Words, Words, Words and the Super Bowl

Pittsburgh Steelers (+2.5) vs. Green Bay Packers


Its Super Bowl Monday. Media Day is tomorrow, so we can look forward to cliche after cliche after cliche. And then the two teams get down to business. I don't know if it will happen, but this version of the bowl has the potential to be fantastic. After the Steelers wins in the Divisional round over the Baltimore Dirty Birds and the AFC Championship against the Rex Ryan Jets, they seem incapable of not playing a tight game. The Packers nearly lost to Philly, they blew out the Falcons, and won by a touchdown at Soldier Field against the Bears third-string QB, the mustached Caleb Hanie. I am not as sold on the Pack that everyone else seems to be. As a Steeler fan, its nice to see them the underdog in this game. I thought for sure this would be at most a Steelers -1 line. Maybe even -3.

All I know is that this seems like a 30-27 game if the Packers win, and probably 27-14 if the Steelers win. The Steelers #1 ranked defense is getting absolutely no pub. Everyone wants to talk about what Clay Matthews and Charles Woodson will do blitzing the Steelers O-line. Well, what are James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley going to do to Chad Clifton and rookie Brian Bulaga? Isn't it reasonable to assume that they could get 3+ sacks between the two of them, knock A-Rod around a bit, maybe force a fumble (like they seem to do in every playoff game)? The only issue I have with the Steelers line is that C Maurkice Pouncey is unlikely to play with an ankle fracture. Backup C Doug Legursky will need to play the game of his life if the steelers are to win this game. That said, I think they have a great chance to ascend the stairway to 7. Either way, it should be and epic battle. And this gets me pumped up...

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Listening to: Bo Burnham, David Cross, Wiz Khalifa (for obvious reasons), 3OH!3, Jonathan Coulton, Stephen Lynch, The Lonely Island
Watching: Breaking Bad, The Wonder Years, The Office, OSN SportsDome, Archer, Fringe, Super Bowl XLV
'Music I am ashamed I downloaded' of the Day: 'Burt Bacharach Sings His Hits'
Next on the Netflix queue: 'The Other Guys', 'Who's Harry Crumb?', 'Salt'
-Awesome non-sports related web site: Victims of Dexter Morgan (Major spoilers)

Take me home, Wiz.