this just isn't a game I'd think to myself "man, I can't miss that."
I follow you.Bayless cracked me up in that article by saying that Walter Jones was the only surefire HOF'er in the game (like if he blew his leg up Sunday and never played again, he'd be a cinch -
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He also said that "best case" - the Steelers have 3 HOF candidates, Bettis, Roethlisberger, and Polamalu - and that no-one else has a chance. I had to laugh at that. Walter Jones is a cinch, but Faneca has no chance - they've both been to 5 Pro Bowls although Faneca has been around 1 fewer season than Jones. OK, Skip. And Ward, I suppose, hasn't got a prayer, despite the fact that he's already got almost 600 receptions, nearly 7,000 yards and over 50 TDs and he's 29. He's missed 1 game in his career and LOVES to play, if he only plays until age 35 (entirely possible for a guy like him) - at his current pace, he'd have 1,040 catches for 12,597 yards and 97 TDs. Those are Steve Largent numbers.
Bayless = numbnuts, whether I agree with his opinion of this game or not.
Edit to add : that's just the Steelers I'm talking about also, haven't even mentioned Shaun Alexander....
It'll be ok.
The fight every year over which team is disrespected the most has become one of the more amusing aspects of the game.
