SUPER Bowl 43

Now that's what I'm talking about. When the 2 best teams in the NFL get together in the Super Bowl, I want to see the kind of great show the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers put on in Super Bowl 43. I want the Super Bowl to come down to the last 15 minutes of the game, and for the 2nd year in a row, I got exactly what I wanted in the Steelers 27-to-23 victory over the Cardinals.

The Cardinals showed great heart in the final quarter, and they scored 16 points in the first 13 and a half minutes of the 4th quarter to take the lead, 23-to-20. However, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers offense answered the call. Pittsburgh drove 78 yards in 8 plays to retake the lead 27-to-23 on a Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes touchdown pass for the game winner. Not only was it the game winner, Holmes made a great catch in triple coverage for the score.

The stars came out to play and played a major role in this one:

-Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 256 yards and the game-winning touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes.

-Holmes, the Super Bowl MVP, caught 9 passes for 131 yards and the game-winning touchdown.

-Steelers linebacker and NFL Defensive MVP James Harrison set a Super Bowl record for the longest play with a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown.

-Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner threw for 377 yards and 2 touchdowns.

-Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald caught 7 passes for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns.

This is what the Super Bowl should look like. A great game that comes down to the last few seconds with all the stars making big plays for their team. The my wife has always said the Super Bowl should be a close game. Well, that's what happened this year in Tampa, and they are beginning to be close more often than not. Super Bowl 43 is the 4th championship game in the last 6 years to be decided in the last minute of the game.

The NFL's championship game is finally becoming a SUPER BOWL.