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Post by Panda on Jan 29, 2009 17:18:55 GMT 1
The 43rd Super Bowl takes place on Sunday in Tampa, Florida, with the Pittsburgh Steelers facing the Arizona Cardinals.
The Steelers are attempting to become the first team in history to win 6 Super Bowls. The Cardinals, on the other hand, are playing in the Super Bowl for the first time, leaving just 5 NFL teams that have never reached the big game.
For the second year, BBC are showing the game live, as well as Sky. In a change from last year, BBC will have the proper NBC commentary featuring John Madden and Al Michaels, rather than the international feed.
The Steelers won the AFC North with a 12-4 record to go into the playoffs seeded 2 in the AFC, earning a first-round bye. They beat San Diego 35-24 in the divisional playoffs and got home advantage for the AFC Championship game when top seeds Tennessee lost to Baltimore. The Steelers beat Baltimore 23-14 in that game to book their place in the Super Bowl.
The Cardinals won the NFC west with a 9-7 record, making them #4 seeds in the NFC playoffs. They beat Atlanta 30-24 in their wild card game before going on to stun top seeds Carolina 33-13 on the road in the divisional playoffs. With last year's Super Bowl winners the New York Giants losing to Philadelphia, the Cardinals had the unlikeliest of home advantages for the NFC Championship. There, they saw off Philadelphia 32-25 to reach their first Super Bowl.
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Post by Paddy on Jan 29, 2009 17:31:24 GMT 1
Boring to watch, fun to play on Madden on PC .
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Post by Panda on Jan 29, 2009 17:39:39 GMT 1
On a related note, the 3rd regular season NFL game at Wembley, to be played later this year, sold out its initial allocation of 70,000 tickets in less than 24 hours earlier this week.
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Post by frag on Feb 2, 2009 0:04:11 GMT 1
Anyone watching?
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Post by -Big Dan- on Feb 2, 2009 0:23:39 GMT 1
Nah, daft American sport.
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Post by Panda on Feb 2, 2009 15:36:47 GMT 1
It took a little while to get going but another fantastic finish!
The Steelers should have had it won much earlier but the Cardinals wouldn't go away and nearly snatched it... Santonio Holmes was a deserving MVP.
Hopefully BBC will continue their coverage next season as they've done a very good job, compared to ITV's p*ss-poor efforts before them. Hopefully, they'll also pick at least some of the regular season coverage Five are set to drop.
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Post by Panda on Feb 2, 2009 15:37:24 GMT 1
Nah, daft American sport. Now don't get me wrong as I like both, but I wouldn't say it's any more daft than wrestling...
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Post by Paddy on Feb 2, 2009 15:39:21 GMT 1
The thing with NFL is how slow and longated it is.
It takes longer for them to set the plays up then for the plays to take place.
Maybe I am just disillusioned from having played Madden for a few years without seeing the actual game first.
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Post by frag on Feb 5, 2009 22:05:08 GMT 1
It took a little while to get going but another fantastic finish! The Steelers should have had it won much earlier but the Cardinals wouldn't go away and nearly snatched it... Santonio Holmes was a deserving MVP. Hopefully BBC will continue their coverage next season as they've done a very good job, compared to ITV's p*ss-poor efforts before them. Hopefully, they'll also pick at least some of the regular season coverage Five are set to drop. I agree with all of this, definitely worth staying up for! Although the BBC coverage could have included more cheerleaders
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Post by Panda on Feb 5, 2009 22:07:22 GMT 1
It took a little while to get going but another fantastic finish! The Steelers should have had it won much earlier but the Cardinals wouldn't go away and nearly snatched it... Santonio Holmes was a deserving MVP. Hopefully BBC will continue their coverage next season as they've done a very good job, compared to ITV's p*ss-poor efforts before them. Hopefully, they'll also pick at least some of the regular season coverage Five are set to drop. I agree with all of this, definitely worth staying up for! Although the BBC coverage could have included more cheerleaders I did see a few shots of the Cardinals cheerleaders... The Steelers don't have them (too cold in Pittsburgh )
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Post by frag on Feb 5, 2009 22:28:11 GMT 1
I did see a few shots of the Cardinals cheerleaders... The Steelers don't have them (too cold in Pittsburgh ) I should have been supporting the Cardinals, then! (I was nominally backing the Steelers as they're from a state that voted for Obama)
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Post by Panda on Feb 5, 2009 22:34:30 GMT 1
I did see a few shots of the Cardinals cheerleaders... The Steelers don't have them (too cold in Pittsburgh ) I should have been supporting the Cardinals, then! (I was nominally backing the Steelers as they're from a state that voted for Obama) I hadn't thought of that (the election, not cheerleaders) when deciding who I wanted to win. I wanted the Cardinals just because it was their first Super Bowl. As a Bears fan, I usually support the NFC team in the Super Bowl, unless it's a team I don't like (like the Packers).
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