PatsWickedPissah

Despite much of the whining here and elsewhere, the Steelers are the 2005 season SuperBowl Champs because...

1. They overcame long odds winning playoff games against 4 good and very good teams.

2. They won the SB despite an abyssmal choke-ridden performance of their 22 rating QB. Roethlesberger siezed this playoff's "Manning Award" from surprise contender Tom Brady, but his team played well enough to win despite his 'contribution'.

3. They won because Cowher, never a great game day coach, coached well, far better than his opponent whose team looked as if they'd never practised a 2 minute drill, q.v. the end of each half.

4. They overcame bad calls by refs (the INT against the Colts) and are not themselves responsible for any of the gift calls by the refs.

Michael

Whatever

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Phokus

Heh, i would throw out one of those teams (the bengals), considering kimo von cheapshot artist destroyed carson palmer's knee on the 2nd play of the 1st quarter. Plus they played a rusty colts team (the colts fault, but still). And the seahawk really weren't that good to begin with. Really, neither team deserved to go to the superbowl, it was ugly to watch. It was like they went in thinking it was a preseason game.

BelichickFan

The short answer : Because they were in the Super Bowl and they won it.

drew4008

Pfft... I still wear my World Champs gear proudly.

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PATSNUTme

Exactly. And I don't think that any rational person will deny that. It's like denying that the sky is blue.

But, many of us have a beef with the classless way the fans, players, and that wonderful coach acted in the SB.

spacecrime

I don't know. Hard to beat eagle's fans for classlessness. It was tastless booing the MVPs, but at every Pats home game, the fans chant "you suck" after each opposing team player is announced. I find that to be prety embarrassing.

The Steelers won, they are the world champs, they have four rings. No one questions that.

But the officiating still sucked, in seveal playoff games.

I don't see why saying the officials are taking the game into their hands is whining. It is the truth. I'd be a lot more upset if the COlts had beaten the Steelrs after the calls that went the COlts way.

It is to the steelers credit that they ovecame the officiating in a way that the pats and seahawks couldn't.

More power to them.

But no team should have to overcome bad officiating.

And that ain't whining. It is a statement of fact.

shirtsleeve

Because they scored more points in the stupor bowl.

drew4008

You've got to BEAT the best, to be the best. I think I remember Big Ben completing about 30% of his passes and the World Champion Patriots beating the Steelers, in Pittsburgh no less.

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PatsWickedPissah

Several folks here, not all, remind me of the obnoxious whiners from other teams who denigrated past SB Championships. Time to look in the mirror, people.

The Squealers won the SB fair and square by the rules established by the league. They did what they had to do. They executed well where they had control. They have no control over how the ball bounces or how refs make calls. Those are independant variables.