Showing posts with label Super Bowl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super Bowl. Show all posts

February 7, 2011

Crap.

From the P-G:
This one, alas, did not end with that familiar ring.

These remarkably resilient Steelers, on the cusp of one of the most spectacular comebacks in sporting history, failed to secure their record seventh championship by falling short of the Green Bay Packers, 31-25, in Super Bowl XLV Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium.
It came oh, so close to being oh, so different.

"We just wanted a taste of the lead. Just a taste. And were right there," safety Troy Polamalu said. "But they made the plays on defense, and we didn't. That was the difference."

Green Bay forced three turnovers, beginning with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's two interceptions that led to the Packers storming to a 21-3 lead in the first half.
Three turnovers. Three. Each leading to a Green Bay touchdown. You can't win anything in the NFL if you just give the other team the ball (and 21 points) so easily. Especially a team as good as this year's Packers.

Crap. Just crap.

February 6, 2006

My Neighborhood on Steelers

This was the scene two blocks from my house about two hours after the game ended.




This is the far end of the celebrations on Pittsburgh's South Side.


The police had already swept the streets a couple of times and weren't letting anyone get closer to thick of the crowd about 5 blocks further down.


Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, but it was snowing (and obviously pretty dark).