Well, it is time everyone for the biggest game of the year, Super Bowl XLIII. I would like to first point out the fact that I went 6-4 during this playoff run. If we are to compare this to NFL analysts from ESPN, only Mike Golic had a better record.
Plain and simple, this game is going to be a battle between the Cardinals offense versus the Pittsburgh defense. Larry Fitzgerald will need to have a big game and expose the Pittsburgh seconday. The Steelers have to step and cover one of the toughest wide receiver in the game.
We have to keep in mind, the Cardinals will have to keep the Steelers running attack of Willie Parker and the passing of Ben Roethlisberger in check. These are essentially the two matchups that will make and break Super Bowl XLIII.
If we are to look back at the closest match-up to this, Super Bowl XXVII between the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is very similiar. The best offense of the Raiders vs. the best defense of the Buccaneers and the Buccaneers won 48-21.
Conventional logic would tell us that the team with the best defense would probably end up on top.
At this point, I would tend to agree. However though, I am rooting for the Cardinals which have become the darlings of the NFL.
The best anecdote for this was by Adam Carolla, "Your in a bar and it's last call. There is one woman left and there two guys, Charlie Sheen and a 42 year old virgin. Rooting for the Steelers is like rooting for Charlie Sheen."
However it's tough to say that the Steelers will not win this game due to the dismantling of the teams that they have played in the playoffs. I like the Steelers to become the winningest team in Super Bowl history.
Steelers 24 Cardinals 10
Super Bowl XLIII: Ben's Prediction
