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Steelers will pull this game out.

I will guess an early line of Pittsburgh by 8.

Quick! Whattya think for the biggest betting event of the year?

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  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    I think Pittsburgh by 5 and a half to 6 points...
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Eagles are on a roll, how can you not like them in this game...

    Eagles by 13

    oh wait.......NEVERMIND
  • BassPro77BassPro77 Posts: 1,152 ✭
    to be honest, i ca give a rats as* but i will go with AZ by 7
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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Pittsburgh -3.5

    Edit to add: Go Cardinals!
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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    I think Pitt -9.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Steelers have a chance to be the first team to win 6 Super Bowlsimage


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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    Early line is Pitt -6.5
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Early line is Pitt -6.5 >>



    I would have said -7.5. What's the over under that's listed? My guess on that would be 42.5
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  • Bottom9thBottom9th Posts: 2,695 ✭✭
    I am looking forward to all my fellow Steeler fans invading the Tampa area!! Now if I can just score some tickets! image

    GO STEELERS!

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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Early line is Pitt -6.5 >>



    I would have said -7.5. What's the over under that's listed? My guess on that would be 42.5 >>



    Total is 47 u10.

    I agree-- the game spread seems low, and the total seems high. My guess is the line gets pounded to 7 and sits there all week. But what about the total? It's hard to guess which way it's going to move.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure NBC let out a big sigh of relef when Pittsbutgh won tonight..


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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm sure NBC let out a big sigh of relef when Pittsbutgh won tonight.. >>



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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'm sure NBC let out a big sigh of relef when Pittsbutgh won tonight.. >>



    Good call ... image >>



    Why? It's not like Pittsburgh is a huge media market. Baltimore may even be a bigger one. I know the Steelers have a way bigger national fan base but I think you can expect mediocre ratings for the game. Certainly not cracking the top 15 rated SB games i wouldn't think. Someone set me straight if I'm wrong.

    edited to add: Baltimore is the 22nd ranked media market, Pittsburgh is #24. If you're curious, Phoenix is #15
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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I would imagine they are happy with the Cardinals, since Warner makes a good story.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pittsburgh with Big Ben vs AZ will be a much better draw than Baltimore with Flacco vs AZ...anyone in the network TV industry will tell you the same thing..


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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know the Steelers have a way bigger national fan base

    True dat...And the Super Bowl is all about appealing to a national fan base...the story of Warner vs the Pittsburgh D and Big Ben will also be a much better draw than Baltimore...Pittsburgh has greater fan base, better star players and QB, and also the championship history and pedigree behind them..

    Edit: I am not implying, however, that the ratings will crack the top 15 all time, though I do think they will be better than first expected..


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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,128 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Pittsburgh with Big Ben vs AZ will be a much better draw than Baltimore with Flacco vs AZ...anyone in the network TV industry will tell you the same thing.. >>



    Funny that you say that, since I work in the Network TV industry in Los Angeles image

    You are correct that Roethlisberger is a bigger attraction than Flacco, but he's not a ratings impacter like Manning, Favre, Brady etc.. The Steelers national following, like the Cowboys, will help ratings, but believe me, TV will trade up to a bigger media market any time if given the option.

    What I was saying is that PITT or BAL wouldn't have made a major difference to the networks. PITT or BAL as compared to NYJ/NE/MIA etc would have made a dent upward in ratings as they are all top 12 Media markets.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You are correct that Roethlisberger is a bigger attraction than Flacco, but he's not a ratings impacter like Manning, Favre, Brady etc..

    I will agree with you there, and did not intend to imply that Ben is on the same level as Manning, Favre, Brady, etc...However, I do believe that Pittsburgh with Ben at QB will attract more viewers than Blatimore with Flacco at QB..and that the game will have better ratings because of that.


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  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    I went to bed thinking the spread would be double digits....I am SHOCKED that it is 6.5.

    I don't know why Vegas started it at 6.5....when it inevitably gets bet up to 7 (and it will, probably today), they can't go any higher than that for fear of getting middled. By next week, you're going to need to lay -140 to get the Steelers at 7.

