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Chaos Commish
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I think this game is going to be very similar to the New England Carolina Super Bowl. Pittsburgh will be a heavy favorite (like New England was), but Seattle will more than hold their own (like Carolina did). It will be higher scoring than most think. It will not be a blow out, but I think this Steeler team is just executing to perfection right now. So, I take the Steelers in a close one. 31-28.
Challenge Everything
Footballguy
How big is the bowl? It is Super! 
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
I bet Las Vegas has already set the line.
DoctorDetroit
Chocolate Thunder
I'll be there. Seahawks have been doubted all year and I think it's amusing they are 4 point dogs on a fast track. It's just like every other game, every other year. Steelers are a very good team and I hope we keep hearing how good they are for the next two weeks.
Kleck.
Footballguy
I'm looking forward to this Super Bowl more than the past few years'. Tough for me to choose which team to root for. Plenty of guys on Pitt that I think deserve a ring and I'd like nothing more (except for the Packers getting another) than to see Homlgren get another title.I will go with Seattle though, but most of all I just want to see a great game that is undecided late in the 4th.
jeff_eaglz
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Found the line.Steelers -4.
jeff_eaglz
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O/U is 47.
Cris Carter's Six Points Steelers Seahawks Ben Roethlisberger gives Pittsburgh a slight edge Offense Steelers can negate so many things an offense wants to do Defense Kicking games are even; Randle El is the tiebreaker Special teams Holmgren has coached in two Super Bowls, winning one Coaching The Bus will be driving for a title in his hometown of Detroit Intangibles Darrell Jackson ... Can he make Pittsburgh's D think pass? Wild card Cris Carter says: Pittsburgh is better than 15-1 team of '04 Steelers Cris Carter: Finally the favorite January 22, 2006After beating three good teams on the road, Pittsburgh proved it should be the pick to win Super
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Seattle is an amazing team, but, we are talking about a team that won 3 on the road in the AFC. Before the playoffs, I would've taken all 6 AFC teams over the best the NFC had to offer. The AFC is vastly superior.Anyways, I see it like another game in this Roethlesberger era. Pittsburgh comes out, and scores early, again. 10 point lead, and they hang on in the end as LeBeau gets too conservative and starts playing a little too much zone.You really have to watch how the Steelers have been playing the past 2 years to understand what kind of a juggernaut they are early in the game. Even if stats don't back it up, just watching the games will give someone a true sense of just how the come out in MOST games. I'm not saying all games, they are 26-4 with Ben over the stretch.....but most games, they just come out early and flat out dominate. If Seattle weathers the storm, game on. If not, Steeler victory again.
Blackhawk 69
Mr. C.
I thought the AFC was favored in the SB for weeks.Now the Steelers win and are rated ahead of the Seahawks (who were rated 7 or 8 in the NFL). So whats the problem? The AFC is preceived better than the NFC.Oh! Thats right the AFC Seahawks were moved to the NFC and how long did it take them to win it?I think anything less than 7 is a bargain.
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Footballguy
Another thread about how Seattle is going to lose, what da you know. 
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
These two teams match up well against each other.The MVP will have enough success in the running game to buy some time for Hass. The Steelers will continue to take what the defense gives them, sell out to stop the run, they'll beat you with the pass. Sell out to stop the pass, they'll beat you with the run.This game will come down to the play of the defensive secondaries and the coaching, IMO. As a Steeler fan, I hope they continue to perform at the same level of the last three weeks. If they do, they will be very tough to beat, but I definitely don't take this Seattle team lightly.
Yankee23Fan
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I don't know who to root for. All my playoff rosters bit the dust so I have no monetary interest in the game except for the value bets and the boxes that I will make on game day.Which team needs another fan - for a game at least?
Serenity Now
Footballguy
Since the Pats can't be there this year, I'm rooting for the team with 2 sons of Pats -- Hasselbeck and Tatupu. 
The Steelers will be insufferable if they win with all that 'one for the thumb' stuff. Seattle's just happy to be there for its first SB appearance.
The Steelers will be insufferable if they win with all that 'one for the thumb' stuff. Seattle's just happy to be there for its first SB appearance.
DoctorDetroit
Chocolate Thunder
That's total yards which is usually not a clear indication of things. Think about this...who was the #1 pass D in the NFL this year? Can you answer that without looking? It was a team that finished 4-12. Since Seattle was ahead in most of their games all season they are going to give up a lot of cheap stuff in the second half bringing the total yards allowed up. The Seahawks were 7th in points allowed and the Steelers were third. That is what games come down to don't they? Points.
ShadowMaster
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Yankee23Fan
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GO HAWKS!
seahawk 17
Footballguy
Join the Seahawk side, there are like 7 of us.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Footballguy
HAWKS BABY!!!!!!!!!!
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tommyboy
Footballguy
I'd join you except I'm a lifelong steeler fan, and I'm still a little miffed about the 29 years of crappy Seahawks games I've been forced to watch here in Portland since the NFL thinks we're a suburb. But, other than that, I'm very happy for Seattle fans, and I really respect what Holmgren has accomplished here. That is a great team in Seattle, all around.
tommyboy
Footballguy
you're probably right. I don't see it though. I know how good Seattle really is, they are every bit the equal of the steelers, if not better in some major areas. I know for a fact they have a much better offense than Pittsburgh. I think they have a better offensive line, and I think its going to be almost impossible for the Steelers to rush Hasselbeck. This is a major concern for Pittsburgh.
Kleck
Footballguy
This is my biggest concern. Seattle has faced zone blitz schemes only a few times in past couple of years. The last one I remember off the top of my head was New England during the regular season last year. None this year at all.They've got two weeks to study, plan, and prepare. They did a heck of a job scheming to shut down Steve Smith yesterday. That was just sick. I think John Marshall (acting defense coordinator) gets credit for that. Not sure how the guys on the offensive side will adjust.
tommyboy
Footballguy
Seattles front four put a lot of pressure on an offensive line, which allows them to drop guys into the secondary and still get some penetration and pressure on the QB. That's how they could shadow Smith around all day, they had bodies available in the secondary. in order for Pittsburgh to exploit that, they would have to dominate at the point of attack and suck up some big chunks of yardage on the ground early in the game. That would force seattle to committ 8 guys to the line and force Rothlisberger to beat them over the top. That hasn't worked so far for Indy or Denver, so kudos to Rothlisberger and his recievers.
The High Priest
Footballguy
9...I make number 9Gooo Hawks!!Oh man is this going to be a great game. I cant believe the HAWKS are in the Superbowl!!! It feels like this team is a team of desteny. I hope its a close game to the end with the Hawks coming out with the win.Go Hawks !!
beto
Footballguy
I'm looking forward to this game. Can't decide who to pick yet, my early gut feel is the Steelers based on them stuffing the run and pressuring Hass. However, the Steelers haven't seen an o-line as good as Seattle's this year. Maybe Seattle will block well enough to score points?
Blackhawk 69
Mr. C.
Please they are playing a strong AFC team now.Check the SOS.
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