Holmes, Sweet Holmes

Super Bowl XLIII was nonetheless an unforgettable watch for the 90 million viewers across the World and it will go down as one of the most memorable Super Bowls of all-time. All because, another one of those "THE CATCH" play happened thanks to Pittsburgh Steelers wide out, Santonio Holmes who capped off a two-minute drive with a remarkable catch in the back right of the end zone to make it a 27-23 game in favor of "The Steel City Team." 

The sweet, tasteful Super Bowl victory made the Pittsburgh franchise the winningest franchise in Super Bowls with 6, putting them in front of the San Francisco 49er's and the Dallas Cowboys who both have 5 Vince Lambardi Trophies. 

The key to this game was Big Ben Roethlisberger.  However, this was by far NOT I repeat NOT on of the best games ever! There were 18 penalties...eww. Get serious, it was pretty sloppy and mostly dominated by one team (the Steelers). Go back and watch Sugar Ray's boxing matches. There were several where people would say "oh wow, Sugar won that round!" ummm NO Sugar had a great last 15 seconds ... thats because he would FINISH unlike any other. The Pittsburgh Steelers FINISHED and that is what made it so dramatic. It is not even in the top 5 Super Bowl games of all-time. Great finish, not the prettiest game whatsoever. Now back to "BIG BEN," what an unbelievable quarterback. The Most Valuable Player in this game was "BIG BEN" not Santonio Holmes...seriously. No offense Holmes, great catch, pretty good game (9 receptions 131 yards, and a spectacular touchdown) but it starts with the quarterback. 

Let me put it real clear and simple. The Arizona Cardinals sent 5 or more at Roethlisberger 10 times last night. "BIG BEN" went 10-10 with a quarterback rating of 138. He is the opposite of Tony Romo. He wins in December and January and he is elite when the pressure is on. Against the blitz, Roethlisberger, in the regular season, had a quarterback rating 60. HOWEVER, in the post season he had a quarterback rating against the blitz of 107!  OPPOSITE of Romo. Willie Parker was quoted saying that, "he is the Michael Jordan of our team." Yeah Willie, he is. He became just the second active quarterback to win two Super Bowls under the age of 27....remarkable. One last rating stat . . . regular season Big Ben had a quarterback rating of 74. Post season, "BIG BEN" had a 130 quarterback rating. You get the point don't ya Cowboy fans...sorry. 

And to those who thought it was poorly officiated game....pleeeeeeeeease do not kid yourself. Arizona got break after break just like the Steelers. Let me make my point....there were a total of 18 penalties as mentioned. The Cardinals were called for 11 of them. 6 of the penalties called were holding calls which you could virtually call on every single play on Karlos Dansby because he was simply overwhelmed by Defensive Player of the Year, James Harrison who had the Super Bowls longest play ever (100 yard interception return). 

Overall, it was one heck of a Super Bowl. It got a whoppppping number rating ....43! And that is expected of course. The commercials were ok. Bud Light over did it . . . and I did not particularly like any of them even though, my boi, Conan O'Brien was in one of them. The Doritos commercial was by far the best/funniest...and I think America agrees :) . The half time show was mediocre. Bruce Springsteen worked the stage and I thought it was a damn good performance. I give this Super Bowl a fairly good rating. Until next years Super Bowl . . . stay skinny America (unlike Jessica Simpson) ehh.