    Vegas is going to get CRUSHED in this game. I can't think of one logical reason to believe the Cardinals can stay within 10.
  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭
    Oh my God. If the Giants or Pats aren't in it, we have to hear about how this will be a bad Superbowl. Here's a newsflash, the rest of the country doesn't give a crap about New York and Boston. I think this is the best Superbowl matchup of my lifetime (my 2 favorite teams).
  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't think of one logical reason to believe the Cardinals can stay within 10. >>



    I'll give you one, the Cardinals are putting up 30-40 points seemingly every game. The Steelers aren't putting up 40-50+. Granted the Steelers defense in awesome, but people thought Philly's was good too and the Cardinals scored on them almost at will. Fitzgerald is a monster, the Steelers aren't going to stop him. They're best game plan would be the blitz, but they're not going to man up on the Cardinals receivers. I expect a high scoring game. I would take the over on 47.
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    <<<Oh my God. If the Giants or Pats aren't in it, we have to hear about how this will be a bad Superbowl. Here's a newsflash, the rest of the country doesn't give a crap about New York and Boston.I think this is the best Superbowl matchup of my lifetime (my 2 favorite teams). >>>

    Just because they are your 2 favorite teams doesn't make it a good matchup. AZ is not going to be able to move the ball "at will" vs. Pittsburgh. Nobody has done it this year. Only 2 teams have thrown for more than 200 yards vs them, and only 1 had more than 300 total yards.

    Pittsburgh has played one of the toughest schedules the NFL has ever seen. Arizona played in maybe the worst division in NFL history. I know you don't want to hear it, but it all adds up to a Super Bowl blowout.
  • MorgothMorgoth Posts: 3,950 ✭✭✭
    It's all about timing and right now Arizona is on a huge roll. The layoff actually works in the Steelers advantage to me, maybe cool off the Cards timing. Philly destroyed Arizona in the regular season but couldn' get to Warner very often in the playoffs and the same could happen to Pittsburgh. I still think the Steelers win but it won't be a blowout and if Warner is on fire it could easily go the other way.
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  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭
    I'm saying there's a lot of people that will like this Superbowl better than a Giants or Pats Superbowl. Steelers have a huge nation wide fan base and Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country.

    Rams were heavily favored over the Pats a few years back. Look what happened. Same with the Giants last year. Teams get no respect until the win the Superbowl. People still have the mindset of the Cardinals sucking so badly even though they are beating the crap out of good teams. I doubt this will be a blowout. Both quarterbacks know how to win big games and this should be a great game.
  • sixdartsixdart Posts: 821 ✭✭
    Does the divisional play really matter at this point? Cardinals went 6-0 in divisional play - as any good team in that division should have. The NFC East and NFC South were considered by most to be the two toughest/hardest divisions.

    NFC East ... Giants 12-4 (#1 Seed), Eagles (Wildcard Super Bowl Darkhorse)
    NFC South ... Panthers 12-4 (#2 Seed), Falcons 11-5

    The four qualifying playoff teams from those divisions are out. The Cardinals knocked out three of them ... the Falcons, Panthers and Eagles ... while averaging 30+ points. The Eagles entered the Playoffs as the #3 rated defense and the Cardinals were 10 point road underdogs against Carolina.

    Look at what the Titans 13-3 (#1 Seed) and the Colts 12-4 (9 game winning streak entering the Playoffs - NFL MVP ) did in the playoffs. Weren't they in a highly regarding division as well?

    The Steelers beat and weak 8-8 divison winner (Chargers) and a divisional rival (Ravens) with their Rookie QB, for the third time, to win the AFC title. Now, had the Steelers clearly beat the Titans and Colts - I might agree with you in regards to a blow out.

    To be honest, the Cards have been more impressive to this point.

    The Steelers should be the better team, however, it will not be a blowout. Remember, the Whisenhunt factor. He knows this team and their personel. The last time the Steelers visited AZ, they were upset by the Cardinals - and they were favored by more than 7.
  • sixdartsixdart Posts: 821 ✭✭
    To add, people seem to have forgotten about team chemistry. For some unknown reason, the Cardinals believe in each other and believe they can compete with anyone right now.

    If talent was the biggest indicator for playoff success, the Cowboys would be in the Super Bowl and won last year. Didn't they have 13 Pro Bowl starters on both sides of the ball?

    This is what makes the NFL so special. Make the Playoffs and anything can happen! Look at the Cardinals, Eagles and the Ravens this year, Giants last year and the previous Steelers Super Bowl run. People cheered for their underdog seasons and have hated on the Cardinals this year?
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